Benjamin Adekunle
 Benjamin Adekunle | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Kaduna, 26 ga Yuni, 1936 |
| ƙasa | Najeriya |
| Ƙabila | Yarbawa |
| Harshen uwa | Yarbanci |
| Mutuwa | Lagos, 13 Satumba 2014 |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (en)  |
| Harsuna |
Turanci Yarbanci Pidgin na Najeriya |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | soja |
| Digiri | Janar |
Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle (an haife shi a ranar 26 ga watan Yuni shekarar 1936 ya mutu a ranar 13 ga watan Satumba shekara ta 2014) ya kasance Birgediya na Sojan Nijeriya kuma kwamandan Yakin Basasa
Shekarun farko da baya[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Adekunle a garin Kaduna . Mahaifinsa dan asalin Ogbomosho ne, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ‘yar kabilar Bachama ce . Ya yi karatun sakandare a kwalejin gwamnati, Okene (wanda a yanzu ake kira Abdul Aziz Atta Memorial College, Okene, a cikin jihar Kogi ta yanzu ). Ya shiga aikin sojan Najeriya a shekarar 1958 jim kadan bayan kammala jarabawar satifiket din sa. Ya zama zabenben soja, sa'an nan kuma ya shiga Royal Military Academy Sandhurst a Birtaniya, da British Army's, shine farkon jami'in shiga academy. An nada shi 2nd Lieutenant a ranar 15 ga watan Disamba, shekara ta 1960. amatsayin sa platoonkwamandan, ya yi aiki a Kasai Province da Congo da kuma 1st bataliya, Sarauniyar Own Najeriya rajimanti a lokacin da ya fara ONUC MDD kiyaye zaman lafiya yawon shakatawa na wajibi. A cikin shekarar 1962, Laftanar Adekunle ya zama Mataimakin-de-Camp ga gwamnan yankin gabas, Sir Akanu Ibiam . A shekaran, a matsayin Kyaftin, an sake tura shi Congo a matsayin Kaftin na A (A) zuwa Hedikwatar Brigade ta Nijeriya da ke Luluabourg - a karkashin Birgediya B. Babafemi Ogundipe . A shekarar 1964, Manjo Adekunle ya halarci Kwalejin Ma'aikatan Tsaro a Wellington, a Indiya . Bayan ya dawo sai aka nada shi Adjutant Janar a takaice a Hedikwatar Soja a watan Mayu na shekarar 1965 don maye gurbin Laftanar Kanal. Yakubu Gowon, wanda ke ci gaba da karatu a wajen kasar. Amma, daga baya ya mika mukamin ga Laftanar Kanar. James Pam kuma an sake tura shi zuwa tsohuwar bataliyar (1st Bn) a Enugu a matsayin Kwamandan Kamfanin.
Yakin basasar Najeriya[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Bayan haka Adekunle ya zama kwamandan rundunar ta Legas a matsayin Laftanar Kanar. Lokacin da yakin basasar Najeriya ya ɓarke a watan Yulin shekara ta 1967, aka ɗora wa Adekunle jagorancin abubuwa waɗanda suka haɗa da sabbin bataliyoyi biyu (na 7 da na 8) - don gudanar da mummunan harin da aka kai wa Bonny a Tashin Benin a ranar 26 ga watan Yuli na shekarar 1968 (wanda Manjo ya yi kungiyar Ishaku Adaka Boro ). Wannan ya faru ne bayan gwamnatin tarayya ta sami karfin gwiwa ga mafi yawan kabilun kudu maso yamma sakamakon kai tsaye na tura Biafra zuwa yankin tsakiyar yamma da bincike zuwa yankin Yamma. An kara wa Adekunle girma zuwa Kanar bayan saukar sa Bonny.
