Members of the Army Direct Regular Commission 04/1993 (DRC 04/93) Association, including those in the diaspora, are also expected to participate in the celebration.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Members of the Nigerian Army Direct Regular Commissioned Officers Course 04/1993 will hold a reunion to celebrate 30 years after commissioning as officers in the army.
The group, under the aegis of Direct Regular Commission 04/1993 (DRC 04/93) Association, will mark exactly 30 years since they took the oath of allegiance as officers after rigorous military training at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI), Jaji, Kaduna State, from January 8 to July 2, 1993.
Some of them are still serving, while others have honourably returned from military service and are making an impact in various endeavours of life.
The association will have a special prayer at Mambila Barracks Central Mosque on Friday, July 7, 2023, and a reunion and celebration on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Scorpion Officers Mess, Abuja, by 10.00 am.
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The Commandant of NASI, during the group’s training, Brigadier-General (Distinguished Senator) Tunde Ogbeha (rtd), will chair the occasion.
Other dignitaries expected at the occasion include former Directing Staff (DS) and Instructors at the time, Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye (rtd), Brigadier-General Kolawole Vigo (rtd), (Col) Philip Arigbodu Okubotin (rtd), Eleme Pere Agbe III, the Amadaowei of Elemebiri Community, Salga, Bayelsa State and Colonel Usman Mohammed (rtd).
Members of the association, including those in the diaspora, are also expected to participate in the celebration. The reunion will be followed with a Thanksgiving Service at the Protestant Church, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, on Sunday, July 9, 2023, by 10.00 am.