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Xposed2020:
I still stand by my statement.

1. Now between Calabar (Wellington) actually he was from present day Ibagwa in Abak LGA of Akwa Ibom State, Abia (Ironsi) and Enugu (Zik), which one has closer ties in culture, language, traditions and even proximity wise to Enugu (Zik) ?

2. Ironsi couldn't have been appointed prior to the departure of the colonial army officers.

4. The coalition government formed by NPC, NCNC, etc after INDEPENDENCE appointed the GOC contrary to any given RECOMMENDATION.
Hence it has to be after the departure of the colonial officers.

Note;
Maimalari, Kur and Lagema and others were killed because of the animosity and envy by their colleagues due to accelerated promotion as they did not hold any political appointment to be classified as "corrupt" which was the pretext for the coup.

1 . Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was Efik.

2. NPC/NCNC Coalition Government took over from the British at Independence in 1960 that was the prime Minister Tafawa Balewa and Governor General Nnamdi Azikiwe Government.

3 . . If the coalition government formed by NPC, NCNC, at INDEPENDENCE had appointed the Army GOC contrary to any given RECOMMENDATION.
It would have been Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar who was the most Senior and most experienced Nigerian Army Officer from the NCNC controlled Eastern Region at Independence in 1960. Ironsi was not in his league. It was Zik and his allies that messed up Bassey's Career as soon as the British stepped on the Ship back to England.

seunmsg:
You’ve really done well. Dedetwo is either trying to be mischievous or he was misled by the obvious mistake in Max Siollun’s book (extract attached). Duke Bassey is the same person as Wellington Bassey from all indications. It was Ugbonma and Sey (surname unknown but I suspect Bassey) that left the army after they were commissioned. Sey was a Ghanaian.

Another Wellington whose first name I don’t know was commissioned in 1952 and left the army in 1953 with Ugboma. The Bassey that was still in the military after independence was definitely the one that was a senior to Ironsi and Ademulegun.

No army will keep a person as a major from 1959 to 1966 without being promoted. If Duke did not leave the army before Nigeria's independence, he would at least become a Colonel. Duke Bassey was Efik while Umoh Bassey was Ibibio. Umoh Bassey who had been wrongly touted as N1 was commissioned in 1952 not the Duke Bassey commissioned in 1949.

Christistruth00:
1 . Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was Efik.

2. NPC/NCNC Coalition Government took over from the British at Independence in 1960 that was the prime Minister Tafawa Balewa and Governor General Nnamdi Azikiwe Government.

3 . . If the coalition government formed by NPC, NCNC, at INDEPENDENCE appointed the Army GOC contrary to any given RECOMMENDATION.
It would have been Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar who was the most Senior and most experienced Nigerian Army Officer and from the NCNC controlled Eastern Region at Independence in 1960.

Duke Bassey was not Umoh Bassey.

Duke Basset = Efik

Umoh Bassey = Ibibio

Dedetwo:
Duke Bassey was not Umoh Bassey.

Duke Basset = Efik

Umoh Bassey = Ibibio

Sir, I have said it before that these guys are trying hard to demonize ndigbo and bring division between Igbo and ibibio-efik.

You have since destroyed this guy's lies but like a stubborn rash, he keeps coming back with another round of conjectures, insinuations and presumptions.

God said he hates 7 things, and the worst of the seven being one who causes division between others. Don't think you are dealing with a sincere person, you are dealing with a serpent seed, a deceiver and liar. Pls avoid joining words with him. His agenda has since been uncovered. That's my sincere advice to you bro.

I wonder why someone would build thread traffic under hate and lies.

Christistruth00:
1 . Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was Efik.

2. NPC/NCNC Coalition Government took over from the British at Independence in 1960 that was the prime Minister Tafawa Balewa and Governor General Nnamdi Azikiwe Government.

3 . . If the coalition government formed by NPC, NCNC, at INDEPENDENCE had appointed the Army GOC contrary to any given RECOMMENDATION.
It would have been Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar who was the most Senior and most experienced Nigerian Army Officer from the NCNC controlled Eastern Region at Independence in 1960. Ironsi was not in his league. It was Zik and his allies that messed up Bassey's Career as soon as the British stepped on the Ship back to England.

SATAN YOU ARE A LIAR. The recommendation was between ogundipe and ironsi, Bassey was not even in the picture. There was no bad blood between NCNC and bassey.

Aren't you tired of spreading falsehood? The fact that your moniker is Christ-is-truth shows you lie and mislead even with the name of Christ. Thank God we have access to the internet too.

