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Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Racoon(m): 10:12pm On Jan 29, 2022
Lieutenants Wellington U. Bassey, Samuel Ademulegun, 2nd-Lieutenants Zakariya Maimalari, Lawan Umar, and Lieutenant Johnson T.U Aguiyi-Ironsi at a Rehearsal Parade for the Coronation Ceremony of Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Hyde Park, London, June 1953. #HistoryVille

https://twitter.com/HistoryVille/status/1307308470170005506?s=09

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Racoon(m): 10:14pm On Jan 29, 2022
From Left to Right sitting: Captain Adeyinka Adebayo,Captain Philip Effiong,Captain Imo,Major Samuel Adesoji Ademulegun,Major Wellington Bassey,General Forster, Major JTU Ironsi,Major Ralph Shodeinde,Captain Zakaria Maimalari, Captain Conrad Nwawo, Captain David Ejoor.

Middle Row standing: Lt Igboba,Lt George Kurubo, (non Nigerian standing next to Kurubo), Lt J Akaga,Lt Patrick Anwunah, Lt Louis Ogbonnia, Lt Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Lt Eyo Ekpo, Lt Arthur Unegbe, Lt Abogo Largema


Back Row: Lt Hilary Njoku, 2nd Lt Nzefili, 2nd Lt Ogunenwe, 2nd Lt Shadrak, Lt Madiebo,2nd Lt Anthony Eze, Lt Yakubu Gowon, 2nd Lt Sylvanus Nwanjei,Lt Yakubu Pam, 2nd Lt Hassan Katsina.

Those not in the picture are Captain Kur Mohammed,Lt Victor Banjo and Lt Michael Okwechime
First Generation of Nigerian Army officers - June 1959.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by tobounty(m): 10:14pm On Jan 29, 2022
Great

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Racoon(m): 10:21pm On Jan 29, 2022
Guess this was the era wherein genuine pan-nationalism, professionalism and merit was what counts under the pre-independence colonial Nigeria.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by slivertongue: 12:02am On Jan 30, 2022
Good old days gone forever

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Poiu11: 12:03am On Jan 30, 2022
that is not london. that is nigeria. the queen visited nigeria... ademulegun is not in the picture... this is how ademulegun looks like. the picture are officer in eastern nigeria. the person in picture looks like obasanjo... sitting from left to right in the fourth position

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by mightyhaze: 4:04am On Jan 30, 2022
Racoon:

First Generation of Nigerian Army officers - June 1959.
Thanks... Now I got to see a picture of how Arthur unaegbe looked like.. I took an interest in him after reading Gen. Madiebos Revolution and Civil war accounts over 2 decades ago..


This is a senior Igbo officer killed for vehemently opposing a coup by officers drawn from all the regions of the county... For those who have been brainwashed to keep parroting that it was an Igbo coup..

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by amuwo1980: 4:08am On Jan 30, 2022
Not less than 40% of them were igbos , when things were done on merit, you got to admit it Nigeria fared better under the colonial rule than under these jihadist belly crawling vermins

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by cazchi: 4:16am On Jan 30, 2022
amuwo1980:
Not less than 40% of them were igbos , when things were done on merit, you got to admit it Nigeria fared better under the colonial rule than under these jihadist belly crawling vermins

Brother, the quota system is the worst possible thing a country trying to grow can adopt.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by ViperAda: 4:53am On Jan 30, 2022
mightyhaze:
Thanks... Now I got to see a picture of how Arthur unaegbe looked like.. I took an interest in him after reading Gen. Madiebos Revolution and Civil war accounts over 2 decades ago..


This is a senior Igbo officer killed for vehemently opposing a coup by officers drawn from all the regions of the county... For those who have been brainwashed to keep parroting that it was an Igbo coup..
It was an ibo coup and your lies would not change the facts. Lt. col. Arthur Unegbe was shot by Anuforo because he was known to be close to brig. Maimalari and had to be silenced. He was not killed for opposing the coup but for his closeness to Maimalari who was eventually killed by Ifeajuna.

-Viper

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by helinues: 5:03am On Jan 30, 2022
amuwo1980:
Not less than 40% of them were igbos , when things were done on merit, you got to admit it Nigeria fared better under the colonial rule than under these jihadist belly crawling vermins

True, but as they are no longer having that luxury of opportunities again, is that why they want to seceed from Nigeria?

