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Christistruth00:
According to Robin Luckham, Bassey was Commissioned in 1946 so it is possible his seniority was backdated from 1949. to 1946.


Isaac Fadoyebo in his book "Burma boy" also narrated an experience he and Wellington (Duke) U Bassey had during the second world war in 1944 at the battlefront in Burma by which time Bassey was already a Sergeant Major. I

Bassey's Army Career really suffered a lot from Zik and NCNCs tribal politics just to make sure Ironsi overtook him to become the most senior ranking Nigerian Officer.

proeast:
Everyone who is discernible enough knows that the only reason why the north is riding roughshod all over the rest of the country is due to the afonjas.

Let's look at it critically, who are the people criticizing how Nigeria is being bastardized? The Igbos! Who are the people condemning and sabotaging their efforts in trying to challenge the status quo? The afonjas! Now, who benefits with the squabbles going on between the two? The abo.kis!

Anyone with an above average IQ knows that the moment these two tribes should speak with one voice the northerners will have no choice than to listen but due to irrational hate and bigotry, they are willing to let the country go to the dogs while playing second fiddle provided the Igbos are holding the short end of the stick.

The same people that were demanding for restructuring over the years have suddenly gone quiet even when common sense should inform that being vocal in demanding for it now that Igbos are threatening the very existence of the country would force them to accept it. Instead they are okay with demonizing the Igbos in the eyes of the north as well as the minorities while desperately seeking to be compensated with an unmerited presidency for serving the interests of the north.

Yebosola:
Hypocrite, where was this your epistles when GEJ was on the throne? Yeye they smell, I beg swerve, Yoruba's has been in opposition for decades, do we complain? Must u people b AGIP? Learn to live and let's others live, not when things are not in your favour, is then u will allow one idiot to b shouting Biafra or death, u will rant tire.

Throwback:
I thought you enjoy when historical discussions are brought up by the likes of the late Nnamdi Kanu and Radio Biafra? But you don't call it hate then?

Why are you always angry and bitter when the past is also brought up by others?

Why are you so scared of the "Yoruba Ronu" speech that highlighted your greed for power and domination, such that it has deprived you of sleep over the past few days?

Ogundipe already had a more senior role in the Supreme HQ behind Ironsi, so it was OK for Fajuyi to take the role of Western Military Governor.

So why were the other more senior officers (Both Igbo and non-Igbos) skipped in the appointment for Eastern military governor?

Igboid:
I am yet to verify your source, but...

Zik was Ojukwu rival and would have said anything to discredit Ojukwu emergence as Eastern region leader.
He was entitled to his own opinions and not facts.

Appointment of Ojukwu ahead of Igbo and non Igbo military officers cannot be tribalism, because the same pattern was repeated in the West where Fajuyi was appointed the regional governor.

Yebosola:
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Hypocrite, where was this your epistles when GEJ was on the throne? Yeye they smell, I beg swerve, Yoruba's has been in opposition for decades, do we complain? Must u people b AGIP? Learn to live and let's others live, not when things are not in your favour, is then u will allow one idiot to b shouting Biafra or death, u will rant tire. [/s]

nsiba:
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AZIKIWE the chief tribal warlord was the most senior political office holder from eastern Nigeria, if a man that so schemed out an Ibibio civilian man for him to rise why would he sanction one in the military?
Just like what was happening in the Eastern Scholarship Board he made sure IBOs controlled every higher post!
Was the Nigeria Army funding itself or the Federal Government?
A man that vacated the position of the Premier of Eastern Nigeria to be President still made sure an IBO man succeeded him and still made another IBO to be Governor General
AZIKIWE - President
Michael Opara- Premier Eastern Region
Akanu Ibiam- Governor General
Aguiyi Ironsi- Head of State
OJUKWU- Governor General
How do you now expect AZIKIWE to promote or sanction any courses that will facilitate the promotion of one he sees as rival.
The IBOs introduced tribalism into Nigeria military and others picked it up.
Wellington Bassey under the colonial era merited every position he got not under the tribalistic Nigeria Army thanks to the very unforgiving and vengeful Ibos

gidgiddy:
What you sre saying wouldn't have been possible because it was the British that was running the Nigerian Army even after independence. Nigeria had a British GOC up until 1965. It was not just Ironsi who moved ahead of Bassey, there was Ironsi, Ademulegun, Ogundipe, Maimalari who were all Brigadiers when Ogundipe was still a Colonel. The British ran the Nigerian Army based on merit, not sentiments. Wellington Bassey simply wasn't up to the job