Believe in your own lies but stop trying to spread it here. That's very satanic.

superlightning:
SATAN YOU ARE A LIAR. The recommendation was between ogundipe and ironsi, Bassey was not even in the picture. There was no bad blood between NCNC and bassey.

Aren't you tired of spreading falsehood? The fact that your moniker is Christ-is-truth shows you lie and mislead even with the name of Christ. Thank God we have access to the internet too.

Believe in your own lies but stop trying to spread it here. That's very satanic.

May our Lord and blessed redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!I
Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Truth.

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Dedetwo:
No army will keep a person as a major from 1959 to 1966 without being promoted. If Duke did not leave the army before Nigeria's independence, he would at least become a Colonel. Duke Bassey was Efik while Umoh Bassey was Ibibio. Umoh Bassey who had been wrongly touted as N1 was commissioned in 1952 not the Duke Bassey commissioned in 1949.

That was the wickedness the "Sons of Belial " unleashed on Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar who was the "father" of the Nigerian Army.
They even went as far as trying to kill him in Jan 1966 , just to be 100% sure they had finished frustrating his destiny, but God Almighty in his wisdom granted "Baba" Wellington Duke Bassey of Calabar long life despite all the scheming and intrigues of those who lacked home training and had no respect for their Elders .. They should have patiently waited for their own turn to reach the top of their Army Careers. God loves all Nigerians but God Almighty hates wickedness.

Christistruth00:
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That was the wickedness the "Sons of Belial " unleashed on [b]Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar who was the "father" of the Nigerian Army.
They even went as far as trying to kill him in Jan 1966 , just to be 100% sure they had finished frustrating his destiny, but God Almighty in his wisdom granted "Baba" Wellington Duke Bassey of Calabar long life despite all the scheming and intrigues of those who had no respect for their elders .

Please shut your putrid mouth. No one person is the "Father" of Nigeria army. This is how you sow the seeds of falsehood. I guess the correct Duke Bassey made the rank of major after 1956 and could not have being on the rank for 8 to 9 years without being promoted. If the army found he was not longer needed, it would have retired him instead of keeping him in the army.

Christistruth00:
May our Lord and blessed redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!I Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Truth.

wolves in sheep clothing.

AnambraIstSon:
We are a useless people. We just like to dominate. See our history for Naija army as e bad. We just rubbish everything we get involved with but nonetheless, Igbo Amaka!

God has the most wonderful plan for the Igbo and Nigeria , it is the "Sons of Belial" that are the problem and all tribes have their own share of them.

Christistruth00:
God has the most wonderful plan for the Igbo and Nigeria , it is the "Sons of Belial" that are the problem and all tribes have their own share of them.

Mumu you don't even understand sarcasm!

superlightning:
Mumu you don't even understand sarcasm!

Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was already a Major in the Nigerian Army in 1954 before Ojukwu ever dreamed of Joining it.
Learn to Respect your elders ! Bassey was. not even Ironsi's mate, he was 3 years his senior officer!!

If Ojukwu and Ironsi had respected their Senior Army Officer and Army "father" Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar they would have been saved from much pain,sorrow, heartbreak and gnashing of teeth later on. Even the Northern Soldiers respected Bassey .

Learn to Respect your elders ! God put them there for a reason.

Christistruth00:
Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was already a Major in the Nigerian Army in 1954 before Ojukwu ever dreamed of Joining it.
Learn to Respect your elders ! Bassey was. not even Ironsi's mate, he was 3 years his senior officer!!

in your delusion ironsi disrespected bassey. Shame on you

superlightning:
in your delusion ironsi disrespected bassey. Shame on you

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Learn to Respect your elders!!! Bassey was not Ironsi's mate !

If Ironsi had not walked all over Bassey , his own juniors would not have walked all over him .
There would have been no need to spend 50 years crying over the disaster that befell bim.

Bassey and Ironsi were both from the same Eastern Region! Respect your Elders !

Christistruth00:
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Learn to Respect your elders!!! Bassey was not Ironsi's mate !

If Ironsi had not walked all over Bassey , his own juniors would not have walked all over him .
There would have been no need to spend 50 years crying over the disaster that befell bim.

Ironsi and Bassey were both from the same Eastern Region! Respect your Elders !

Satan, stop dividing the unity between efik and Igbo! Nobody disrespected bassey. Satan I rebuke you in Jesus name!

superlightning:
Satan, stop dividing the unity between efik and Igbo! Nobody disrespected bassey. Satan I rebuke you in Jesus name!

