I Wore Uniform for 48 Years

The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd), has told lawmakers that he wore the Nigerian Army uniform for 48 years.

Olonisakin said he started out as a boy soldier, rising to a General.

The non-career Ambassadorial nominee, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the war against insurgency must involved everybody in the country.

According to him: “I wore uniform for 48 years from boy Soldier to General.”

(Eagle)