4 military cadets have passed away in the course of an energy-tasking training exercise associated with the system.
Controversies are currently trailing a recruitment exercise being carried out by the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, over the death of four Cadets who were recently enlisted into the institution for intensive military training exercises.
The Cadets were said to have died after medical complications arising from the intensive rigorous exercises which exposed their unfitness a few weeks after their admission. The death of the four Cadets which was said to have jolted the leadership of the institution, resulted in the authorities, instituting a panel to investigate the medical and physical condition of other Cadets undergoing military training in the institution.
At the end of the panel’s sitting, the investigators who included physical training experts, physiotherapists, psychologists and medical doctors, discovered that a sizeable number of the cadets were suffering from severe medical deficiency.
Further investigation by Saturday Vanguard revealed that the situation was so bad that over 50 Cadets were discovered to be suffering from life-threatening diseases. Tongues have started wagging as to how this large number of medically unfit Cadets were enlisted.
However, a correspondent was told by sources close to the Academy that about 53 Cadets having been screened and found to be medically unfit had been listed to be expelled.
The NDA Board is expected to approve the recommendation by the Academy. It was learnt that the authorities may have taken the stand to have the medically sick Cadets expelled because of the fear of likely outrage from the public if more deaths were recorded.
Observers are however miffed that a military institution like the NDA could allow itself to be bamboozled by politicians into bending its admission rules.
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