Balkan:

Young man I have told you. You have been letting house in Lagos and give instuction to your agents to take only Yorobbers, we know all this but how many of your pple can afford it? Go and check the statistics of houses in Lagos and their owners. You will be shocked.

Go to Abuja and check the landlords of various ptties and including plazas and Hotels. Just with £20.

You can't stop the moving train. Check how many Yorubas that are tenants to Ibos in your land, you will cry and hide in shame.

How many Yorobbers can afford to by land in Lagos if not for govt. Alocations?

Your tribalism is only setting you back, its old fashioned.

Sincere 9gerian: If what Achebe wrote is the TRUTH, then why shouldn't he tell the TRUTH? Why do some persons want him to hide the TRUTH? That someone says it as it is does not mean the person is still ANGRY or BITTER. The TRUTH is the TRUTH and the TRUTH can never be late in coming. So SORRY if it offended some Yoruba persons or any other person but the TRUTH should not be withheld because it will offend some persons. Again the TRUTH may be RIGHT or WRONG depending on your side of the divide or your understanding of issues. To some persons it is right to use starvation as weapon of war but to others it is an ATROCIOUS act. In the opinion of Achebe and some other persons, it is WRONG but in the opinion of others, including the Late Chief Awo, it is RIGHT. Such is life. But bottomline is was starvation used as weapon of war during the Nigerian civil war? Yes! Was Late Awo the driver of such policy? Yes! Was late Awo interested in becoming president of Nigeria after decimating the 'enemy'? Yes! Was Achebe right in documenting these TRUTHS in his book for posterity sake? I think yes. FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL, not ALL weapons of war are acceptable or 'fair'. That is the reason you have the red cross and UN to deliver food to the civillian population even in the period of war. Also it is unacceptable to use certain cluster bombs during war or bomb certain targets during war. Again Igbos did not declare war on Nig rather it was Nigeria that attacked Igbo homeland after the east seceded due to massacre of Igbos in the north

Onlytruth:

Stop preaching to the choir. Tell your people not to provoke a very angry tribe. That's all.

beautiful Onyi:

Arrant nonsense!!! Awolowo was a selfish tribalist. Zik was a pure nationalist. Igbos are the most accomodating tribe in nigeria, open-minded, selfless

Sincere 9gerian: If what Achebe wrote is the TRUTH, then why shouldn't he tell the TRUTH? Why do some persons want him to hide the TRUTH? That someone says it as it is does not mean the person is still ANGRY or BITTER. The TRUTH is the TRUTH and the TRUTH can never be late in coming. So SORRY if it offended some Yoruba persons or any other person but the TRUTH should not be withheld because it will offend some persons. Again the TRUTH may be RIGHT or WRONG depending on your side of the divide or your understanding of issues. To some persons it is right to use starvation as weapon of war but to others it is an ATROCIOUS act. In the opinion of Achebe and some other persons, it is WRONG but in the opinion of others, including the Late Chief Awo, it is RIGHT. Such is life. But bottomline is was starvation used as weapon of war during the Nigerian civil war? Yes! Was Late Awo the driver of such policy? Yes! Was late Awo interested in becoming president of Nigeria after decimating the 'enemy'? Yes! Was Achebe right in documenting these TRUTHS in his book for posterity sake? I think yes. FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL, not ALL weapons of war are acceptable or 'fair'. That is the reason you have the red cross and UN to deliver food to the civillian population even in the period of war. Also it is unacceptable to use certain cluster bombs during war or bomb certain targets during war. Again Igbos did not declare war on Nig rather it was Nigeria that attacked Igbo homeland after the east seceded due to massacre of Igbos in the north

obynzo: One thing i know is that most of the actors in the biafran war will never want to admit the atrocities committed during the war all because of guilt,hence the reason most Yoruba Elders are quick to defending Awolowo,forgetting that if you do a research on the war on the internet you would read a statement attributed to Awolowo defending the blockade of biafra and i quote: In war everything is fair,why should we feed our enemies fat so that they can attack us. He made this statement alongside Late Chief Anthony Enahoro in 1968 when addressing British journalists when pictures of starving Biafran Children were shown to the world.
Look at the timing of the indigienisation policy at a time that most Igbo were without money so that they cannot participate and as such there was no level playing field for all to participate in that exercise making sure that only his people can buy into all the companies. If he was truly a nationalist as the Yoruba Elders are saying why didnt he wait or place a hold on it so that all and sundry can participate in that exercise.Make no mistake i admire Awolowo because of his vision for his people, but truth must be told Awo wanted to become President and he felt Gowon would help facilitate this. Awo also commented that anytime he goes to the east that he is being welcomed by the Igbo, I am kind of confused because i remember he was stoned in Aba in 1979 when he came to campaign by youth who never forgave him for advocating and propagating this policy,hence in 1983 he never came to the east to campaign because of that. It was his deputy that was doing that for him.
Look if we really want to preserve this country and make this country successful we must admit wrong doing.The Germans did it after World War 2 and the South Africans did it Post apartheid and we can see how successful they are, am not saying that we Igbos are perfect far from it we have our flaws and we have them well, but wrongdoings must be admitted if we are to grow and move on.That inability to admit wrongdoing is why the fear of the Igbo is still existing and it is manifesting in why the Igbo cannot aspire for President.
I recall another comment that most of the properties of the Igbo are in Lagos.Yes very true but do they recall that the retail segment of the economy is largely controlled by Igbo and if you trace your history during the abiola crisis when we had to move back to the east please tell me what happened. Things were scarce and it took an appeal by Col Olagunsoye Oyinlola for them to comeback because things were scarce and expensive. A clear testimony is in the north cement prices are skyrocketing in the north because the Igbo dealers are relocating, also Lagos revenue is sourced largely from Igbo traders and Land Owners, so it is a symbiosis and it is not like the elders are doing a favour, because if the niger is fully dredged and cargo carrying barges can move upriver i tell you most people would relocate.
In my friend's office his boss a Yoruba made a comment that though Awo did well for the Yoruba, he feels he is being overhyped i asked why? and he said if Awo had decided to follow Ojukwu in his demand for a sovereign conference to review the constitution and ask for a confederation system,this country would not be the way it is now.

emmatok:

Just like that cripple call Achebe, you are all delusional.

