Governor Zulu made the call in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
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The graduating cadets were tasked on discipline, integrity, loyalty and dedication to their chosen career.
In all, 439 cadets, including one allied cadet from the Gambia, made the admission into the academy out of about 30,000 applicants.
A statement by the NDA Public Relations Officer, Maj. Victor Olukoya on Tuesday in Kaduna, said Ochai took over from Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf who retired from active military service on June 26.
The family members of the late NDA staff spoke to The Eagle Online through her biological brother, Chukwu Okorie.
The Academic Registrar of the Academy, Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Tukur, made the announcement in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Irabor made the call at the 42nd Anniversary Dinner of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 28 Regular Course Welfare Association on Saturday in Abuja.
The Minister of Defence, retired Major General Bashir Magashi, was the Reviewing Officer at the passing out parade.
This invariably means that a society where there are rules and regulations guiding the affairs of man and human interactions, individuals, organisations and institutions cannot afford to be lawless. When they choose to act with impunity, they must be held accountable and there have to be consequences.
The university’s spokesman, Adamu Bargo, stated on Wednesday in Kaduna that the students beat up the cadets and damaged their car for making advances at a student’s female friend.
It said everyone should support for Tinubu to become president, irrespective of tribal or religious sentiments.
That was the message, in my estimation, that insurgents rudely passed to Nigeria last Tuesday with the invasion of Nigeria’s apex military institution, the Nigerian Defence Academy.
It called on the government at all levels to be more proactive and creative in tackling insecurity, and also in carrying out their constitutional duty of securing lives and property in the country.
Olawunmi spoke on Wednesday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme.
The President, who reacted to Tuesday’s attack on the NDA’s permanent facility in Afaka, Kaduna State during which some personnel serving within the institution were killed, however, vowed that the victims of the attack would not die in vain.
The group cautioned that nothing must happen to Nnamdi Kanu, adding that Nigeria’s security situation is disturbing.
In a statement, the union affirmed that from the reality on the ground, the South East is relatively peaceful and safe, and can conveniently host the delegates’ conference, “even as it is a notorious fact that no region or part of the country is immune to insecurity today.”
The bandits were said to have also kidnapped two majors.
Sea robbery in Nigerian territorial waters and piracy in adjoining seas in the GoG constitute a menace to international shipping. These include the hijack of merchant oil tankers and fishing vessels, ship robbery and the kidnap of mariners.
The other co-defendants in the suit are the Commandant and Council of the NDA, and Chief of Defence Staff.
Nwachukwu takes over from Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, who assumed duty as spokesperson in February.