May our Lord and blessed redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!I
Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Truth.

Truth does not hate and divide . Truth heals and gives light.

Christistruth00:
May our Lord and blessed redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!I Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Truth.
Truth does not hate and divide . Truth heals and gives light.

Satan we reject you and your lies in Jesus name.

Dedetwo:
I have no problem that Duke Bassey who was Major in 1959 has slight seniority over ironsi. However the real Duke Bassey left the army before Nigeria could gain independence. Did this your goofy Umoh Bassey ever had tour of duty in Congo under UN?

Where is your proof?

Show us pictures of two different Bassey?

Dedetwo:
Wellington Umoh Bassey was not NA1. This honor goes to Aguiyi Ironsi because he was the most military officer from Royal Queen's Own Regiment to Nigerian army after independence. Umoh Bassey was not even suited to command a combatant unit when Nigeria needed good and capable officers to command units of Nigerian army in Congo during UN operation. Nigeria is really basket of fools.

Did Bassey fight in world war 2?

Why was he honoured by Queen of England if he wasn't fit enough to command combatant unit when he has had more experience than many in the Nigerian army?

superlightning:
Satan we reject you and your lies in Jesus name.

Jesus rebuke you he has rejected your lies.

Below is Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar's seniority as published in the supplementary London Gazette on 16th April1954 while Bassey , Ironsi and Ademulegun were still Officers in the Royal West African Frontier Force.

Bassey was Ironsi's Senior Officer by at least 3 years .Fear God and accept the truth.

Please note Wellington Duke Bassey's Army number RWAFF was WA 1 and not Lt Ugboma and that was in 1951 .Ironsi's number was WA 4. That means that Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was the most Senior Army Officer in British West Africa !! Can you see the wickedness and envy against Bassey? What was Bassey still doing on the same Rank as Ojukwu in 1966 ? Bassey was not Ironsi's mate !

Learn to Respect your Elders !!

There was no Lt Ugboma among the top Royal West African Frontier Force Officers as of 1951 and he was supposed to have retired in 1953.
These were the Army Numbers of the Top 8 Royal West African Frontier Force Officers.

WA1. Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar.
WA2.Bruce
WA3 Sey
WA4. Ironsi
WA5 Ademulegun
WA6.Aferi
WA7.Shodeinde
WA8.Whattey

Christistruth00:
Jesus rebuke you he has rejected your lies.

Below is Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar's seniority as published in the supplementary London Gazette on 16th April1954 while Bassey , Ironsi and Ademulegun were still Officers in the Royal West African Frontier Force.

Bassey was Ironsi's Senior Officer by at least 3 years .Fear God and accept the truth.

Please note Wellington Duke Bassey's Army number RWAFF was WA 1 and not Lt Ugboma and that was in 1951 .Ironsi's number was WA 4. That means that Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was the most Senior Army Officer in British West Africa !! Can you see the wickedness and envy against Bassey? What was Bassey still doing on the same Rank as Ojukwu in 1966 ? Bassey was not Ironsi's mate !

Learn to Respect your Elders !!

You don't even know how the army's promotion cadre works! You can't even INTERPRET the information at your reach starting from the first paragraph. You are ACTUALLY thinking it was Igbos that stopped bassey from being promoted! Your stupidity is so stubborn! Ugboma was the first Officer of the Nigeria's Army before Independence, he left even before Independence.

West African Frontier Force is NOT the same as the Nigerian Army. It had Ghanaian, Liberian, Sierra Leonian conscription for the WW2 purpose only. It ended with British colonialism but not so for each nation's army structure.

Ironsi was even demoted from his Major General rank after his return from a UN peace keeping mission at the Congo to Brigadier, DID THE HEAVENS FALL?

SATAN, calling Jesus in vain even makes you more EVIL. You are an obstinate liar!!!!!

Christistruth00:
There was no Lt Ugboma among the top Royal West African Frontier Force Officers as of 1951 and he was supposed to have retired in 1953.
These were the Army Numbers of the Top 8 Royal West African Frontier Force Officers.

WA1. Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar.
WA2.Bruce
WA3 Sey
WA4. Ironsi
WA5 Ademulegun
WA6.Aferi
WA7.Shodeinde
WA8.Whattey

What even disgusts me is your false representation of facts. WAFF was for WW2 conscription, it had not sovereignty of its own. What mattered most was the sovereignty of the army in each nation. How do I begin to explain this Army structure thing to a half dimwit and half devil like you?

