emekamigo:
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Nnaa,see our great historians debating the year of picture.Am proud of you guys.Right or wrong!

engrchykae:
my dear am from imo state but col joe achuzie from delta state is my best fighter of the war.
I respect his flexibility to withdraw and counter saving us men and materials.
Also Conrad nwanwo did well too infact the deltans such as achuzie made sacrifices for the igbo hinterland by not allowing 2nd division under murtala to cross into the hinterland which frustrated the rabid dog to almost wipe out asaba.
So dont try to discredit all because of a few.
Remember General phillip effiong too made sacrifices,when ojukwu fled,most of the people who prepared the surrender documents were niger deltans such as achuzie,effiong,Conrad.then igbos like sir Louis mbanefo and others so that i won't say what i dont know.but give the deltans [/b]credit.they shared in the pain.

macaranta:


Okay..that barracks on Wellington bassey way,what is it called?

new2020:
That's when quota system was absent. See how Easterners dominated.

Chinom:



There is no tribe in Nigeria called "the Deltans". You guys need to get that into your thick skulls. All the people you mentioned are IGBOS.

zendy:
First Generation of Nigerian Army officers,June 1959.

From Left to Right sitting: Captain Adeyinka Adebayo,Captain Philip Effiong,Captain Imo,Major Samuel Adesoji Ademulegun,Major Wellington Bassey,General Forster, Major JTU Ironsi,Major Ralph Shodeinde,Captain Zakaria Maimalari, Captain Conrad Nwawo, Captain David Ejoor.

Middle Row standing: Lt Igboba,Lt George Kurubo, (non Nigerian standing next to Kurubo), Lt J Akaga,Lt Patrick Anwunah, Lt Louis Ogbonnia, Lt Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Lt Eyo Ekpo, Lt Arthur Unegbe, Lt Abogo Largema

Back Row: Lt Hilary Njoku, 2nd Lt Nzefili, 2nd Lt Ogunenwe, 2nd Lt Shadrak, Lt Madiebo,2nd Lt Anthony Eze, Lt Yakubu Gowon, 2nd Lt Sylvanus Nwanjei,Lt Yakubu Pam, 2nd Lt Hassan Katsina.

Those not in the picture are Captain Kur Mohammed,Lt Victor Banjo and Lt Michael Okwechime

chiddye:



someone once told me there is a divine purpose Nigeria is made for in the history of the world. the astrologers, CIA, MI6 saw doom in Nigeria in 2015 it was clear as daylight the West knew there would be lots of bloodshed but at the end of the day there was mercy on this nation. don't get it twisted Nigeria is destined to be great only if the youth know the half of the story

what if Jonathan's heart was hardened and didn't handover power? look at Syria, and people would be yaning beans online...there is Grace on this nation if you don't know

Fajuiyi is missing...

musiwa97:
This picture is not 1959.. This picture was 1963.

General Forster left and ironsi was made head by azikiwe. This picture was taken during the sendforth of General Forster

engrchykae:
my dear am from imo state but col joe achuzie from delta state is my best fighter of the war.
I respect his flexibility to withdraw and counter saving us men and materials.
Also Conrad nwanwo did well too infact the deltans such as achuzie made sacrifices for the igbo hinterland by not allowing 2nd division under murtala to cross into the hinterland which frustrated the rabid dog to almost wipe out asaba.
So dont try to discredit all because of a few.
Remember General phillip effiong too made sacrifices,when ojukwu fled,most of the people who prepared the surrender documents were niger deltans such as achuzie,effiong,Conrad.then igbos like sir Louis mbanefo and others so that i won't say what i dont know.but give the deltans credit.they shared in the pain.

Greenback:


yes..i do know full well that there is divine Grace on this nation..nations that are experiencing or had experienced internal progrom,did not have,did'nt go through,lets say,half of the problems nigeria have had over the years before being engulfed in one crisis or the other,and here you guys are. But then,i dare say,a large percentage of nigerians are not given to knowing or fighting for their rights hence their being taken for smooth rides by the govt. Nigerians are not hard hearted,like the arabs or the south africans,nigerians are prepared to manage to the grave. Not all citizens elsewhere would accept to live in perpetual darkness for decades,you know,paying through the nose to power their generator sets after queueing to buy fuel to provide light for themselves after paying the power companies for same! And we're talkin'bout a nation endowed with natural resources......
Well,one thing i know,if nigeria will not practise true federalism and resource control simply because some set of people want to parasite and lord it on others forever,disintegration should be the only innevitible option..
Happy easter

OrlandoOwoh:
Adeyinka Robert Adebayo is the oldest surviving general. He is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

Ekaka1:

Reason for Hannibal's success was because He was an outsider...an Aeronautical Engineer and as a soldier outside the country He saw some real war before the civil war back home. Unfortunately , those who were core Nigerian soldiers did not like ahis style nor His propaganda especially after the abagana blood bath...where murtala's men were roundly defeated and
Their vehicles and personnel rosted like boli

bankybobo11:


It's either shorts or knickers, nothing like "short nicker". In this case, since the trousers end at/above the knees, they are called shorts.

