Sincere 9gerian: Former Minister of Information, Dr Walter Ofonagoro,
On the Major Chukwuma Nzogwu Coup of January 15,1966, he said that the purpose of the coup was to revolutionise Nigeria.
He said that calling the coup an Igbo coup was wrong since Igbos were controlling over 75 percent of the government in the First Republic.
According to him, the purpose of the coup was to bring dynamism into the government of Nigeria in line with Ghana and other African nations that were already attracting international respect.
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/how-gowon-blocked-arms-food-from-entering-biafra-ofonagoro/

Red-Light:
7 users 22 guest viewing this topic.... hmm that shows that people are no longer interested in this same old stale biafra vs the world, bakassi vs nigeria news anymore ...its boring now

goldfish80: Even if Gowon ceeded Bakasi to The Camerouns, the present man occupying aso rock (retarded as n/landers call him) should have appealed †ђξ case @ †ђξ IOC

Απϑ I still maintain,Gowon should β℮ dragged to the Hague. My 2cents

solomon111: sorry!
It would have actually been a stupid move,had GEJ appealed to the ICJ.

kokosheen:

So in order to revolutionize, leaders of other regions except SE were killed and at the same time Igbos were controlling 75% of the govt

Please, who is fooling who?

How can you control something and when you decide to revolutionize it, people that don't control (according to you) are killed and your people immune??

But during the war, the Nigerian soldiers discovered that Biafran soldiers were their match so they opted for economic blockade of the region. It was in the process that Gowon went into negotiation with the president of Cameroon and ceded the oil rich region to them so that the blockade would be effective. We all know what happened, though some people are now feigning ignorance.”

Ejiné:

No boss, it simply shows Nairaland has low traffic on Sundays.

icon aus: The thread is slow because it is the naked truth nigeria is shying away fron . Where re the SW NL bogots ? we need ur comments here. Nigeria today is the aftermath of civil war . Nig is yet to escape from the effects of civil war .Nig past bad leaders are civil war major stake holders.

Buc: The reason the SW would never support the secession of the SE is because it terrifies them to remain with the Fulanis and I don't blame them,even the thought of it makes me feel pity for them. And history thought us the Fulanis had a hand in the collapse of their greatest kingdom and empire(Oyo empire) and probably would ve conquered them outright if not for the coming of the Europeans.

Buc: When the Peoples Republic of Biafra actualises, Cameroon will ve to give up Bakassi or face the wrath of Biafra.

Buc: The reason the SW would never support the secession of the SE is because it terrifies them to remain with the Fulanis and I don't blame them,even the thought of it makes me feel pity for them. And history thought us the Fulanis had a hand in the collapse of their greatest kingdom and empire(Oyo empire) and probably would ve conquered them outright if not for the coming of the Europeans.

Buc: The reason the SW would never support the secession of the SE is because it terrifies them to remain with the Fulanis and I don't blame them,even the thought of it makes me feel pity for them. And history thought us the Fulanis had a hand in the collapse of their greatest kingdom and empire(Oyo empire) and probably would ve conquered them outright if not for the coming of the Europeans.

Sweetnecta: i often dont comment on politics and specifically in matters of tribes.
however, i will make an exception here because i am both yoruba and muslim.

i am old enough to remember years before the coup of January 15, 1966. the military men and if any woman were not seen, but maybe heard about if you are from families of influence or living near their barracks.

the yorubas, as much as i and others in my family starting from my father [ra] did not camp with Awolowo but Akintola when it comes to politics, yoruba, indeed the old western region which at that time included the old midwest had progress. progress based on their singular identity of one people within Nigeria. progress in free primary education. progress in economics based on Cocoa and others. to me, Yoruba could do better now without the oil and the saying that before the discovery of maize, the birds were eating something applies, always.

if the yorubas were not within the 75% in authority in Nigeria, but the igbos actually had the 75% choke hold on the population that is more than 60% only to control 25% of authority, why then the coup and why are you young igbo who got your stories from your fathers or grand fathers or even great grand fathers angry at the yorubas? people write history to fit their interest. the honest eyewitnesses are the one who could relate the story plainly.

my family as a who has not taken a single penny, even kobo from an igbo. we gave our sisters to them without asking for bride price since no female of ours is for sale. when we marry igbo women we make sure we act as husbands, responsible for all her needs, including what her people need.


if you have issue with awolowo, leave us the yorubas out of your grievances. I even wish to sue the Awolowo holdings and it is my older brothers who have been against this intention of mine. Akintola the last premier of the west didnt like him. so it is not like Awolowo is loved by every yoruba. same must apply to igbos when it comes to Azikwe and or Ojukwu, if we are sincere to ourselves.


As to islam. the north is not the owner of my religion and my great grand father practiced this very religion which must have been in my family for more than two hundred years now.


Today, the role of the yorubas is limited in the government. and when it comes to oil, all the so called engineers from all the nnpc documents that i have seen have been people outside the yoruba tribe. we may not need the oil because we may have ours soon. after all it is the land that contains the oil that continues to the west. if the east is blessed, since there is no biblical manifesto cursing the west, so can the yorubas.


I think the yorubas can do better without anything from anyone.

Sincere 9gerian: Former Minister of Information, Dr Walter Ofonagoro, has said that the former Head of State, Gen.Yakubu Gowon, ceded Bakassi Peninsula, which truly belonged to the present day cross River State of Nigeria, during the civil war, so as to block arms and food from entering Biafra.
Making this revelation in a key note address delivered at the Igbo Day Celebration which held in Lagos on Saturday, he said, “General Yakubu Gowon ceded the oil-rich region to Cameroon to stop food from coming into the defunct Republic of Biafra.”
The former minister said when Nigeria Army discovered that it would notbe possible to defeat Biafran soldiers with arms, they opted for economic blockade of the old Eastern Nigeria.
He said when they discovered that food and arms were still coming into Biafra through Bakassi, Gowon decided to cede the region to Cameroon so that the blockade would be effective.
His words: “I want to say that Bakassi Peninsula belonged to the people of the old eastern region. But during the war, the Nigerian soldiers discovered that Biafran soldiers were their match so they opted for economic blockade of the region. It was in the processthat Gowon went into negotiation with the president of Cameroon and ceded the oil rich region to them so that the blockade would be effective. We all know what happened, though some people are now feigning ignorance.”
On the Major Chukwuma Nzogwu Coup of January 15,1966, he said that the purpose of the coup was to revolutionise Nigeria.
He said that calling the coupan Igbo coup was wrong since Igbos were controlling over 75 percent of the government in the First Republic.
According to him, the purpose of the coup was to bring dynamism into the government of Nigeria in line with Ghana and other African nations that were already attracting international respect.
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/how-gowon-blocked-arms-food-from-entering-biafra-ofonagoro/