Kwanton Bauna Abagana

Kwanton Bauna Abagana
	6°11′N 6°59′E / 6.18°N 6.98°E
Iri	faɗa ; rikici
Bangare na	Yaƙin basasan Najeriya
Kwanan watan	31 ga Maris, 1968
Wuri	Abagana (en) , Jahar Anambra
Ƙasa	Najeriya

Kwanton Baunar Abagana (31 ga Maris, din shekarar 1968) ya kasance kwanton bauna ne daga sojojin kungiyar masu rajin kafa Biafra karkashin jagorancin Manjo Jonathan Uchendu inda suka rusa runduna ta 2 ta Najeriya. Daga cikin sojojin Najeriya 6,000 da suka yi wa kwanton bauna, kadan ne kawai suka tsira, ciki har da kwamandan runduna ta biyu, Janar Murtala Muhammed .

Bayan Fage

A ranar 4 ga Oktoban shekarar 1967, runduna ta 2 ta Najeriya ta fara ruwan bama-bamai kan Onitsha kuma ta ci gaba da kai mata hari har tsawon kwanaki takwas, kafin jirgin ruwan armada 10 ya tsallaka Kogin Neja zuwa cikin gari. 'Yan Najeriya da ke mamaya ba su bi sojojin Biafran da suka dawo ba sai suka gwammace wawashewa da kona kasuwar Onitsha a kasa. Bataliyar Biyafara ta 11 da ta 18 karkashin Manjo Joseph Achuzie da Col. Assam Nsudoh kafa pincer da farmaki Onitsha daga biyu kwatance, kamawa da kuma kashe mafi sojojin Najeriya da.

A watan Disamban shekarata 1967 runduna ta 2 ta Najeriya da bataliya ta 6 suka tsallaka Kogin Neja a Idah suka fara hanyarsu zuwa Onitsha, a ƙarshe suka kame garin bayan ƙoƙari da yawa. Sojojin Najeriya yanzu haka sun yi niyyar hada Runduna ta daya a Enugu da ta 2 a Onitsha. A karshen wannan ne runduna ta 2 ta Nijeriya ta tashi zuwa Enugu, a cikin wata ayarin motoci masu dauke da motoci masu sulke, a ranar 31 ga Maris 1968.

Kwanton Bauna

A 31 Maris din shekarar 1968, a jerin gwanon kunshi 106 motocin na zuwa Nijeriya rumfuna ta 2 shari 6,000 sojoji, kazalika da makamai daga Onitsha zuwa Enugu aka kwanton bauna da decimated a garin Abagana da wani kananan naúrar na Biafran sojoji karkashin jagorancin Manjo Jonathan Uchendu .

'Yan Biafra sun harba rokoki na gida mai suna Ogbunigwe ne a cikin wata motar dakon mai dauke da fetur wanda ya haifar da wani mummunan fashewa da ya lalata da yawa daga motocin sulke na ayarin tare da kashe adadi mai yawa na sojojin Najeriya. Sojojin Biafra sun lalata ko kuma sun kama tan 350 na kayan aikin Sojojin Najeriya. Bayan harin na roka sai sojojin Biafran suka bude wuta kan ayarin tare da kananan bindigogi suka kashe karin sojojin Najeriya da yawa.

Bayan haka

Samun nasarar kwanton baunar da aka yi a Abagana ya baiwa sojojin Biafran da farar hula fata a yakin tare da dakatar da ci gaban Najeriya na wani lokaci zuwa yankin Biyafara. Janar Murtala Muhammed ya sami sauki daga umarnin sa kuma bai sake ba da umarnin ballewa ba.

A nasa kalaman, Uchendu ya ce ganin ayarin motocin ya kusan shanye sojojin nasa. Yaransa sun yi matukar damuwa don fara harbe-harbe, fiye da fargaba fiye da komai. Ya roke su da su kwantar da hankulansu har sai ya ba da umarnin. Ya bar yawancin ayarin sojojin Najeriya na 2 suka wuce. Yaransa sun yi mamakin dalilin da zai ba su izinin shiga yankin Biafra da aka kame. Sun kasance masu tsoro da shakku, duk da haka sun aminta da aikin soja kuma don haka suna jiran sanin dabarun sa. Ya ce sun gama cewa yakin ya kare, amma a matsayinsu na jarumawa sojoji, dole ne su yi fada har zuwa karshe!

Yayin da yake jagorantar sojan tare da harba roket kan abin da zai yi wa ayarin da ke shigowa da kuma lokacin da ya fi dacewa ya buge, sojan ba da daɗewa ba ya danna harbin, yana barin rokar. Yayi sa'a, ya buge tankar mai. Tankar ta fashe kuma ta jefa abubuwan da ke ciki a kan dako dauke da makamai kusa da wurin wanda ya cinna wuta komai, ya haifar da fashe-fashe da yawa.

A cikin firgici, sojojin da tuni suka tsallaka layin Biafra sun gudu zuwa wurare daban daban cikin rudani. Sojojin Biafra sun kai hari. Sun yi magana da sojoji na yau da kullun kuma sun shiga cikin harin. Lokacin da Uchendu ya samu labarin cewa Muritala Muhammed yana tare da ayarin kuma a wani wuri a Nawfia, sai ya tashi da sauri don kamo shi amma ya makara kasancewar ana ganin Muritala yana tashi da jirgi mai saukar ungulu.

Bayanan kula

^ Though John de St. Jorre mentions Colonel Joseph Achuzie as commander of the operation, Major-General Alexander Madiebo (General Officer Commanding the Biafran Army) credits Major Uchendu. Chinua Achebe and others also credit Uchendu. From all indications, Achuzie was the commanding officer of Uchendu`s division and strategically planned the operation, while Uchendu led the actual ambush.
^ International journalists present in Biafra at the time like Frederick Forsyth, Gilles Caron and other authors give the strength of the ambushed Nigerian troops as 6000 men supported by armor, of which almost all were lost. Chinua Achebe gives the much lower figure of about 500 Nigerian troops. All sources state that the convoy was about 100 vehicles long including troop transport, ammunition transport, tankers and armored cars.

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