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Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Torylanez(m): 3:17pm On Apr 13, 2018
Futureleader201:
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It's you and your generation that is worthless minions.

ipob are terrorists
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by nagoma(m): 3:34pm On Apr 13, 2018
Riversides2003:


Sir this man is a war veteran and as such he should be recognized Afteral Ojukwu himself was given a state burial.

Strictly speaking Achuzie would be classified as a war criminal or a prisoner of war. This is what happens in wars such the European civil war of 1939 - 1945 ( they prefer to call it Second World War). But the Nigerian War of Unity was different. There was no victor and no vanquished.

Remember one of the best and longest serving Commanders on the Federal side was General Mamman Shuwa , the Division One commander who lead the liberation of Nsukka, Umuahia and Enugu. He died a few years ago (2012). He was Gunned down at his Maiduguri residence by some cowards in suspicious circumstances. He was not given a state burial.

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Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by gidgiddy: 4:12pm On Apr 13, 2018
nagoma:


Strictly speaking Achuzie would be classified as a war criminal or a prisoner of war. This is what happens in wars such the European civil war of 1939 - 1945 ( they prefer to call it Second World War). But the Nigerian War of Unity was different. There was no victor and no vanquished.

Remember one of the best and longest serving Commanders on the Federal side was General Mamman Shuwa , the Division One commander who lead the liberation of Nsukka, Umuahia and Enugu. He died a few years ago (2012). He was Gunned down at his Maiduguri residence by some cowards in suspicious circumstances. He was not given a state burial.

Shuwas people should remember him. Achuzies people are remembering him.
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Daewang: 4:47pm On Apr 13, 2018
RIP great hero of Biafra. We will continue and never give up.
Naa n'udo.
God bless the Igbo race.
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by laudate: 6:32pm On Apr 13, 2018
nagoma:
Strictly speaking Achuzie would be classified as a war criminal or a prisoner of war. This is what happens in wars such the European civil war of 1939 - 1945 ( they prefer to call it Second World War). But the Nigerian War of Unity was different. There was no victor and no vanquished.

Remember one of the best and longest serving Commanders on the Federal side was General Mamman Shuwa , the Division One commander who lead the liberation of Nsukka, Umuahia and Enugu. He died a few years ago (2012). He was Gunned down at his Maiduguri residence by some cowards in suspicious circumstances. He was not given a state burial.

Late General Mohammed Shuwa (September 1, 1939 – November 2, 2012) was murdered in his Maiduguri home on November 2, 2012 by criminals suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists. undecided May his brave soul, rest in peace..... cry



Then Lt. Col Shuwa was Commander of the 5th Battalion in Kano, during the Nigerian Army Mutiny of July 1966, where many Igbo military officers were systematically murdered by their northern counterparts for what the northern officers perceived as retribution for the January 15, 1966 coup (which was led by mostly Igbo officers).

Shuwa's deputy at the 5th Battalion, then Major James Oluleye took the initiative by asking his company commanders to lock up the battalion armory and hand over the armory keys in Oluleye's armory safe. As a result of Shuwa and Oluleye's leadership, the lives of many Igbo officers during the July mutiny were saved.

As General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army's 1 Division during the Civil War, Shuwa opposed Murtala Mohammed's disastrous 2nd Division Onitsha river assault (almost to the point where both men exchanged blows).

In late September 1966, Shuwa and Oluleye were serendipitously posted away from the 5th Battalion and were replaced by then Major Abba Kyari and Captain Auna. On October 1, 1966, 5th Battalion troops mutinied and opened fire on the parade ground as they were addressed by Major Kyari.

The mutineers murdered Captain Auna and their Regimental Sergeant Major Dauda Mumuni, while Major Kyari was able to escape and hide off base. Lt. Colonel Hassan Katsina, military governor of the Northern Region intervened with the assistance of Lt Colonel Shuwa, Major Martin Adamu, and Lieutenant Garba Duba to suppress the mutiny. The quartet was initially overwhelmed by the mutineers, and subsequently enlisted the assistance of the Emir of Kano to quell the mutiny.

Upon Major Kaduna Nzeogwu's death (then a Biafran Lt. Col) at a battle with Nigerian troops in Nsukka, it was then Col. Shuwa who informed Head of State Major-General Yakubu Gowon, about Nzeogwu's demise. Despite the fact that Nzeogwu was technically an enemy soldier killed in combat against the Nigerian Army, Gowon ordered that Nzeogwu's body be flown to Kaduna and buried with full military honours, even as the war raged on in the Eastern Region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Shuwa
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Futureleader201(m): 9:36pm On Apr 13, 2018
Torylanez:


ipob are terrorists

[b][/b]IPOB, the name that causes high blood pressure to Yoruba Muslim n their Fulani/Hausa cohorts.

Unity Beggars everywhere! tongue
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Torylanez(m): 10:48pm On Apr 13, 2018
Futureleader201:


[b][/b]IPOB, the name that causes high blood pressure to Yoruba Muslim n their Fulani/Hausa cohorts.

Unity Beggars everywhere! tongue

ipob flatheadinhos are terrorists
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Futureleader201(m): 1:01am On Apr 14, 2018
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Torylanez:


[s][/s]ipob flatheadinhos are terrorists

It is you and your generation that are terrorists.

Unity Beggars tongue
Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Torylanez(m): 9:32am On Apr 14, 2018
Futureleader201:
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It is you and your generation that are terrorists.

Unity Beggars tongue


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Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Nobody: 11:31am On Apr 15, 2018
Mztarstrechy:
Day of Tributes for for late famous Biafran warlord, Colonel Joseph Achuzia,has started at Grand Hotel, Asaba.

See photos from the ongoing event below

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/04/day-of-tributes-for-late-biafran.html?m=1
But, but , but . ..I thought Asaba is not part of Biafra grin grin grin

Igbo amaka.

cc LZAA ONYEOGA promismike

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Re: Day Of Tributes For Colonel Joseph Achuzia Begins In Asaba (Photos) by Nobody: 12:05pm On Apr 15, 2018
Sir! You were called names by many people but your relentless will to save our people from extermination shall never be forgotten.
RIP Air Raid Hannibal Achuzia!
RIP Ikemba Ahaba!

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