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leofab:
from one master to another.. can’t Nigeria take over African affairs..

which of the Nigeria this one or another one this one is dead maybe another one in the impossible future

it will be hard for Mali in the main time buh I pray they overcome it France have not done any good for any French speaking country I guess they are planing to bring in the Russia and China in that will be a game changer in west Africa if Russia army are station closed to African largest black population

to me china are the people pushing Russian into this war dea want to b world power dat y coz a fighting Russian nd USA will mks it weak nd china will thife it way to world power DAT it

oga putin buh on a real note u and ur allies can't beat USA and it allies in a war accept u used nuke nd u no it won't go down in ur favor,u have little allies u have a little or zero economy to sustain dat can of war china might have buh de can't b every where and dat china haven't seen major war in maybe 40yrs nw forget all those large army's there generals have little knowledge of war usa uk france German spanin Italy have more modern war ideal on a conversation war USA. and its allies rate of winning is 45% will russia is 20% usa have tech china do russia do buh join the head of NATO nd USA nd other off his Asian allies Dat hate china ahh there only grace is nuke nd its don't work for anyone favor

hu is Nigeria playing next

As it stands Now Can Nigeria army defend nigeria from external invasion...? because our army as it stands now e get kleg any way happy armed force remembers day because to me all those guys die in vain i mean outside invasion not this police and thife they are doing here

hello every one as will celebrated armed forces remembered day
I thank and respect the men and women in the armed force
buh I have a problem I think those guys do die in vain to me because, because those big men make it be a money making machine industry for them Nigeria has not fight and external war like country vs country scene independent buh we loss many army the only reasonable war this country has fought is Biafra war and with the help from outside even both side had help buh Nigeria had more upper hands in time of helps as it stand now no country Nigeria can win in this west African talk more of African at large so I say to Nigeria armed force to do more to our army like more training support local in fact investment in local weapons production at least
THE QUESTION IS CAN NIGERIA AS OF NOW WIN ANY WAR AGAINST ANY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY IN AFRICAN IN CASE WE GET INVADED BY INVADERS ......?[b]hello every one as will celebrated armed forces remembered day
I thank and respect the men and women in the armed force
buh I have a problem I think those guys do die in vain to me because, because those big men make it be a money making machine industry for them Nigeria has not fight and external war like country vs country scene independent buh we loss many army the only reasonable war this country has fought is Biafra war and with the help from outside even both side had help buh Nigeria had more upper hands in time of helps as it stand now no country Nigeria can win in this west African talk more of African at large so I say to Nigeria armed force to do more to our army like more training support local in fact investment in local weapons production at least
THE QUESTION IS CAN NIGERIA AS OF NOW WIN ANY WAR AGAINST ANY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY IN AFRICAN IN CASE WE GET INVADED BY INVADERS ......?[/b]hello every one as will celebrated armed forces remembered day
I thank and respect the men and women in the armed force
buh I have a problem I think those guys do die in vain to me because, because those big men make it be a money making machine industry for them Nigeria has not fight and external war like country vs country scene independent buh we loss many army the only reasonable war this country has fought is Biafra war and with the help from outside even both side had help buh Nigeria had more upper hands in time of helps as it stand now no country Nigeria can win in this west African talk more of African at large so I say to Nigeria armed force to do more to our army like more training support local in fact investment in local weapons production at least
THE QUESTION IS CAN NIGERIA AS OF NOW WIN ANY WAR AGAINST ANY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY IN AFRICAN IN CASE WE GET INVADED BY INVADERS ......?

Paretomaster:
This one is an illiterate o....

Turkey is the 17th largest economy in the world ......it has the largest Military in Europe, Turkey can beat Germany in the afternoon, and will still beat France of they show up an hour later....

oga I no that turkey is good buh beat Germany and France ahh turkey would first beat Egypt and Israel before France a nuclear power state or German and mechanical engineering power state u not serious fah

pls they didn't burn any keke or cars at sabon gari I stay there it all stated at my streets Onitsha road by court those foolish hisbah came around that 8:30 pm and started causing problem sabon gari trying to carry a man drinks from his shop at the process beat a pregnant woman dat ws what started the problem cuz of the woman sabon gari bois chase dem and they reinforced and they chase dem again before sabon gari call police HQ and police came in every thing cooled down around 2:00am so no b only Igbo help defend SG tiv, igala our west brothers too so it not and Igbo matters only coz wen dat hisbah enter dem hit my Edo friend with stick in him leg and ran true nomansland by zungeru road so no body kill any body

