seunmsg:


OP, what happened to Wellington Basey and how did he die? Again, how come he was not appointed the GOC nor handed the command of any of the two brigade commands after the exit of the British officers?

kingzizzy:


Think of it this way. Someone with HND and another with masters degree start working in the same organisation. Which of them is likely to be be promoted faster? Of course the Master Deegree holder.

Take Bassey(N1) and Maimalari(N5) for example. Bassey was a serving soldier when he was selected from the lower ranks and sent on a 3 months "short service" officers course to England. On completion of the course, he became the first Nigeria officer and was given the Army number (N1).

Maimalari finished secondary school, was recruited into the Army and sent to :

Regular officers training school (ROSTS)

Eaton Hall military cadet school, England

Royal military Academy, Sandhurst.

It took Bassey only 3 months to be an officer while it took Maimalari 3 years.

Maimalari was far more qualified than Bassey. Thats why by 1965, Maimalari was already a Brigadier and Bassey was still a Lt Colonel

KingLennon:
This is the kind of story that should always be on FP. Thumbs up OP. Things were going well till the igbo's started planning a coup to take over the country. Iffa hear anybody shout biafra again...

Oladimejyy:
That was when (igbos) they were planning the coup that destroy Nigeria

udees:
Where do you get your information that Maimalari attended the listed institution--Stop writing what you think and making it look like what you know--nonsense

DieBuhari:
If they say Delta is part of Biafra now, you guys will start crying.
Where was Nzeogwu from?

Oladimejyy:
That was when (igbos) they were planning the coup that destroy Nigeria

DieBuhari:
If they say Delta is part of Biafra now, you guys will start crying.
Where was Nzeogwu from?

raker300:
I thought they said it was only igbos that were made officers then?

The lies they told just to satisfy their Igbo blood lust.

kingzizzy:


Think of it this way. Someone with HND and another with masters degree start working in the same organisation. Which of them is likely to be be promoted faster? Of course the Master Deegree holder.

Take Bassey(N1) and Maimalari(N5) for example. Bassey was a serving soldier when he was selected from the lower ranks and sent on a 3 months "short service" officers course to England. On completion of the course, he became the first Nigeria officer and was given the Army number (N1).

Maimalari finished secondary school, was recruited into the Army and sent to :

Regular officers training school (ROSTS)

Eaton Hall military cadet school, England

Royal military Academy, Sandhurst.

It took Bassey only 3 months to be an officer while it took Maimalari 3 years.

Maimalari was far more qualified than Bassey. Thats why by 1965, Maimalari was already a Brigadier and Bassey was still a Lt Colonel

mmb:
That's how God destined it to be.

seunmsg:


Bassey joined the Nigeria Army in 1936 so, he was already an experienced soldier before he was commissioned. I am not sure Maimalari attended all the schools you listed above before he was commissioned as an officer and before this picture was taken in 1959. Again, why was he not sent on similar training like his other colleagues?

issum:
its loopsided i only find 4 northerners Maimalari, Gowon, Pam and Katsina. thank god after civil war we dominated bastard igbos

raker300:
I thought they said it was only igbos that were made officers then?

The lies they told just to satisfy their Igbo blood lust.

kingzizzy:


Think of it this way. Someone with HND and another with masters degree start working in the same organisation. Which of them is likely to be be promoted faster? Of course the Master Deegree holder.

Take Bassey(N1) and Maimalari(N5) for example. Bassey was a serving soldier when he was selected from the lower ranks and sent on a 3 months "short service" officers course to England. On completion of the course, he became the first Nigeria officer and was given the Army number (N1).

Maimalari finished secondary school, was recruited into the Army and sent to :

Regular officers training school (ROSTS)

Eaton Hall military cadet school, England

Royal military Academy, Sandhurst.

It took Bassey only 3 months to be an officer while it took Maimalari 3 years.

Maimalari was far more qualified than Bassey. Thats why by 1965, Maimalari was already a Brigadier and Bassey was still a Lt Colonel

Paretomaster:
This is before the flatinoes plant the seed of discord through that one sided coup.. ..

Flattinoes, give them accommodation, and they will try to take 3 spoon of milk daily. ......

Paretomaster:
...give them accommodation, and they will try to take 3 spoon of milk daily. ......

mmb:
This is the spirit of One Nigeria then. Military is a unifying factor in Nigeria.