ezeagu:

I wouldn't know the difference.

Both men are men of valour who didnt run from the battle ground or from challenges to Abidjan

That's it for the nite guys,to the trenches now,to battle tomorrow

dayokanu:

Both men are men of valour who didnt run from the battle ground or from challenges to Abidjan 

Wow, they must have been awesome individuals in 1850. Too bad most Nigerian youth will never know them.

Intrepid!:


Do not open your trap and talk poo about people you know nothing about, oga. If I come here today and say your dad is an adulterer because your landlord said so, would that make my argument valid?

When you posit a valid analogy and probably read wide about Nigerian military history, I may decide to engage you in banter such as Aguiyi's issue. By the way, Aguiyi could have stood-in as the proverbial landlord since he was the head of state and C-in-C. So TY Danjuma was an attached tenant in your adulterous analogy with respect to Nigerian armed forces of the era in discuss.

In case if you have forgotten, Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi was army desk clerk as enlisted recruit. Soldiers such Ademulegun, Ogundipe, Effiong, D Bassey, Fajuiyi, Adebayo, Adefope, Njoku etc were enlisted men and served as desk clerks if they were lucky.

I think the Admin of this forum suppose to screen out this controversial topic to prevent psychiatric patients like basrh08 from posting this kind of controversial topic. Meanwhile, those of you insulting your past sefless leaders like Obafemi Awolowo will not go unpunish

austinooo:

I think the Admin of this forum suppose to screen out this controversial topic to prevent psychiatric patients like basrh08 from posting this kind of controversial topic. Meanwhile, those of you insulting your past sefless leaders like Obafemi Awolowo will not go unpunish

How about those f00ls insulting Ojukwu?.

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)

I want Yoruba folks to ruminate on this statement

IMO, he made the statement because it was a freaking war!

[quote author=realchange post=9659323]fake akwa ibomite, you need to digest this:


The late General (Effiong) was awarded Associate Member of the British Institute of Management (AMBIM). on completion of his ordnance training. He became the first Nigerian Commander of the Ordnance Depot in Yaba, Lagos in 1962, and the first Nigerian Director of Ordnance Services of the Nigerian Army in 1963. He was a Lieutenant Colonel when the country became very unstable after the first coup of January 15, 1966. Major General Aguiyi Ironsi emerged Head of State after the coup was foiled. Effiong was posted to Supreme Headquarters in Lagos as the first Principal Staff Officer. In July 1966 after the counter coup that toppled Ironsi, Effiong was posted to Kaduna as Acting Brigade Commander of the 1st Brigade, Nigerian Army. Several attempts were made on Effiong's life as the country became increasingly very unstable. He finally returned to Enugu on the directive that all military officers redeploy to their regions of origin.

With the end of the war in 1970, Efiong went into business. He was married with 8 children. The late General recounting his experiences during the war to the press in a June 1996 interview, said "I have no regrets whatsoever of my involvement in Biafra or the role I played. The war deprived me of my property, dignity, my name.Yet, I saved so many souls on both sides and by this, I mean Biafra and Nigeria. I’m denied everything; No gratuity no pension. Nothing. I felt that I played a role which has kept this country united till today. I never shot anybody, all I did was as a military personnel and officer, I trained soldiers who went to the bush to fight.


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Grandpa!!! He really did have no regrets.