Runduna ta 6 (a karkashin Manjo Jalo) da ta 8 (a karkashin Manjo Ochefu) na rundunar ta Legas Garrison daga baya sun shiga cikin aiyukan 'yantar da Midwest bayan mamayar Biafra a watan Agusta na shekarar 1967. Na bakwai (a karkashin Manjo Abubakar) ya tsaya a baya don ya riƙe Bonny. Saboda Bangaren Manjo Jalo ya tallafawa Lt. Col. Murtala Mohammed na Runduna ta 2, Adekunle an bar shi da Bataliya ta 8 kawai a Escravos . Don haka, sai ya yi zanga-zanga ga Hedikwatar Soja kuma ya sa aka daukaka darajar rundunar ta Legas zuwa matsayin Brigade ta hanyar kirkirar Bataliya na 31 Dana 32 (karkashin Majors Aliyu da Hamman, bi da bi). Wannan tsari, hade da wasu gungun masu gadin Legas a gabar gabashin teku, a hukumance an ayyana shi zuwa Runduna ta 3 . [1] Koyaya, Kanal Adekunle baiyi tunanin sunan "Rundunan, Runduna 3" ya kasance mai isassu ba haka kuma ba ya nuna yanayin keɓaɓɓiyar filin da yakamata mutanensa suyi yaƙi. Sabi da haka, ba tare da izini daga HQ na Soja ba, ya sake masa suna "3 Marine Commando (3MCDO)[2]" "Black Scorpion" kamar yadda ya zama sananne, ya kasance cikin sauƙin fitina, wanda aka yi bikinsa da shi kuma adadi mai ban mamaki a yakin yaqin da ya kafa tubalin rikicin zamani na Nijeriya; kuma ya jefa tsintsiya cikin kayan ƙasa. Benjamin "Yaran Adekunle a Midwest sun kame Escravos, Burutu, Urhonigbe, Owa da Aladima. Sun kame Bomadi da Patani, Youngtown, Koko, Sapele, Ajagbodudu, Warri, Ughelli, Orerokpe, Umutu da Itagba ". [3]
Matsayi bayan yakin basasa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Benjamin Adekunle ya samu daukaka zuwa Birgediya a shekarar 1972. Bayan yakin an sanya Adekunle a matsayin mai kula da rage tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas wacce ke fama da matsalar tsaftace kayan shigo da kaya daga kasashen waje. Ya rike wannan mukamin har sai da aka tilasta masa ya yi ritaya dole a ranar 20 ga watan Agusta, shekarar 1974.
Ya danganta matsalolinsa a lokacin yakin da kuma bayan yakin ga abokan hamayyarsa a aikin soja. A cikin hirarraki daban-daban, ya ce a koyaushe akwai jita-jitar juyin mulki da ke da nasaba da shi har sai rundunar sojojin ta ji damuwar yin wani abu a kai. Yana da mabiya da yawa a cikin sojoji da kuma jama'a gabaɗaya kuma shi ne kwamandan sojoji mafi mashahuri a lokacin yaƙi, baya ga Obasanjo, wanda ya gaje shi kuma ya kawo ƙarshen yaƙin tare da wannan 3MC.
Adekunle ya jagoranci Runduna ta uku ta rundunar sojan ruwa tare da irin wannan tsananin tsoro da azama har kafafen yada labarai na kasashen waje, yayin neman hangen nesan mutane game da yakin Biafra, suka same shi a matsayin tushen tushen labarai.
Ya mutu a ranar 13 ga watan Satumba shekara ta 2014 kuma an binne shi a cikin Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ Obasanjo, 'My Command,' Heinemann, Ibadan/London/Nairobi, 1980, p.45-6
- ↑ Makinde, Adeyinka. "Colonel Benjamin Adekunle Tours the Liberated Village of Ediba, Nigerian Civil War, April 1968". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ↑ http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui32.htm
- Adekunle, Abiodun (2003). The Nigeria-Biafra Letters: A Soldier's Story. Africa Phoenix Group. ISBN 0-9740761-0-4.
Hanyoyin haɗin waje[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Yaƙin Fatakwal: Col. Adekunle's 3 Marine Commando Div. Musun Biafra Samun Ruwa Cikin Ruwa, Mayu 1968
Sojojin Tarayya Sun Kai Hari Arochukwu, Col. Adekunle's 3 Marine Commando, yakin basasar Najeriya, Yuli 1968