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1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Redomi(m): 6:48am On Mar 08, 2018
One of the greatest & bravest Ondo men that ever lived!

1966: THE MURDER OF BRIGADIER SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE

"Timothy, how did you get in here and what the devil do you think you are doing?" Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, commanding officer of the 1st Brigade Nigerian Army, Kaduna, asked bewilderedly as he saw Major Timothy Onwuatuegwu and five other soldiers pointing their submachine guns at him and his startled pregnant wife, Latifah.

They had gained access to his bedroom in his house at 1, Kashim Ibrahim Road, Kaduna at approximately 2:05am on that day, January 15, 1966, having passed through with little resistance from his guards commanded by Lance Corporal Lawrence Akuma and three sappers of the Nigerian Army Engineers.

Ademulegun was a "first class soldier" and the second most senior officer after Aguiyi-Ironsi. His army number was N3. As an officer of that magnitude, he was the most protected personality in the whole of Northern Nigeria. Even more protected than the Premier and Governor of the Northern Region. His guards, drawn from the 3rd infantry battalion, guarded not only the inside and outside of his compound but his main house too. But the guards had been compromised and had led Onwuatuegwu straight into the Brigadier's bedroom where he was just in his singlet and knicker.

"Get dressed and come with us sir. Those are my instructions; to bring you to the headquarters," Onwuatuegwu said to the Brigadier. It sounded like nonsense to him. As the commander of that headquarters since 1964, he was the only one who could give such an order. But all the while, his wife Latifah, 8 months pregnant, planted herself fearlessly between her husband and the pointed guns.

In the top bedside drawer was a service pistol. As a Brigadier, Ademulegun knew a pistol was no contest for 6 soldiers armed with submachine guns. But he would rather fight and die gallantly than degrade the honour of his office by surrendering to subordinates.

As he made a quick dash for the drawer, Onwuatuegwu opened fire on the Brigadier, his wife and the unborn child. Ademulegun's children, Kole (13 years) and Solape (6 years) were in the next room. They heard all the clash and were the first to see their lifeless parents surrounded by a pool of blood.

Onwuatuegwu and his mutineers who had turned Ademulegun's children to early orphans, then strolled out unchallenged by the guards to the home of Colonel Ralph Shodeinde, Deputy Commandant of Nigerian Defence Academy whom Ademulegun usually hand over the Brigade to when he was not around. He was also killed in cold blood and his wife shot in the hands and legs.

Brigadier Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun was born, October 23, 1923 in Ondo town, present day Ondo State. The son of Mr and Mrs Michael Ademulegun. He had his early education in Owo also in Ondo State and joined the Nigerian Army as a Private in 1942. He was the third Nigerian commissioned into the Army after Bassey and Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1949. Though his burial place is unknown, there is a cenotaph erected for him in Ondo.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 6:48am On Mar 08, 2018
What a sad story

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nutase: 6:49am On Mar 08, 2018
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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 6:52am On Mar 08, 2018
Redomi:
One of the greatest & bravest Ondo men that ever lived!

1966: THE MURDER OF BRIGADIER SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE

"Timothy, how did you get in here and what the devil do you think you are doing?" Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, commanding officer of the 1st Brigade Nigerian Army, Kaduna, asked bewilderedly as he saw Major Timothy Onwuatuegwu and five other soldiers pointing their submachine guns at him and his startled pregnant wife, Latifah.

They had gained access to his bedroom in his house at 1, Kashim Ibrahim Road, Kaduna at approximately 2:05am on that day, January 15, 1966, having passed through with little resistance from his guards commanded by Lance Corporal Lawrence Akuma and three sappers of the Nigerian Army Engineers.

Ademulegun was a "first class soldier" and the second most senior officer after Aguiyi-Ironsi. His army number was N3. As an officer of that magnitude, he was the most protected personality in the whole of Northern Nigeria. Even more protected than the Premier and Governor of the Northern Region. His guards, drawn from the 3rd infantry battalion, guarded not only the inside and outside of his compound but his main house too. But the guards had been compromised and had led Onwuatuegwu straight into the Brigadier's bedroom where he was just in his singlet and knicker.

"Get dressed and come with us sir. Those are my instructions; to bring you to the headquarters," Onwuatuegwu said to the Brigadier. It sounded like nonsense to him. As the commander of that headquarters since 1964, he was the only one who could give such an order. But all the while, his wife Latifah, 8 months pregnant, planted herself fearlessly between her husband and the pointed guns.

In the top bedside drawer was a service pistol. As a Brigadier, Ademulegun knew a pistol was no contest for 6 soldiers armed with submachine guns. But he would rather fight and die gallantly than degrade the honour of his office by surrendering to subordinates.

As he made a quick dash for the drawer, Onwuatuegwu opened fire on the Brigadier, his wife and the unborn child. Ademulegun's children, Kole (13 years) and Solape (6 years) were in the next room. They heard all the clash and were the first to see their lifeless parents surrounded by a pool of blood.

Onwuatuegwu and his mutineers who had turned Ademulegun's children to early orphans, then strolled out unchallenged by the guards to the home of Colonel Ralph Shodeinde, Deputy Commandant of Nigerian Defence Academy whom Ademulegun usually hand over the Brigade to when he was not around. He was also killed in cold blood and his wife shot in the hands and legs.

