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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by orisa37: 1:38pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:

and some time ago
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J.C was more than 2000 years ago.
Tafawa Balwa cursed The Igbos only a few months before the Igbos' misdeed on Ademulegun.
We thought they would repent when we allowed Ihejirika's appointment as COAS. He nearly caused GEJ his life when Bokoharam chased him in GEJ's convoy right through to State House.
Do not be superstitiously myopic on God's Timing and Judgement. God does not yawn. He is never tired. He is working on Nigeria and her Igbo Race 24/7:
I am an Apostle of Jesus Christ and in The Name of Jesus Christ, the Igbos will be punished till Jesus comes.
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 1:41pm On Mar 08, 2018
orisa37:
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J.C was more than 2000 years ago.
Tafawa Balwa cursed The Igbos only a few months before the Igbos' misdeed on Ademulegun.
We thought they would repent when we allowed Ihejirika's appointment as COAS. He nearly caused GEJ his life when Bokoharam chased him in GEJ's convoy right through to State House.
Do not be superstitiously myopic on God's Timing and Judgement. God does not yawn. He is never tired. He is working on Nigeria and her Igbo Race 24/7:
I am an Apostle of Jesus Christ and in The Name of Jesus Christ, the Igbos will be punished till Jesus comes.
and in Lagos, no mans land grin grin

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by orisa37: 2:00pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:

and in Lagos, no mans land grin grin
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Your sense is wierd somehow, no insult meant.
Is that why you think you can escape Prestructuring?
The Land is The Lord's and its Fulness. It's The Table of Organization(ToO) of The Lord's Control.
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 2:06pm On Mar 08, 2018
orisa37:
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Your sense is wierd somehow, no insult meant.
Is that why you think you can escape Prestructuring?
The Land is The Lord's and its Fulness. It's The Table of Organization(ToO) of The Lord's Control.
Igbo amaka grin grin

cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by LZAA: 2:06pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:
Igbo amaka grin grin
cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by bencarson007(m): 2:10pm On Mar 08, 2018
angels09:

Till Jesus Christ returns Igbo can never be President of Nigeria. It will never happen.

Why ?
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 2:12pm On Mar 08, 2018
orisa37:
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Your sense is wierd somehow, no insult meant.
Is that why you think you can escape Prestructuring?
The Land is The Lord's and its Fulness. It's The Table of Organization(ToO) of The Lord's Control.
stop preaching God and embracing tribalism at the same time.

cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by LZAA: 2:56pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:
stop preaching God and embracing tribalism at the same time.
cc lzaa
Typical afonja reasoning they always want it both ways grin

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by orisa37: 3:11pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:
stop preaching God and embracing tribalism at the same time.
cc lzaa
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My number is 930 not 666
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 3:22pm On Mar 08, 2018
orisa37:
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My number is 930 not 666
You cannot be embracing Igbo-phobia and at the same time claiming not to be a tribalist.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by LZAA: 4:45pm On Mar 08, 2018
orisa37:
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My number is 930 not 666
grin
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by DerideGull(m): 5:28pm 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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He committed a suicide. Cowards tend to commit suicide.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by DerideGull(m): 5:34pm 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.

When a soldier of in the rank of Samuel Ademulegun takes order from a civil, the seed of discord is planted. It is in the blood of Yoruba to lick the butt.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by baralatie(m): 6:32pm 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 Owamudia: 7:08pm On Mar 08, 2018
angels09:
Igbo must be totally supressed

Exactly!

Ibos must perpetually remain 3rd class citizens and NEVER trusted with power.

They are worse than Fulanis.

Even their hero GEJ had to sack Ihejirika and Rose Uzoma (immigration) as a result of unbridled inexplicable clannishness/tribalism.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Owamudia: 7:11pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:

and in Lagos, no mans land grin grin

Some time ago, somebody published the list of developers in Lagos with facts to back it up.

No ibo man made the list.

Stupidity is taking a facebook comment as fact.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Owamudia: 7:13pm On Mar 08, 2018
DerideGull:


He committed a suicide. Cowards tend to commit suicide.

You call that suicide Are you a dullard

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:22pm On Mar 08, 2018
Owamudia:


Some time ago, somebody published the list of developers in Lagos with facts to back it up.

