₦airaland Forum

Qelvin:
Let's put it this way, maybe you can see the bigger picture better...I'm on my own, you come to my house and attack me relentlessly, I decided to strike back...but seeing that you are stronger than me, I decide to hurt you back where you are most vulnerable, maybe attacking your loved one and taking hostage of what you love most, you now have what is mine and I have what is yours, remember I didn't start the trouble...you did, so how I'm I in the wrong for taking a stand in a dire situation at that, to save my own head? will neutrality mean anything to someone who wants to survive but can't be left alone? you already know the answer to that question

Ngozi123:
They didn't 'slack off'. They couldn't arrest Okpara until the Archbishop had left; it's as simple as ABC. Not all of those arrested were executed, Femi Fani-Kayode's dad was one of them.

Ngozi123:
The fact that the coup in the Eastern region occurred a bit later than the other ones was a major reason why it failed there. This was due to unforeseen circumstances.

Ngozi123:
You asked for the reasons and I gave you some. Now, do you have anything meaningful to say?

Ngozi123:
Dennis Osadebay, the Igbo Premier, was placed under house arrest and Michael Okpara, the Premier of the Eastern Region, was also arrested. However, Okpara's arrest was delayed by the fact that he was hosting the Head of State of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios. Had it not been for this, he would have been arrested much quicker and maybe Ironsi wouldn't have had enough time to send Lt-Colonel Ejoor to the East to quell the coup there. You see, Ironsi was already in Lagos when this happened and so was aware of the coup going on there. Essentially, it's almost impossible to plan these things to perfection.

Also, the main coup plotter in the East, Lieutenant Oguchi, was one of the soldiers who advocated for a bloodless coup so he may have been apprehensive to kill them so quickly. I honestly believe that had Ifeajuna caught wind of this, he would have ordered them to execute them immediately but this couldn't happen because there wasn't enough time. Many of the other military leaders/politicians were arrested before they were executed.

Dedetwo:
These people cannot cease to amuse me. Major Sam. Adegoke was killed by the same marauding soldiers of northern region origin that killed Lt Col Francis Fajuiyi. There was nothing controversial circumstance in Adegoke's death.

Ngozi123:
it just didn't succeed due to various reasons.

Dedetwo:
Major Nzeogwu never ate amala from Brigadier Sam. Ademulegun's house. This is another line of fallacies concocted by the Yoruba press media. It was inline with crap about Lt Col. Francis Fajuiyi wanting to die with Gen. Ironsi. What a nonsense.

T8ksy:
Obviously, Awo too must be in on the coup else how sure are the coupists that he will agree to be made PM under such an atrocious condition .

makavele:
I repeat, in the hands of a skilled shooter e.g. a Marine, or SWAT team, a 9mm glock
can kill you at 900 meters !!!

Accuracy might be reduced; but you will definitely be hit !!!

I have seen people hit 300m plus with both eyes closed

If you define effective range as distance that a shooter can deliver a hit to a man sized target, then the maximum effective range for a 9mm round fired from a handgun is about 1800 meters. If that sounds like a ridiculously long distance, that's because it is. It takes into account match grade ammo fired from a perfectly maintained weapon being fired by a skilled marksman in a stable shooting position aiming at a motionless target at a known distance in perfect environmental conditions.

Average effective range for an average shooter with average equipment on an average day? Significantly less. Honestly that's just too many factors to account for.

A reasonably skilled shooter with a 9mm handgun should be able to put rounds on a man sized target out to a hundred yards on a practice range, 200 yards tops if the gods are smiling. In real word, life or death self defense shootings it is not uncommon for shooters to miss man size targets up to 70% of the time within a few yards distance.

makavele:
You r deceiving yourself ..

A 9mm pistol in the hands of an unskilled shooter can kill you at 25 meters; but in the hand of an expert
or hardened criminal; it will kill you easily from 900 meters; yes
you heard that right, 900 meters

HtwoOw:
It's a transaction , He paid for something he never got , EFCC can help him, they'll probably direct him to make police report and ask for a warrant in a court , they view his account details , show his BVN , trace it to his other accounts , find his home adddress and phone number

Track him down

easy as ABC

SirJeffry:
Rip man.
After all your escapades, some untrained and undisciplined idiotic civilian just wasted your life. Such a pity

onedayatime:
you can lie die, and why are you defending the indefensible?

