Bros, No mind them, they are ethnic bigots that can't say anything positive about others. They are still coming out to prove me right. Just don't pay attention to their nonsense.

madridsta007:

The content of Rhino.5dm's post is it correct and true?

If it is true, which it is, why the accusation and negative utterance towards him?

Smh @ Nigerians

bestman09:

Is it now Ihejirika's turn?
There is this piece circulating online on army promotions under General Ihejirika. The author, apparently sponsored by faceless failures, alleged that Ihejirika was promoting his Igbo brothers over Northerners to achieve an "Igbo agenda".

Here is what I know. BY John Okiyi Kalu


Unlike other past Army Chiefs, Ihejirika insisted on competence and merit as a basis for promotion to very senior positions in the Nigerian Army. To give teeth to that policy and engender competence and professionalism, he invited an external body to administer promotion examination for those within the relevant cadres.

If Igbo or Yoruba man passed that exam and the author's sponsors fail to make it, should we promote the olodos and sacrifice competence and professionalism? All the while "federal character" and "we we" were used as basis to promote all manner of misfits in the army, how did Nigeria benefit? Apart from coup plotting induced pot bellies and class looting of the nation, what did we gain from past promotions?

Let the author of that vile piece summon the courage to publish all promotions made in the Army from 1979 to date. It will help the whole world see why everything is wrong with Nigeria. Don't forget that even out of power, militicians replaced themselves with their civilian minions made up of slightly more incompetent people at all levels. Even then they still find themselves retiring and contesting elections to continue the suffocation of Nigeria to death. To them, merit is haram.

For Christ sake people should also stop insulting our sensibilities by flaunting fake population figures in public discussions. We are not in the dark ages and anyone who cares to know the truth about Nigeria's population should simply go to google earth and see how many buildings are there from Abuja to Sokoto. Even the British have long accepted complicity in this census fraud. I challenge any living Nigerian to swear that those figures we bandy about as census figures truly represent Nigeria's population distribution. If you lie let your story be Nigeria's story. Great potentials but negative growth for 52 years.

Let it be known that any system that is based on merit will favor the Igbo man and competence driven Nigerians, naturally. If the rest of the country is not ready for merit based progress let them reconsider keeping Igbos in Nigeria. It is wrong to force them to remain in Nigeria while living in mortal fear of them. Like I've said severally, a key reason Nigeria is not moving forward remains her fear of the Igbo man. That mind set have led to a situation where every single national system must have a viral program that says "keep Igbos down". A country committed to keeping one section down will remain down to keep that section down. It is better to seat down and tell them to go and form their own country so that those who choose to remain will progress (or retrogress) without Igbophobia.

Even our national football team is now a victim of this "I love, I no love" attitude towards Igbos. One so called activist recently posted thrash on how the match allowance paid to the national ogbono team mean enriching the Igbo nation. The emergency activist forgot that the glorious USA 94 team was also an "Igbo team". With the exception of Yekini and 2 others,, the rest of those who made up the first team were of Igbo Origin. I can tell anyone without fear of contradiction that the team excelled because Westerhoff made his team selection based on merit. All the coaches after him were forced to operate under the "national agenda".

Not long ago, we saw similar propaganda being circulated against the former head of immigration. She was sacked two weeks ago. It was also deployed against Barth Nnaji and he lost out. Such propaganda is hardly deployed against the locust and cankerworm of the Nigerian nation. They can steal N37b police pension money and get 2 years with option of N750k fine. Billions of new naira notes can disappear at CBN and nobody will talk about the CBN governor but EFCC will look for Soludo over N750m contract awarded by Obasanjo.

Sincerely, if Nigeria is not ready for merit based growth and development, let's sit down and talk. Lord Luggard's 100 years expires next year, 2014. If because of hypocrisy we cannot shake hands and say "you are still my brother no matter your new republic" let us agree a regional government where each region pursues the type of development suited to it. While some might choose the Sharia model, others will be free to pursue Awolowo style development socialism or apply the American Capitalist model based on merit and competence. If one region is making progress others will copy or at least visit that region to borrow wisdom. Who knows, after AD 2140, our great grand children might decide to come together and propagate and pursue merit as a basis for reward, promotion and appointments..

God forbid that my children will belong to a country where merit and competence are punished.


This post was posted to my FACEBOOK page and i agree absolutely with the author!

word

nikky5: Something is happening in the Nigerian army which will affect the security of this nation.Why did the soldiers en-route Mali were attacked at Kogi?An insider did that and that insider is a boko haramite in the army.Even in the army religion remains a strong force.Jonathan is aware of any change in the armed forces as commander-in chief and he must append his approval for that change or reform.The reasons for the change are:
1. To break Northern dominance in the Army which is considered as the highest arm of the military.

2. To weed out those Northern officers who may have been on surveillance in respect of the boko haram saga and are found to have direct or indirect link to these terror group. Remember the Jaji church bombing?An insider must be involved.

3.The southern and eastern military dominance will properly checkmate the activities of other northern officers who are still under 'security watch'.

4. To assist the president to consolidate his rulership of the country and prepare the ground for 2015.

I support this trend.If past statistics of military recruitment, postings, promotion retirement in the last 30 years are published the petitioners will cover their faces in shame.If they want to repeat 1966/67, good luck to them.The COAS is a very experienced and versatile officer.The end of terrorism is just around the corner.

Fair enough.

His Excellency General Olusegun Obasanjo's moved on the army with deliberate speed after being sworn in as President in 1999 and retired several thousand officers of northern extraction. Forget the dress-up of that exercise as being to remove officers who had tested political power. The blunt truth is that this was an officer from a different part of Nigeria, from a different tribe, from a different religion who deliberately decimated officers of the military from the north to ensure his own survival. Interesting that no one either threatened mutiny, or wholesale annihilation of His excellency General Obasanjo's ethnic nation then!

