Recently the online community was informed
of a picture of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Buratai, his father and son
which surfaced on the internet.
It was gathered that Buratai’s father enlisted in
the West African Army in 1942, at the age of 18 and fought in the World War 2
in 1945. He later joined the services of escorting ships from Lagos to Cotonou
and Cape Town in South Africa.