Former Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor (retd), has warned against playing politics with the military.
According to him, the military enjoys unity and bond not found in any other sector.
Irabor spoke at a reception organised by the Defence Headquarters after his Pulling Out parade on Friday in Abuja.
He said, “The friendship and unity that exists within the armed forces you cannot find it anywhere and that is why you shouldn’t play politics with the military because, from the 774 LGA of this country, everyone is represented. There is no commander that goes to war with those he claims are his kinsmen.”
He said contrary to belief, no military personnel takes any special injection but for the training and indoctrination which comes from the regimentation.
He said, “The military is a family for those who may not know. It is a family. I have answered so many questions about being given an injection. What is that injection? There is no injection. The injection is training and discipline.
“They also said we operate like a cult, the process alone there is nothing wrong if I say we are in a cult but it is a good cult”.
“In the training establishment when I was a cadet, we spend three years but two years later it became a five-year programme, when it was three years, the admission was every six months and when it became one year, the admission became every year.
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