Part 2, The story of The N.D.A applicant that got admission into the Nigeia Defence Academy without a god-father - If he can do it. you can do it

Hello fans. I know you have read the Part one of this wonderful story. Here is the cont'd of the part 1. This story is a depiction that entails that those that are applying for the Nigeria defence Academy should never give up. They should remember that impossible mean I am possible. In the United States The Central Intelligence Agency  recruitment was highly competitive so is Nigeria too - The admission into the Nigeria Defence Academy very much competitive like the C.I.A and it have a lot of demand and sacrifices to make  so if you are applying for this year form. Buckle up and hold tight to your God. Let the story continue.

On his Arrival for The Armed Forces selection Board, Ola was searched amidst other candidate for Phones, Sharp object, and other Devices will be Searched for. Candidates that were caught with phone, their phone   condemned in front of their very eyes. But those smart enough were able to  smuggle it in . After the Searching Operation was Concluded. Ola was be asked to produce  his name then the NDA officials who are in charge of Candidates Registration for AFSB will have to confirm if his name if truly he  was shortlisted. After that he was  given a Chest number which occurs according to their name appears on The Exam List. It was be counted backwardly...This Chest number was his Identity.  After The Registration, Ola and others like him will be marched to the Drill Shed where Credentials Screening and Assessment will take place Immediately.(CREDENTIALS SCREENING)

When it was Ola turn his  Waec Scratch Card was be collected from him to checked his real grades whether it is different from the one he uploaded on their site

All your certificates and details from the day Ola reported was documented in a special file which later was passed on to the board men .Ola  eventually scale through all the elimination stages and he thank God for it. Then the Credentials Screening Result was  called after some days. So those found guilty with their Certificates were  sent Home...

(PYSCHOLOGICAL TEST)

This psychological test has to do with testing candidates reasoning and ability to think fast and have a good calculation of something. The candidates were provided with shapes, Lines, pictures to Analyze and Arranged. Ola  was faced with some personal questions. Why did you choose the army instead of the air force the screening officer asked .Ola too replied before he knew that he gave a stupid answer when he said Because Air service men have more probability of dying than Army personnel.  The screening officer shot him a dangerous look that made Ola re-strategize his next response to the next answer. Fortunately after few more questions, the psychological test is over and Ola is still in the List.

.The next was B.P Test(Blood Pressure) Medical test per say

 This stage seems easy and simple but Ola as damned scared he did his best to try and keep your heart calm, avoid thinking much especially from the day he reported for AFSB.  Height And Weight test Ola passed. Even when it was BMI(Body Mass Index) test Ola sucked in all the air he could grab and marched the weight testing machine with full force thus increasing his weight without the Screening officer knowing,

c. Dental Examination, Physical Medical check up. Electrocardiogram

 some electrical wires were be placed on his chest ,  legs and hands. Then the machine reads  to check if his heart functions well and if his breathing Rate is normal. This test is very critical because the result is hardly tempered with.  Ola knew those candidates with  godfather can't do anything thereto secure their admission  and here Ola knew  had no godfather except God who he believed created him. Ola did not even have it in his mind that his form indicating that his father was a war veteran could possibly grace him an admission all he knew is that He trust in God.

Oh!!! When it was the time for the 3.2 km race Ola did his best and he came fifth. Though that was simple to him due to his experience  in amateur martial arts. He is no new to sport or any vigorous activity. He also made two friend among the candidates. Umar and Wariboko  .

  Exam time came and Ola swung into action to unleash his genius potential on the answer sheets. Individual Obstacle Crossing time Jumping across obstacles, ducking under barbed wires with live rounds being spent above their head the process was tough and Ola once considered running away  from training. His mind drifted to the blog post he used to read about the vigorous Special force  training of the U.S Navy seals . His own training he is facing is not up to that yet he was complaining. However he summoned courage and built up his highest bid of morale to quench any thoughts of giving up.  


(Group Obstacle Crossing)

  States were  divided into three groups .   Retrieving the Riffle, Retrieving the Diamond and Retrieving the scroll.  just 4minutes each to Reach  every obstacle problem there. That is the three. But each group was instructed  to have finished  one Task before proceeding to the next one. The next stage came and a Leader was Required who will have to give directives on the task given to them and what other activities others in the group should do. The state Ola was a member was the last to pick a leader because all of them were scared of failing. Just then something flashed back through Ola's mind. A blog post from our blog- A.M which talk about what to expect from the N.D.A  and some words flashed sharply in his brain which was quoted from the post which says  

 

 But my Advice to youmy brothers and sisters is that you should not Stand there Like a Forbiddentree watching. Make sure you do something or if possible try and be the groupleader because you will be given an Additional mark if you act as a Leader orpartake in the Activities. REMEMBER THIS: your Fellow State Candidate is yourGreatest Enemy as far as AFSB Screening Exercise Is Concern that is just thetruth Even right from the Day you wrote your EE. So try and do all you can tomake a good point in order for you to have a high Chance of being Selected.

