Ogbonnaya Oji, a retired colonel in the Nigerian army, is dead.

Mr. Orji, from Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, died on June 20, three weeks after the death of his wife, Christiana, according to information made available to PREMIUM TIMES by his nephew, Ahaoma Kanu, a journalist with National Daily newspaper.

He was 76.

Mr. Orji, who joined the Nigerian army in 1960 as an officer cadet, was later to become one of the major actors of the first military coup in the country in January 1966, alongside the coup leader Kaduna Nzeogwu.

Mr. Orji fought on the side of Biafra during the civil war. He served in the Biafran army as the commanding officer of the 9thBattalion in 1967, Commander 62 Brigade in 1968, principal staff officer, 12 Division in charge of operation and training in 1969, and also as the principal staff officer at the 4th Commando Division in charge of operations in September 1969.

Mr. Orji was trained as an officer cadet at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna. From there, he moved to MONS Officer Cadet School, Aldershot in the United Kingdom to complete his cadet training. He was commissioned 2nd Lt in July 1960.

He was a combatant infantry officer. His service record includes military attachment with the Royal Sussex Regiment Belfast, Northern Ireland, Platoon Commander 4th Battalion Ibadan, Nigerian Contingent in the United Nations Peace Keeping Operations in the Congo in 1962, Battalion Intelligence Officer 4th Battalion Ibadan, and General Staff Officer (GSO III) 2 Brigade Nigerian Army Apapa Lagos.

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Nnamadi Cownu is next in line!

mormonslayer:


If I say your whole family is in line now you'll go crying to the Mods like the freaking coward you are. I'll just ignore you so you can keep making a
fool of yourself at your old age. Your mates are married with kids you here playing with kids, shameless people.

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Nnamadi Cownu is next in line!

It's 8:00AM your mates are at work or getting ready to go to work you here wasting your time on the internet. Anyway God bless you.

blueseacats:
This galant soldier from Amaoba, was one of the major actors of the civil war, my mum told me stories about him on a personal note since him and my uncle was among those detained after the coup, never knew his role in the war was this huge.

Lost three uncle to the civil war, challenging a nation without the necessary hardware is a suicide mission, no matter how determined you are solidify your source of weapons first. Seasoned military officers failed to realize this and they consequently failed woefully. Kanu don't even think in that direction, what does he know a bloody civilian with mouth diarrhea

Rest In Peace soldier we shall all die someday.

blueseacats:
This galant soldier from Amaoba, was one of the major actors of the civil war, my mum told me stories about him on a personal note since him and my uncle was among those detained after the coup, never knew his role in the war was this huge.

Lost three uncle to the civil war, challenging a nation without the necessary hardware is a suicide mission, no matter how determined you are solidify your source of weapons first. Seasoned military officers failed to realize this and they consequently failed woefully. Kanu don't even think in that direction, what does he know a bloody civilian with mouth diarrhea

Rest In Peace soldier we shall all die someday.

eunisam:
RIP

when you get to heaven, tell Ikemba Ojukwu that we are flying the Biafran flag and very SOON it will be a reality!

Biafra is a project we must actualize.