Christistruth00:
Can anyone who has the fear of God and calls on the name of Jesus Christ see the Army Seniority Bassey had over Ironsi and Ojukwu and truly believe he had not been cheated because he was a Eastern Minority Calabar man and therefore considered to be an Eyo-Ita boy ?
His Career was deliberately sabotaged by Zik and his allies in power!!!
According to Robin Luckham, Bassey was Commissioned in 1946 so it is even likely Wellington Duke Bassey's seniority was backdated from 1949. to 1946 because Bassey fought the 2nd World War in Burma as a Sergeant Major in 1944 , 2 years after Ironsi had joined the Army as a private in 1942.

Yujin:
Here's another account of when Bassey was commissioned.

Yujin:
Here's another account of when Bassey was commissioned.

Christistruth00:
Apparently after the July revenge Coup Wellington Bassey was supposed to be the most senior Officer in the Army and not Ogundipe , so why didn't Ojukwu ask Bassey to become acting Head of State after Ironsi was kidnapped? Why was Ojukwu bothering Ogundipe after all Bassey the most senior Army Officer was still in the country that time and he was Commanding officer of 1 battalion division in Kaduna.

Christistruth00:
It seems that Wellington Duke U Bassey was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire ) around 1958 by the Queen of England for his exemplary service in the Army.

superlightning:
You keep making stupid assumptions to satisfy your delusion. Enjoy yourself.

senatordave1:
But how was it done?

Christistruth00:
Can anyone who has the fear of God and calls on the name of Jesus Christ see the Army Seniority Bassey had over Ironsi and Ojukwu and truly believe he had not been cheated because he was a Eastern Minority Calabar man and therefore considered to be an Eyo-Ita boy ?
His Career was deliberately sabotaged by Zik and his allies in power!!!
According to Robin Luckham, Bassey was Commissioned in 1946 so it is even likely Wellington Duke Bassey's seniority was backdated from 1949. to 1946 because Bassey fought the 2nd World War in Burma as a Sergeant Major in 1944 , 2 years after Ironsi had joined the Army as a private in 1942.

https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/11571281_screenshot20200520154224_pngb57908c274a3172d78d4d2d626847391

Christistruth00:
This site also confirms that W. U Bassey had an Officer seniority date of 1946 . Ironsi and Ademuleguns Officer seniority date was from 1949.

https://sites.google.com/site/firstnigerian/home/government

https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/11573909_screenshot20200521000320_png037624efba6a1595aa9936a13b5021f8

Christistruth00:
It seems that Wellington Duke U Bassey was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire ) before or around 1958 by the Queen of England for his exemplary service in the Army.

senatordave1:
You have said it all.there's no way ojukwu who was by far hes junior will be made governor of the eastern region above him if not for sabotage.this is why ss cannot be in Biafra

Yujin:
Babafemi Ogundipe was not commissioned in the same year with the trio of Bassey, Ironsi and Ademulegun. You're correct about Bassey being 2 months ahead of Ironsi and Ademulegun In 1949.

Dedetwo:
The Bassey who was ahead of Ironsi and Ademulegun was Duke Bassey not Wellington Umoh Bassey who was commissioned in 1952. There has been a picture in circulation of the alleged pioneer Nigerian army officers, though not accurate, the rank of Duke Bassey was Major as did Ironsi and Ademulegun. From the date the picture was alleged to have been taken, Duke Bassey could not have risen only one step to rank of Lt. Col. in any army by 1966 while Gowon, Unegbe,Largema, Eze, Pam and Njoku who were Lts or 2Lts rose to the rank of Lt. Col. By the time the alleged picture was taken, the probable rank of Wellingtion Umoh Bassey should have been Lt. therefore the rank of Lt. Col. supposedly worn by Wellington Umoh Bassey in 1966 was in order.

Christistruth00:
Apparently after the July revenge Coup Wellington Bassey was supposed to be the most senior Officer in the Army and not Ogundipe , so why didn't Ojukwu ask Bassey to become acting Head of State after Ironsi was kidnapped? Why was Ojukwu bothering Ogundipe after all Bassey the most senior Army Officer was still in the country that time and he was Commanding officer of 1 battalion division in Kaduna.

