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A son's perspective in history.

Col Jerome Wuam an NDA Regular course one officer was commissioned Nigerian Army second lieutenant on 18th march,1967 together with his course mates amongst whom were Generals Oladipo Diya,Saliyu Ibrahim,Joshua Dogonyaro,Aliyu Gusau,Mamman Kontagora,Alison Madueke amongst others.

As a captain during the Biafran civil war,a frontline federal forces fighting company of troops under his able command came under ambush of heavy enemy fire during which he was shot in the left leg and demobilized and unable to keep phase with the advance or retreat.

He concealed unnoticed in the south eastern bushes for five days during which fate kept him from the sighting by the eagle eyes of crisscrossing path route threading of enemy forces; eventually sighting friendly federal forces,as the wounded captain Jerome beckons on his comrades and is evacuated from the frontlines to military hospital in Lagos,escaping a near amputation medical verdict.

He soon recuperates,is discharged and resumes to regimental posting to continue his national military service to father land in several positions amongst which included:
-1). Staff officer ministry of defence Lagos,
-2). Assistant QMG 2Div Ibadan,
-3). Commander 4 Division Garrison Ikeja.
-4). Colenel General Staff( GS ) 82 Div Enugu, rising to the rank of colonel in 1980.

By day break of 24th august 1982 at the family Enugu GRA residence he failed to come downstairs for routine early breakfast and departure to office at HQ 82 Division Enugu under the then Command of Major General Zamani Lekwot.

After the alarm of suspicion by family he was soon confirmed dead on examination in his bedroom bed by the handsome mustache wearing army medical colonel doctor who had been summoned for a probable first aid.

Two years after his demise I gain admission into NMS in 1984. Major Mbakwe our maths teacher walks into the classroom during lecture hour with our marked maths test scripts previously written. He separates those who failed,lining us up for flogging for daring to fail his test.

It was now my turn to receive my strokes of the cane,he stares at me curiously as if some familiar fellow,looks at my name tag "you are son to late Colonel Wuam,yes,i can see the resemblance. You are his carbon copy.

He captured me during the civil war when i was fighting on the Biafran side" as if saying 'now i have captured you for been on the maths test failing side'. The strokes landed on my buttocks after which he charged me to "go and excell like your father, i will be watching you".

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So much Tiv people in the Nigerian army. From the time of Wuam(NDA Course 1) to Victor Malu( NDA Course 3) and to late Major Gideon Gwarza Orkar( NDA Course 12) among many. Well Nothing new!

They are well known brave warriors from antecedents especially in their numerous fights with the Jukuns.
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Racoon:
So much Tiv people in the Nigerian army. From the time of Wuam(NDA Course 1) to Victor Malu( NDA Course 3) and to late Major Gideon Gwarza Orkar( NDA Course 12) among many. Well Nothing new!

They are well known brave warriors from antecedents especially in their numerous fights with the Jukuns.

Important lesson here is that Tiv used their bravery as warriors to first identify the winning team (Nigeria), aligned with winning team to fight biafrans despite they share borders with biafrans. Guess what! They won, they help defeat biafrans

Learn from Tiv to identify the winning team when you see one from afar distance. In 2023, when people like us identified Tinubu as winning team before it happened, the likes of you couldn't get that eagle eyes that could see from afar to identify winner and looser. Those of us who could see better than you; warned you not to queue behind failure "elupee-andrew liver salt" party; but unfortunately, you didn't listen.

As 2027 draws closer, we have seen again from afar distance that Tinubu remains your president. If you like to be on the queue of the celebrants in 2027 or you want to be on the queue of those that will be mourning and feel pain in 2027; it is left for you to choose between looser and winner in 2027. Don't call me to come and console you in 2027 if you choose failure and loosing team, my responsibility is to warn you ahead of time which I have done.

Also, advise your boss not waste money on 2027 election; "we" could use that money he plans to waste on other fruitful ventures that can put smiles on the faces of biafrans in particular and Nigerians by self-political extension.

sreamsense:
Guess what! They won, they help defeat biafrans.Learn from Tiv to identify the winning team when you see one from afar distance.

Yes! Tiv won with Nigeria against Biafra but Benue and Taraba state today occupied by the Tivs are unabating theatres of unending bloodshed & killing spree by the same jihadists they connived with.

Have Nigeria ever been better off? Karma have been dishing it out red, red hot and it ain't gonna end. Kwara state is now the latest bandits ravage state in the SW. What have you got to say about that?

Racoon:
Yes! Tiv won with Nigeria again Biafra but Benue and Taraba state occupied by the Tivs are theatres of unending bloodshed & killing spree by the same jihadists they connived with.