Drone007: His Excellency General Olusegun Obasanjo's moved on the army with deliberate speed after being sworn in as President in 1999 and retired several thousand officers of northern extraction. Forget the dress-up of that exercise as being to remove officers who had tested political power. The blunt truth is that this was an officer from a different part of Nigeria, from a different tribe, from a different religion who deliberately decimated officers of the military from the north to ensure his own survival. Interesting that no one either threatened mutiny, or wholesale annihilation of His excellency General Obasanjo's ethnic nation then!

.....and most of them retired where of nothern origin. I wonder why notherners should dominate the army and leave navy, airforce, police, and other paramilitary organizations to Southerners.

[quote author=donchris369]Hey berem! I see you running from one thread to another calling Gej clueless, corupt and incompetent. I guess, you were just being brainwashed by all these your yoruba friends that you always follow them in trying to bring down Gej's government without looking at the bigger picture. That is the power of the media and propaganda. They want to annihilate and humiliate the igbos hence trying to bring Gej down because he has done what no other leader could do by making ihejirika an igbo man the coas for the first time since 1966. I urge berem to go and study your history and you will come to understand the high-wired politics being played by the yorubas to bring Gej down to spite the igbos. Their hidden agenda is begining to be exposed. Its all politics. We are waiting for them in 2015, after then in 2019 the igbos will take over. May i ask you berem. Was obasanjo's regime corrupt? Was abdusalami, abacha and ibb regime corrupt? No one talk

I totally agree with you bro...or why else will acn and cpc be planning a merger wwithout the Igbo when we all know who the enemy is...

Guys this just the truth and the whole truth.

ARMY REDEPLOYS SENIOR OFFICERS

As part of ongoing transformation efforts following recent promotions and retirements in the Nigerian Army, 317 officers have been redeployed to fill the vacuum and maintain effective command structure in Army units, formations and the Defence Headquarters.

One of the senior officers included is the erstwhile Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army, Major General Lawrence Ngubane, who has now been moved to the Defence Headquarters and appointed as the Chief of Training and Operations, while the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division, Major General Jack Nwaogbo, is now the Chief of Training and Operations at Army Headquarters in his stead. Former GOC 2 Division, Major General Mohammed Abubakar, becomes the Chief of Army Administration (COAA) at the Army Headquarters.

Similarly, the former Chief of Army Standard and Evaluation (CASE), Major General Shehu Abdul-Kadir, has been appointed as the Force Commander (FC) of the African-led International Support Mission for Mali (AFISMA). The new CASE is Major General Paul Isang.

Furthermore, the new Commander for the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), is Major General Babagana Monguno. Major General Daniel Kitchener is now Chief of Logistics (COLOG) at the Army Headquarters, while Major General Emmanuel Bassey becomes the Chief of Policy and Plans (COPP).

The new GOC 3 Division is Major General Ebiobowei Awala, while Major General Ahmed Jibrin becomes the new GOC 2 Division. The former Commander, Nigerian Army Engineers, Major General Ashimiyu Olaniyi, is now the new GOC 82 Division.

Other new appointments include Major General Obinali Ariahu as Chief of Research and Development at the Defence Headquarters; Major General John Zaruwa appointed as the Coordinator, Peacekeeping Operations at the Ministry of Defence; Major General Salihu Uba appointed as Commandant, Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre (NAPKC); the former Defence Adviser at the United Nations Headquarters New York, Major General Garba Audu is now Chief of Logistics at the Defence Headquarters; the new GOC 81 Division, Major General Obi Umahi and the new Army Headquarters Garrison Commander is now Major General Obidah Ethan. The new Director General, Defence Industries Corporation (DICON), is Major General Ekwenugo Chioba and Major General Abubakar Gana is the new Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Logistics (NACOL). The former Commandant, Major General Adekunle Martins, is now Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps (NAOC), while the new Commander, Nigerian Army Signals (NAS), is Major General Abayomi Olonisakin. The new Commander, Nigerian Army Supply and Transport Corps (NACST), is now Major General Emmanuel Nienge, while the Commander Nigerian Army Armoured Corps (NAAC), is Major General John Nwaoga.

The Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Bola Koleoso, has also been redeployed as the new Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (CCMA). The former CCMA, Major General Bitrus Kwaji, is now the Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Welfare Limited and Guarantee (NAWLG).

The new Director of Army Public Relations is Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru formerly of the Defence Headquarters.


BOLA KOLEOSO
Major General

Director
http://www.army.mil.ng/

Abagworo: Igbos should just not accept the whole thing as bias and defend it. We are actually by far the most populous group in Nigeria even with the subtraction of Igbos in Delta and Rivers State. I think it should reflect more if justice is allowed to reign.

Trash 'talk' !

You've stopped making sense lately.

That man must be a fool to quoth of west and north with there huge population,how many yoruba's or leaving in lagos,how many hausa's ar there in kano,south easterners has the highest populations in the north and west,we asked them to count tribe in population they objected,we asked them to add religion they said no.useless hausa/fulani idiots

What is wrong with these Hausa/Fulani norths? They have sacked IM boss and now coming for COAS. Eversince they control top posts Who have thought of petition for anyreason? Population this population that;what are the significant of Almajiris to the development of this country if I may ask? They intentionally breed animals for political purposes. If you like petition heaven nobody cares .

I don't care if the Igbos dominate the armed forces.

My own concern is that they never clinch the presidency.

It is vital that there is a Yoruba/Northern/SS person in power to keep an 'Ihejirika' and 'Rose Uzoma' in check whereever and whenever the need arises otherwise the Igbos will go haywire.

You can be sure all the recent propaganda will yield tangible results as the COAS would have been forced consciously/subconsciously to retrace his steps or he loses his job. He may be replaced by another Igbo man for all I care.

Should the new person mess up, he'll be checked like his predecessor.

Thats how to manage Igbos. They must never clinch the top job of president.Never!!!!!!

For now, let the Igbos enjoy jor.

