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Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by asorocker: 10:48am On May 14, 2013 |
Regular Officers Special Training School , ROSTS (Teshie, Ghana), now Ghana Military Academy where he was taught as a 2nd Lieutenant infantry tactics and military laws by the late Odumegwu Ojukwu, a man of uncommon brilliance in 1958. Another student of Ojukwu in Ghana was Benjamin Adekunle also known as The Black Scorpion. Both Murtala and Adekunle would later face their teacher in a bloody duel in the Nigerian Civil War Did anyone notice the above quote , Igbos who are in a position to manage and pass across intelligence / know how, knowledge , wisdom , should exercise lots of restraints when it has to do with another tribe , if you dont you could just be digging your grave and that of your generations , the jews have learn from this lesson 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by asorocker: 10:57am On May 14, 2013 |
Van snickers: If Ojukwu selfishly led his people into a war that almost became genocide , what did your own leaders do , submit thier heads to be slaughtered without resistance, drink poison and die when they had the option to look their oppressors in the face and tell him off. Generals kneeling before majors and shedding crocodile tears and shitting in their nappies like new born babies( Inept General Diya). Become prisoners of war and die without a gun shot by their captors like (field Marshall MKO Abiola) |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Abiyamo: 11:01am On May 14, 2013 |
Arysexy, why don't you read the article first before spewing your venom? Where did I leave out Murtala's Asaba massacre or portray him as a saint? Leave me out of whatever issue you've got with the man o. Arysexy: |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by musachara: 11:02am On May 14, 2013 |
Rossikk:Are you sure you are not high on something! "GEJ" Pleaseee...! |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Abiyamo: 11:04am On May 14, 2013 |
No Asorocker, they won't see that. Some of them are busy fighting a civil war in cyberspace. asorocker: 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by deskossy(m): 11:30am On May 14, 2013 |
Wow cant beleive I knw so little abt 9ja history,while am an american history buff,shame on me I must say..heading to 2 d libary asap!....but going tru all d comments on dis thread,it amazes me 2 see how polarize this country still is,after so many yrs after d civil war..granted murtala is revered by sm hated by by sm..but dis tinx hapend during d civil war,reprisal attacks is d norm during a war,but dat dosnt mean wat he did was ryt...so let us luk 4ward as a country and our dreaded past,it is d future dats gona determine who we are not d past..germany is a prime example 2 Likes |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by deskossy(m): 11:31am On May 14, 2013 |
Wow cant beleive I knw so little abt 9ja history,while am an american history buff,shame on me I must say..heading to 2 d libary asap!....but going tru all d comments on dis thread,it amazes me 2 see how polarize this country still is,after so many yrs after d civil war..granted murtala is revered by sm hated by by sm..but dis tinx hapend during d civil war,reprisal attacks is d norm during a war,but dat dosnt mean wat he did was ryt...so let us luk 4ward as a country and not our dreaded past,it is d future dats gona determine who we are not d past.......Germany is a prime example |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 11:53am On May 14, 2013 |
Ozonna:E no dey pain me; I only dey pity u. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 11:56am On May 14, 2013 |
asorocker: Bro., it's better to ignore them and their rants. Honestly, there's something fundamentally wrong with their mentality. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by homesteady(m): 12:34pm On May 14, 2013 |
Ola Johnson: Please let's get things straight here!! Are you happy that He is well known for his genocidial act on the biafrans?? Just answer Yes or No!! I don't want explainations!! |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by tunjilana: 12:56pm On May 14, 2013 |
Did anyone see where the article said he wanted the post of supreme commander after the July 1966 coup, I think he was power hungry, doesnt respect order sadly he didnt rule/live long enough to judge his motives for Nigeria...As for the coup/war and events around that period, firstly the killing of innocent defenseless people who aint caught up in fire line is wrong but you cant really judge based on the events of that period, there were lot of disproportionate reactions to perceived provocations between hausas and igbos around that era and it is easy to use government resources to prosecute vengeance under the pretext of war...Gowon's apology has said it all...Above all, his economic blueprint for Nigeria was fantastic. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by LeStylo: 1:55pm On May 14, 2013 |