No ibo man made the list.

Stupidity is taking a facebook comment as fact.
You are not from Lagos.
Leave Lagos for the real Lagosians.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by oloripelebe2: 7:29pm On Mar 08, 2018
We always need history to shape our thinkings
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by nku5: 7:57pm On Mar 08, 2018
These Tinubu touts want to divert attention from the corruption in Lagos. That failure named ambo the ode and his master tried to smuggle Tinubu's Alpha Beta into Lagos State Land Law grin grin They want to divert attention from Tinubu's shaky bourdillon local empire and disgraceful humiliation by his party

Tinubu knows how to cover his corrupt ass by whipping up Yoruba tribalism. This backward, primitive Yoruba national anthem is one of their tactics to keep them occupied so they can't even ask basic questions like why Lagos does not have pipe borne water after 19 years of democracy and despite the trillions of tax money that they collect every month.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Owamudia: 8:02pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:

You are not from Lagos.
Leave Lagos for the real Lagosians.

How did you know?

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Odingo1: 8:32pm On Mar 08, 2018
Nzeogwu is from Niger Delta of South South region, when it soot them they will call him Igbo man.

But after that you will hear them saying that there is no Igbo in Niger Delta.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by LZAA: 8:53pm On Mar 08, 2018
imhotep:
You are not from Lagos. Leave Lagos for the real Lagosians.
grin

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Guestlander: 9:28pm On Mar 08, 2018
Odingo1:
Nzeogwu is from Niger Delta of South South region, when it soot them they will call him Igbo man.

But after that you will hear them saying that there is no Igbo in Niger Delta.

Nzeogwu was not the real mastermind of the coup. It was Emmanuel Ifeajuna.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by lisimmo(m): 10:24pm 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





Civil wars also happens and millions die. Life goes on

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by lisimmo(m): 10:33pm On Mar 08, 2018
emmalexabl:
Did I just read he went for his short gun to engage trained soldiers with sub machine....


That's senseless and not bravery at all...

He was a foolish soldier....

The same way millions of biafrans, without arms, confronted the federal army and lost up to 3 souls.

They were foolish people.

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Bane2020: 10:47pm On Mar 08, 2018
There are moments to be brave and moments to be smart (yes sometimes you have to play a coward to be smart, doesn't make you a coward... Just makes you a strategic thinker). Unfortunately Brigadier Ademulegun wasn't a smart one, so you were faced with a team of machine gun wielding soldiers trigger ready on a mission, whom at that point had no rational or moral sense of right and wrong... yet you neglected the fact that you had a pregnant wife whose life and that of the unborn babe depended on your better judgment as a father and husband before a battle ready soldier,, odds were heavily against you in a gunfight with 6 well armed soldiers against you and a service pistol... and he still went the way of the "proud brave" soldier... And the result?
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Reelectbuhari: 6:40am On Mar 09, 2018
imhotep:
But Nzeogwu is not an Igbo man. He is from Niger Delta.
cc lzaa

we all know.... Niger delta is not an igboland
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Reelectbuhari: 6:40am On Mar 09, 2018
imhotep:
But there are no Igbos in Niger Delta. Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man please.
cc lzaa
thanks u saying the truth
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:22am On Mar 09, 2018
Reelectbuhari:



we all know....
Niger delta is not an igboland
Which means Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man who carried out an Igbo coup.

cc lzaa

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Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Reelectbuhari: 7:37am On Mar 09, 2018
imhotep:
Which means Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man who carried out an Igbo coup.
cc lzaa

Bears an Igbo maybe coz of inter tribal marriages.... so it will be seen and must be seen as Igbo coup
dazzol
Re: 1966: The Murder Of Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun And His Pregnant Wife by Nobody: 7:39am On Mar 09, 2018
Reelectbuhari:



Bears an Igbo maybe coz of inter tribal marriages....
so it will be seen and must be seen as Igbo coup

dazzol
If there are no Igbos in the Niger Delta,
And Nzeogwu was from the Niger Delta,
Then Nzeogwu was not an Igbo man.
And he could not have organized an Igbo coup.

cc lzaa

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