In those days when Nigeria was Nigerianising its military, many of the officers that you are seeing today did not even have their school certificates until long after.
When we were invited to go to Kaduna, we were given qualifying examination in English, Mathematics and General Knowledge, even before we took the school certificate exam.
Some did not even wait to take their school certificates because vacancies were already waiting for them.
It was after that qualifying exam that we were recruited into the army. By the time some had their school certificates, they had become officers.
For example, Gen. Babangida never saw his school certificate until when he was head of state. I got my school certificate long after I became an officer.
But there was officer cadet qualifying examination. About 240 of us sat for that exam in Kaduna.
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