Those words swung Ola into action and he volunteered to be his team leader and they performed really well in House clearing and counter- insurgency demo, Ola got injured during house clearing when one of his team mate ran out of  communication due to a failure of his walkie- talkie , he was strolling alone during the house clearing demo without receiving prompts from his team leader- Ola ,they were in a replica of a hostage house taken over by terrorist represented by dummies. The team mate in question mistook Ola for a dummy and shot his gun at him. Luckily for Ola the bullet were just mere blanks but the force made Ola smash his head against an iron Panel thus giving him and injury but the operations wasn’t called off as the team mates that shot him took Ola body over his shoulders and ran out of the replica hostage house and treated Ola with his first aid kits. Insults and sarcastic words dropped from the Drill-instructor mouth directed to the team mate that shot Ola. He was identified as Amos. 30 minutes rest was given to them due to the injury and then the whole states team were briefed on causes and prevention of accidents during  operations thus making reference to  the 2016 air force- IDPs camp accidental operations that left many dead during counter-insurgency bombings.

The next day, Ola expected a day-off but the drill sergeant did not grant his wish but gave him just 6:30 am to resume training that others have started 4:30 am.

Ola resumed when the team were practicing Parachute Landings and Gas-mask operations. The morning flowed into the evening and Ola complained of a serious headache but his drill-instructor told him he have to learnt how to deal with serious injuries in the face of ongoing war, no matter what he should never give up. The drill- instructor a ferocious Kanuri man nicknamed captain Bazooka by other instructors. Blood stains was evident on Ola's bandage as he was swimming  so an instructor told Ola to be gracefully dismissed from the day training Bazooka refused to gracefully dismiss him as he quoted a citation from  Popular George Patton's  saying which says.

"The more you bleed during peace time, The less you bleed during war time"

But the way he pronounced those words made Ola laugh silently and forgot his pains when he said.

"The more you bled during Phiss fime, The less you bled during war fime" using his local dialects to pronounce words.

Ola wondered in his mind that Bazooka must have been those guys that work their way to the academy through Godfathering and tribal-ties. However, Ola could not finalize whether his assumption were true or false. Minutes Later Ola body sounds Okay and they were taught basic martial arts and yoga by some Bangladesh military personnel that were on visit to the academy but Ola was excluded from participating due to an advice by one of the Bangladesh instructors.

 Judgment Day. Came The final A.F.S.B screening and Ola have returned to his Phobia state, As he doubt if he will get any chance of getting admitted simply because all the candidates  talk and boast of their godfathers they have in preparation before applying. The candidates all talk about Godfathers/ Godmothers during their leisure time, only Ola kept quiet because he have a God rather than a godfather . His newly found friend he met there too discuss about Godfathering most especially  Umar who was too full of himself and he claims he have nothing to worry about since his own god-father was an Admiral in the navy. Wariboko too doesn’t have a god-father, he narrated an experienced of being duped online after an internet masquerade pose to be a major gen. and posted it on his social media that those willing to be god-fathered should call his number for assistance. Wariboko dial his number and during the call, the man instructed him to send a sum of 100,000 naira but wariboko sent 70,000 naira to his bank account. After three days the man social media account was deleted and his phone numbers aren't going  anymore. Thus Wariboko knew he was a victim of cyber scam.  Ola and Umar laughed after he narrated his experienced of being duped.

Oh!  Judgment Day.  It's  here some Christian Candidates pray as never before in their Life, scream, cry, shout, and remember all their forgotten bible memory verse until  they can no longer talk again. While Their Muslim brother too Pray until their Saliva get dried up while praying hitting their forehead on the floor until the head starts bleeding, praying  until their kneel Start's bleeding because they knew this stage is where their fate will be decided. This is where All their effort right from the day your took the NDA form online will be finalized because all their Documents and information will be presented to them and will be thoroughly Accessed even before they step in to the room to face the Almighty Armed Forces Board selectors  on the hot sit.

States were  called in one after the other according to their Chest number. AS the number count Ola heartbeat raised and beat louder than an Abram tank missile blast.

Finally he was called,15 minutes was used in the clearance of his documents  then he was to be interviewed by one mean officer. Here is their conversation.

Screening Officer:  Have your sit young fellow.

Ola: Thank you sir

Screening Officer: So I hope we are through with your screening of documents

Ola: yess sir!

Screening Officer: c'mon we want men here, not boys . Why is your voice shaking

Ola: I am sorry sir!

