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Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by muhammaduyusufu: 4:44am On Jun 14
1968: Col. Benjamin Adekunle "Black Scorpion", Shares drink of victory with his men after they retook Port Harcourt from Ojukwu’s Biafria rebels who had laid siege on Port Harcourt.

Drinking from helmet, he shares drink of victory with his men following the recapture of Port Harcourt.

To his left Chief of staff Lt.Col Godwin Alabi-Isama, Col. Alani Akinrinade squatting far right.

Identified in the back row: Sunny Tuoyo, Godwin Ally, Yemi Alabi, Kunle Elegbede, and Alimi Ogunkanmi.

Credit: Brig General Godwin Alabi-Isama.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Thundafireseun: 4:48am On Jun 14
Now Biafrians/ Igbos are better and bigger than all of them put together tongue

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Slytiger: 4:55am On Jun 14
Beautiful picture. Handsome gentlemen.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by opamoses1: 5:00am On Jun 14
When soldiers were soldiers. Thanks for sharing OP.

Nlfpmod

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Bridget95(f): 5:17am On Jun 14
Nigerians need to celebrate 🍾 the liberation of Nigeria 🇳🇬 from APC .


Since 2015 its been hunger and starvation.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Bridget95(f): 5:18am On Jun 14
Bridget95:
Nigerians need to celebrate 🍾 the liberation of Nigeria 🇳🇬 from APC .


Since 2015 its been hunger and starvation.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by gidgiddy: 5:32am On Jun 14
They won the war

But never could win peace, unity and progress, even to this day.

America fought civil war, but became the greatest country on earth

Nigeria fought civil war but became world's poverty capital

At least something good came out of the American civil war, nothing good came out of the Nigerian civil war

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by helinues: 5:34am On Jun 14
Toh

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by muykem: 5:42am On Jun 14
Bridget95:
Nigerians need to celebrate 🍾 the liberation 9f Nigeria 🇳🇬 from APC .


Since 2015 its been hunger and starvation.
How many people have died of hunger in your family since 2015?

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Whalis: 5:45am On Jun 14
Losing ikwerre land (particularly Port Harcourt) was the greatest loss of Igbos in course of the war not just the war. It still pains them to date.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by muykem: 5:45am On Jun 14
No wonder, Ojukwu flew like a coward. Nnamidi kanu also ran away before we catch him.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Goodvibes007: 5:48am On Jun 14
Bridget95:
Nigerians need to celebrate 🍾 the liberation 9f Nigeria 🇳🇬 from APC .


Since 2015 its been hunger and starvation.
Lol.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Goodvibes007: 5:49am On Jun 14
Whalis:
Losing ikwerre land was the greatest lost of Igbos in course of the war not just the war. It still pains them to date.
It was never their property to begin with. Same way the Nazis were pained after losing Paris lol.

Whalis:

They had cornered it before the war. See ikwerre land was already occupied before the war. All they needed then to own any land they desired in Ikwerre land was to travel to Enugu. A document would be issued to that effect Viola! The land belongs to the Igbo person and it didn't matter if crops were on the land. The Igbo person would just walk up to you and serve you papers to quit.

You are right. Below is from the book sunset in Biafria by an Ikwerre solder that served in the War - Elechi Amadi.

It was indeed a liberation.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by ayoolataiwo(m): 5:49am On Jun 14
Brave and strong men.Thanks for your services HEROS

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Whalis: 5:56am On Jun 14
Goodvibes007:

It was never their property to begin with. Same way the Nazis were pained after losing Paris lol.
They had cornered it before the war. See ikwerre land was already occupied before the war. All they needed then to own any land they desired in Ikwerre land was to travel to Enugu. A document would be issued to that effect Viola! The land belongs to the Igbo person and it didn't matter if crops were on the land. The Igbo person would just walk up to you and serve you papers to quit.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Bulldozer90: 5:57am On Jun 14
This is how Tinubu wants to do his restructuring. By sponsoring his e-rats to be selling false narrative ahead of his forcefully annexure of Igboland and it's resources.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by magoo10(m): 5:58am On Jun 14
Now soldiers have become common getting kpai like fowl .
Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by kettykin: 6:02am On Jun 14
Very nice photo can we also see their photos during operation OAU when they're tying to take Owerri. It seem port harcourt was n easy battle

