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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by ElsonMorali: 7:22am On Jun 05, 2018
citizenY:



False, dem go dey find the shape of her bra.

Lol
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by ElsonMorali: 7:26am On Jun 05, 2018
Cooly100:


If ONLY you can use your brain to score more than 2...in the exams...

Quota system specialist..!

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ochibavictor(m): 7:28am On Jun 05, 2018
Yyeske:
Mr President should've just kept quiet on this as this is the bane of the hate.
These are some of the things our people are trying to forget but you are bringing it up again.


Ahahn, yyeske was your account hacked?
Never knew you could be this thoughtful cheesy
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ochibavictor(m): 7:32am On Jun 05, 2018
Mayrock:


let's just end the talk.....till duty calls.....
thank u

But pythons were busy dancing skelewu in the east, where were you then?
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Yyeske(m): 7:36am On Jun 05, 2018
Ochibavictor:



Ahahn, yyeske was your account hacked?
Never knew you could be this thoughtful cheesy
That I'm anti IPOB doesn't mean I'm anti Igbo or anti Biafra, I've said this several times on this forum.

The president shouldn't have brought this up now, I still remember what my parents told us as kids about the war, my dad was a Biafran soldier then and those tales still scare me till date.
Several massacres occurred during the war and most never got to the mainstream media so Mr President saying this is totally wrong and uncalled for.
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by phase1: 7:39am On Jun 05, 2018
CSTR1003:
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Sir, there was no need deleting your previous comment. It was full of common sense and truisms. Please do reinstate that comment.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by jaymichael(m): 7:43am On Jun 05, 2018
onatisi:

he didnt o, his words were twisted but it serves him right , that was the same way they were twisting gej statements then . so let the firing begin grin grin
Which of GEJ's statements were 'twisted'?

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Essential(m): 7:46am On Jun 05, 2018
stane007:
Speaking at his investiture as Grand Patron of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) at the presidential villa in Abuja, President Buhari insinuated that the Nigerian army showed lots of restraints on Biafrans during the civil war. 

According to President Buhari, Yakubu Gowon, who was the then head of state issued strict instructions to the army that Biafrans were not enemies, but “brothers and sisters of the rest of Nigerians”.

“Earlier in my profession, during the civil war, I know how much sacrifice members of the Nigerian Red Cross and their international counterparts did both in the real front of operations and at the rear, on both sides. I think it is a lot of sacrifices because anything can happen to you in the operational areas.

“The risks they faced were real and I admire their courage and commitment to helping people who were in distress and were virtually in millions. Those photographs of people from the Biafra enclave spoke a lot.

“I remember with nostalgia the performance of the commander-in-chief, General Yakubu Gowon. Every commander was given a copy of the commander-in-chief’s instructions that we were not fighting enemies but that we were fighting our brothers. And thus, people were constrained to show a lot of restraint.

“The international observer teams were allowed to go as far as possible within and outside the front and I think this was generous and very considerate of General Gowon. He is a highly committed Nigerian" he said.

The civil war broke out in 1967 — after eastern Nigeria declared “Republic of Biafra” — and ended in 1970 with claims that millions were killed, mostly from starvation as a result of a blockade by the Nigerian government.

https://lailasnews.com/nigerian-army-was-soft-on-biafrans-during-civil-war-president-buhari/

Lalasticlala


THE IGBO WANTED IT AND NIGERIAN GOVT GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY WERE DYING EVERYDAY LIKE CHICKEN AND FLIES. HUNGER AND STARVATION TURN THEM INTO A BEAST. THEY STARTING EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND DIED BODY. YES NIGERIAN GOVT HAD MERCY ON THEM AND COULD HAVE WIPE THEM OUT IN A SINGLE DAY WITH OUR WAR PLANES.
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ochibavictor(m): 7:47am On Jun 05, 2018
Yyeske:
That I'm anti IPOB doesn't mean I'm anti Igbo or anti Biafra, I've said this several times on this forum.

The president shouldn't have brought this up now, I still remember what my parents told us as kids about the war, my dad was a Biafran soldier then and those tales still scare me till date.
Several massacres occurred during the war and most never got to the mainstream media so Mr President saying this is totally wrong and uncalled for.

OK. But I was kinda surprised that's all.i knew someone would blast buhari,but never saw you being that person
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Yyeske(m): 7:48am On Jun 05, 2018
Essential:



THE IGBO WANTED IT AND NIGERIAN GOVT GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY WERE DYING EVERYDAY LIKE CHICKEN AND FLIES. HUNGER AND STARVATION TURN THEM INTO A BEAST. THEY STARTING EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND DIED BODY. YES NIGERIAN GOVT HAD MERCY ON THEM AND COULD HAVE WIPE THEM OUT IN A SINGLE DAY WITH OUR WAR PLANES.
Better keep quiet if you have nothing to say about this topic, not every topic on nairaland is meant for kids.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Yyeske(m): 7:53am On Jun 05, 2018
Ochibavictor:


OK. But I was kinda surprised that's all.i knew someone would blast buhari,but never saw you being that person
Ok now you know what Yyeske stands for, I would blast the president anytime he messes up especially in an emotionally laden topic such as this that even generations that didn't experience it still shudder when told what happened.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by 8stargeneral: 7:57am On Jun 05, 2018
Datz why u wan finish dem now baa...God will punish u idiot.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ejorchris: 8:10am On Jun 05, 2018
Buhari is a demon,though the north are face karma right, God is not asleep at all.
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ejorchris: 8:12am On Jun 05, 2018
Buhari is a demon,though the north are facing the wrath karma presently.our God is not asleep

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Nobody: 8:13am On Jun 05, 2018
those of you who were aged 7-25 during the period share your personal experience.
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Mbediogu(m): 8:18am On Jun 05, 2018
Nigeria Army was soft on Biafra especially at Asaba under Murtala Mohammed. Nonsense! It was an all out war in which Russia and Britain expectedly won!

