By Goodluck Ikiebe.
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has decorated his son, Adeboye Obasanjo, as Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army, following the younger Obasanjo’s promotion and after having passed through the military mill within and outside Nigeria.
Obasanjo, a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was accorded a rare privilege by the military authorities on Wednesday to decorate his son with his newly acquired promotion of a Brigadier-General at the Nigerian Army Engineers Corps at the Bonny Camp, Lagos.
The two term civilian President and former Military Head of State, who is also a retired Army General was accompanied by Towulade of Akinale Kingdom of Egbaland, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye, to the occasion.
Brigadier General O A Obasanjo, is of the Engineers Corps and holds two Master’s and other professional qualifications, acquired in Nigeria and in various foreign countries. At a point in his carrier he was wounded in combat against Boko Haram terrorist in Adamawa State in the Northeast.
