Wetin dey happen for this military matter wey don run enter ground! President Bola Tinubu don give him Aide-de-Camp, Nurudeen Yusuf, special promotion from colonel to brigadier-general. Na wetin dem dey call ‘special presidential promotion’ wey dey make many army personnel vex for body.
Dem carry letter dey go give Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Wahid Shaibu, wey carry Tinubu’s approval for promotion. But the koko be say, Yusuf just collect colonel rank for January 2025, and now dem don dey give am another one barely one year later. Na wah! Some pipo wey dey wear military uniform dey shout say this one no follow procedure at all, and e be like say na just favoritism.
As dem go check military rule, dem suppose wait four to five years before person fit rise from colonel go brigadier-general. But see as dem just jump am! Some senior officers don talk say this kind promotion dey cause wahala for soldier matter. Even one senior officer talk say, “E no make sense, how person go just dey promoted like this?”
As e be, Yusuf still go dey carry him ADC position, even as e don dey wear higher rank now. Na dem call am C-in-C ADC. But many dey wonder how e go fit manage two serious roles like this. If e dem promote am, wetin be the point of normal military promotion rules?
Some pipo for social media don dey talk their mind as e go hot! Some dey support Tinubu say as C-in-C, he get the power to do wetin he like, while others dey vex say this kind action fit bad for military discipline. One user, @Murtalaibin, talk say: “No be so dem dey take promote people!”
The wahala no just end for there o! Dem dey ask why the letter wey gree promote Yusuf come leak like this. E fit mean say plenty people no dey happy for this arrangement. Na wetin dem dey call ‘special promotion’ fit be sign of political game, rather than merit.
Yusuf, wey enter Tinubu administration since May 2023, don dey carry plenty titles, but people still dey wonder how e go fit balance military life and traditional throne wey e go enter one day as king for Kwara state.
As the whole matter dey unfold, the presidency don yet to give any sharp response to wetin dey happen, and until dem talk, we go dey see wetin go happen next. For now, na just plenty questions wey dey hang for the air.
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