Bassey may indeed have been a Nigerian soldier before Ironsi, but promotion on merit is another thing entirely. The British was still recommending soldiers for promotion in officer cadre EVEN AFTER INDEPENDENCE. It had absolutely nothing to do with Igbo "sitting on" bassey, that lie is even too DEFEATIST.

SATAN, BRING ANOTHER INFO LETS PROPERLY INTEPRET IT FOR YOU. Igbo is not the cause of your failure in life.

superlightning:
What even disgusts me is your false representation of facts. WAFF was for WW2 conscription, it had not sovereignty of its own. What mattered most was the sovereignty of the army in each nation. How do I begin to explain this Army structure thing to a half dimwit and half devil like you?

Bassey may indeed have been a Nigerian soldier before Ironsi, but promotion on merit is another thing entirely. The British was still recommending soldiers for promotion in officer cadre EVEN AFTER INDEPENDENCE. It had absolutely nothing to do with Igbo "sitting on" bassey, that lie is even too DEFEATIST.

SATAN, BRING ANOTHER INFO LETS PROPERLY INTEPRET IT FOR YOU. Igbo is not the cause of your failure in life.

Below photo from Ziks "Origins of the Nigerian Civil War in 1969 :

Do you see how Ironsi and Ojukwu were treating their Senior Officer and Army" father" Bassey who was from their own Eastern Region in 1966 ?
They ran "Baba" and his Army Career over like a Bus because they could not wait to take over his position for themselves .

By this time Ironsi who was Bassey's junior officer by 3 years was already a Major General.
Ironsi left Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar ( The most Senior Army Officer in British West Africa as far back as 1944 ) on the same Colonel Rank as Ojukwu who was 11 years Bassey's junior officer rubbing more Salt into Bassey's wounds..
You see how Ironsi and Ojukwu were treating their "father" and walking all over Bassey with your own eyes ,a man whom even the Queen of England had Awarded in honour of his Army service?

"Baba" did not want his Wild , rebellious and over ambitious "Army Sons" who had absolutely no honour or regard for their elders to blow him to pieces while he was fast asleep on top of his bed like they had blown Shodeinde to pieces inside his house in the middle of the night , so "Baba" wisely retired from the Army in 1967 after 31 years of Service and became an Ambassador under Yakubu Gowon's Government who had finally Promoted him to full Brigadier in 1967 .

There would have been no need to spend 50 years crying over the Calamity that befell the "boys" if the "boys" had not dealt so disrespectfully with their " father".

Learn to Respect your Elders!!! God put them there for a reason !

Christistruth00:
Below photo from Ziks "Origins of the Nigerian Civil War in 1969 :

Do you see how Ironsi and Ojukwu were treating their Senior Officer and Army" father" Bassey who was from their own Eastern Region in 1966 ?
They ran "Baba" and his Army Career over like a Bus because they could not wait to take over his position for themselves .

By this time Ironsi who was Bassey's junior officer by 3 years was already a Major General.
Ironsi left Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar ( The most Senior Army Officer in British West Africa as far back as 1944 ) on the same Colonel Rank as Ojukwu who was 11 years Bassey's junior officer rubbing more Salt into Bassey's wounds..
You see how Ironsi and Ojukwu were treating their "father" and walking all over Bassey with your own eyes ,a man whom even the Queen of England had Awarded in honour of his Army service?

"Baba" did not want his Wild , rebellious and over ambitious "Army Sons" who had absolutely no honour or regard for their elders to blow him to pieces while he was fast asleep on top of his bed like they had blown Shodeinde to pieces inside his house in the middle of the night , so "Baba" wisely retired from the Army in 1967 after 31 years of Service and became an Ambassador under Yakubu Gowon's Government who had finally Promoted him to full Brigadier in 1967 .

There would have been no need to spend 50 years crying over the Calamity that befell the "boys" if the "boys" had not dealt so disrespectfully with their " father".

Learn to Respect your Elders!!! God put them there for a reason !

Satan begone! Imo and Njoku were igbos too and they weren't appointed! Why was Ojukwu favoured?

1. He was an Oxford graduate who became an officer, a very rare qualification found in those days.

2. He helped to squash the first military coup at his base in Kano

Please Satan leave ndigbo alone..... your lies will die with you on judgement day and so be it in Jesus name.

superlightning:
Satan begone! Imo and Njoku were igbos too and they weren't appointed! Why was Ojukwu favoured?