@Virgin Finder, I hope u are ok? You rant and reason like someone who needs to die and be reborn 7 times to really understand this country! So if by Providence an Igbo emerge as d President, what would you do? Commit suicide? Hausa elite class ra.ped dis country for 38 solid years and now a Biafran (Jonathan) is systemically removing their stranglehold on us all and all u can mutter is this? Please go back to ur virgins finding job! If Nigeria wil stil b one, an Igbo wil b President in dis country

There is nothing new in what the COAS did. He is not the first to do such and surely won't be the last. But he should be cautious and avoid making it obvious that he is favouring his kinsmen. Aguiyi Ironsi did same in the 60's and we all know the consequences.

Virgin Finder:

Trash 'talk' !

You've stopped making sense lately.

I don't need to make sense. I only have to say the truth. Merit should be allowed to reign in the affairs of this country. If there is quota system in promotion, then it should be done according to quota and if not, then the best should be promoted irrespective of region.


If its about population, Igbo is the most populous useful group in Nigeria followed by other useful groups of Efik/Ibibio/Annang and Ijaw. Nigeria is not up to 150million as assumed by many.

There is this piece circulating online on army
promotions under General Ihejirika. The author,
apparently sponsored by faceless failures, alleged
that Ihejirika was promoting his Igbo brothers
over Northerners to achieve an "Igbo agenda". Here is what I know. Unlike other past Army Chiefs, Ihejirika insisted
on competence and merit as a basis for
promotion to very senior positions in the Nigerian
Army. To give teeth to that policy and engender
competence and professionalism, he invited an
external body to administer promotion examination for those within the relevant cadres. If Igbo or Yoruba man passed that exam and the
author's sponsors fail to make it, should we
promote the olodos and sacrifice competence and
professionalism? All the while "federal character"
and "we we" were used as basis to promote all
manner of misfits in the army, how did Nigeria benefit? Apart from coup plotting induced pot
bellies and class looting of the nation, what did
we gain from past promotions? Let the author of that vile piece summon the
courage to publish all promotions made in the
Army from 1979 to date. It will help the whole
world see why everything is wrong with Nigeria.
Don't forget that even out of power, militicians
replaced themselves with their civilian minions made up of slightly more incompetent people at
all levels. Even then they still find themselves
retiring and contesting elections to continue the
suffocation of Nigeria to death. To them, merit is
haram. For Christ sake people should also stop insulting
our sensibilities by flaunting fake population
figures in public discussions. We are not in the
dark ages and anyone who cares to know the
truth about Nigeria's population should simply go
to google earth and see how many buildings are there from Abuja to Sokoto. Even the British have
long accepted complicity in this census fraud. I
challenge any living Nigerian to swear that those
figures we bandy about as census figures truly
represent Nigeria's population distribution. If you
lie let your story be Nigeria's story. Great potentials but negative growth for 52 years. Let it be known that any system that is based on
merit will favor the Igbo man and competence
driven Nigerians, naturally. If the rest of the
country is not ready for merit based progress let
them reconsider keeping Igbos in Nigeria. It is
wrong to force them to remain in Nigeria while living in mortal fear of them. Like I've said
severally, a key reason Nigeria is not moving
forward remains her fear of the Igbo man. That
mind set have led to a situation where every
single national system must have a viral program
that says "keep Igbos down". A country committed to keeping one section down will
remain down to keep that section down. It is
better to seat down and tell them to go and form
their own country so that those who choose to
remain will progress (or retrogress) without
Igbophobia. Even our national football team is now a victim of
this "I love, I no love" attitude towards Igbos. One
so called activist recently posted thrash on how
the match allowance paid to the national ogbono
team mean enriching the Igbo nation. The
emergency activist forgot that the glorious USA 94 team was also an "Igbo team". With the exception
of Yekini and 2 others,, the rest of those who
made up the first team were of Igbo Origin. I can
tell anyone without fear of contradiction that the
team excelled because Westerhoff made his team
selection based on merit. All the coaches after him were forced to operate under the "national
agenda". Not long ago, we saw similar propaganda being
circulated against the former head of immigration.
She was sacked two weeks ago. It was also
deployed against Barth Nnaji and he lost out.
Such propaganda is hardly deployed against the
locust and cankerworm of the Nigerian nation. They can steal N37b police pension money and
get 2 years with option of N750k fine. Billions of
new naira notes can disappear at CBN and
nobody will talk about the CBN governor but EFCC
will look for Soludo over N750m contract
awarded by Obasanjo. Sincerely, if Nigeria is not ready for merit based
growth and development, let's sit down and talk.
Lord Luggard's 100 years expires next year,
2014. If because of hypocrisy we cannot shake
hands and say "you are still my brother no matter
your new republic" let us agree a regional government where each region pursues the type
of development suited to it. While some might
choose the Sharia model, others will be free to
pursue Awolowo style development socialism or
apply the American Capitalist model based on
merit and competence. If one region is making progress others will copy or at least visit that
region to borrow wisdom. Who knows, after AD
2140, our great grand children might decide to
come together and propagate and pursue merit
as a basis for reward, promotion and
appointments.. God forbid that my children will belong to a
country where merit and competence are
punished. Make una respect una self with Ihejirika. To avoid
"in those days when Igbos were here".

tomakint: @Virgin Finder, I hope u are ok? You rant and reason like someone who needs to die and be reborn 7 times to really understand this country! So if by Providence an Igbo emerge as d President, what would you do? Commit suicide? Hausa elite class ra.ped dis country for 38 solid years and now a Biafran (Jonathan) is systemically removing their stranglehold on us all and all u can mutter is this? Please go back to ur virgins finding job! If Nigeria wil stil b one, an Igbo wil b President in dis country

@bolded

Pipe dream!!!

Igbos have shown and continue to show time and again that they cannot be trusted with power.

Not now or in the future - near or far.

Greed, self-centeredness, pride(albeit fake) and high-handedness is enshrined in the DNA of the average Igbo man.

He just can't help it. It's his default state of mind/existence.

