He was one of the first graduates that enrolled as an officer in the Nigerian Army along with Lieutenant Colonels Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and Victor Banjo, and Majors Olufemi Olutoye, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, and Oluwole Rotimi in the 1966 Nigerian army.. 
'''"' jẹ́ Ààrẹ ilẹ̀ k̀B tẹ́lẹ̀.Ìtọ́kasí àwọn Ọjọ́ìbí ni awon Aare ilẹ̀ k̀b.. 