GeorgeTheCoder:
Igbos should leave Kano and the north for hausa people. Is it not obvious they are not welcome there ? There are other places within and outside Nigeria to make money.

come oga is it only Igbo DAT is in kano so many tribes are there not only Igbo the stuff started at onistha rd by court road and wen I cam e out yesterday's it WS not only Igbo I see both Yoruba igala tiv calabars and so on so no b only Igbo de sabon gari biko

Watch out
They are coming
I bet u the topic will not make front page
Nd not even 2 page
Buh if he say how Igbo thife or esn die haa
Na front page in sec
By now na 6 page nd counting
U hear words like popo Ru public
Igbo

Oguta The Biafran City That Proved A Hard Nut To Crack For Nigeria

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Biafran soldiers and helpers seen here carrying an injured comrade onto a canoe to cross the river during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968. (Photo by Ron Burton/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

November 23 2020 | Radio Biafra

There are arguably a few battles during the Biafran war more important than the ones at Oguta – but only a few.

 

Oguta, is a small lakeside town in south-east Nigeria, and harboured thousands of refugees due to its proximity to the Oguta lake and seafood with its vital protein and nutritional value.

 

Furthermore, it was a mere 16 kilometres away to Uli airport, Biafra’s last airstrip and only remaining link to the outside world that served as Biafra’s major supply line for arms and relief material, which made recapturing it an existential necessity for the Nigerian Army was well as keeping it liberated by Biafra.

 

Colonel Emmanuel Nwobosi, chief of staff to Biafran Leader General Chukwuemeka Ojukwu summates it perfectly when he recently said: “If Nigeria got a foothold in Oguta, the airport at Uli, which was our major link to the outside world, would have been in jeopardy. They would have also sent reinforcement by the seaway into Biafra.”

 

The three clashes between the Nigerian Army and the Biafran in the city were of epic proportion and showed the full fury of then, Africa’s most vicious civil war.

 

Ever since the early stages of the Nigerian Civil War, both sides had been fighting for control of the Imo State and to the Nigerian Army Oguta was critical as it was a gateway from the water. Especially so as many roads into Biafra from Nigerian-controlled cities were purposely destroyed by Biafran Army Engineers to delay attacks by the Nigerian army.

 

The Nigerian Air force pounded Oguta from the air forcing the citizens to hide in the bush during the day and brave returning at night but still they could not dislodge neither them. or their army. Then they tried something else. They invaded Oguta by land and sea and tried to swing down and take the airport by land. Their attack was meticulously planned and enough forces assembled. The Federal troops were so confident of their victory that they brought their wives, girlfriends and hundreds of cows en tow.

 

The Oguta Tiger allegedly manned by Ojukwu himself during Oguta I was a modified Panard is now at the War Museum in Umuahia.

 

In the subsequent two confrontations that formed that entire battle which lasted for three days, in which Ojukwu led the Biafran forces himself for the first and only time, the Biafrans fought their socks off and the Federals would be routed both on land and sea.

 

The battle ranks as one of their worst defeats of the war and again Uli would remain the elusive dangling carrot with the Nigerian Marines landing as close as 20 kilometres to it at Oguta II, only to be beaten back leaving countless dead including European advisors dead and bloated in the water for the fish to grow fat on.

 

Here the Oguta lake goddess Uhammiri aka Ogbuide and her female religious cult are credited with capsizing many of the enemies’ gunboats and making them a spoil of war for the natives Authors Okwuosa L, Okoli A, and Uroko F examine this breathtakingly in their September 2018 publication Mammy Water and Her Oguta Female Religious Cult During the Nigeria-Biafra War.

 

In mid-1969 Nigerian Head of State Yakubu Gowon ordered a final attack on Oguta and Owerri. Murtala Muhammad and Mohammed Shuwa made their ways towards Oguta. Biafran President Odumegwu Ojukwu countered and ordered Col. Omorowa, Adgara Ike, and Joseph Achuzie to defend the city. Before the arrival of the Nigerians Joseph Hannibal was able to destroy the Port Harcourt – Owerri road and the Owerri – Onitsha road.

 

They did precisely that..

