Obasanjo talks on how to prevent civil war

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The former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said the removal of soldiers who have the backing of political office holder is the way to prevent another civil war.

The former President gave this advice at a public presentation of Haruna Yahaya new book titled, "The First Regular Combatant: Brigadier General Zakariya Maimalari," in Abuja on Tuesday, Jul 4th.

He said; "Maimalari was a man who was very interested in the welfare of his men during a peacekeeping mission in Congo, a situation that led to him having issues with some few. He was a soldier's soldier.
"To stop the sore of thing that took the life of Maimalari premarturely, all those assisted by political office holders should be eased out of Army so we can have an Army that will completely be free from political abberation.
"And since 1999, I think we have got it right, let us hope we have got it right and learn the right lessons.

He also said,"our lesson should be that this doesn't happen again, because many soldiers would have been of benefit to the country."

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