Promotion of Tinubu’s ADC stopped As Retired Generals Intervene

The controversial plan to decorate Nurudeen Yusuf, aide-de-camp (ADC) to President Bola Tinubu, as a one-star general on Monday evening was shelved at the last minute after an intervention by two former chiefs of army staff, It was gathered.

Yusuf, who was only decorated as a colonel last January, was to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier-general through “special presidential promotion”.

Under normal process, an officer has to be a colonel for at least four years after which he or she will attend the National Defence College (NDC) before they are considered for promotion.

The approval to bypass the process was conveyed in a letter from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) to the chief of army staff.