In late May 1969 Mohammed Shuwa arrived with a large force of men in downtown Oguta. A large gun battle ensued and again the battle ended with the retreat of Shuwa’s men and over 500 dead on both sides.

 

Then Olusegun Obasanjo arrived with Murtala Muhammad in July 1969 with over 30 tanks and over 10,000 men. Obasanjo’s men surrounded the city and began shelling the city. Over 30% of the city’s population fled with over 2,200 civilians killed or wounded in the crossfire.

 

Nevertheless, the Biafrans managed to keep Oguta under their control for another 3 months but lost it when Olusegun Obasanjo invaded the city with full force on October 9, 1969.

 

Even though Oguta was eventually captured by the Nigerians they were still unable to capture either Uli or Owerri until Biafra surrendered to the Nigerians on January 15, 1970.

 

Source: The Awareness

 

Published by:
Chibuike John Nebeokike
For: Radio Biafra Media

come this boy or man na born Dem born u or na jst win Dem win.u frm bet9ja abeg slf oyibo update Wawa ne kagi ko

I no understand na the sabon gari I dea them arrest Fanta boi abi na wating I no the guy seating on the chair with the barber also hisba to Allah ya lsa...

what is the name of this comedy �

why is it that nairaland do carry fake news na
the igwe of igbo do live in is Freetown in there in SG Sabon gari na hausa never entered sg na wat cause the problem
was dat wen the pple of sg protesting within sg the dpo of sg told them.to march to airport rd hailing them while they went not noing it was a plan work with the police and yandaba which is called thugs in hausa,at the process they killed two girls and a boy one of the girls name is favour so that provoke boys in sabon gari they started to destroy Hausa property in SG u guys should stop to believe fake news

no offense but are u high on Tom Tom or what very mad somebody ��

CTPlayer:
That is certainly not an American convoy, probably Turkey.

YES THAT IS NOT THE USA ARMY COS THEY ARE NOT IN IRAN THOSE ARE TURKEY ARMY BEING STONED I SAW IT AT PRESS TV NOT USA

This is captain air
I hope all Dickson is clam
We need all available soldier to form a defense line at the north east side of the bigger pussy over

ItooWorWor:
Captain airmax16 we are taking heavy fire down here, where is the godamn Alpha jets... Over!

Just in time
Pilot release the bomb

imiski:
Tango to all teams the target has been captured transporting her bleached arse to base requesting for air transport over perfectdanny

All air Force are short down now enemies heavy
bomb released on our air Base
Two alpha jet alone are coming to help over

This is captain air bck on the front line
New target seen I say new target seen
Confirmation 23 DEG north we need good sharp shooters to proceed to the front line the enemy must not brake it over nd out

Thank u sir Chopper's land
Men of steel bck to base we shall defend our land
Back to base over

Perfectdanny:
AUGUSTA 109 CHOPPER ON ITS WAY TO YOUR LZ. PROCEED 15 DEG EAST 13 DEG WEST. ASAP

I WANNA SEE MY BOIZ HOME.

BASE OUT

Roger dat sir
Any unit on the north side of the pussy we need help until the Chopper's come
To take men of steel home over

ItooWorWor:
airmax16 this is mandigo 1 identify target plz... Over!

This is captain air
We are taking heavy fire form the north pussy side I I say north side o shit 300 pussy coming fast form the south side we need help help 10 % amu available help or we lose men of steel over

This is captain air
All units I have seen a target moving north I say moving north. We need artillery 3 amored divisions need help I say we need help artillery fire for cover I say fire for cover 10 tanks down low amu I say low amu over

[quote author=referandum post=85352507]Captain air, this captain Rufus. New target is Bobrisky rebel leader. Mission is class 1(kill on sight) and confirm gender. Over[/quote
captain Rufus Confirmation] find bobrisky and his gang ar coming from all side we are lock down I said we are lock we need artillery fire for fire confirmation code 22degree westside of the fake pussy hot battery needed form our naval ship over

This is captainair Received command form headquarters uss thunder approaching form the water side need confirmation of next target over

eelbay:
Alpha 4 this is Delta 1. Enemy Snippers spotted. Dont shoot your cum. Withdraw from current location. I repeat withdraw from current location, over

Delta this is captain air enemy seems to av badly good equipment or I will release the ICBM pls
I need help pls over

help on it way soldiers sit tight and fight hard shoot well sharps shooters at on the way