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 5:18am On Jan 30, 2022
ViperAda:

It was an ibo coup and your lies would not change the facts. Lt. col. Arthur Unegbe was shot by Anuforo because he was known to be close to brig. Maimalari and had to be silenced. He was not killed for opposing the coup but for his closeness to Maimalari who was eventually killed by Ifeajuna.

-Viper
why was it an igbo coup?

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Poiu11: 5:23am On Jan 30, 2022
the army was different from each other. that why they murder ironsi....
Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by FakeUnity: 5:26am On Jan 30, 2022
helinues:


True, but as they are no longer having that luxury of opportunities again, is that why they want to seceed from Nigeria?


Why are you blind to the word 'merit' as written by the guy you quoted. Are you yoruba mooslim?

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by helinues: 5:29am On Jan 30, 2022
FakeUnity:



Why are you blind to the word 'merit' as written by the guy you quoted. Are you yoruba mooslim?

So those who are currently having the position do not merit it right?

The word merit/deserved can only be used when it's Igbo bah?

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by FakeUnity: 5:32am On Jan 30, 2022
helinues:


So those who are currently having the position do not merit it right?

The word merit/deserved can only be used when it's Igbo bah?

Use your tongue to count your teeth. If dem never rotten finish..

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by helinues: 5:35am On Jan 30, 2022
FakeUnity:


Use your tongue to count your teeth. If dem never rotten finish..

Civilization got to my region so early.. I would rather use a mirror to count my teeth.

Reason why we are Sophisticated West

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by headSmasher: 5:37am On Jan 30, 2022
We know you people always trying to change the narrative, what was the guy's post that got him killed, he is wasn't a top ranking officer that needed to die, he was just part of the casualties and stubbing blocks on the part of the senseless myopic unreasonable callous irresponsible Igbo officers that made him a Scape goat in the Igbo coup
mightyhaze:
Thanks... Now I got to see a picture of how Arthur unaegbe looked like.. I took an interest in him after reading Gen. Madiebos Revolution and Civil war accounts over 2 decades ago..


This is a senior Igbo officer killed for vehemently opposing a coup by officers drawn from all the regions of the county... For those who have been brainwashed to keep parroting that it was an Igbo coup..

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by headSmasher: 5:42am On Jan 30, 2022
The era before chukwuma nzeogwu scuffled everything, where and when he robbed and killed, leaving Nigeria in a fiasco and tussle of unity
Racoon:
Guess this was the era wherein genuine pan-nationalism, professionalism and merit was what counts under the pre-independence colonial Nigeria.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by mightyhaze: 6:21am On Jan 30, 2022
ViperAda:

It was an ibo coup and your lies would not change the facts. Lt. col. Arthur Unegbe was shot by Anuforo because he was known to be close to brig. Maimalari and had to be silenced. He was not killed for opposing the coup but for his closeness to Maimalari who was eventually killed by Ifeajuna.

-Viper
An Igbo coup with actors like major ademoyega,col. Victor banjo,lt.olofimihan and a host of others?


Many of the casualties of the coup were in one way or the other opposed to the coup ... Be it drawing a gun on the coupists or blocking their access to armoury..


Col Arthur was killed for denying the coupists access to the armoury. Was he the only officer close to maimalari?

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by mightyhaze: 6:26am On Jan 30, 2022
headSmasher:
We know you people always trying to change the narrative, what was the guy's post that got him killed, he is wasn't a top ranking officer that needed to die, he was just part of the casualties and stubbing blocks on the part of the senseless myopic unreasonable callous irresponsible Igbo officers that made him a Scape goat in the Igbo coup
Arthur Unaegbe was a full colonel.. which was top notch then. Remember we had just one major general and one or two brigadiers.. so colonel wasn't so junior a rank in the officer corps then..

Most casualties of that coup were stumbling blocks to the coup.. and the executors were from all regions of then..viz.. the east,the west,Midwest and north. Couldn't have been an Igbo coup.

Remember ojukwu and ironsi quelled the same coup

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Racoon(m): 6:53am On Jan 30, 2022
headSmasher:
The era before chukwuma nzeogwu scuffled everything, where and when he robbed and killed, leaving Nigeria in a fiasco and tussle of unity
Though the coup was very unfortunate, but the pervading politico-military events preceding it were pointers that there were a lots of unaddressed grievances.

