Security expert and doctoral researcher, Matthew Ibadin, has warned officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces to be mindful of unmanaged anger, describing it as a temporary madness that leaves a permanent record. Delivering a lecture on Emotional Discipline and Anger Management to 436 personnel of Senior Course 48 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, he said undisciplined anger could become a greater threat than the enemy.
Ibadin, President of Security Resources & Risk Management Academy, Lagos, urged officers to apply emotional discipline both at work and at home, noting that anger should never take command. Using the parable of lions, he said female lions live longer because they roar only when necessary, while many officers have become like male lions, fighting over minor issues. He advised them to know which battles deserve energy, stressing that the strongest person is often the calmest.
He warned that anger destroys health, homes and careers, triggering hypertension, stroke and other ailments, and ruining families when command style is brought home. According to him, impulsive decisions taken in anger over operational orders, promotions and reports often end in boards of inquiry and career ruin, urging officers to pause, verify facts and discipline anger rather than eliminate it.
