By Aluta News
Sept 3, 2023
He said the reunion had afforded them the opportunity to reconnect and bond as well as remember their colleagues who had laid the ultimate price while defending the nation.
The Chairman, Organising Committee, Col. Abbas Umar, said that 144 out of the 191 cadets that were admitted for the course passed out in 2003, nine have died, and some have since left the service.
“At the moment, the course has 50 colonels and five Lieutenant Colonels, 30 Navy captains and two commanders in Nigerian Navy and 40 Group Captains and one Wing commander in Nigerian Air Force.
“This event has afforded us the opportunity to come together and celebrate as course mates after leaving the NDA 20 years ago.
“It is also a good avenue for us to remember our colleagues who fought and died while defending this nation,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the senior officers who taught the officers at the academy took turn to share experiences with regards to how some of the officers were handled as cadets.
Widows and family members of the deceased course mates were presented with tokens during the dinner.
- NAN