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How Old Was Gowon When He Became A Full General?? by bazoodo(op): 7:33am On Dec 15, 2025
To all those blabbing about accelerated promotion can you explain how Gowon became a full General in just 12 years of military service??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon
Re: How Old Was Gowon When He Became A Full General?? by DomPerignon: 7:37am On Dec 15, 2025
bazoodo:
To all those blabbing about accelerated promotion can you explain how Gowon became a full General in just 12 years of military service??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon
He became the HoS and to pepper Ojukwu who said Gowon was his junior in the army, he had to assume the rank equivalent to being head of the army.

Also, your ojukwu also promoted himself to a General as well.

And why all these threads on Gowon?

Yesterday you ipobs were spreading false rumours that he was dead.
Re: How Old Was Gowon When He Became A Full General?? by UzorIyke(m): 7:37am On Dec 15, 2025
See yourself, you're using Nigeria of 1950s to 1960s to judge Nigeria of 2025.
Re: How Old Was Gowon When He Became A Full General?? by bazoodo(op): 7:50am On Dec 15, 2025
O
UzorIyke:
See yourself, you're using Nigeria of 1950s to 1960s to judge Nigeria of 2025.
were you not in Nigeria in the late 90s where a serving lieutenant General was kneeling down to a Major??
Re: How Old Was Gowon When He Became A Full General?? by writetopoker: 9:14am On Dec 15, 2025
I love this topic because most of the youths currently are busy, galavanting in tribal and religious bigotry intead of pushin and defending there nation as one.

Youths are busy standing behind tribal and religious sentiments instead of uniting against corruption and bad governance.

These is the reason the polithiefians are busy looting, because the day the youths stands up against these evil men just like the End SARS and even more stronger, then Nigeria will start becoming good again
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