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by RedboneSmith(m): 8:18am On Jun 05, 2018
LOL. Killing every male you could lay your hands on in Asaba was a very good way of being soft. Doing the same thing in many parts of the East was a very good way of being soft.

Bombing civilian targets: schools, churches, markets was a very nice way of showing restraint.

Shooting down planes that were flying relief to starving people in Biafra. Yes, that was a good way of being soft and showing restraint.

"Shooting everything that moves" (side eyeing Adekunle in his grave) that was showing restraint right there!

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Yyeske(m): 8:34am On Jun 05, 2018
quentin06:
those of you who were aged 7-25 during the period share your personal experience.
Most who experienced it would never want to talk about it because that period reminds them of when humans were reduced to animals, I've asked several older people who experienced it but they'll rather tell you to forget it.
Buhari was very wrong with this and this will definitely cause a lot of uproar in the coming days from survivors of the pogrom, genocide and war mostly Ndigbo
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Nobody: 8:38am On Jun 05, 2018
Ochibavictor:


But pythons were busy dancing skelewu in the east, where were you then?

illiteracy and bad reasoning is a disease bro...

wise up
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Nobody: 8:41am On Jun 05, 2018
Ejorchris:
Buhari is a demon,though the north are facing the wrath karma presently.our God is not asleep

he works in a mysterious way.....
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Nobody: 8:45am On Jun 05, 2018
Essential:



THE IGBO WANTED IT AND NIGERIAN GOVT GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY WERE DYING EVERYDAY LIKE CHICKEN AND FLIES. HUNGER AND STARVATION TURN THEM INTO A BEAST. THEY STARTING EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND DIED BODY. YES NIGERIAN GOVT HAD MERCY ON THEM AND COULD HAVE WIPE THEM OUT IN A SINGLE DAY WITH OUR WAR PLANES.


look at u....how u dey fare now....

rubbish.......or u think u can come here to write rubbish.....

may such genocide visit ur lineage

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ndulee(m): 9:11am On Jun 05, 2018
seunmsg:





Let's look beyond the sensational headline and address the facts of the president's speech. Above in bold are his exact words as reported by the blog. So tell me, what exactly is wrong or poisonous in what he said?

You want us to accept his speech without sense of judgement? Does it mean that you are not aware of what Nigeria government through her army did to Biafrans during the war? If you are not aware please do some research and judge his words by yourself.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by mavinc4u(f): 9:17am On Jun 05, 2018
Did he actually say that? The same biafra war that some people rub on the faces of igbos on nairaland.

Oh, I really feel pained hearing this but what can I do apart from praying and hoping that God does the needful.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by mavinc4u(f): 9:18am On Jun 05, 2018
Essential:



THE IGBO WANTED IT AND NIGERIAN GOVT GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY WERE DYING EVERYDAY LIKE CHICKEN AND FLIES. HUNGER AND STARVATION TURN THEM INTO A BEAST. THEY STARTING EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND DIED BODY. YES NIGERIAN GOVT HAD MERCY ON THEM AND COULD HAVE WIPE THEM OUT IN A SINGLE DAY WITH OUR WAR PLANES.

It shall never be well with you and all members of your family.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Ndulee(m): 9:22am On Jun 05, 2018
Roger3D:
It could have been much worse for you Biafrans.

You are just full of jealousy! that is why you are reacting like this.
In football, is only the loser that will want to fight, you are just a big loser so leave Biafrans alone!
Go and work had and stop been jealous because it kills.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Amagmilton(m): 9:39am On Jun 05, 2018
Almaiga:
And there will be no Mercy for Biafran's if they choose to provoke the Nigerian Army into fighting a second War.
This time, the S.E shall be wiped off the surface of the Earth.
IPOB's be warned!!! cool cool cool
foool, your family will soon be wiped off from the surface of the earth.

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Collyno82(m): 9:57am On Jun 05, 2018
And you believed him?
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Cooly100: 9:58am On Jun 05, 2018
Essential:



THE IGBO WANTED IT AND NIGERIAN GOVT GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY WERE DYING EVERYDAY LIKE CHICKEN AND FLIES. HUNGER AND STARVATION TURN THEM INTO A BEAST. THEY STARTING EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND DIED BODY. YES NIGERIAN GOVT HAD MERCY ON THEM AND COULD HAVE WIPE THEM OUT IN A SINGLE DAY WITH OUR WAR PLANES.

Go and brush your education up...You need an upgrade...

Where are your warplanes against the ragtag Boko criminals,today?

Which brain do you use to cross the road?

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Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by HiddenShadow: 10:00am On Jun 05, 2018
Amagmilton:

foool, your family will soon be wiped off from the surface of the earth.

In the name of One Nigeria, Fulani Terrorists are coming for him
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by CofOLandOfPeace(m): 10:10am On Jun 05, 2018
That's your opinion of course.
However, you can check our signature in blue just below here for our services and visit our Ikeja office or reach out to us by clicking on the WhatsApp link or call us...
Re: 'nigerian Army Was Soft On Biafrans During Civil War' - President Buhari by Emmacolinho(m): 10:49am On Jun 05, 2018
I WANT BUHARI TO DIE THIS WEEK

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