General Attahiru: Burden of a nation
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Mon Feb 15 2021
I first met Major General Ibrahim Attahiru on Monday 4th February, 2013 when as a newly promoted Brigadier General, he was posted to the Directorate of Army Public Relations (DAPR) as Director. He had assumed office, and in his ringing broadcaster’s voice, made it clear to Defence Correspondents – I have an assignment to do here and will “do my best at all times, as required by my superiors. With your cooperation, my mandate will be delivered.”
He made his points clear and direct, no embellishments. It was a new terrain for him, an Infantry Corps Officer deployed to head DAPR. But in a short time, he assembled a crack team of officers and men of the Directorate that made immediate difference in how things used to be.
Generals Irabor and Attahiru: From TRADOC To Becoming Service Chiefs, By Yushau A. Shuaib 5 min read
Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor handed over to Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru as Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, in Maiduguri in 2017
The new service chiefs…should be aware that is not how long they are in office that really matters, but the swiftness of the sea-change in the impact that they bring to bear on Nigeria’s deeply deteriorating security situation, towards the reclamation of national safety and stability.
The story of Major Generals Lucky Irabor and Ibrahim Attahiru, the new chief of defence staff and chief of army staff, respectively, is like that of two blood brothers following one another.