when men were men

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.

pls go and take history lessons

seunmsg:


I read somewhere now that he left the army just before the civil war. But it is really curious how he was overlooked for the top three military positions in the country when the British left. Even Maimaleri who was a captain when he was already a major was appointed brigade commander of the second brigade in Lagos and all they gave him was commander of federal guards company under a junior officer. Does it have anything to do with his competency or ethnic minority status?

It may most probably be due to the ethical issue

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sean1000x:
Mostly Igbos and Ibibios ON MERIT when white colonial officers were in charge and there was no quota system.

what of looking at it from this angle the whites (west) that recruited them did so because they have same religion in common?

einsteine:
How did Ojukwu rise ahead of Philip Effiong when Effiong was already a Captain while Ojukwu was just a lieutenant?

Philip Effiong was commissioned in 1956 while Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957.

The reason Ojukwu leapfrogged over Effiong was that Ojukwu had joined the civil service as a graduate in 1955. So when Ojukwu moved over to the Army, it was seen as a continuation of his civil service and his commission date was backdated from 1957 to 1955 thereby becoming senior to Effiong.

Brigadier Zakariya Abubakar Hassan Maimalari was born on the 17th of January 1930 into the royal family of Maimalari, in Maimalari village of present day Yobe State, Nigeria. At the tender age of four, he began his educational career at Nguru elementary school, also in present day Yobe state. He completed his primary education at Borno Middle School, Maiduguri in April 1941. From there, he proceeded to Barewa College Zaria, where he obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in December 1947.

It was while at Barewa College Zaria, that the interest of the young Maimalari was first kindled on the army as a career by one of the school's principals. However, it was only upon completion of his secondary education and return to Maiduguri that he eventually actualized that ambition through the help of late Mallam Ibrahim Imam. Along with his childhood friend and schoolmate, Lawan Umar, they enlisted into the Royal West African Frontier Force (R.W.A.F.F.) Zaria, on the 10th March 1950.  

About six months later, they went to the West African School of Infantry in Teshi, Ghana. From Ghana they left for the United Kingdom and continued training first at Eaton Hall, Chester, on the 9th January 1951 and subsequently at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. From the records I obtained from RMAS, it was indicated that Zakariya Maimalari was in Burma Company, course intake 10, which ran from September 1951 to February 1953. He was eventually commissioned 2nd Lieutenant (Subaltern) on the 16th February, 1953. 

Therefore, Zakariya Maimalari and Lawan Umar, both of whom were from then Borno Province in what is today the north east geo-political zone of Nigeria, were the first four (4) Africans, along with late King Hassan of Morocco and a Ghanaian Charles Buah, ever to attend and successfully pass out of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (RMAS) in the United Kingdom. Lawan Umar was eventually forced to resign his commission from the Army, leaving Zakariya Maimalari as the first regular combatant Nigerian in the Officer Corps of the Army

sayentease:
Naija has been wrong from the inception of it.

Imagine . they have done lowkey NIgerian immigration recruitment exercises to "chosen" candidates.

Not even a "we are sorry you are not selected" email to all applicants.

After I slept in the cafe

Nigeria.. I just weak right now.

Are you fvcking serious? this same immigration recruitment we all applied for recently that's a fvcking lie jarey!

As an officer in the Army, Maimalari attended many professional courses.  They included the Platoon Weapons Course at the school of Infantry, Hythe, England. He attended the Regimental Signal Instructor's Course at School of Infantry Signal Wing, in September 1956. Between 14th January and 24th March 1957 he was in England for the Platoon Commander's course. He went for the Company Commander's course also at the School of Infantry, England, between 14th June and 7th August 1959. In 1961 he was at the Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan. He also attended the Royal College of Defense Studies, London from January to December 1964.

From 1957 - 1959, Zakariya Maimalari commanded the Officer Cadet training wing of what used to be known as the “Boys Company” in Zaria. It was in this capacity that he trained and motivated some of the top ranking Generals of the Nigerian Army, all of who are now either retired or dead today.  

Maimalari also served as second in command and instructor at the Nigerian Military Training College (N.M.T.C.) Jaji, Kaduna. He commanded the Second Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Abeokuta between 1962 - 1963, and finally rose as a Brigadier to command the Second Brigade, Nigerian Army, Apapa, Lagos from 1963 - 1966. Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari was holder of the Campaign Stars Medal; Medal Forces Service Star; Queen Elizabeth the Second’s Coronation Medal and the United Nation's Congo Medal.

On the night of 15th January, 1966, Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari had hosted a party in his residence in Ikoyi. Later in the early hours of the following morning some of the very officers who had warmly fraternized with others at the party that same evening returned to his house and attacked the Brigadier under guise of staging a coup d’état. He was able to escape the initial attackers and exited through the backyard of the residence, only to fall into the hands of his own Brigade Major who it turned out was a part of the coupists. They shot him to death.
https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://saharareporters.com/2014/05/21/who-was-brigadier-zakariya-maimalari&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiluvGEy93UAhVrAcAKHYtIBugQFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNGh8NYl1og8NKe3VrCtX54yhsX-ww

datigbogirl:


Are you fvcking serious? this same immigration recruitment we all applied for recently that's a fvcking lie jarey!

Nor be lie brother..

I just confirmed from legit sources now.


How far bro.. You nor dey buy the lappy again? Shebi we don free for pricem you just went AWOL like that.

Nawa o

sayentease:


Nor be lie brother..

I just confirmed from legit sources now.


How far bro.. You nor dey buy the lappy again? Shebi we don free for pricem you just went AWOL like that.

