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Gen. John Agim Agim (rtd), a former spokesman of the
Defence Headquarters, has revealed that during each recruitment
exercise, 15-25% of successful applicants are expected to die during
training.
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He made the revelation in a recent interview with
TheNation. According to him: “The military training we get already
takes care of whatever situation we find ourselves. .
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In
training, we are taught how to survive in whichever situation we find
ourselves. Even if we are captured by the enemy, we know how to survive
so we don’t die as a prisoner of war. .
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So by the time we go for
the real operations, to us it usually looks like a rehearsal because we
have already seen the worst during trainings.
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I urge
Nollywood film makers to try and see ways of how they can produce a few
of our drills so that the public can know some of the things that we go
through. .
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I can assure you that we have a robust training that
when you come out of it alive, you know that it is not you but God. You
can go for several days without food. .
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And for each of our
recruitments, there is a percentage expected to die during training. And
that could be as much as between 15 and 25%. .
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That alone shows
you that it is no play zone or a boys scout lifestyle. That is why when
filling a form to the Nigerian Defence Academy, you sign a bond that
you are responsible for your decision.”
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