You'll continue to be pawns in the hands of all other ethnic groups no matter how small.

An Efik/Ibibio man will one day become president and you will claim he is your brother just like you are doing for GEJ and he'll use you just like GEJ is currently doing and dump you when the chips are down.

GEJ is handing over to a northerner whether you/he likes it or not be it 2015 or 2019. He has rightly taken the slot of the Igbos as a rightful 'easterner or biafran'.

I'm pro GEJ, by the way.

Igbo kwenu!!!!!!!!!

For equity to reign in Nigeria especially in d recruitment of military/paramilitary personel, It will be good for all tribes to have equal representation & not by state or political zones or regions. If Hausas should hv 10 recruits, Yorubas should also hv theirs as well as Igbos, Ijaws, Binis, Urhobos, Biroms, Efik etc. Recruitment or employment base on state of origin is a big time cheating by d core north where a local govt population is not up to a community in d south.

Abagworo:

I don't need to make sense. I only have to say the truth. Merit should be allowed to reign in the affairs of this country. If there is quota system in promotion, then it should be done according to quota and if not, then the best should be promoted irrespective of region.


If its about population, Igbo is the most populous useful group in Nigeria followed by other useful groups of Efik/Ibibio/Annang and Ijaw. Nigeria is not up to 150million as assumed by many.

Who introduced you to weed?

Virgin Finder:

@bolded

Pipe dream!!!

Igbos have shown and continue to show time and again that they cannot be trusted with power.

Not now or in the future - near or far.

Greed, self-centeredness, pride(albeit fake) and high-handedness is enshrined in the DNA of the average Igbo man.

He just can't help it. It's his default state of mind/existence.

You'll continue to be pawns in the hands of all other ethnic groups no matter how small.

An Efik/Ibibio man will one day become president and you will claim he is your brother just like you are doing for GEJ and he'll use you just like GEJ is currently doing and dump you when the chips re down.

GEJ is handing over to a northerner whether you/he likes it or not be it 2015 or 2019. He has rightly taken the slot of the Igbos as a rightful 'easterner'.

I'm pro GEJ, by the way.

Igbo kwenu!!!!!!!!!

I thought after Obama's election, people would learn to never predict the future.

Martin Luther King Jnr was told to keep quiet when he said 'I have a dream that a black man would become president'. He refused to keep quiet and was shot dead. Today Obama is on his second term in the White House.

Who would have ever thought that a minority will become president of Nigeria. Isn't GEJ your president?

They said an Igboman will never head the army. Who is your COAS isn't it Ihejirika?

Human beings never learn. Smh.

When an Igbo man becomes president, which would surely happen, please wherever you are, take a rope and comfortably hang yourself by your neck, please.

madridsta007:

I thought after Obama's election, people would learn to never predict the future.

Martin Luther King Jnr was told to keep quiet when he said 'I have a dream that a black man would become president'. He refused to keep quiet and was shot dead. Today Obama is on his second term in the White House.

Who would have ever thought that a minority will become president of Nigeria. Isn't GEJ your president?

Human beings never learn. Smh.

When an Igbo man becomes president, which would surely happen, please wherever you are, take a rope and comfortably hang yourself by your neck, please.

Let's wait and see.

Maybe not in my lifetime no matter how long.

Come on, be a realist.

You Igbos are just not worthy enough to rule a united Nigeria.

CyberG: The posters up here are iboz and their response to this issue is not surprising. In 1966, iboz did the same and their people just waived it off. No problem but history has a way of repeating itself. Ihejirika will soon have to leave, even so GEJ may have to leave. What do you think will happen then if you thumb your noses at the rest of the country? Even should no one leave, Ihejirika cannot issue a single command that will be executed if he riles up and loses the respect of the army. Exactly the same thing happened in 1966 when a seargent major told the new commanding officer that none of his command will be executed except on conditions and the rest is history. A word is enough.

well, they will come after the fact and say, as they disowned nzeogwu and ifeajuna, that ihejirika was not speaking for igbo. but as you can see, igbo are speaking for him!

WHY ARE PEOPLE SO WICKED? ALL THE PERIODS THE HAUSAS HAVE BEEN IN POWER,NO PERSON COMPLAINED,GOWON RULED,NO WAHALA,MURTALA RULED,NO WAHALA,BUHARI RULED,NO WAHALA,IBB RULED,NO WAHALA,ABACHA RULED,NO WAHALA,OBASANJO RULED,NO WAHALA,NOW JONATHAN IS RULING,EVERY WHERE,BOKO HARAM,THEY ARE NOW NOW ACCUSING IHEJIRIKA OF MARGILISATION,THE NORTHERNERS ARE WICKED,THEY CAN GO TO HELL AND THE PROMOTIONS MUST STAY.BASTARDS

~Bluetooth:


Bunch of pusssies. . . .These are the same people that know how to bi't'ch about marginalization in the political scene.I won't say anything but when the hausa/fulani come after you like they once did,y'all are gonna have yourselves to blame.

It's not going to be ibos vs the north.

You are a full fool.Why don't they go now. Rhino for once made me changed my opinion about him. When will you see anything good in Igbo people? Did they tell you they were responsible for the rape that gave birth to you?

FreeGlobe:
You are correct only that you said igbos instead of Yorubas. you know how they lost out of Kwara and Kogi because they couldn't play cards against their Hausa and Fulani masters.

All u tribalist on NL if u dont no ur facts/data very well don't post it.kogi state govnor z Igala & K wara state govnor z Yoruba. Dats z not even d issue wat we shud b concern abt z their performance.

berem: nwanne, apart from making an igbo man COAS, what else has the clueless one done for ndi igbo? just gimme 5 major achievements of Jonathan to ndi igbo .then i will know that am the clueless one.

He gave us the only International airport in the whole of south east.

Negro_Ntns:

well, they will come after the fact and say, as they disowned nzeogwu and ifeajuna, that ihejirika was not speaking for igbo. but as you can see, igbo are speaking for him!

