Trust me Aguiyi-Ironsi knew the consequences of his actions and what it might lead to before he went ahead with that coup. And what do you mean they were killed in thier sleep, men killed during Aguiyi-Ironsi’s own coup nko. They all knew the consequences and where it leads to
In 1966, out of all officers in the Nigerian Army, over 60% were from the East. Not because they were favored. Because they qualified. They could read the map. They could speak the English. They could pass the maths.
Then came the conspiracy. And it broke their heart.
The Coup was tagged an Igbo Coup. Then the counter-coup of July 1966, where Aguiyi-Ironsi was murdered, and over 200 Eastern officers and men were systematically hunted and killed in the barracks. Not in battle. In their beds. In their offices. Their brothers in arms killed them.
The pogrom and the war. 3 million dead. The boys who survived the war were told: you can never rise again. Dismissed. Retired. Their properties seized as "abandoned property". Their rank taken. Their right to join the army turned into suspicion.
After the war, Nigeria changed the rule. Merit was killed. Quota was born. Federal Character was introduced. So the son of the man who built the army was now told to bring a letter from a chief to join the same army. The people who built the army on brains were now told to join on numbers.
The uniform changed in their eyes. From 1970 till today, every time there is unrest in the South-East, the army is sent. Orlu. Aba. Afia. The same uniform their fathers wore with pride now comes to their village in an armored tank.
That is why Abia can only produce 100 boys today.
@eponchuks Easy ke?
You no see those wey e dey catch. Dumb scammer staying inside dirty houses.
They mumu always clicking fake links and falling for fake payments
We have NBM.
We have The Buccaneers.
We have the Norsemen/SVC.
We have the SEC.
We have the Maph, KK, 22, etc.
The motto of -
NBM: Social Justice and Equality (Fight against oppression).
SVC: Service to Humanity.
SEC: Correction from wrong to right (NF/NF).
MAPH: Justice and Protection.
Etc.......
These associations have ground men who are ready to open the gate of hell at any time of day.
If you visit NAIJA CONFRA’S PAGE, you will see that they open that gate of hell every day...
But not to our evil politicians and their children.
Not to terrorists and bandits.
They open it for each other and to each other.
Now, go back and read the mottos again.
History has shown that organised brotherhoods do not have to exist only for themselves.
In Italy, the Carbonari fraternity challenged absolute rule and pushed for constitutional government.
In Germany, the Burschenschaften, which were actual student fraternities, became associated with demands for liberty, national reform and constitutional government, to the point that the political establishment tried to suppress them.
There have been fraternities and brotherhoods whose members looked beyond internal rivalry and directed their organisation towards confronting the political conditions affecting ordinary people.
So what exactly prevents the Nigerian versions from using their networks, numbers, influence, and discipline for building each other rather than fighting one another?
With the sophisticated network these associations have, if they focus even 5% of their energy, organisation and ruggedness on helping the country regain sanity and putting serious civic pressure on the corridors of political power, they would actually be practising what their mottos preach.
But instead, some of them have become tools in the hands of the same political class they should be questioning.
Some of the politicians, governors, ministers and senators we complain about are themselves not strangers to these systems. Some are old metals, old ships, old birds in the game.
Social Justice and Equality.
Yet injustice surrounds us.
Service to Humanity.
Yet Nigerians are being killed and tormented by their politicians.
Correction from Wrong to Right.
Yet the wrong people continue to rule without serious resistance from these supposedly powerful networks.
Justice and Protection.
Yet ordinary people keep asking: justice for who, and protection from what?
You all need to go back to the drawing board if you have any... Because if your brotherhood claims to stand for justice, humanity, equality, and correction of wrong, then the biggest test of that creed should not be another confraternity.
It should be the condition of the society you live in.
I remember one confraternity clash I witnessed back then in DELSU.
It started over something almost ridiculous.
Mr A looked at Mr B in a way Mr B didn’t like. Mr B confronted him and told him that if he wasn’t careful, he would “die like a chicken.”
That one statement became the spark.
Before long, it turned into a full-blown bloody clash that spread from DELSU down to Asaba.
I was at Naira & Kobo that night, having pepper soup with my lodge mates, and Mr B was also at Naira & Kobo.
Mr A arrived with his squad.
And just like that, the gate of hell opened.
You know why I referenced that experience? Because it showed me that men who can mobilise that quickly, & organise that fiercely with that level of intensity clearly have enormous collective power.
The tragedy is where that power is often directed.
Imagine if a fraction of that same coordination, courage and brotherhood were redirected toward resisting injustice and demanding accountability from leaders.
That is the contradiction I am talking about.
Your motto says justice.
Your motto says humanity.
Your motto says correction.
Your motto says protection.
So why is so much of the fire reserved for one another?
100% of NIGERIA’s problem? It is a people problem. OUR IDEOLOGY.
@spiRiituaL Watching American movies I always love the fraternities. The networking the parties etc.
these people ruined fraternities.
You join something that will actually limit you.
Where is the sense in that ?
If you think they’re telling lies about how ilorin police a corrupt, incompetent and thieves. This is one of them openly supporting harassment and defending extortion.
Corrupt officer don talk😂
Continue harassing them in kwara and be saying nonsense online.
You sef go born na.
What concern a police man with phone in the first place.
You’re even too stupid to realize you just supported extortion.
Public servants like you. Mtchewww
@fanny_boo_@BrotherEbuka Continue to feel bad that’s on you .
Personally I don’t and will never feel bad for spoilt brats like you.
It’s your mummy’s job to pamper you not mine
Je pense que Mourinho est complètement perdu. Il fait entrer Endrick alors qu’il ne lui donne quasiment jamais de temps de jeu, mais laisse sur le banc ESPI, qui était pourtant sur une bonne lancée. La logique est où, exactement ? 🤦♂️
Unreal PR nobody is showing the angle where he loses the ball and gets lucky because it deflects off the defender back to his feet
Not even Jude Bellingham has PR like this
Bastard son of a bastard.
It’s funny how according to Christians something bad must happen to you so you can believe thier God is real😂
You no fit pray make vdm get 100m endorsement that will keep him busy. Nooooooo
He will serve life sentence
And you’re “Christ-like”
Let me tell you something for free, this pastor doesn’t sleep between 10 PM and 1 AM. Every single day, for the past 3 years.
I know because I’d joined his“COMMADING THE DAY MIDNIGHT PRAYER” sessions. VDM or Whoever came too late, his matter had already been handled before he showed up.
It’s only a matter of time.
Bookmark this tweet.
He will end up serving a life sentence..