Nawa o

meen money no dey jawey, me sef dey try sell my 3D TV....very broke right now man.

Igbo have problems nit only in Nigeria but in organizations. Just employ an igbo man into ur company. Give him sometimes you see how he LL start scheming to overthrow u cos of money. They are never loyal,and LL always have the feeling that they are the live wire of ur organization.

datigbogirl:


meen money no dey jawey, me sef dey try sell my 3D TV....very broke right now man.

Bless up bro.. Hustle go pay

zanga420:
what of looking at it from this angle the whites (west) that recruited them did so because they have same religion in common?

WTF Afonja? Are yorubas not majority Christians then also? Isn't the same Igbo leading in every measure of academic performance in Nigeria today?

sunnyb0b0:


So 20 out of 29 from Eastern region (later Biafra) is not significant enough to you?

Good observation! And out of those 9 non Biafrans, 7 were murdered in one night of January 1966. Very balanced killings if you ask me.

mikoyems:
Dis anyone noticed there are actually 31 Military Officers?

It was already stated in the OP that one of them is not Nigerian!

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. ......

and since then you have been "drinking garri without sugar?"... Ndi Ara everywhere

sean1000x:


WTF Afonja? Are yorubas not majority Christians then also? Isn't the same Igbo leading in every measure of academic performance in Nigeria today?

bros learn how to reason before you talk. What I did was to open up a wide perspective of reasoning.
Besides not everyone that asks questions against your idea is your enemy, against you or an afonja.
This is your problem, what you're complaining is right but learn how to decipher. Thanks

zanga420:
[s]bros learn how to reason before you talk. What I did was to open up a wide perspective of reasoning.
Besides not everyone that asks questions against your idea is your enemy, against you or an afonja.
This is your problem, what you're complaining is right but learn how to decipher. Thanks[/s]

Decipher your Afonja self.

Paperwhite:
He resigned his commission but the circumstances is not clear.

Are you sure about this, sire?

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

The white men who trained them ddnt teach them about coup. They taught themselves and that was where the spirit of one Nigeria died.

PatriotTemidayo:
So the MALOs that later destroyed the military with corruption, coups and counter-coups were not there when real men signed for 'one bullet'?

And now, they have loaded the army with goro chewing minions that can't speak good English, bringing them in trucks from their stench-drench slumbs.

Pitiable.

Well he is there and his name is Aguiyi Ironsi, He is the first Military man to take plan coup through his boys and take over power by killing Yoruba and Hausa leaders.. Well it later lead to his own death too and also lead to war that wiped out over 3million of his kinsmen..

The 4 majors were southerners. The white GOC must have been disappointed to hear of coup after he left.

mmb:
FROM THE RECORDS: The first 30 Nigerian officers in Nigeria's military.

Date: June, 1959

Left to right sitting: Captain Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, Captain Philip Effiong, Captain Umeh Ogere Imo, Major Samuel Adesoji Ademulegun, Major Wellington Bassey, Major General Norman Forster (GOC, Nigerian Army), Major Aguiyi Ironsi, Major Ralph Adetunji Shodeinde, Captain Zakaria Maimalari, Captain Conrad Nwawo, Captain David Akpode Ejoor.

2nd Row Standing: Lt Igboba, Lt George Remunoiyowun Kurubo, (non Nigerian standing next to Kurubo), Lt J Akahan Akaga, Lt Patrick Awunah, Lt Louis Ogbonnia, Lt Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Lt Eyo Ekpo, Lt Author Unegbe, Lt Abogo Largema.

3rd Row Standing: Lt Hillary Mbilitem Njoku, 2nd Lt Macauley Nzefili, 2nd Lt David Ogunewe, 2nd Lt Shadrack, Lt Alexander Madiebo, 2nd Lt Anthony Eze, Lt Yakubu Gowon, 2nd Lt Sylvanus Nwanjei, Lt Yakubu Pam, 2nd Lt Hassan Katsina.

The very first Nigerian to be commissioned officer was "Wellington Bassey" with Army number (N1). Two months later, "Aguiyi Ironsi" (N2) and "Samuel A. Ademulegun" (N3) were also commissioned. A short while later, "Ralph Adetunji Shodeinde" (N4) was also commissioned officer.

Source: HQ Nigerian Army

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

Was it really an Igbo Coup?

sean1000x:


Decipher your Afonja self.

it's a pity daft ones like you give good ones amongst your people bad image.

Paperwhite:
That was when merit is far respected above the undeserved quota system.The finess Nigeria ever had then and now.

And to think that the idiots Obasanjo,grasscutters Babangida and evil Abacha or stupid Useni and small boy Diya were not even boys when these other great men signed up for death so Nigeria may be one... O my good God. Shout out to my grandfather Major Gen David Ejoor... This picture tells a lot about you... A true elder statesman you are by not meddling in politics and #Respects to Aguiyi Ironsi for taking a bullet for Nigeria... Your story moved me to tears... And to Colnel Pam, I actually cried when I read your story. And to all detribalized Nigerian Army officer, God bless you all....

As for Obasanjo,Babangida,and their likes especially the first two,I mentioned may you never know peace even in ur graves for the harm you did Nigeria.

As a bonus,Tinubu, as you have murdered sleep by imposing a vegetable with impaired speech on us, so shall problems be imposed on you...

Distinguished officers; b4 those sandhurst trained majors came to disrupt every, Nzeogwu.....be speaking phonee

Tecno66:
The white men who trained them ddnt teach them about coup. They taught themselves and that was where the spirit of one Nigeria died.

Nzeogwu be like..... coup is bae