Nigerian Army on Thursday, December 30, made history by decorating two siblings known as the Gagariga brothers, from the same parents, as Major General.
One of them, who is the elder and Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Artillery, Major Gen TA Gagariga, decorated his younger brother Teriworie Gagariga with his new rank of Major General.
Both siblings who also serve in the same corps of artillery hail from Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
At the event, Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) challenged the newly promoted Senior Officers to reinvigorate efforts to end the current security challenges bedevilling the country.
Gen. Magashi, while delivering the felicitation message of President Muhammadu Buhari, said, to whom much is given, much is expected, pointing out that the newly decorated Officers must justify their new ranks by rendering selfless service to the nation.
The minister said their elevation to the enviable ranks are well deserved and urged them to remain focused in the discharge of their mandate to comprehensively defeat the adversaries.
He reminded them that they cannot afford to let the nation down in their call to higher responsibility in defending the nation’s territorial integrity and in meeting the national aspirations for peace in all dark spots of insecurity in parts of the country.