1. He was an Oxford graduate who became an officer, a very rare qualification found in those days.

2. He helped to squash the first military coup at his base in Kano

Please Satan leave ndigbo alone..... your lies will die with you on judgement day and so be it in Jesus name.

Our Lord and precious redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!
If you are throwing lies everywhere , God Almighty will throw truth at you , truth is light and powerful.

Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was both Imo and Njoku's Senior Officer by at least 9 years and they were way out of his league .
See it here in the photo attached with your own eyes.
Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was not even Ironsi's mate neither in Army Seniority nor in age . So you can recognise the futility of lies and propaganda. Stop dragging the Igbo masses into a problem the "Sons of Belial" manufactured for themselves out of their personal greed for power and selfish ambition.

If an Oxford education was what was needed to determine Army Seniority or position then why didn't Ironsi promote Ojukwu above himself or place him in a position that was higher or more influential than his own?

If Zik the political father of the Eastern Region could use his American University Education to see clearly that Ironsi had made a Capital blunder by appointing Ojukwu Governor of the Eastern Region before 6 Senior Military Officers , 4 of whom were from Eastern Minority areas how come Ojukwu with all his Oxford Education could not see the mistake Ironsi was making if Ojukwu himself had not been blinded by selfish ambition and pride ?

There was no Military Coup in Kano so the story of Ojukwu quashing the coup in Kano was a mischievous fabrication. Ojukwu didn't declare his support for Ironsi until after he was certain Ironsi had taken over the Government.

Ojukwu who had a Battalion of troops under him in Kano did nothing except to arrest the Captain and men that Nzeogwu had sent to collect his Soldiers salary that was after Nzeogwu had finished murdering his Senior Commander's on their beds and in their houses.
If Ojukwu wanted to resist Nzeogwu's Coup he would have sent his Soldiers right away to at least counter , arrest or encircle Nzeogwu's position in Kaduna and that never happened, so Ojukwu didn't quash any Coup in Kano. Stop feeding people lies.




Learn to Respect your Elders!!! God put them there for a reason !

Christistruth00:
Our Lord and precious redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!
If you are throwing lies everywhere , God Almighty will throw truth at you , truth is light and powerful.

Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was both Imo and Njoku's Senior Officer by at least 9 years and they were way out of his league .
See it here in the photo attached with your own eyes.
Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar was not even Ironsi's mate neither in Army Seniority nor in age . So you can recognise the futility of lies and propaganda. Stop dragging the Igbo masses into a problem the "Sons of Belial" manufactured for themselves out of their personal greed for power and selfish ambition.

If an Oxford education was what was needed to determine Army Seniority or position then why didn't Ironsi promote Ojukwu above himself or place him in a position that was higher or more influential than his own?

If Zik the political father of the Eastern Region could use his American University Education to see clearly that Ironsi had made a Capital blunder by appointing Ojukwu Governor of the Eastern Region before 6 Senior Military Officers , 4 of whom were from Eastern Minority areas how come Ojukwu with all his Oxford Education could not see the mistake Ironsi was making if Ojukwu himself had not been blinded by selfish ambition and pride ?

There was no Military Coup in Kano so the story of Ojukwu quashing the coup in Kano was a mischievous fabrication. Ojukwu didn't declare his support for Ironsi until after he was certain Ironsi had taken over the Government.

Ojukwu who had a Battalion of troops under him in Kano did nothing except to arrest the Captain that Nzeogwu had sent to collect his Soldiers salary after Nzeogwu had finished murdering his Senior Commander's on their beds and in their houses.
If Ojukwu wanted to resist Nzeogwu's Coup he would have sent his Soldiers right away to at least counter , arrest or encircle Nzeogwu's position in Kaduna and that never happened, so Ojukwu didn't quash any Coup in Kano. Stop feeding people lies.




Learn to Respect your Elders!!! God put them there for a reason !

You just keep regurgitating nonsense.

1. Why do military officers today go to Military academies and traditional universities? Reason: They are not recruits (pawn) for warfare, they are rather trained to take effective decisions due to their exposure to a wide range of knowledge. Ojukwu was the first of his kind in the Military brass.

2. Ojukwu helped in quelling the coup, your attempt in trying to degrade his efforts are lame and stupid.

3. Quit pasting information without the prerequisite CONTEXT. Pasting tabular timeline of officers without contextualizing them is shallow and dubious.

4. Satan, once again, you are good at calling the name of the Lord in vain. Begone liar!

SonOfEl:
You just keep regurgitating nonsense.