Screening Officer:  Don’t worry, we will transform you from boyhood to manhood

Ola: ……..

Screening officer: Applicant number and Course to be offered

Ola: NDA/001/77I3, Political Science and Defence

Screening Officer:  Report!

Ola: what do you mean sir!

Screening Officer: Defend your  purpose

Ola: I don’t get you sir!

Screening Officer: Then get out let the next person him here.

Ola: ( he states the definition of political science and defence studies.)

Screening Officer: Brilliant! Now you know what am looking for. Hey champ now I will throw some questions at you and I want you to be as fast as a snipe bird

Ola: Ready Sir!!!

Screening Officer:  your name appeared on a featured post I saw on A.M world

Ola: ( looking shocked) aiiit! Um! Yes sir!!!

Screening Officer: for you to have guest post on that wonderful site. That means you are smart kid. So now prove it to me.

Ola:  How sir!

Screening Officer: the word D.M.Z related to South korea and the North fully mean what?

Ola: Demilitarized zone sir

Screening Officer: Nigeria broke diplomatic ties with France due to what in 1961

Ola: Testing of nuclear bomb in the Sahara Desert

Screening Officer:  in U.S.A we call it the C.I.A  in Nigeria its called what?

Ola: N.I.A

Screening Officer: Israel

Ola: Mossad

Screening Officer: Russia

Ola: K.G.B

Screening Officer: Britain

Ola:  MI6

Screening Officer:  Waoh! I knew I had expect those brilliant answers from you.

Ola:  thank you sir.

Screening Officer: when was the Nigeria defence academy established

Ola: emm……….. 1970… or I mean 1965 oh! It was established in January 1964 as a reformation of the British run Royal Military Forces Training College (RMFTC), which had been renamed the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) on independence until now which became N.D.A

Screening Officer:  what's the name of the owner of the most popular military blog in Africa

Ola:  Micheal something sir, I have forgotten his surname

Screening Officer: Shame on you! You don’t even know the owner of a blog that paid you to guest post . Any way that's not our business.

Ola: ……….

Screening Officer: who started ww2

Ola: Hitler sir!

Screening Officer: Oh! Never knew Hitler surname is Sir!

Ola: ( chuckles)

Screening Officer: Don’t mistake me for smiling with you.

Ola: Sorry sir!

Screening Officer:  oh! Sorry too is a brother to Hitler since he bear the surname Sir!

Ola: ( trying not to Laugh ) Alright

Screening Officer: Mention code names of Military operations you have ever heard of

Ola: D-Day

Screening Officer: I reject that because that's the name use to tag the date an operation will be executed.

Ola: D-Day Normandy Landings 1945

Screening Officer: Keep it up, am enjoying you.

Ola: Operation Red wings by American Navy seals

Screening Officer: Operation Neptune spear

Ola: Operation Market garden

Screening Officer: Oh help me clap for my boy. ( he turn to face other screening officers)

The interview between Ola and the screening officer is already generating serious attention from bystanders, other candidates waiting for their turns are already looking at Ola with envy . Ola knew this too but he compose himself in other to appear proud. The conversation continues.

Screening Officer: Ok. Continue with the list

Another screening officer sitting close to them:  c'mon boy give us code names of operations Tiwan! Tiwan! Tiwan! Operations.

Ola: Operation Lafiya dole, crocodile smile, crocodile laugh, python dance, operation scorpion sting.

Another Screening Officer: oh! That's good of you. You are for what course

Ola: Political science and defence studies Sir

Screening Officer: will you accept if your course is changed to war History

Ola: I am not qualified by my subjects offered in S.S.C.E and JAMB

Another screening officer: It seems we will be switching you to that course.

Ola: Sir! I will appreciate it if I remain in my desired course instead sir!

Screening officer: My champ! You can't decided on the board decision.

Ola: alright sir!

Screening officer: well,  Young man. At this junction I want to assure you that’s we are through for now. So go let the next person in. The final list will decide you                          

                                guys fate.

Ola: Thank you very much Sir. (could not hide his joy)

Screening Officer: Be more compose My boy. We need maturity here. Make sure you see me after today at the Officers mess. 4:00 pm on dot.

Ola: Yes sir! ( pack  his documents to leave)

Screening officer: if only yes was Hitler brother. Have a nice day.

Following the good remarks from the screening officer, Ola was about to receive and handshake from the screening officer when a Rocket propelled grenade from nowhere hit a building close to where the interview was going on. Gun shots followed and it seems to be in all directions. Every one scampered to safety including the officers ,  they all lied flat on the ground under their desk. Ola shared  cover under the same desk with his screening officer. Amidst the shots being fired, Ola peeped to see what's going on. He discovered that all the tower guards have been shots. The academy gates have burst open due to blast of perhaps a suicide bomber. Anybody sighted with possession were being shots. But by who? They are being attacked. Unbelievable in the Nigeria Defence academy.

