An alumnus of Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Tamil Nadu is all set to take office of the President in Nigeria.
Muhammadu Buhari, a retired major general of Nigerian Army, won the presidential elections in the West African nation after defeating incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. This is for the first time an opposition leader won a presidential poll in Nigeria.
Buhari had attended the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in 1973. He earlier ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a military coup.
Sources in New Delhi said that Buhari, set to take office in May, would attend the India-Africa Summit scheduled to take place here in October.
Another former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, was also an alumnus of the DSSC at Wellington. So was the third prime minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka. Apart from training Indian Army, Navy and Air Force officers, the DSSC also conducts courses for military officials of countries friendly to India.