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what do I think. ... or what do you mean..?

chidi01:
"By 1960, shortly after Nigeria's independence, the Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, had directed the Principal of King's College, Lagos, Mr. P.H. Davies, to provide places, annually, for at least 15 boys from the North, whether or not they passed the requisite regular entrance examination."

--- Col. Ben Gbulie (rtd) in "Nigeria's Five Majors" page 36, published first in 1981.

"In an attempt to catch up militarily with the South, the Northern politicians had thrown out all discretion. They had lowered standards of admission drastically, settling for the minimum. For as I recalled, all the Northerners in my intake had been trained at the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot. And they had become officers after barely six months of military training, whereas those of us who had been sent to Sandhurst had had to do two long years to earn the Queen's Commission. The implications were quite clear - and most disturbing. Not only had these Northerners become commissioned officers before we were half-way through our first year at Sandhurst, they had all risen to the enviable rank of Captain before we could even appear at the sovereign's parade which served essentially as a prerequisite for our passing out as Second Lieutenants."

--- Col. Ben Gbulie (rtd) in "Nigeria's Five Majors, pages 12 - 13, Published 1981.

"By 1964 a group of young Nigerian officer-cadets, mostly Northerners, had been declared academically unfit and hence repatriated by the Canadian military authorities. These cadets were however pronounced commissioned by the Nigerian Federal Government no sooner than they had arrived at the Ikeja Airport. Consequently they had had to be absorbed into the Nigerian Army as commissioned officers, even though they had received no requisite military training."

----- Col Ben Gbulie (rtd) in "Nigeria's Five Majors" page 13, published 1981.

"Zak (Maimalari) had held the rank of Captain in 1960. But before my return from the United Kingdom in 1963, he had soared to the top rank of Brigadier. In other words, he had risen from Captain to Temporary/Major, to Substatntive/Major, to Temporary/Lieutenant-Colonel, to Substantive/Colonel and then to Brigadier, all within that short span of time. It was just scandalous"

----- Col. Ben Gbulie (rtd) in "Nigeria's Five Majors" page 13, published 1981.

What do you think

Why is this surfacing now?

The north is all of Nigeria's problem. The military constitution we operate puts Hausa fulani in control of Nigeria no matter who occupies Aso Villa. In trying to dominate everyone else Hausa Fulani ruined the country for everyone.

I can't believe that his way to the top is through fraudlent practices "GMB I hailooooo!" Corruption Master

kk

A system that allows a Professor of Laws to play a subservient role to a Soldier, a Mechanic, a Plumber, an Electrician, a Professional Driver, a Police, a Politician or to any other Professional person who has not passed very well a Standard of Education called GCE(general certificate of education) or WAEC, its West African Equivalent, IS A CORRUPT SYSTEM, SOCIETY AND PEOPLE. Bokoharam, Northwest, Northeast, Hausa and Fulanis are all aware of the prevalence and the unfairness of this system in Nigeria. They all also know that they introduce the system into Nigeria and for this reason, they now set up "BOKOHARAM"(western education unacceptable) to legalise this corrupt system of theirs. I have many examples to surport this but shall stay till later.

.......this a classic case of the reason why many of you young folks fails Comprehension. Even if we go by the snipets or anecdotes you lifted and posted here,( which are personal biases or opinion of the person and may not necessarily be the facts), I dare to ask,

1. what facts in your case suggests that Buhari was a product of such situation? because he came from the North?