The attackers based on what's going happens to be islamic terrorist. BOKO HARAM indeed! With the flow of Allahu Akbar! Overshadowing the environment. Half of the academy was being attacked and the half seems to be where the interiew was going on. Help was far from them as soldiers from the remain buildings are trying to recover from either a blast, or machine gun fire or trying to regroup themselves and fend off the invaders.  Everyone were flat on the ground when Ola notice a terrorist entered the interview hall. He was holding a kalashnikov rifle and ready to fire. Logically the shots were directed to the screening officers close to Ola but Ola saw it coming first so pushed a cupboard to face the incoming shots  so the cupboard initially loaded with many books absorbed the bullets directed at the screening officer. The screening officer was shocked because he knew he suppose to be a dead man if not  for Ola. The assailant wait to reload his rifle but before he could that Ola have already stand up to throw an iron panel at him. The assailant lost his balance and loose possession of his rifle which Ola have already grabbed from him and turned to shoot him.  Ola with the rifle too was trembling  as he did not know what to do. Every officer yelled at him- "Rules of Engagement the attack is still going on! Shoot him!"  

Ola didn’t want to kill so he shot the assailant thrice at his legs thus disabling him from moving. After this all the officer and candidates stood up from their cover and some went towards the wounded assailant and held him hostage. An officer took the rifle from Ola's hand and then wait at the interview hall door in response to the sounds of other assailant coming from the hallway. Shots were exchanged and the officer have downed three incoming terrorist. All the officers present in the room drew out their pistol from their drawers and took position at the door side. All of a sudden they heard a tank fire missiles at the terrorist outside and they were relieved . That didn’t last long 5 minutes later when the terrorist managed to take over the Tank! That's spelt doom for those at the interview hall because the tank was close to them, moreover the tank crew are aiming it muzzle at the interview hall. Ola wondered  what came over him, he have watch  movies where by an actor disarm an assailant in possession of a weapon . Though Ola was an amateur martial artist that train himself true you tube videos and movies but he never buy the idea of disarming an armed assailant. Here he have just done one.

As the Tank is about to shoot the missle .All the occupants of the interview all were confused because if they are to run out. They would become victim of machine gun fire coming from the crew aboard the tank. In a twinkle of an eye Ola pumped with un-imaginable adrenaline jump out of the hall , the building was one storey high but Ola didn’t notice that because of the adrenaline rush. He jumped down he building and took a gas cylinder he saw near the flower plants. He then swung the gas cylinder like a shotput athlete . He swung it with all his might that the cylinder landed with strong force and exploded on the tank thus spelling victory for Ola. All these he did under rapid machine gun fire. The tank exploded and all the terrorist in it died simply because they left the tank cover open.

Airforce fighter jets have already arrived the scene and blew the remaining terrorist up while troops that have already regroup from the academy took the remaining terrorist as prisoners.  Everybody at the academy rushed to Ola who have fallen to the group after the vigorous cylinder throw. He was hit with a pellet at his left arm. The cheering crowd called for first aid treatment and hailed Ola name Thanking him. Luckily for Ola. The commandant was around during the attack and he came to meet him saying. "Hello young Hero I want to use this occasion to tell you that you have been honorably given admission to the Nigeria Defence Academy  and would be automatically promoted to the  Lieutenant instead of second Lieutenant, You should also expect a reward from Our president when if he come here to check the invasion. Thank you Great Hero. Ola heard this words and fell into coma."

Media reporters were already flooding the invasion scene and then Black out. - www.afomicworld.blogspot.com

Case closed: 2 days after some people have been evicted through interview . The final list was released and the surviving candidates all rushed to check their names from the list. Many wept tears of joy while many did otherwise. Ola was among the Triumphant. When he saw his name he was also given a medal and a Large amount of money for his heroic deed by the country's president, he was damned happy he expected it already. He looked at himself that he that was son of nobody secured an admission to the N.D.A without a godfather. The friends he made there too, wariboko and Umar too were granted the admission. The three of them hugged each other and sing praises. . They took their bags and belongings to start their journey home all the way from Kaduna.The screening officer have promised to drive Ola home with his car.  So Obvious that Ola didn’t bring his cell phone as they were instructed not to do, so he couldn’t call his parent to break the good news to them. So  Ola borrowed his screening officer phone and dialed his dad number on the phone and when the receiver picked the phone. Ola now realized that all the happenings he have experienced are just a psychological expectation of his reality. He discovered it was a dreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

  

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Hmmn I can see many look forward to this