Brigadier Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun was born, October 23, 1923 in Ondo town, present day Ondo State. The son of Mr and Mrs Michael Ademulegun. He had his early education in Owo also in Ondo State and joined the Nigerian Army as a Private in 1942. He was the third Nigerian commissioned into the Army after Bassey and Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1949. Though his burial place is unknown, there is a cenotaph erected for him in Ondo.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by madridguy(m): 6:56am On Mar 08, 2018
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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Toktee(m): 6:58am On Mar 08, 2018
And igbos planted the seed of discord,of which they blamed every other nigerian for their predicament today.
Is in their blood.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:01am On Mar 08, 2018
Murdered by a coward

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:03am On Mar 08, 2018
Toktee:
And igbos planted the seed of discord,of which they blamed every other nigerian for their predicament today.
Is in their blood.
Till Jesus Christ returns Igbo can never be President of Nigeria. It will never happen.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:04am On Mar 08, 2018
Same old sensational stories


We've heard this same story by revisionist a billion times


The thing don dey get versions


Normally comes up anytime afons are loosing it online and offline


The resort to blackmail and sentiment




Coup Happen people die


Life goes on

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:04am On Mar 08, 2018
The same way they killed Sardauna Bello ... through nzeogwu an Igbo boy he trained through school.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:05am On Mar 08, 2018
Election time


Propaganda times




Yoruba must bring it up


66 coup


With dia distorted revisionist


Oya make we go dia

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:06am On Mar 08, 2018
Igbo and Fulani herdsmen are one and the same. While Herdsmen kill for land and subjugation... Igbo destroys everything good with substandard products, corruption and betrayal

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:06am On Mar 08, 2018
And they said


Igbos kee everything

Including Nigeria

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by xmanco42: 7:06am On Mar 08, 2018
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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:07am On Mar 08, 2018
And yet dem no go allow igbos go dia way




Now why are they crying igbos everywhere




Like say this na generational wailing

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:07am On Mar 08, 2018
Same reason you will never find any Igbo selling spare parts in Oshogbo.
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:09am On Mar 08, 2018
After killing a major Spare Parts dealer of Oshogbo origin to take control of the market.... The Oshogbo people retaliated by burning all Igbo shops and chasing them out of the city.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:09am On Mar 08, 2018
Igbo esike



And dey held everything human or not to ransoms



Ol boy

Which other tribe go fit get mind run am pure




Most time I think this people dey envy


No be say dem people die


the guts


What a shame...

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by nku5: 7:09am On Mar 08, 2018
Herdsmen:
Same old sensational stories


We've heard this same story by revisionist a billion times


The thing don dey get versions


Normally comes up anytime afons are loosing it online and offline


The resort to blackmail and sentiment




Coup Happen people die


Life goes on





You sabi dem wella. grin

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by freshboi88: 7:09am On Mar 08, 2018
Igbo's started the mess we find ourselves till today, m sure they took d oda tribe for fools wen dey planned this coup. But wen the others retaliated, dey couldn't take it......how can u not be able to take what u give.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:10am On Mar 08, 2018
Same way you find Igbo in South Africa ruining that society with drugs, prostitution, pimping and sales of substandard products

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:10am On Mar 08, 2018
angels09:
The same way they killed Sardauna Bello ... through nzeogwu an Igbo boy he trained through school.
But Nzeogwu is not an Igbo man.
He is from Niger Delta.

cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:11am On Mar 08, 2018
No sitting on fence



You be usu..


Brave men do what they got to do





Weak men do they complaining and talking


Even long when men are gone

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:11am On Mar 08, 2018
freshboi88:
Igbo's started the mess we find ourselves till today, m sure they took d oda tribe for fools wen dey planned this coup. But wen the others retaliated, dey couldn't take it......how can u not be able to take what u give.
And to crown it. It was an Igbo man Ironsi who created this nonsense unitary government system that is ruining Nigeria!

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:12am On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:

But Nzeogwu is not an Igbo man.
He is from Niger Delta.

cc lzaa
He's a full blooded Igbo man. He is not ijaw, not urhobo, not itsekiri, he's Delta Igbo. Full blooded Igbo.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:13am On Mar 08, 2018
But looking at it


Southwest never plot coup for this country


Even minority's tiv n ijaw don attempt to break norm


But an afonja will prefer to hide and den come out to writ my command


Wen he dey hide even for him command

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:13am On Mar 08, 2018
angels09:

He's a full blooded Igbo man. He is not ijaw, not urhobo, not itsekiri, he's Delta Igbo. Full blooded Igbo.
But there are no Igbos in Niger Delta.
Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man please.

cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by nku5: 7:14am On Mar 08, 2018
Herdsmen:
Election time


Propaganda times




Yoruba must bring it up


66 coup


With dia distorted revisionist


Oya make we go dia

Before 2015 elections na so afonja dem dey shout "to hell with southern unity, the north respects our culture" grin grin grin ;

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:14am On Mar 08, 2018
angels09:

And to crown it. It was an Igbo man Ironsi who created this nonsense unitary government system that is ruining Nigeria!
Ironsi suspended the beautiful constitution of Nigeria that granted autonomy to other regions of the country....

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by bewla(m): 7:14am On Mar 08, 2018
GoroTango:
Murdered by a coward
a buried by malus

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:15am On Mar 08, 2018
The only good thing I see Buhari do is declaring ipob a terrorist organisation.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Herdsmen: 7:15am On Mar 08, 2018
Even as Boko dey whip Nigeria troops for northeastern states



Una don hear say any man from west don die



Na North South East

But you never hear western name



Abi dem no dey army


Or say dem dey take exemption letter


Me weak

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