Have Nigeria ever been better off? Karma have been dishing it out red, red hot and it ain't gonna end. Kwara state is now the latest bandits ravage state in the SW. What have you got to say about that?

Even the bloodshed you are referring to never matched that biafran "2 million loss". Do you know what 2 million loss of human life mean? Even aside 2million wastage,massop came to kill more Biafrans on self-killing mission and also to milk the people dried through donations with hope of getting Biafra. Another man called Kanu came on further annihilation of ndigbo and used their contributions to buy Fendi. Another one came called ekpa, hiding in far away Finland to remote control Biafran and tagged poor, rich,eze,chiefs and Igbo militaries as saboteurs on further killing mission.

If you add all the people that that had been killed in Biafra land together and put them side by side with Tiv, you will agree with me that Tiv can never match your record. However, since Tinubu helped defeated modern Biafra war initiated by Kanu and ekpa just within one year and liberated you from Monday-Monday self imprisonment, be rest assured that same Tinubu will end that of Benue soon

sreamsense:
However, since Tinubu helped defeated modern Biafra war initiated by Kanu and ekpa just within one year and liberated you from Monday-Monday self imprisonment, be rest assured that same Tinubu will end that of Benue soon

Tinubu did what? Guy you are hallucinating that is why you have never streamed any sense. Even the Biafran dream has never and will never be conquered by even the Nigerian civil war as Nigeria is yet to make any progress for its 65 years of forced & failed nationhood with despicable criminally minded fellas like Tinubu administering it

A Tinubu that is useless to Nigeria today, asking governors of beleaguered states to end insecurity? A C-in-C that belatedly abdicate his constitutional responsibilities but fled to cosy foreign hospitals for healthcare and safety?

Ogun people fled to Benin Republic to seek refuge from Fulanis. Do you know how many hapless citizens have been killed while the govt is still seating a lame duck? You must be a biggest joker of the century.

Racoon:
Yes! Tiv won with Nigeria against Biafra but Benue and Taraba state today occupied by the Tivs are unabating theatres of unending bloodshed & killing spree by the same jihadists they connived with.

Have Nigeria ever been better off? Karma have been dishing it out red, red hot and it ain't gonna end. Kwara state is now the latest bandits ravage state in the SW. What have you got to say about that?

I think the SE is not facing karma at all. All the killings and unrest there are just nollywood scenes.

sreamsense:
Even the bloodshed you are referring to never matched that biafran "2 million loss". Do you know what 2 million loss of human life mean? Even aside 2million wastage,massop came to kill more Biafrans on self-killing mission and also to milk the people dried through donations with hope of getting Biafra. Another man called Kanu came on further annihilation of ndigbo and used their contributions to buy Fendi. Another one came called ekpa, hiding in far away Finland to remote control Biafran and tagged poor, rich,eze,chiefs and Igbo militaries as saboteurs on further killing mission.

If you add all the people that that had been killed in Biafra land together and put them side by side with Tiv, you will agree with me that Tiv can never match your record. However, since Tinubu helped defeated modern Biafra war initiated by Kanu and ekpa just within one year and liberated you from Monday-Monday self imprisonment, be rest assured that same Tinubu will end that of Benue soon

You forgot to mention Gentle Yahoo. 😁

Racoon:
Tinubu did what? Guy you are hallucinating that is why you have never streamed any sense. Even the Biafran dream has never and will never be conquered by even the Nigerian civil war as Nigeria is yet to make any progress for its 65 years of forced & failed nationhood with despicable criminally minded fellas like Tinubu administering it

A Tinubu that is useless to Nigeria today, asking governors of beleaguered states to end insecurity? A C-in-C that belatedly abdicate his constitutional responsibilities but fled to cosy foreign hospitals for healthcare and safety?

Ogun people fled to Benin Republic to seek refuge from Fulanis. Do you know how many hapless citizens have been killed while the govt is still seating a lame duck? You must be a biggest joker of the century.

Is it Abacha that liberated you from Monday-Monday self-imprisonment that ekpa and Kanu put you guys? You better go and thank God for Tinubu, if not because of Tinubu; you dared not come out on Mondays then around 8am or 9am to collect N20 million in Ogbete Market or Onitsha main market during ekpa's reign.

So, because Tinubu has broken the backbone of IPOB/ESN, sent them out of the hidden bushes and untied you from Monday-Monday self-hosted imprisonment, you are now talking blah, blah,...Who knows weather ipob/ESN would have marked you as saboteur if Tinubu did not come on time to rescue you guys.