Mind your words or you get a metal in your head soon.

chiover: Emm I suggest we set exam for any position and mek the result open

A <3 GD ♥ one brother leas ‾̴̴͡͡‾̴̴͡͡ how many of †ђξ aboki will pass †ђξ exams, fools.

donchris369: Hey berem! I see you running from one thread to another calling Gej clueless, corupt and incompetent. I guess, you were just being brainwashed by all these your yoruba friends that you always follow them in trying to bring down Gej's government without looking at the bigger picture. That is the power of the media and propaganda. They want to annihilate and humiliate the igbos hence trying to bring Gej down because he has done what no other leader could do by making ihejirika an igbo man the coas for the first time since 1966. I urge berem to go and study your history and you will come to understand the high-wired politics being played by the yorubas to bring Gej down to spite the igbos. Their hidden agenda is begining to be exposed. Its all politics. We are waiting for them in 2015, after then in 2019 the igbos will take over. May i ask you berem. Was obasanjo's regime corrupt? Was abdusalami, abacha and ibb regime corrupt? No one talks about them but the media is always awash with Gej this Gej that. May i ask you again berem. Did Gej start oil subsidy and oil theft, vandalsm etc? Ask yourself so many questions. Politics is very complicated and complex, break it down to and fro and you will understand the game. I respect you much cos your always in the politics section unlike the romance section like other women which is rare, but you are not learning the game. In as much as i have my reservations on Gej, i can never be fooled.

what a fvkng retard! we dont need to go through anybody to bring igbo down if thats our objective. obasanjo did more for igbo than gej has done or will ever do for you and we criticized obasanjo far worse that we are doing gej......even though obj is our flesh and blood.

please do not field any candidate in 2015 if you know criticism is bad for your health. if you dont want your sons to face yoruba criticism then dont put them in positions of national leadership. slowpoke!

Tusky44:


Mind your words or you get a ***** in your head soon.

lmao! ewu......fear no allow you to utter the word.

let me catch you, i will bind you like a goat and sacrifice your as*s to ogun, god of iron.

Virgin Finder:

Let's wait and see.

Maybe not in my lifetime no matter how long.

Come on, be a realist.

You Igbos are just not worthy enough to rule a united Nigeria.

What makes one 'worthy' enough to rule Nigeria? One that stands for nepotism? One that stands for mediocrity? One that stands for jaundiced tribalism? One that stands for corruption?

Smh.

Maybe not in your lifetime. You yourself have said it then. When it happens, I believe the impact of your statement will come to pass.

And what makes you think I am Igbo? Lol, you Nigerians never cease to amaze me.

Worth Reading....

RESPONSE TO: A DANGEROUS TREND IN THE NIGERIAN ARMY

It has come to our notice that there is a campaign by some unscrupulous and unpatriotic elements whose intentions appear to be bent on destabilizing the Nigerian military and nation at large. This campaign is being propagated in the form of a spurious article being circulated that alleges that the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika is on some sort of sinister and clandestine operation to “Igbonise” the Nigerian Army. The COAS has been accused of selectively promoting only Igbos at the expense of others. Well, nothing can be further from the truth, and this will be demonstrated in a very clear and dispassionate analysis in rebuttal to the openly biased and ethnically tinged attempt by some disgruntled elements.
What this hatchet job of an article has done is to selectively focus on the promotion of four officers, and then proceed to make bold claims that these promotions were ethnically motivated because the said officers were of Igbo origin, and then conjure up a justification of why their promotions were ethnically motivated by employing a lot of hyperbole and incredulous reach in drawing conclusions from far-fetched inferences. The elements behind this very dishonest article have done this while ignoring the holistic picture of all promotions within the different cadres of the army. They focused on the promotions of Brigadiers Ugwu of the Ordinance Corps, Nwaogbo of the armored corps, Agha Okoro of the Supply and Transport Corps, and Chioba of the Corp of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers only. How can this be a complete picture when 43 Brigadiers where promoted Major Generals in 2011 and 22 promoted in 2012?

Now let’s examine the promotion exercise of 2011 based on available information:
On November 10 2011 the Vanguard published the following story on Army promotions:

The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of 25 major- generals and 43 brigadier-generals, the largest number ever promoted at a go.
Following the recommendation of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, those elevated from Brigadier Generals (one star) to Major-Generals (two stars) are Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General R.I.D Isa; Director of Military Intelligence, Brigadier-General A.T. Jibrin; Director of Operations at Army HQ, Brigadier General G.A. Wahab and Defence Adviser, New York, Brigadier General G. Audu.
Others promoted Major Generals are Brig-Gen. K.C. Osuji, Brig-Gen. F.S. Owonibi, Brig-Gen. Agha-Okoro, Brig-Gen. D.D. Kitchner, Brig-Gen. B.T. Oginni, Brig-Gen. E.R. Chioba, Brig-Gen. J.M. Ogidi, Brig-Gen. S.U. Labaran, Brig-Gen. A.A. Martins, Brig-Gen. A. Chukwu, Brig-Gen. M. Idris, Brig-Gen. L.N.K. Banjiran, Brig-Gen. S.U. Audu and Brig-Gen. E.F. Abejirin.
Also promoted two star-generals are Brig-Gen. T.O. Umar, Brig-Gen. H.G. Aminu, Brig-Gen. I. Sani, Brig-Gen. A.G. Ewanshia-Oloni and Brig-Gen. P.K. Ikumonein.
A statement confirming the promotions was signed by the Chief of Staff, Army Public Relations Department, Col. Usman Abdul.
Among the Colonels promoted to the rank of Brigadier-Generals are Colonel Leo Erabor, PSO to the Chief of Army Staff, Col. O.O. Adeleke, Col. J. Alexander, Col. T.K. Golau, Col. M.M. Dan-Ali, Col. L.O. Adeosun, Col. E.A. Ransome-Kuti, Col. J.T. Abubakar and Col. S.E.U. Ekanem.
A statement confirming the promotions was signed by the Chief of Staff, Army Public Relations Department, Col. Usman Abdul.
Now we can begin to see the falsehood being peddled in the allegation that Ihejirika’s promotions were ethnically motivated to favour the Igbos as the list provided shows no such trend. Let’s take a count of Brigadiers and Major Generals promoted against their ethnicities since this is where the focus of the disgruntled elements seems to lie. Below is a list of 23 Brigadier Generals promoted to the rank of Major Generals in 2011. It will be instructive to compare the number Igbo officers promoted to the number of officers of other ethnic groups promoted:

1. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General R.I.D Isa--------------North
2. Director of Military Intelligence, Brigadier-General A.T. Jibrin--------------North
3. Director of Operations at Army HQ, Brigadier General G.A. Wahab---------North
4. Defence Adviser, New York, Brigadier General G. Audu.---------------------North
5. Brig-Gen. K.C. Osuji----------------------------------------------------------SE
6. Brig-Gen. F.S. Owonibi------------------------------------------------------SW
7. Brig-Gen. Agha-Okoro--------------------------------------------------------SE
8. Brig-Gen. D.D. Kitchner---------------------------------------------------(Unverified)
9. Brig-Gen. B.T. Oginni---------------------------------------------------------SW
10. Brig-Gen. E.R. Chioba---------------------------------------------------------SE
11. Brig-Gen. J.M. Ogidi-------------------------------------------------------(Unverified)
12. Brig-Gen. S.U. Labaran-------------------------------------------------------North
13. Brig-Gen. A.A. Martins--------------------------------------------------------SW
14. Brig-Gen. A. Chukwu----------------------------------------------------------SE
15. Brig-Gen. M. Idris------------------------------------------------------------North
16. Brig-Gen. L.N.K. Banjiran------------------------------------------------(Unverified)
17. Brig-Gen. S.U. Audu---------------------------------------------------------North
18. Brig-Gen. E.F. Abejirin--------------------------------------------------------SW
19. Brig-Gen. T.O. Umar---------------------------------------------------------North
20. Brig-Gen. H.G. Aminu--------------------------------------------------------North
21. Brig-Gen. I. Sani--------------------------------------------------------------North
22. Brig-Gen. A.G. Ewanshia-Oloni------------------------------------------------SS
23. Brig-Gen. P.K. Ikumonein------------------------------------------------------SS

Out of 23 names only four (4) appear to be Igbo names; Osuji, Agha-Okoro, Chioba and Chukwu; now that is only 17% of the number of Brigadiers promoted to Major Generals in 2011 as published by the Vanguard in November of 2011. The SE is one of 6 geopolitical zones in the country, and simple math tells us that if geopolitical zones were taken into account during promotions of officers, as it should in such a polarized and tribalised country as Nigeria, that is exactly 17% of promotions per cadre per geographical zone, given there are personnel from each zone available to be promoted. So what is the source of this contrived brouhaha? Is this not much ado about nothing? Who could be behind this, but those bent on destabilizing Nigeria for whatever selfish and nefarious ends they may have?
For good measure, below is a summary of the 2012 promotion details as published in National Mirror on December 20 2012:
Director, Army Public Relations Department, Brigadier General Bola Koleoso, who was promoted to the rank of Major General, in a statement, listed those promoted to the substantive rank of Major General to include:

1. Brigadier General NO Ojiji of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC);
2. Brigadier General HA Salihu; Commandant, Depot Nigerian Army,
3. Brigadier General SZ Uba of the Defence Headquarters
4. Brigadier General ET Nienge of the Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport.
Brigadier General David Enetie of Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre,
5. Brigadier General Mashudy O. Adekanye of the Nigerian Army Ordinance School, Commander of 23 Brigade Nigerian Army
6. Brigadier General John N. Nwaoga and Brigadier General Patrick G. Ogah of Army Headquarters Directorate of Training and Operations.
Brigadier General Donald MN Oji of Nigerian Army Signals School
7. Brigadier General Tanko Y. Gaiya of the AFCSC
8. Brigadier General Bamidele O. Ologundudu of the Nigerian Defence College (NDC)
9. Brigadier General Abbas O. Adekanye of the Central Workshop; Commander 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Tamunomieibi I. Dibi; Commander 2 Brigade
10. Brigadier General Tukur Y. Buratai; Commander 4 Brigade
11. Brigadier General Obi A. Umahi
12. Brigadier General Chuckwudi BB Odunukwe of the Directorate of Data Processing; Defence Attache to China
13. Brigadier General Sulaiman D. Aliyu
14. Brigadier General Junaid S. Bindawa of the Nigerian Army Armoured School (NAAS)
15. Brigadier General Obidah T. Ethan serving in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
16. Brigadier General Obasina A. Ogunbiyi of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps
17. Brigadier General Friday M. Airende of the Special Vehicle Plant
New GOCs and Head Quarters:

- GOC of 1 Division(Kaduna, Maj Gen.Wahab -------------------------------Northerner
- GOC of 2 Division(Ibadan, Oyo, Maj-Gen. Ahmed Jibri ------------------Northerner
- GOCs of 3 Division(Jos, Plateau), Maj-Gen. Ebiobowei Awala------------South South
- GOC of 81 Division(Victoria Island, Lagos) is Maj-Gen. Obi Umahi ---- South East
- GOC of 82 Division(Enugu), Maj-Gen Ashimiyu Olaniyi ------------------ South West

Again here there is no sign of inequity in the promotions favouring any particular ethnic group as alleged. In fact two officers who were alleged not to have been promoted – Nienge and Adekanye are on this list, and this is not even an exhaustive list of all promoted! So what is the game here? Obviously it is not one that bodes well for the stability of the country.

The article is fraught with hateful language and innuendo; several officers promoted who happen to be Igbo are referred to as “the Igbo boy” . There is so much warped logic and impossible extrapolations and conclusions drawn from inconclusive analysis that will make one dizzy, for example, one Col Soloye is alleged not to have been promoted because of his “outstanding personal and professional records”.

