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ITS FAKE NEWS!!! Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon Is Alive / BREAKING: Former Military Head Of State General Yakubu Gowon Is Dead / Asari Dokubo: The Only Person That Has The Pedigree Is Bola Tinubu (2) (3) (4)

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Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by ednut1(m): 4:09pm On May 08, 2023
Racoon:
And he wants to go down into his grave without telling his own side of the atrocities the Nigerian state committed against the east. And he thinks there is no repercussion?
how about the atrocities by the biafran soldiers in the mid west and today’s south south.

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Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by gidgiddy: 4:27pm On May 08, 2023
Flathead8:
The coup really set the Igbo backwards! See how they dominated military

And who in Nigeria do you see moving forward?
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by gidgiddy: 4:30pm On May 08, 2023
imam07:
go tell that to Ojukwu. Ojukwu killed d ibos by taking them to unnecessary war.

The fight freedom is never bloodless
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by gidgiddy: 4:32pm On May 08, 2023
vacanci:


Unfortunately Buhari and TY Danjuma had not joined the Military in 1959. in fact they joined after independence, between 1962 and 1964. Obasanjo joined in 1958

Obasanjo was not commissioned an officer of the Nigerian Army until 1960
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by Flathead8: 4:33pm On May 08, 2023
The north has benefited the most out of one Nigeria, I admit If it wasn't because of petroleum. The north would be like Chad and Niger

gidgiddy:


And who in Nigeria do you see moving forward?
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by Christistruth02: 4:41pm On May 08, 2023
arantess:

Na wa ooo

Which Obasanjo, you are joking abi?

Gen Obasanjo

Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by vacanci: 4:48pm On May 08, 2023
gidgiddy:


Obasanjo was not commissioned an officer of the Nigerian Army until 1960

Military training: 1958–1959
In March 1958, Obasanjo enlisted in the Nigerian Army.[22] He saw it as an opportunity to continue his education while earning a salary;[23] he did not immediately inform his family, fearing that his parents would object.[24] It was at this time that the Nigerian Army was being transferred to the control of the Nigerian colonial government, in preparation for an anticipated full Nigerian independence, and there were attempts afoot to get more native Nigerians into the higher ranks of its military.[24] He was then sent to a Regular Officers' Training School at Teshie in Ghana...................
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In 1959 Obasanjo returned to Nigeria. There, he was posted to Kaduna as an infantry subaltern with the Fifth Battalion.[26] His time in Kaduna was the first time that Obasanjo lived in a Muslim-majority area.[26] It was while he was there, in October 1960, that Nigeria became an independent country.[27]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by meditator(m): 4:51pm On May 08, 2023
Racoon:
And he wants to go down into his grave without telling his own side of the atrocities the Nigerian state committed against the east. And he thinks there is no repercussion?
Repercussion my foot! He did what's in the best interest for Nigeria. He's still living healthily even at his age. living happier than children of hate and acrimony. If you are not happy with what he did, you can go to court. Any attempt to cause chaos again as you guys did before, wuna go collect wotowoto for Tinubu hand.

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Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by vacanci: 4:54pm On May 08, 2023
gidgiddy:


Obasanjo was not commissioned an officer of the Nigerian Army until 1960

Education:

At Baptist Boy’s High School (BBHS), Abeokuta (1952-56), he did quite well academically. Although unable to go to university because of his family’s low financial circumstances, he found the Nigerian Army a great institution for self-fulfillment.

He kick-started his military career by enlisting in the Nigerian Army in March 1958, after working briefly as a teacher following the end of his schooling at BBHS. His first formal training was at the Regular Officers’ Special Training School, Teshi, Ghana and later at Mons Officers’ Cadet School, Aldershot, England (1958-59).

He further trained at the Royal College of Military Engineering, Chatham, England; School of Survey, Newbury, England; Indian Defence College, Indian Army School of Engineering, Poona; and Royal Defence Studies, London, among other military institutions.

Professional Experience and Political Career:

Following the quick succession of his military training opportunities and experience, he was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as Second Lieutenant in 1959. He was attached to British Battalions in England and in Germany. A year later, in 1960, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. As a soldier, President Obasanjo held several command positions including service with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in the then Congo. He transferred from the Infantry to the Corps of Engineering in 1961. In 1963, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and appointed Commander Engineering Corps.

https://www.interactioncouncil.org/about-us/members/members/olusegun-obasanjo

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Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by OJODEL10(m): 4:59pm On May 08, 2023
Flathead8:
The coup really set the Igbo backwards! See how they dominated military

thinking. the same
not the normal northern domination
Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by Basic123: 5:04pm On May 08, 2023
Racoon:
And he wants to go down into his grave without telling his own side of the atrocities the Nigerian state committed against the east. And he thinks there is no repercussion?
😆...The east wrote a letter to merciless beating and they got a good reply from the custodian of merciless beating himself

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Re: Gowon Is Now The Only Person Alive In This Historic Picture by fortunez1(m): 8:26pm On May 08, 2023
God is great

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