Prof Corruption:

Eeyah! You are not bright. Stop patronising me, who the heck gives a fck about redemption? The same man kicked your a$$ during the war. Deal with it.
Your Oxford trained clueless leader endorsed him for presidency, deal with it. If IBB was silly then Ojukwu had to more silly than silliness.

By the way, your misguided sons taught the likes of IBB how to seize power in a violent brutal way. we talk of another legacy of Igbo.

sheyguy: Well i hear say some people no fit shout cos them know the truth . . . Biafra declared itself outa Naija and was partially shut out, any problem with that? Enh WeedzTribe people?

Prof Corruption:

Classic my a$$? I ignore an obvious fool and move ahead.

samkoro:

Is an old news,it hasn't stopped anything.The wise yoruba landlords still rent to igbos cos they pay rents.The yoruba tenant will pay rent this year and beg you th rest of the years.

Balkan:

Young man I have told you. You have been letting house in Lagos and give instuction to your agents to take only Yorobbers, we know all this but how many of your pple can afford it? Go and check the statistics of houses in Lagos and their owners. You will be shocked.

Go to Abuja and check the landlords of various ptties and including plazas and Hotels. Just with £20.

You can't stop the moving train. Check how many Yorubas that are tenants to Ibos in your land, you will cry and hide in shame.

How many Yorobbers can afford to by land in Lagos if not for govt. Alocations?

Your tribalism is only setting you back, its old fashioned.

Prof Corruption:

Ojukwu fled to Ivory coast. We don't run. We send our general to take the surrendering spoils of war!

When you type your usual nonsense and I don't response, it's because you don't worth the effort.
I ignore an obvious fool and move ahead.

cjrane: Awo was described as a "Hawk" in Gowon's government by many accounts of the civil war.
(http://www.africamasterweb.com/CounterCoup.html )

He advocated a complete annihilation of Biafra,whereas the Head of State Gowon,actually wanted a situation where he would take measured actions against Biafra to make reconciliation and peaceful co-existence of all the major tribes would be possible after the conflict.Put differently, Gowon wanted to give Biafra a soft landing that would enable it surrender without being humiliated, while Awolowo out of some unexplained hatred pushed for a total military escalation of the conflict in order to bring Biafra to its knees no matter the cost in human lives.
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/6779049/Frederick-Forsyth-Biafra-Story )

Unfortunately, the voice of people like Awolowo prevailed and became official policy of total war of annihilation against Biafra.This hardened Biafra's resolve to fight to the finish and unfortunately led to colossal loss of lives on both sides.As Gen. Gowon had predicted, that policy of all out war had continued to haunt Nigeria and make reconciliation almost impossible from all the hatred bred by the wicked things that had happened from Awolowo's all out war stance that has ruined our country.

lowgeorge: igbos are the most parasitic pple on earth. they steal, plunder, maim and encroaches on peoples property. Very Senile minded, Quick to mischievousness, fast in perpetrating crime. undaunted in carrying harddrugs regardless of the implications. Rugged and stupid living. Double sided mouth. If i have my way. i would chase you guys away from south west. Parasitic Conjugation called nationhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lowgeorge: igbos are the most parasitic pple on earth. they steal, plunder, maim and encroaches on peoples property. Very Senile minded, Quick to mischievousness, fast in perpetrating crime. undaunted in carrying harddrugs regardless of the implications. Rugged and stupid living. Double sided mouth. If i have my way. i would chase you guys away from south west. Parasitic Conjugation called nationhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chuksgeo: The yo-rubbers are the most cowarded tribe in this entity called nigeria, well that is a topic for another day. obafemi awo or awolowo is a nazist following his infamous 'STARVATION POLICY', and how can a tribe that have never fought a war tell war stories more than others who have? This is to show that the yo-rubbers are cowardly parrots just like the saying 'after the mens wrestling women discuss the match' this is just what the yorubas are doing, ' it is also said that if you are not when the dead is buried and you are asked to dig the corpse you will definitely start from the leg' this is typical of this ofe mmanued yo-rubbers, COWARDS! IGBO KWENU!

bashr8: stop twisting history , that yorubas have accepted their fate to be slaves to hausa fulanis does not mean igbos will.

[size=20pt]watch the whole incedent before and after the war including why army officer executed the coup because nigeria was in deep chaos coupled with yorubas klling themselves(over 2thousand yorubas killed by yorubas) and end your ignorance.[/size]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aFc4VrV-94&feature=player_embedded

Noiseless2: Thanks for the very educative link bro.

Chuksgeo: The yo-rubbers are the most cowarded tribe in this entity called nigeria, well that is a topic for another day. obafemi awo or awolowo is a nazist following his infamous 'STARVATION POLICY', and how can a tribe that have never fought a war tell war stories more than others who have? This is to show that the yo-rubbers are cowardly parrots just like the saying 'after the mens wrestling women discuss the match' this is just what the yorubas are doing, ' it is also said that if you are not when the dead is buried and you are asked to dig the corpse you will definitely start from the leg' this is typical of this ofe mmanued yo-rubbers, COWARDS! IGBO KWENU!