In early 1983, I made it possible for Nuri and Bah to get the Nigerian Defence Academy admission forms. It wasn’t difficult at the time. To fill the forms, however, became a problem. They were not interested in a military career. They wanted to go to the University of Maiduguri. I made them keep the forms and think over it. They did, reluctantly. After a week Bah came. As he stretched his hand to give back the form to me, he said: “Me I will not join the Army.”...