How preposterous!

They continue this incredulous reach by further stating that “The plan here, just as in the case of Oyekan, is to slow down this rising star who might get in the way of Igbo officers “destined” by General Ihejirika to rise above him”.
Again, how preposterous! What is the source or proof of this bold conclusion? Unless this article was produced by superhuman mind readers this is pure baseless conjecture of the highest order. It is important to note at this juncture that none of the officers’ records who have been described as “outstanding” and being overlooked for promotion have been independently vetted. These are just claims by faceless disgruntled elements. Until independently vetted, they remain just claims. Another example of this superhuman mind-reading faculty demonstrated in this article is the case of one Col. Jidda, who for whatever reason was not promoted at a certain time, but the mind readers have gone ahead to explain that “the idea is for Jidda to wait for the Igbo boy to graduate from NIPPS so they can be presented next year with other officers from NDC course 21. Most likely, some Igbo officers would then edge out Jidda who will then suffer the faith of Col Oyekan and Col Soleye”.

Incredible!

Normally these types of baseless claims will not see the light of day in a civilized society, but we are talking of Nigeria afterall, where such poisonous and unfounded allegations have the capability of creating instability and unwarranted bloodshed as has been numerously demonstrated in the short history of the country. That is why it is important to set the record straight now before agents of destruction hijack the fragile peace of the country.

The article mentions cases of several officers who for one reason or another are believed to have been bypassed for promotion. This may or may not be true, but this section of the article does not talk about the Igbo officers who were also bypassed. In any promotional exercise there are bound to be those who will be disappointed as top positions are limited, and the Nigerian Army is no exception. One comes off reading this article thinking only Igbos get promoted in the Nigerian Army, while all others get bypassed. How incredulous! Suffice it to say that Ihejirika is not responsible for all promotions within the army. Most officers are promoted based on a recommendation from their supervisors and superiors, based on merit, as in any other professional organization. There is no way Ihejirika can be personally involved in the promotion of every officer within the Nigerian Army, and so some of these grudges IF legitimate need to be taken up with the supervisors of the concerned officers and not the COAS.
The biggest joke of the article is the insinuation of the entrenchment of nepotism and mediocrity against the COAS by citing the promotion of Brigadier Onoeveta, the former ADC to late President Umaru Yar’adua. First, Onoeveta is not Igbo, nor is he related to the COAS in any way, so how do they get off alleging nepotism? They ask the question “what explains the retention and preferential treatment being given to Brigadier Onoeveta, who is notorious for mediocrity.” (sic) and go on to provide the answer, “One possible explanation for this elevation of mediocrity is that it is a calculated attempt to achieve certain sinister or diabolical objective perhaps known only to General Ihejirika and the dark forces behind his actions”.

What a caricature!

There are also patent falsehoods and outright lies, for example the article claims that Brigadiers Oginni and Martins, were passed over for their junior Igbo counterpart, but this has been verified false as both were among those who were promoted in 2011. Brigadiers Nienge and Adekanye were also alleged to have been passed up for promotion but show up on the list of those promoted in 2012. Why this and why now? Could there be some elements in the Army or in the country at large who are looking for a repeat of 1966, where false and unfounded rumours in the Nigerian Army set the Northern NCOs and junior officers against their Igbo colleagues and officers in a bloody Fun of bloodletting that left over 300 Igbo army corpses in its wake and culminated in the Nigerian Civil War?

The false propaganda continues with the allegation that Ihejirika is somehow trying to repeat a non-existent 1966 agenda “according to which all non-Igbo senior officers were eliminated and replaced, as shown below, by Igbo officers appointed by General Ironsi, on 17th January 1966?”
The following names were then given as Ironsi’s Igbo appointments:

Serial Name Command Ethnic group

1 Lt Col George Kurubo Chief of Staff Nigeria Airforce Ibo, East
2 Lt Col Njoku Commanding Officer 2nd Brigade Ibo
3 Major H. Igboba Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion Ibo, East
4 Major. G. Okonweze Commanding Officer, Abeokuta Garrison Ibo, Mid West
5 Major Nzefili Commanding Officer 4 Battalion Ibo, Mid West
6 Major Ochei Commanding Officer Federal Guards Ibo, Mid West
7 Major D. Ogunewe Commanding Officer1Bn Ibo, East
8 Lt Col Bassey Commanding Officer 1 Brigade East Non Ibo
9 Major Okoro Commanding Officer,3 Battalion Igbo, East
10 Major F Akagha Commanding Officer Depot. Igbo, East
Aside from the obvious falsehood of Kurubo not being Igbo, it will be shown below how data has been selectively edited and manipulated to portray a false image and give a false message. Below is the true composition of Ironsi’s Military postings and Federal appointments:

A-Ironsi’s Military Postings:
Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi----Head of State--------------------------------East

Lt. Col. Hassan U. Katsina, Military Governor of Northern Region-------------------North

Lt. Col. Francis A. Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Region---------------------West

Lt. Col. Chukwuememka O. Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Region----------East

Lt. Col. David A. Ejoor, Military Governor of Mid-Western Region--------------Mid-West

Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters (SHQ) -----West

Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, Chief of Staff, Army-----------------------------------------North

Lt Col George T. Kurubo, Chief of Staff, Airforce ------------------------------------East

Commodore J.E.A Wey, Chief of Staff, Navy------------------------------------------West

Alhaji Kam Selem, Inspector General of Police---------------------------------------North

Major Mobolaji Johnson, Administrator, Lagos Capital Territory-------------------West

Mr. S.O. Wey, Secretary to the Supreme Military Council--------------------------West

Lt. Col Hilary Njoku, Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade, Apapa------------East

Lt Col W. U. Bassey, Acting Commanding Officer 1st Brigade, Kaduna------------East