Yujin:
I suspected there were two Basseys as at that time but wanted to confirm. Max Suillon hinted on that when he wrote Bassey different from Wellington. Notice I rarely mention Wellington in my posts.
The character that has been pushing this falsehood here is on a mission which is aimed at hurting even the people he claims to be informing. By creating further problems between Igbos and Efiks, who gains? Only the Yorubas who will left laughing in the corner in Western Nigeria while the Efiks who share border with Igbos will be in a foolish enmity with us. Just like the devils like they're having oppressed the minority tribes in the old western and thereafter lost them through a plesbecite, they've sworn to sow tars within the Eastern region. It's left for everyone to investigate all these allegations and make a decision thereafter.
Meanwhile, terrorists from the north are flooding the South at present in high numbers. It doesn't bother the Yorubas and they're entirely unreliable. The Akwa-Cross people will be making the greatest mistake today entertaining any agent of discord to mess with their psyche as they'll be left with very low defence.

Dedetwo:
The Bassey who was ahead of Ironsi and Ademulegun was Duke Bassey not Wellington Umoh Bassey who was commissioned in 1952. There has been a picture in circulation of the alleged pioneer Nigerian army officers, though not accurate, the rank of Duke Bassey was Major as did Ironsi and Ademulegun. From the date the picture was alleged to have been taken, Duke Bassey could not have risen only one step to rank of Lt. Col. in any army by 1966 while Gowon, Unegbe,Largema, Eze, Pam and Njoku who were Lts or 2Lts rose to the rank of Lt. Col. By the time the alleged picture was taken, the probable rank of Wellingtion Umoh Bassey should have been Lt. therefore the rank of Lt. Col. supposedly worn by Wellington Umoh Bassey in 1966 was in order.

Yujin:
I suspected there were two Basseys as at that time but wanted to confirm. Max Suillon hinted on that when he wrote Bassey different from Wellington. Notice I rarely mention Wellington in my posts.
The character that has been pushing this falsehood here is on a mission which is aimed at hurting even the people he claims to be informing. By creating further problems between Igbos and Efiks, who gains? Only the Yorubas who will left laughing in the corner in Western Nigeria while the Efiks who share border with Igbos will be in a foolish enmity with us. Just like the devils like they're having oppressed the minority tribes in the old western and thereafter lost them through a plesbecite, they've sworn to sow tars within the Eastern region. It's left for everyone to investigate all these allegations and make a decision thereafter.
Meanwhile, terrorists from the north are flooding the South at present in high numbers. It doesn't bother the Yorubas and they're entirely unreliable. The Akwa-Cross people will be making the greatest mistake today entertaining any agent of discord to mess with their psyche as they'll be left with very low defence.

Christistruth00:
His full name was Wellington Duke U Bassey he was NA1 and the only Bassey' in the top 20 Officers. His nickname in the Army was "Duke" because he was jokingly called the Duke of Wellington. The Calabar Man suffered great Injustice and it was GOWON who finally made him a full Brigadier after he got to power.

Dedetwo:
Please get educated. In fact, one was Efik while the order was Ibibio. Duke Bassey did not stay in the army beyond October 1, 1960. The intellectual laziness inherent to most Nigerians and driven by ethnic bias tend to confine most Nigerians in the house of idiocy. This silly trend was masterminded by Nowa Omogui who I must confess had patches of brilliance in his series about Nigeria and its military leading to the war and during the war. If most Nigerians were clever enough, they would have dictated the discrepancy about Duke Bassey who did not attend the rank of Lt. Col when he left the army and Wellington Umoh Bassey who attended the rank of Brigadier, thanks to the generosity of Yakubu Gowon who two ranks his junior in 1959.

Christistruth00:
His full name was Wellington Duke U Bassey he was NA1 and the only Bassey' in the top 20 Officers. His nickname in the Army was "Duke" because he was jokingly called the Duke of Wellington. he was Commissioned in 1949 and had his seniority backdated to 1946 because Bassey fought the Second World War as a Sergeant Major. The Calabar Man suffered great Injustice and it was GOWON who finally made him a full Brigadier after he got to power . He had an Officer Seniority date of 3 years over both Ironsi and Ademulegun but Zik and his allies in power allowed him to be buried in a Captains posting for 4 years so he could be overtaken by Ironsi and the Northern Soldiers knew all this.