1. Why do military officers today go to Military academies and traditional universities? Reason: They are not recruits (pawn) for warfare, they are rather trained to take effective decisions due to their exposure to a wide range of knowledge. Ojukwu was the first of his kind in the Military brass.

2. Ojukwu helped in quelling the coup, your attempt in trying to degrade his efforts are lame and stupid.

3. Quit pasting information without the prerequisite CONTEXT. Pasting tabular timeline of officers without contextualizing them is shallow and dubious.

4. Satan, once again, you are good at calling the name of the Lord in vain. Begone liar!

Our Lord and precious redeemer Jesus Christ rebuke you !!!!
If you are throwing lies everywhere , God Almighty will throw truth at you ,

Stop telling lies . The British Military Academies which Bassey ,Ironsi and Ojukwu attended trained Officers to be Loyal to the Govt in power and not Coup plotting . How do you think their Nation has been able to last and be stable for so long ?

The fact that. Ojukwu had an Oxford degree did not translate to mean that Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar had automatically turned into a door mat. Remember Bassey was already a Major in the Army in 1954 , 3 years before Ojukwu joined it as a recruit. Bassey ended the 2nd World War in 1945 as a Lieutenant in the Royal West African frontier force , the first black West African to reach such a position .
Bassey was not Ironsi and Ojukwu's mate and had authority over them that was the truth that was too bitter for both men to swallow.

Romans 13 v,1-5
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.


Note : The reason why Wellington Duke U Bassey of Calabar name keeps on being repeated is because of those who say Wellington is different from Bassey and is different from Umoh Bassey or Duke Wellington who is not Efik nor from Calabar . There must be no doubt that it is the same person.

You should nOte Ironsi served in The British Royal Guard, that also paved for him too well i dont Want to go Further than to Say Ironsi was The cause of Ibos margnalization and problems.

He was a weak ruler that lacked wisdom.

Christistruth00:
If Wellington Bassey's career had not been sabotaged by Zik and his NCNC Ministers in order to produce Ironsi as head of Army he would have been head of the Army in Jan 1966 and the Coups and Civil War would not have happened. His promotional trainings were delayed to make sure Ironsi ended up as head of the Army Zik and his Ministers didn't trust the Calabar man to be in charge of the Army .Zik later complained that Gen Ironsi should have made W.Bassey's Governor of the Eastern Region and not Ojukwu who was by far his Junior.


The attached photo shows Bassey and Ironsi's Officer Seniority when they were still in the Royal West African frontier force in 1954 and Bassey who was 3 years Ironsi's Senior Officer was not Ironsi's mate !

1.LIEUTENANT WELLINGTON DUKE BASSEY (N/1): An Efik from Cross River State (now Akwa Ibom) who joined the army in 1936, he was commissioned lieutenant on the 30th of April, 1949 thus becoming Nigeria’s first indigenous officer. When Ugboma resigned, it meant that Bassey became the most senior Army number in the Nigeria Regiment. Now late, he would later be known as Brigadier WU Bassey. Camp WU Bassey and the Wellington Bassey Way in Uyo are named after him.

2. LIEUTENANT JOHNSON THOMAS UMUNNAKWE AGUIYI-IRONSI (N/2): He was commissioned lieutenant on 12th of June 1949 and would later become the first military head of state in Nigeria. He was assassinated in a coup in July 1966.

3. LIEUTENANT SAMUEL ADESOJI ADEMULEGUN (N/3):[/b] Like Aguiyi-Ironsi, Ademulegun was commissioned a lieutenant on 12th of June 1949. He was killed alongside his pregnant wife by Kaduna Nzeogwu in the country’s first military coup in January 1966.

One of the problem with entire Nigerians is laziness. The worst among the problems remains the intellectual laziness compounded with tribal jingoism. Even so-called institution called Nigerian army or armed forces, especially during the war, failed to make proper distinction between WELLINGTON DUKE BASSEY and WELLINGTON UMOH BASSEY. Such close related names are numerous in Nigerian army with silly mix and match by Nigerian authority. WELLINGTON DUKE BASSEY was Efik while WELLINGTON UMOH BASSEY was Ibibio. WELLINGTON DUKE BASSEY left Queen's Royal Regiment before Nigeria's independence. WELLINGTON UMOH BASSEY was commissioned in 1952 or 53 before Robert Adeyinka was commissioned. However, Nigeria and its officials found a way to interchange both men.