tunji_lana: Did anyone see where the article said he wanted the post of supreme commander after the July 1966 coup, I think he was power hungry, doesnt respect order sadly he didnt rule/live long enough to judge his motives for Nigeria...As for the coup/war and events around that period, firstly the killing of innocent defenseless people who aint caught up in fire line is wrong but you cant really judge based on the events of that period, there were lot of disproportionate reactions to perceived provocations between hausas and igbos around that era and it is easy to use government resources to prosecute vengeance under the pretext of war...Gowon's apology has said it all...Above all, his economic blueprint for Nigeria was fantastic. That was what endeared him to many. The war was over, but the man in power later was disciplined, astute, exceptionally brilliant and had foresight. Infact, leadership foresight died with him. He had a towering international posture. The West fretted, apartheid governments in Rhodesia, Angola and South Africa were uncomfortable. He was a pan-Africanist. Like every human, he indeed faltered at a time and badly too, but as HOS, he was excellent to mince words! 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by debetmx(m): 2:23pm On May 14, 2013 |
calaway:Who made ojukwu a General? When did ojukwu release Awolowo from jail and whicch agreement did Awolowo sign with ojukwu and in what capacity? How was Awolowo responsible for the food blockade and starvation of the biafran pple? I guess it was Awolowo who was more concerned about getting guns than getting food for his pple. How is Awolowo responsible for ojukwu's foolish decision to go war? What was Awolowo's advice to ojukwu? How could the ibos allow a 33 yr old man lead them to war? how could the ibos allow a man who was openly smoking when they were posing for photographs in Aburi? 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by slimghost(m): 2:24pm On May 14, 2013 |
As a man, he was a tribalist,quick tempered and ruthless. As a soldier, i admire him notwithstanding the atrocity he supervised in Asaba. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by 1Naira(m): 2:39pm On May 14, 2013 |
The destruction of the civil service is Murtala Muhammed legacy. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by debetmx(m): 2:43pm On May 14, 2013 |
Obi1kenobi: It is only in Nigeria that the man who killed the premier of another region is giving full military burial. It is only in Nigeria that a rebel leader who led 3m of his people to their death in a foolish military expedition and fled into exile with his family members while abandoning others to their fate is giving full military burial. 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 3:28pm On May 14, 2013 |
homesteady:Who could be well known for his genocidal act? You don't have right to ask me a question, let alone how it should be answered. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Ninilowo(m): 6:54pm On May 14, 2013 |
Ola Johnson: Murtala Muhammad was killed by the West majorly for his position in the liberation movements and wars fought in Angola. While the West supported the capitalist liberation movements of UNITA and FNLA, Muhammad supported the communist MPLA. During this period, which was also the Cold War era, Nigeria was heading communist. This angered the West who had already overthrew and imprisoned Patrice Lumumbar of Zaire and imposed Mobutu Sese Seko. The last of the African leaders that supported the MPLA in Angola and the SWAPO in South West Africa (now Namibia) to be killed was my own man, Muammar Gaddafi.OBJECTION MY LORD!!!!!!! |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by DerideGull(m): 8:12pm On May 14, 2013 |
Murtala Muhammed was not a good soldier or leader. He would probably not attained the rank of Brigadier if Gowon did not play to the gallery in order to win the war. Also, I wonder if he would have made the rank Major sooner than he did without his uncle as a defense minister. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by calaway: 8:25pm On May 14, 2013 |
Ninilowo: DIE!; TRAITOR DIE!!!!!!!!!! U will hate this MONSTER the more when you google "1967 Counter Coup in Nigeria" and because of him, I don handle that N20 till today even my children.KARMA ALWAY PREVAILS. EVEN HIS FIRST SON WAS SHOT TO DEATH ON THE STREETS. SORROW WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE OF ONE THAT GAVE SO MUCH SORROW. 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 8:26pm On May 14, 2013 |