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by opamoses1: 6:06am On Jun 14
kettykin:
Very nice photo can we also see their photos during operation OAU when they're tying to take Owerri. It seem port harcourt was n easy battle
Blood and soil. People will defend their homeland more than another person's land. Hitler even threw youths to the battle front at the invading allied forces on Berlin.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by kettykin: 6:29am On Jun 14
pictures of the battle of owerri, Abagana ambush and the battle of onitsha were the enemy military was shredded

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Tochi3(m): 6:34am On Jun 14
..part of Thief'nubu's acheivement after one yr of stolen mandate.
grin cheesy

..there is no tangible thing to showcase from the snatching & grabbing other than hunger, misery, hopelessness & frustration upon the " it will favour me & my family " chanters.. grin cheesy

..since there is nothing good from the drug addict Thief'nubu..attention can as well be diverted from the catastrophic failures of the incompetent, clueless fraud.. grin grin



..

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Nukilia: 6:41am On Jun 14
Those who kill by the sword die by the sword ⚔️.

A lot of blood shed by the military... You see some of them in their old age suffering terrible conditions because the government they fought for never truly cared about them.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by ruggedtimi(m): 6:47am On Jun 14
One of my favourite scene from the nigeria civil war was when a senior officer told a soldier
"Shege" grin. Can find the video on utube

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by kingthreat(m): 6:49am On Jun 14
Nukilia:
Those who kill by the sword die by the sword ⚔️.

A lot of blood shed by the military... You see some of them in their old age suffering terrible conditions because the government they fought for never truly cared about them.


This does not apply in battle when there is war.
In a time of peace, yeah those who live by the sword, die by the sword.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Golan007: 6:51am On Jun 14
Kicked those Biafra soldiers ass.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by kingthreat(m): 7:01am On Jun 14
The people who fought for our unity were never really honored. Obasanjo was the only lucky one.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by anonymous1759(m): 7:02am On Jun 14
Whalis:
Losing ikwerre land (particularly Port Harcourt) was the greatest loss of Igbos in course of the war not just the war. It still pains them to date.

Before the advent of Nigeria was Porthacourt part of SE?
South /South state was ceded with the entire East when the country was divided in to regions. you blame lord lugard every day for joining Nigeria together, but you still claim other parts of Nigeria that was ceded to you up till this date through colonialism.
before colonialism every tribe were maintaining their space & peace .

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by ALLNIGERIANSMAD(m): 7:08am On Jun 14
opamoses1:
When soldiers were soldiers. Thanks for sharing OP.

Nlfpmod
where was useless stupid babangida who called Yorubas cowards when Yoruba Men were liberating Nigeria, it was Obasanjo who blocked ojukwu advance at ore and prevented him to take over the then capital city of Lagos, History let us know that babangida spent just 3days in front line when he was shot by Biafran soldier and he never show up till the war ends. Everything is there on Wikipedia

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Blazebond(m): 7:08am On Jun 14
They crashed the biafrans to the last man,it was total victory and the surviving biafrans begged for mercy.
War is not good.

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by EmperorCaesar(m): 7:12am On Jun 14
Bulldozer90:
This is how Tinubu wants to do his restructuring. By sponsoring his e-rats to be selling false narrative ahead of his forcefully annexure of Igboland and it's resources.

Were u in heaven when Gidgiddy and the rest went about creating threads to push false narratives about Nigeria history?

Now that others are tryna set the records straight, u remember you have a keyboard and you can type

Hypocritical lots

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Re: Throwback Photo Of Nigerian Soldiers Celebrating The Liberation Of Port Harcourt by Brenbentondiaz: 7:19am On Jun 14
Great Yoruba warriors kicking igborilla arses out of PH and sending that coward Ojukwu bolting to CIV in women's clothing. It's always hilarious when one reads these offspring of tree-dwelling, buttnaked backward savages calling the offspring of great warriors that built one of the biggest empires in West Africa cowards. Lolz. Everyone with a brain knows who the true cowards are in Nigeria.

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