What he said is the truth. He was killed by Kaduna

ceejay4real:
Major Sam Adegoke died in controversial circumstances in Ibadan. He was attached to the fourth battalion based in Ibadan. Nzeogwu was no where near him not to talk of killing him!

You guys should please stop distorting facts here!

Qelvin:
Bros if there were atrocities perpetuated by the Biafrans in the Midwest, then it would surely have been brought to the limelight and widely documented!! I'm not denying the fact that Biafran troops didn't commit inalienable acts on the Midwest civilians, but it would never have been on the same scale with the Federal side whose atrocities sure made lots of heads, including the most apathetic parties turn their attention for once on the real events of the war

Qelvin:
Lol...the oyinbos followed the Federal forces, like they weren't any foreign correspondent in Biafra too abi?

Qelvin:
nice rebuttal, but you still haven't answered my question, definitely the oyinbo people that documented these massacres couldn't have loved the Biafrans more than the Nigerians if both armies committed atrocities.

Qelvin:
How come the Federal massacres are so much more documented in contention that it spiraled an international outrage after the war? So much that documentaries were made in those areas affected by Nigerian massacres, not denying that Biafrans didn't commit atrocities, but the chances that the Nigerian side committed atrocities at a more horrendous scale can't be overemphasized! There are very limited if credible reports of Biafran genocides.

Qelvin:
Biafran troops did commit atrocities albeit in much more controlled situations than the Federal side who just ran amok and slaughtered 700 innocent civilians Asaba, and that's not including the various undocumented incidences of Federal atrocities in areas like Ogwashi ukwu, Agbor, Iselle Ukwu etc...those people still recount those tales of horror till these day.

femarse:
for your info ifeajuna was never the leader his position in the army(arms distribution ) makes him important

Qelvin:
do you know a platoon size of just 80 Biafran soldiers were responsible for the biggest ambush ever in the civil war at Abagana?

Qelvin:
But then nothing of that sort ever happened, cause all the books written by Federal commanders like Obj in "My command" or even Alabi Isama never reported anything close to that

Qelvin:
Element of surprise can make a small force look spartan buddy...for the umpteenth time the Midwest region was a buffer zone and was deemed neural at the outbreak of hostility, so it's very much conceivable that the region would have fallen very easily to the Biafrans cause it wasn't heavily defended, the Biafrans SURPRISED the Federal side as they didn't even see the invasion coming, and when it did the Nigerian side were pretty much in hasty retreat, the Biafrans had the momentum of surprise,speed, and a degree of good Intel...that was why the entire Midwest crumbled like a pack of wild cards when the Biafrans struck, and such was the success of the invasion that the Biafrans covered far more ground that they even anticipated,

femarse:
More blahgitty blah blah

Qelvin:
Lol Hollywood flick narration, if you believe that balderdash about 32 soldiers holding back a large force of Biafrans, then I have a castle in the air to sell to you...how come these unimaginable feat of bravery wasn't widely reported apart from Major Iluyomade's own version of home cooked tales by moonlight? The story is just as equivalent to the one some old folk who fought in the Biafran war used to brag to us about...like how he single handedly halted a whole battalion of advancing Nigerian troops with his well timed ogbunigwe...only difference is he always told this tale whenever he was in his alcohol induced state of mind.

femarse:
didnt I told you to get a book and read before you open your dirty mouth again ?

Gobbledygook and more gobbledygook...

he just force himself to a batallion and fight on when federal troop shot him they brought his body home and give him a respectful burial just so u know how influential he was beside he thought nearly all the guys at the war front at NDA

ipodstinks:
answer his question first na. He said you should mention anyone killed by the yoruba solders. Why digressing?

bigtt76:
Very possible the details were revealed during one of those truth and reconciliation meets

ipodstinks:
Imagine, a yoruba man warned him to beware of his tribe man. Of which the yoruba man was right.

femarse:
he see himself as full Hausa man so much they Cal him ck nzeogwu the K means Kaduna