Enigmatic, astute, diligent, professional, officer and gentleman, suave and princely; He was later to become an exemplary politician who after soldiering became a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007. It was the late Major- General Joseph Nanven Garba who wrote the book “Diplomatic Soldiering” and introduced the phrase into Nigeria’s literary lexicon.
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