RIP to the most charismatic General of the Nigerian Civil War!

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Ogbomosho has lost one of its own. Sun re oo, ekun oko awon omo Igbo.

Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle with an abandoned Biafran child..April 1968

Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle inspecting re-kitted Biafran POWs for re-integration into the 3MCD

Benjamin Adekunle inspecting artillery piece...1969

Benjamin Adekunle.

The picture of the Black Scorpion sitting shirtless at the radio table of his front-line command post is reminiscent of the often shirtless Afro Beat king, Fela Ransome Kuti, whose music dominated the airwaves during the years that the Biafran war raged.

Perhaps in a way those two late icons of Nigerian history were kindred spirits, in that they were both unconventional, fearless, dedicated to a cause and slight of build. Fela the music legend worked the piano keyboard with his fingers, while those of the Black Scorpion pulled triggers to unleash war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQwpVXLZss

celeron40: Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle with an abandoned Biafran child..April 1968

the mother of the abandoned child was probably killed by him.

Smh.

We must be careful how we choose heroes in this country!

Because our choice of heroes reflect the kind of nation we aspire to be!

Seeing that YouTube video above you got to question the mental stability of anyone celebrating this kind of character!

mikeansy: We must be careful how we choose heroes in this country!

Because our choice of heroes reflect the kind of nation we aspire to be!

Seeing that YouTube video above you got to question the mental stability of anyone celebrating this kind of character!

We must be careful not to start senseless wars just because we think we can or prove a point. A war is not a tea party.

Aigbofa:

We must be careful not to start senseless wars just because we think we can or prove a point. A war is not a tea party.

Yes we must be careful not to start a war but aren't you trying to start a second war by choosing war criminals who have no respect for any rules of engagement as your heroes?

How can a Nation reconcile with choice of heroes like these!

mikeansy:


Yes we must be careful not to start a war but aren't you trying to start a second war by choosing war criminals who have no respect for any rules of engagement as your heroes?

How can a Nation reconcile with choice of heroes like these!

Why is he a war criminal? Did Ojukwu not brazenly execute people during his Biafran adventure? Was he put on trial?

Aigbofa:

Why is he a war criminal? Did Ojukwu not brazenly execute people during his Biafran adventure? Was he put on trial?

Do you have a video of Ojukwu shooting an armless war prisoner I will like to see!

mikeansy:


Yes we must be careful not to start a war but aren't you trying to start a second war by choosing war criminals who have no respect for any rules of engagement as your heroes?

How can a Nation reconcile with choice of heroes like these!

That video does not show Benjamin Adekunle executing anyone, or even expressing approval of such a war crime at any time during or after the war. He may have been vicious and cunning in the prosecution of his battle-front objectives, but the jury is still out on the specific question of whether or not the Black Scorpion committed war crimes, in the legal sense of the term.

mikeansy:

Do you have a video of Ojukwu shooting an armless war prisoner I will like to see!

Maybe you should provide us with the video of Adekunle shooting a armless war prisoner. The video you uploaded was not him. I believe Adekunle had that soldier court martialed for shooting the said prisoner.

mikeansy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQwpVXLZss

That is not Adekunle

RIP to child killer and murderer of defenseless women, I understand you were doing your job, But the blood of those innocent children will always hunt your generation. please when you get hell, send my regards to awolowo tell him in no distance time obasanjo will join you guys.. tell awolowo the ojukwu was given a state burial which you adekunle can never get. rest in piss general.

The sod was even aiming at the market women from afar in the first picture. What a whimp!

all these igbos with their sentiments of losing Biafran war which they started and never planned well. If ojukwu had a brain, he would've played his cards well by diplomatic approach and not resolve to violence which claimed the life of his people . there would've been republic of Biafra that flourishes with milk and honey. but greed crippled his vision. stop talking trash about the late Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle and blame your blind and myopic ojukwu.

mikeansy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQwpVXLZss

THATS not ADEKUNLE

Proffdada: all these igbos with their sentiments of losing Biafran war which they started and never planned well. If ojukwu had a brain, he would've played his cards well by diplomatic approach and not resolve to violence which claimed the life of his people . there would've been republic of Biafra that flourishes with milk and honey. but greed crippled his vision. stop talking trash about the late Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle and blame your blind and myopic ojukwu.

Well said but you can't rule out naivety of the young officer then. Ojukwu is a hero.

C his ugly face? May he continue 2 eat his poo in hell.

If a man like Benjamin Adekunle is in the Nigerian Army today, Boko Haram would have been defeated

Why was his matter abandoned since 1971.?
He is one person the nigerian govt forgot to remember. . .

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO: If a man like Benjamin Adekunle is in the Nigerian Army today, Boko Haram would have been defeated

The m0r0nicity of adekunle laid the foundation for boko haram

quid: Why was his matter abandoned since 1971.?
He is one person the nigerian govt forgot to remember. . .

To me, he is a disappointment. He died as a wretched rat with blood of innocent men, women and children he killed in the name of one Nigeria. When they shared our niger delta oil after the war he was not given anything not even a liter of oil. No political appointment, not even a decent house. I hope he saw T.. Y. Danjuma and others swimming in billions while he lived and died in perjury. Sad end of a mass murderer.

ProfessorPeter: To me, he is a disappointment. He died as a wretched rat with blood of innocent men, women and children he killed in the name of one Nigeria. When they shared our niger delta oil after the war he was not given anything not even a liter of oil. No political appointment, not even a decent house. I hope he saw T.. Y. Danjuma and others swimming in billions while he lived and died in perjury. Sad end of a mass murderer.

It was like he never existed

Proffdada: all these igbos with their sentiments of losing Biafran war which they started and never planned well. If ojukwu had a brain, he would've played his cards well by diplomatic approach and not resolve to violence which claimed the life of his people . there would've been republic of Biafra that flourishes with milk and honey. but greed crippled his vision. stop talking trash about the late Brig.Gen. Benjamin Adekunle and blame your blind and myopic ojukwu.

They are not known for diplomacy or political dexterity.

Biafra defeat turned out to be a blessing in disguise for them as well as the peoples proximate to them.