Lt. Col. Philip Efiong,-SHQ--------------------------------------------------------------East

Major Ibrahim Haruna, Chief Ordnance Officer--------------------------------------North

Major David S. Ogunewe, Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Enugu--------------East

Major Israel Okoro, Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Kaduna-------------------East

Major Festus Akagha, Commandant NRTC, Zaria-----------------------------------East

Major Eyo Ekpo, Military Secretary, SHQ---------------------------------------------East

Major Joe Akahan, Commander 4th Battalion, Ibadan------------------------------North

Lt. Col. Michael Okwechime, Chairman Sports Council and Inspector of Engrs.------------Mid-West

Lt. Col. Macaulay Nzefili, Military General Manager, Railways------------------Mid-West

Summary
Northerners -------------5
Mid Westerners---------3
Westerners---------------5
Easterners----------------10

A couple of important facts need to be noted here:

1. Not all officers of Eastern origin are Igbo, for example Kurubo is Kalabari, Effiong is Efik, Ekpo is Efik etc.
2. The East had the most number of officers (~70%) in the officer corps during this time. (Luckham)
3. Entrance examination cut off points had been drastically lowered in an engineered bid to allow Northerners who couldn’t score high enough to make the passing grades to be enrolled en masse into the Army to catch up with other regions as a result of a push by the then Sardauna of Sokoto and Minister of Defence both from the North. (Luckham)
4. A lot of junior northern officers like Gowon, Haruna, M. Muhammed were rapidly promoted to positions way above their ranks by Ironsi to make up for some of the losses of the North in the January coup. (Efiong )
5. Ironsi went way out of his way to appease the North with promotions, appointments, and reassurances to no avail. He was murdered on July 29 1966 by mutinous Northern officers citing a laundry list of paranoid claims and allegations about a grand Igbo plot to take over the country that have been proven to be false by all credible historians.

B-Ironsi’s Federal Appointments:
Secretary to the Federal Military Government--------------------Westerner
Agriculture and Natural resources---------------------------------Westerner
Communication------------------------------------------------------Westerner
Justice----------------------------------------------------------------Westerner
Works and Housing--------------------------------------------------Westerner
Defence---------------------------------------------------------------Northerner
Education--------------------------------------------------------------Northerner
External Affairs--------------------------------------------------------Northerner
Finance-----------------------------------------------------------------Northerner
Internal Affairs (two) ------------------------------------------------Northerner
Northerner
Trade------------------------------------------------------------------Northerner
Economic Development----------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Industry----------------------------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Information-------------------------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Labour-------------------------------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Mines and Power-------------------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Transport---------------------------------------------------------------Mid-Westerner
Establishment-----------------------------------------------------------Easterner
Health--------------------------------------------------------------------Easterner
Others (three) ----------------------------------------------------------Easterner
Northerner
Mid Westerner
Summary:
Northerners -------------8
Mid Westerners---------7
Westerners---------------5
Easterners----------------3

C- General Managers, Chairmen, Directors and Secretaries of Federal boards and Corporations
Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, General Manager-------------------Expatriate
Secretary-------------------Northerner
Railways------------------------------------General Manager----------Easterner
Secretary------------------Northerner
Ports Authority General Manager--------General Manager-----------Westerner
Secretary-------------------Westerner
Shipping Line------------------------------General Manager-----------Westerner
Secretary------------------Mid-Westerner
Coal Corporation--------------------------General Manager-----------Easterner
Secretary---------------------Northerner
Board of Customs and Excise------------Chairman----------------------Westerner
Secretary-----------------------Westerner
Airways-----------------------------------General Manager---------------Expatriate
Secretary------------------------Easterner
Industrial Development Bank------------General Manager---------------Northerner
Secretary------------------------Westerner
Nigerian External Communication------General Manager----------------Expatriate
Secretary-------------------------Westerner
Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation-----Director---------------------------Westerner
Secretary--------------------------Westerner
Board of Inland Revenue---------------Chairman--------------------------Westerner
Secretary----------------------------Westerner
Nigerin Produce Marketing Company Ltd---Chairman---------------------Westerner
Managing Director----------------Northerner
Secretary--------------------------Westerner
Central Bank----------------------------Governor---------------------------Northerner

Summary:
Northerners -------------6
Mid Westerners---------1
Westerners---------------12
Easterners----------------3
Expatriates---------------3

It is now becoming clear that this is a campaign of calumny and evil propaganda of epic proportions aimed at destabilizing the peace of this nation. If this is not treason then what is? The evil elements behind this campaign have to be fished out and brought to book. Nigeria’s stability is too fragile for these types of expensive political games that have gone on for too long from certain elements who do not want progress for this country. When other nations have moved ahead with industrialization and technological development we are still bogged down by tribal/religious and ethnic conflicts in 2013. Are we cursed? Nigeria is now a laughing stock of smaller African nations who used to look up to us as Africa’s potential super power, and yet we are not able to pause for a second to get our heads out of the sand to self-examine and self-correct after 50 years of rudderless existence as an independent nation. How long can we continue this way? This is definitely not the path forward to a vibrant and prosperous nation. Some things have got to give. Nigerians need to rise up and claim their country from those bent on keeping us behind.

SIGNED,
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF NIGERIA
References:
1. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/army-lifts-25-to-major-generals-43-as-brigadier-generals/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi

3. http://army.mil.ng/divisions.html

4. January 15: Before and After, 1966 Nigerian Crisis, Government Printer, Enugu.
5. http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/150-army-officers-promoted/

6. Nigeria and Biafra, My Story, Philip Efiong, 2007
7. The Nigerian Military, A Sociological Analysis of Authority and Revolt 1960-67, Robin Luckham

big mo: There is nothing new in what the COAS did. He is not the first to do such and surely won't be the last. But he should be cautious and avoid making it obvious that he is favouring his kinsmen. Aguiyi Ironsi did same in the 60's and we all know the consequences.

Aguiyi ironsi did nothing.stop repeating the old lies.