The ethno-religious supremacist agenda cum bastardization of the then military by the Balewa-led NPC govt, introduction of quota system into the military and civil service, suppression of vociferous cry of the Western/Middle Belt regions against marginaliz-ation by the northern controlled-army among many were among the catalysts.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by ViperAda: 7:42am On Jan 30, 2022
mightyhaze:
An Igbo coup with actors like major ademoyega,col. Victor banjo,lt.olofimihan and a host of others?


Many of the casualties of the coup were in one way or the other opposed to the coup ... Be it drawing a gun on the coupists or blocking their access to armoury..


Col Arthur was killed for denying the coupists access to the armoury. Was he the only officer close to maimalari?
You liar. Who were the host of others?. Can you mention any of the coupists who alleged Banjo as a member of the culprits in any account?.
Different narrative suggested that Banjo was arrested for plotting a coup against Aguiyi ironsi, another says he was found with a gun when he was summoned by Ironsi in his office, another says he was supposedly arrested to give the coup a national outlook rather than an ibo coup. There's no official account linking him to any coup.
Since he was close to Ojukwu who was rumored to be privy to the coup, one wonders why Ojukwu was not arrested if the rumor was true.
There is no official records where Banjo was listed among the coup plotters neither was any account attributed to the coupists either allegedly or confirmed he was part of them.

A coup that had 7 ibo majors, 3 ibo junior officers and 1 Yoruba major was obviously an ibo coup.

-Viper

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by seunmsg(m): 7:55am On Jan 30, 2022
Racoon:
Guess this was the era wherein genuine pan-nationalism, professionalism and merit was what counts under the pre-independence colonial Nigeria.

Yeah, it was before officers from a particular tribe decided to kill their senior colleagues from other ethnic groups while they were still asleep in the middle of the night because of desperation for power. That was the night they killed professionalism, unity, trust and Espirit de Corps in our military.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by Racoon(m): 9:32am On Jan 30, 2022
Nyanmiridunce:
Until the greed of ibos truncated the smooth process via coup.
seunmsg:
Yeah, it was before officers from a particular tribe decided to kill their senior colleagues from other ethnic groups while they were still asleep in the middle of the night because of desperation for power. That was the night they killed professionalism, unity, trust and Espirit de Corps in our military.
Though the coup was very unfortunate, but the pervading politico-military events preceding it were pointers that there were a lots of unaddressed grievances.

The Igbo domination of the early military Corps and civil service was conspicuous but based on merit as being ran by the colonial masters during the pre-independence Nigeria era.

However, the introduction of ethno-religious supremacist agenda cum bastardization of the then military by the Balewa-led NPC govt, quota system into the military and civil service, suppression of vociferous cry of the Western(Having clashed Awolowo-Akintola in the Wild Wild West era)/Middle Belt regions against marginalization by the northern controlled-army among many were among the catalysts.

Same thing they are still doing today-using the divide and rule approach that you lots are still supporting. Imagine it were a Yoruba/Igbo populated govt that is commiting all the atrocities under this satanic gov.

Let a Yoruba/Igbo led revolt happen now then you will understand why the early Nigerian Army officer acted they way they did then.Ask the Feb.13 1976 and April 22 1990 coup plotters to know better.

Meanwhile, the bloodier July 28-29 1966 counter coup and enthronement of hausa-fulanis led military till date didn't kill professionalism right? Hypocrite!

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by FakeUnity: 9:39am On Jan 30, 2022
helinues:


Civilization got to my region so early.. I would rather use a mirror to count my teeth.

Reason why we are Sophisticated West

Then you run the risk of frightening yourself with your terrible yoruba tribal marks while counting your teeth.

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by helinues: 9:42am On Jan 30, 2022
FakeUnity:


Then you run the risk of frightening yourself with your terrible yoruba tribal marks while counting your teeth.

As if your region don't also have their own tribal mark

Kettle ..

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Re: Lieutenants Bassey, Ademulegun, Maimalari, Umar & Aguiyi-Ironsi (Throwback Photo by KillJoy62(m): 10:38am On Jan 30, 2022
The 3 officers that would change Nigeria forever are all number 7 on the 3 rows. Ironsi, Ojukwu and Gowon.

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