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BlackfireX:
Shithole

AntiBalaka:
Hugh "Taffy" Williams was a professional soldier of fortune who served in the Congo with Mike Hoare and 5 Commando Congo as well as a Major in Biafra. Born in Wales, he grew up and received his military training in South Africa.
Noted for his bravery under fire he served two tours of duty with the Biafran Army, rising to the rank of Major and was the last white mercenary to leave the country as secession ended.[1]

Williams found his Biafran troops to be completely different from those whom he commanded in Katanga. "I've seen a lot of Africans at war" he was quoted as saying. "But there's nobody to touch these people. Give me 10,000 Biafrans for six months, and we'll build an army that would be invincible on this continent. I've seen men die in this war who would have won the Victoria Cross in another context".[2]

Williams was assigned one hundred Biafran fighters in early 1968, and managed to keep two battalions of Chadian mercenaries serving with the Nigerian Federal Army at bay for twelve weeks with only antiquated weapons. After Williams redeployed his forces in early April, the Chadians forded the Cross River at two locations, and captured Afikpo, a main town on the western side.[3]

Completing his first contract and following a brief stay in the UK, Williams returned to Biafra on 7 July 1968. He was assigned to the 4th Commando Brigade led by Lt. Col Rolf Steiner. Steiner had command of 3000 men, and was assigned to the area around the Enugu - Onitsha road. Williams, who liked to joke that he was "half-mad", would personally lead his troops into battle, sometimes standing in a hail of Federal gunfire, just to prove to his troops that he was indeed "bullet-proof". His resolve under fire would often unnerve the more superstitious of Nigerian soldiers and serve to rally his own.[4]

On 24 August 1968 Williams was drawn into a critical battle of the conflict. At this point, he had 1000 soldiers under his command which carried out counteroffensives against two battalion-sized enemy units attempting to cross the Imo River Bridge with Soviet military advisers. When Williams returned to Aba for additional ammunition to continue the fight, he was told that there was simply none to be had. The Nigerian Air Force had become quite successful in blocking supplies into the beleaguered state. Some of Williams' men had only two rounds left for their rifles and many were forced to withdraw.[5]

Prophetpeter:
a female dangote driver which is an Aba woman. Now you see your life and comment

James4bright:
A good number of schools in the north are owned by the easterners, we put in so much effort to make sure your clueless lives are enlightened but what do we get in return, stupid folks who reject knowledge and choose to chance after cows and yield violence upon defenseless citizens. Tell me the best writers in Nigeria and Africa and tell me if they aren't South Easterners, we thrive in the north, west and other regions. What good have you done to the nation than over populate it with your senile brothers. See your kids begging all over, and causing turmoil on the streets. Y'all shame Nigerians truly.

nwanyionitsha:
Afonjas and their moonsighting master.
A thread where Igbo's weren't mention but afonjas must be remember the Gods from the East.

James4bright:
You probably didn't read the article then. After reading, you could then contradict.

cjudy:
You dey smell

ican2020:
you need help fast

Halopy:
tribalism and bigotry will kill you. Do you even know if the female Dangote truck driver is a Yoruba woman or Igbo or any part of the south. Just because it happened in kaduna you started masturbating and shouting sai arewa. the last time i checked its southern women that do exploits, but northern women are meant for 'da other room'.

7lives:
, , Correct guy open their yansh.
May be they've not heard about the saying, " if you live in a glass house, don't throw stones ".

James4bright:
It's really obvious that our nation has always been stagnant and retrogressive economically without any visible and distinctive change that can better the lives of a whole lot of Nigerians.

Why exactly did I bring the northern region into limelight in this thread? You might just get to know soon. Let's look at Nigeria now and ask ourselves which geopolitical zones has really contributed to the growth of this nation without bringing much violence onto it, you might probably say, the SW, SS, SE. What about the north, yeah the few have contributed a bit but they are still the main reason nigeria is a shithole it is today, why the statement, huh?

Firstly, an average notherner is neither a literate or imbibed, they can't even speak pidgin fluently? Is that a lie? Obviously not. When the political debate for the 2019 election commenced, most northerns were blank and had no knowledge about it, but they remain the most populous.


Secondly, countries lately are putting in so much effort to manage the population of her citizens. But an average northerner goes about marrying at least 3 wives with the sole intent of marrying more, without granting his offsprings a conducive means of survival. An average south easterner and south southerner in most cases struggles to earn a good living for himself before marriage, most likely they get married in their 40's in most cases, and they barely populate the country and make ends meet for their family, same with few south westerners.

Thirdly, they hate education so much that they fight against it through bokoharam. Why exactly do you think Trump was actually trying to place a ban on muslims, they are up to no good but violence. The boko haram and fulani herdsmen, that's the northerners showing a bit of themselves, trust me as time goes on Nigeria would become filled with enormous turmoil, this is just the beginning.

Fourthly, no south westerner, southerner and easterner would ever get to rule again, this northerners are clueless and they remain the dominant region with the highest voting power. An average northerner doesn't understand the essence of social media neither do they care. 60 percent of our nation's population are illiterates, and the northerns makes up a good number. In the states, if a child is being deprived from going to school, the child's parent would get arrested. Over here, we obviously don't care about the essential things, how exactly are we going to get developed then.

Nigeria would never stop voting in the wrong leaders, a good number of us are clueless and bigots. I appreciate the SW, SS and SE for at least putting in so much efforts to educate their offspring than bringing in clueless kids who over populate the nation and causes turmoil.

Mark my words, the northerns you see today won't be the northerns you see tomorrow, they would dominate us with their clueless leaders who termites ate their certificates and over populate our nation with illiterates. You think RUGA isn't going to be implemented? Just wait and see. And if you have the mind set that this nation would get better it never would.

I really don't want to sound like a bigot but the SS and the SE are the best geopolitical regions, appreciate them now, because Nigeria is what it is today because of 60 percent of their deeds. An average South Easterner and Southerner, rides a bike in Lagos but still puts in utmost effort to send his kids to school, they understand the power of the intellect. You all hate the SE/SS but let's be a bit factual, would there be really good pharmacies if it weren't for them, or stores, or essential imported goods, potential nollywood actors, beauty pageants, musicians, footballers, award winning scholars, writers and more.

Note: Nigeria can never work, someday we would have our biafra and y'all can merge with the fulanis, since you believe in their supremacy, and won't appreciate the folks that are truly trying to aid Nigerian's growth. Nigeria can never work.

Feel free to contradict.

Restoresp:
Let's wait and see what's next

KayCee92:
Show me your car, with this I bet you never owned one.......run along now.

maybachmusic:
Its not even 7am and tribalism has filled your brain for the day


Nigeria truly has no business being together

Not with elements like you claiming citizens

anyimontana:
aturu efulefu..impersonator

Galaxydon1:
idiotu, amu ewu.

Ojukwubucket:
An innocent man was killed and u feel very happy about it because u r blinded by tribalism....
Tomorrow is pregnant..

daroz:
Aboki and born born!!!