fineboynl:
If Nigeria military couldn’t defeat breakaway Biafra army without military formation or weapons until after the 3rd year what make Tinubu think the Nigerian army will defeat Niger a country of more than 60years in 4 years time?

fineboynl:
If Nigeria military couldn’t defeat breakaway Biafra army with no military formation or weapons until after it 3rd year what make Tinubu think the Nigeria army will defeat Niger a country of more than 60years in 4 years time?

Hedonisco:


And to think that the Nigerian military of that era was far more competent and disciplined than our military of today who are just a bunch of cowboys with a penchant for flexing muscles hunting low hanging fruits.

I'm not convinced that our military can defeat any organised military of any country - not even Niger Republic. The level of indiscipline and incompetence is too much.

kettykings:
They couldn't defeat them , they starved them to submission through blockade, sabotage of farms. In the battle field was nothing special Nigeria military could do besides killing unarmed civilians, starving women and children. All the military feats came from Biafra.

Patented:
Dey play. The first officers and leaders of the Biafran Army, were from the Nigerian Army, trained by the Nigerian Army. If anything. It is a testament to the effectiveness of that training that the war lasted that long.

Hedonisco:


And to think that the Nigerian military of that era was far more competent and disciplined than our military of today who are just a bunch of cowboys with a penchant for flexing muscles hunting low hanging fruits.

I'm not convinced that our military can defeat any organised military of any country - not even Niger Republic. The level of indiscipline and incompetence is too much.

Brek:

It's also noticed that in 1968 the war would've been a stalemate if Nigeria hadn't starved the Biafrans
Also what is meant by stalemate is that Nigeria will keep the occupied territories and Biafra will keep their occupied territories

spagettiluv:
Awolowo defeated biafra not Nigeria army

He is an icon

paramakina202:


Make una give Biafrans and Biafra army some credit.

kettykin:


The same awolowo that was in prison and later are rat poison to avert the penalty for treasonable felony

fineboynl:
If Nigeria military couldn’t defeat breakaway Biafra army with no military formation or weapons until after it 3rd year what make Tinubu think the Nigeria army will defeat Niger a country of more than 60years in 4 years time?

fineboynl:
If Nigeria military couldn’t defeat breakaway Biafra army with no military formation or weapons until after it 3rd year what make Tinubu think the Nigeria army will defeat Niger a country of more than 60years in 4 years time?

AntiMarxist:


It took less than 3 weeks to drive Biafran troops out of the Midwest

It took less than 6 months to liberate the annexed Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River from Biafra occupation.

The rest of the war was fought on attrition to slowly but painfully Demilitarize and demoralise Biafra .


3 million dead children

Over a million other casualties .


A sensible Ojukwu would have negotiated an end to the war and had his core Ibo Republic but he continued the senseless war using human shields to slow the military advance .

plaindealer:
Sadly for you Igbos, our Tucanos and JF 17s don't even have to enter the Nigerien airspace to destroy their military formations and hardware in Niger, a country with almost zero meaningful hardware.


Ipob losers..

Hedonisco:


And to think that the Nigerian military of that era was far more competent and disciplined than our military of today who are just a bunch of cowboys with a penchant for flexing muscles hunting low hanging fruits.

I'm not convinced that our military can defeat any organised military of any country - not even Niger Republic. The level of indiscipline and incompetence is too much.

Brek:

Who were the trained Nigerian armies? Because Egypt had to help with air support

AntiMarxist:


It took less than 3 weeks to drive Biafran troops out of the Midwest

It took less than 6 months to liberate the annexed Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River from Biafra occupation.

The rest of the war was fought on attrition to slowly but painfully Demilitarize and demoralise Biafra .


3 million dead children

Over a million other casualties .


A sensible Ojukwu would have negotiated an end to the war and had his core Ibo Republic but he continued the senseless war using human shields to slow the military advance .

Patented:


Clearly u missed the point, but u inadvertently made it again

Brek:

You don't know history at ALL
First of all it took Nigeria a month to drive the biafran forces out of the midwest
Second of all if it took six months for the Nigerian forces to Annex south south dosent that show how strong the biafran army was despite having weak equipments? Some times you guys reason like apes

spagettiluv:
you mean the coward biafran soldiers who were hiding under underground car park they called “ojukwu bunker” whilst the civilian were dropping dead like flies,from hunger and kwashiorkor.
the coward war general called ojuwku abandoned the vulnerable 3 million folks to
Their fate why he ran in the middle of the night like a quintessential coward,he flee to Abidjan disguised in his wife attire lol.

Brek:

It's also noticed that in 1968 the war would've been a stalemate if Nigeria hadn't starved the Biafrans
Also what is meant by stalemate is that Nigeria will keep the occupied territories and Biafra will keep their occupied territories

fineboynl:
you will be amazed how Niger will bring down your jets. How many jet did BH brought down?

Brek:

Which "point"

AntiMarxist:


So how does your timeline differ from mine ?

And FYI, Biafra was far more superior in terms of number of trained officers and men as you Ibos dominated the military back then. Ironsi had also diverted lots of weaponry and arms to his eastern region.

Biafra had the numerical strength in trained officers and men and also had more weapons and arms than Nigeria at the time.

This is what propelled Ojukwu to think he could overrun Midwest (which had next to no ammo and Ibo friendly Bendel Ibo officers) and putsch towards Lagos.

The Lagos invasion failed because Nigerian federal forces ambushed the invading Biafran troops by using old British bush maps and not engaging Biafran troops directly on the highway.

You see, you had the military advantage and you abused it in doing a coup and later attempting to sweep Midwest and Lagos into your rogue Biafra.

Little did you know that Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo and Binis are born warriors.