STORY OF CAPTAIN TAMUNO EBIYE (YOU WIN, NOT DIE)

"The Uniform Was Her Coffin" (In Memory of Captain Tamuno Ebiye — From the Creeks to the Battlefield) Captain Tamuno Ebiye was born in the mangrove-lined town of Okrika, Rivers State. A quiet river girl. The daughter of a fisherman and a local teacher. She had dreams — big ones — but war had bigger plans for her. She was supposed to be a marine biologist. She loved sea turtles and red oil crabs. But life doesn’t always ask you what you want. The Niger Delta crisis took her cousin in 2009. He wasn’t a militant. He was just walking home. Stray bullet. Wrong place, wrong skin. Tamuno was 13. That day, she saw her uncle cry like a child. That day, she stopped smiling. At 24, she joined the Nigerian Army through the Short Service Combatant Commission (SSC). Her mother nearly fainted. “Tamuno, why? You wan go die?” But Tamuno replied, “If we keep running, who will stand?” She Fought With Her Mind... Tamuno was no ordinary officer. She wasn’t just brave — she was smart. Her strate...