Lt Col Ali Abdullahi Hassan and Lt Jamilu Ali Hassan are of the same parentage
Both had the great ambition to serve their fatherland in the military
While Ali and Jamilu were enthusiastic to see their dreams but fate had an entirely different thing in mind
They're were making steady progress in their callings
Jamilu had risen to the position of a Lieutenant ( two stars) until sometime in 2019 when tragedy struck and he was killed in combat in Katsina State after an attack
Five years later in March 2024, another tragedy struck , his elder brother Lt Col Ali Hassan , the Commander of the 81st Amphibious Brigade of the Nigerian Army was ambushed and killed alongside 16 of his colleagues by youths of Otuama in Delta State
This ended the lifetime ambition of the two rising young officers
They died for Nigeria to be safer
May their souls rest in peace
Chris Kehinde Nwandu is Editor in Chief of CKNNews