OrlandoOwoh:

Shehu Shagari and Richard Akinjide who were ministers in the cabinet said they never handed over power on will to Ironsi but were forced to by the GOC himself.

After the abduction of the PM, Tafawa-Balewa, the minister chose Zana Dicherima as the acting PM, but the acting President Nwafor Orizu refused to swear him in. The NCNC members insisted on making Ozumba Mbadiwe the acting PM.

Go read Shehu Shagari's Beckoned To Serve.

zendy:
To the best of my knowledge, only 5 people in this picture are still alive (Although I could be wrong) . I think that Madiebo,Adebayo,David Ejoor,Conrad Nwawo and Yakubu Gowon are all still alive and in their 80's.

Ninilowo:
Hmmmmm........... Almost all them played active part in the Civil War. "The Nigeria Revolution and Biafra War" written by Alexander Madiebo gave the full account of what led to the war and the war itself. Can't get tired of reading the book over and over again.

KillJoy62:
Watch closely at d pics u wld notice d three men dat changed d face of Nigeria were together in line were Ironsi sat behind him is Ojuku nd behind ojuku stands Gowon. For those indomie children Nzeogwu was not the leader of the coup it was Ifeajuna. Cus Ifeajuna was the brain behind every tin nd still tried to overthrow Ojuku in d face of the war dat led to his Doom.

Rollingdice:
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Which stupid corruption? If it was not a tribal coup, why wasn't any Igbo soldiers or civilians killed? Story for the gods!

preselect:


i will find time and read it. meanwhile, we both agree on one thing, Ironsi didn't take power by force. the elected officials in the senate, gave it to him. looking back, Nwafor Orizu chouldnt have handed power to the military. infact looking at the corruption we have today, Nzeogwu and co shouldnt have led a coup against Balewa. compared to today's politicians, Balewa's era were saints.

thanks for the info on shagari. he is one of the few nigerian politicians i can trust a little with truth.

#StopFulaniCattleRearingMurderers

perfectgen:


If you read books on the 1966 coup, you will come to an understanding that the coup was not a tribal one but one moved by political intuition of those who participated in the coup.
The only reason why no major Igbo man; this I say because at the end of the day, they didn't see the politicians or top military men in terms of tribe but simply as corrupt, was killed is because of the same reason why if I am today going to invite the top ten people in Nigeria politics and military, I may not find one Igbo man, they were largely not in the Centre then; those who could have been touched as deemed corrupt by the 1966 coupist or revolution fighters as they chose to call themselves were Azikiwe, who was just a ceremonial president and safely not in the country, Ironsi, whom due to the weakness of Major Okafor's planning in Lagos was not affected, Unegbe, who was stationed in Ibadan, where Ademulegun didn't have much control, Ojukwu; whom those guys also saw as a revolutionary himself.
The major success of the 1966 coup came from Nzeogwu, who was stationed in Kaduna, hence most casualties came from there, but it wasn't because it was a tribal based coup.
However, Festus Okotie-Eboh, who was deemed an Easterner then, because there was no separation then, was however killed. I believe it was more of a failure thing than a plan that the major Igbo people deemed corrupt by the revolutionaries didn't die.

perfectgen:

Sir, permit me to say that from my understanding of the books on the 1966 coup I have read, 10 officers were involved but 3 of them actually planned the coup, Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna, and Ademulegun however Ifeajuna was the most radical of the three but he can never be said to be the person who planned the coup; they all had it in mind and after meeting together shared ideas that practically lead to the coup.

OrlandoOwoh:

Ironsi forced them. Just google Richard Akinjide on the January 15 1966 coup. The GOC told them to hand over as gentlemen or would be forced to.

preselect:


[size=13pt]I doubt that. but I will investigate the history though. thanks for sharing[/size]

#StopFulaniCattleTerror

OrlandoOwoh:

Even Mamman Vatsa expressed his displeasure over the action of Ironsi whom he said, as the GOC, was supposed to be fashioning ways on court martialing the soldiers, but chose to assume the political post of leading the country.

Awoofawo:




And to add to what you wrote

The coupists were moved to Enugu to assured their protection, if not for this the counter coupists would definitely had wipe them all out............just think about that

OrlandoOwoh:

Not all. But it's in prisons in the south that they're detained. Adewale Ademoyega was in Warri Prison while Donatus Okafor was in Abeokuta Prison, where he was dragged out during the mutiny in Abeokuta on July 29 1966.