calaway: Iseeeee!!!! |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 8:27pm On May 14, 2013 |
Ninilowo:What in particular do you object? 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by lordnammy(m): 10:25pm On May 14, 2013 |
He might be good bt not as good as Ojukwu. @ op u didn't do ur research well he was I prison during the war for the counter coup but was release as the then head of state lack got to stare the affairs of war,he ve ran to his masters british lords. Without him(mutala) Ojukwu cloud ve shot gowon like bush meat. He did nt use only nigerian solder, he use student. I know he is good bt not as u r putting him. Even Obj is of better intelligent than him. He had got but no brain. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 11:00pm On May 14, 2013 |
payless: May God bless his soul! My grandmother told me Murtala Mohammed came to the market one evening without security to buy fresh fish without a single security guard. He was there for more than 20 minutes and everyone was shaking his hand and touching him. Imagine that in Nigeria of today.If a Nigerian president should try this now, I'll personally kidnap him and ask for a 2 trillion Niara ransome.(Kai I don hammer b dat oh!!!!!! ) 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Abiyamo: 11:06pm On May 14, 2013 |
Not to be rude or anything, but I really don't understand what you are saying or trying to say. lordnammy: He might be good bt not as good as Ojukwu. @ op u didn't do ur research well he was I prison during the war for the counter coup but was release as the then head of state lack got to stare the affairs of war,he ve ran to his masters british lords. Without him(mutala) Ojukwu cloud ve shot gowon like bush meat. He did nt use only nigerian solder, he use student. I know he is good bt not as u r putting him. Even Obj is of better intelligent than him. He had got but no brain. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Abiyamo: 11:08pm On May 14, 2013 |
ROTFLMAO!!! 2 TRILLION!!! You don sell the whole country be that o Raymondenyi: |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by doziej84: 11:34pm On May 14, 2013 |
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Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by lagcity(m): 11:40pm On May 14, 2013 |
calaway:All of these crap you typed here is not new. I do not have any hate against any Igbo. However, I wont shy away from telling any Igbo or Hausa or Yoruba the truth. If you have any proof that the State of Israel (not one misguided Israeli pilot) supported Biafra, present it. If you have any proof of genocide during the civil war, present it. Quick question for you: if you want to wipe out your enemy and your enemy surrenders, what do you do? Answer that question and tell me whether Nigeria wanted to wipe out the Igbos. 1 Like |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 12:08am On May 15, 2013 |
I'm not fooled by the whole pan african facade. Idi amin also was a thorn to the West, still doesn't make him an angel overnight but a murderous leech. Same as Murtala. Seems this is the kind of tactic African leaders use. Just throw in some pan africanism and you'd win yourself a bunch of sycophants. Soon Nzeogwu would be celebrated! |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 12:26am On May 15, 2013 |
Err... Perhaps, you're referring to Zik and his pseudo-pan-Africanism(Rossikk acts like him as well)... However, this man was the real deal: a principle and disciplined man who was down for the cause. Rejecting Henry Kissinger's(google the name) visit is enough to show what type of man he was. 2 Likes |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by DerideGull(m): 1:51am On May 15, 2013 |
babyosisi: [size=18pt]An interview by the late Chief Enahoro in 1998 as he addressed a group of Igbos who questioned him on the war[/size] I urge every Igbo person not to take above sawdust allegedly spewed by Anthony Enahoro seriously. Anthony Enahoro was one of the irredeemable co.cksuckers that bit the fingers that fed them. |
Re: Murtala Muhammed - Things You Never Knew by Nobody: 6:01am On May 15, 2013 |
stillwater: I'm not fooled by the whole pan african facade. Idi amin also was a thorn to the West, still doesn't make him an angel overnight but a murderous leech. Same as Murtala.Idi Amin and Murtala Muhammad were never the same. The West even when they claim they were bent on entrenching democratic rule, destbilized democratic governments. Patrice Lumumba, the Prime Minister of Zaire was overthrown by a West sponsored military officer, Joseph Mobutu. They watched this retire and even contested as a civilian with a new name, Mobutu Sese Seko. During this period, Zaire's relationship with Ronald Reagan increased. I won't say more than this. |
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