emmatok:

So the Igbos controled 75% of the government and thesame Igbos carried out the coup.
Why the Igbo coup plotters decide to kill the tribes representing 25% of the government.
They destroyed this country.

Ngodigha:
Unegbe---Igbo killed.
Akintola---yoruba killed.
O-Eboh--minority killed
A.Bello---Hausa-fulani killed.

Baba Oyee!:

Truly the invasion of the Fulanis led to the fall of Old OYO EMPIRE and the enthronement of emireship at Ilorin till date but the fear of Yorubas that time was not based on that. It was based on the fact that Chief Awolowo wnted Nigeria to remain one entity and he expected that one day he will rule Nigeria as a President though it never came to pass.
Chief Awolowo was a fearless courageous and bold leader. He may have his own fault here and there as a mortal being but he could face any section of the country. He was never afraid of the North.
He told Gen Giowon point blank, if East was allowed to go, the West will go too.
This was never a statement of fear.
All said and done,I think Gowon, Ojukwu,Awolowo and others acted according to the infomation and circumstances prevalent as at that time. The still remaon heroes. We can take up Nigeria from where they left it and forget the past. If Nigeria can unity,we can be great. We need to be patriotic.

Ngodigha:
Unegbe---Igbo killed.
Akintola---yoruba killed.
O-Eboh--minority killed
A.Bello---Hausa-fulani killed.

Cunninlingus: An Awo policy that led to a Pyrrhic victory and the establishment of a Caliphate(northern Islamic oligarchy) and an incompetent corrupt civil service populated by the SW.

The shackles of such tribal and religious guided governance began to break when Obasanjo made tribalism and religious affiliation take a back seat in his appointments of key officials and Ministers. Then came Yaradua , who took us back to the 70's with a hausa/fulani dominated cabinet.

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.

illicit: If ibos are 75percent into d same administration dat needs revolution, so who is foolin who? Why kill other tribes den?

Jaidey-one:
You're a fool. The fulanis were defeated. The only advantage they had was their calvary which were not effective in the Hills around Oyo town and Ibadan. Their victory stopped at Ilorin. Next time if u don't know something then don't say anything about it

Sealeddeal: ...when Igbo control 75percent of a government and still struck that same government,it means that they loved the nation more than the jobs they occupy.what you should know is that;the remaining 25percent comprise the main decision makers and as such,any coup must affect them.i mean,the leaders of the government.if they had failed to kill or capture Tafawa Balewa,how can the coup suceed? If they had failed to kill/capture Ahmadu bello,how can the coup survive? If the coup has left out Samuel Ladoke Akintola,how can the coup plotters explain their reasons for the coup? One thing Nigeria should know is that,the coup of 1966 was nationalist coup and was celebrated in north more than in east.the people that were made to kill or capture include the igbos like Lt.col Emeka Ojukwu(the same person that foiled the coup-an igbo),Maj.Gen Aguiyi Ironsi(an Igbo man,who escaped and organised soldiers that obstructed the coup too).those people that were killed in the coup are the main people.its just like someone from Middle belt to stage a coup and kill GEJ and David mark.killing David mark is not pertinent.the people that should be killed are the people who are the reason behind the coup and the people who are necessary to be killed to achieve the coup.

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/

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??

Tolexander: tafawa balewa(prime minister)--hausa/fulani killed Ahmadu Bello(premier, northern region) -- hausa/fulani killed ladoke akintola(premier, western region)--yoruba killed. Osadebey(premier, midwestern region)-- not sure of ethnic group, not killed micheal opara(premier, eastern region)-- igbo, not killed. Nnamdi azikwe(president)-- igbo, not killed. Ahn ahn! Why do you people always think you are wiser?

Ngodigha:
Osadebe is Igbo but was just newly in office. Hence committed no crime. Balewa not killed died as a result of ill health under captivity.
Okpara, was having a conference of commonwealth of nations.
Azikiwe, was only ceremonial president and wielded no power.

Ngodigha:
Osadebe is Igbo but was just newly in office. Hence committed no crime. Balewa not killed died as a result of ill health under captivity. Boy! Go and study ur history very well before demonstrating argumentum ad ignorantium here. Tafawa balewa was shot dead by ifeajuna after they realized the coup would fail and his body found on the sixth day by the roadside in lagos. Michael okpara never travelled to anywhere. He was first arrested by the coupist and later released
Okpara, was having a conference of commonwealth of nations.
Azikiwe, was only ceremonial president and wielded no power.

Buc: experience sure is a plus.
I've always felt Tinubu would be seen as Awo tomorrow. And U re right Sir, Zik was no hero of mine and Ojukwu was no hero to me also. If Biafra had worked back then, he would ve been synonymous with Gadaffi today I believe. Cause reports of his administration of Biafra, while it lasted was dictatorial. But, I may be wrong, may be prevailing conditions made him so.

Buc: experience sure is a plus.
I've always felt Tinubu would be seen as Awo tomorrow. And U re right Sir, Zik was no hero of mine and Ojukwu was no hero to me also. If Biafra had worked back then, he would ve been synonymous with Gadaffi today I believe. Cause reports of his administration of Biafra, while it lasted was dictatorial. But, I may be wrong, may be prevailing conditions made him so.

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

Sealeddeal: ...when Igbo control 75percent of a government and still struck that same government,it means that they loved the nation more than the jobs they occupy.what you should know is that;the remaining 25percent comprise the main decision makers and as such,any coup must affect them.i mean,the leaders of the government.if they had failed to kill or capture Tafawa Balewa,how can the coup suceed? If they had failed to kill/capture Ahmadu bello,how can the coup survive? If the coup has left out Samuel Ladoke Akintola,how can the coup plotters explain their reasons for the coup? One thing Nigeria should know is that,the coup of 1966 was nationalist coup and was celebrated in north more than in east.the people that were made to kill or capture include the igbos like Lt.col Emeka Ojukwu(the same person that foiled the coup-an igbo),Maj.Gen Aguiyi Ironsi(an Igbo man,who escaped and organised soldiers that obstructed the coup too).those people that were killed in the coup are the main people.its just like someone from Middle belt to stage a coup and kill GEJ and David mark.killing David mark is not pertinent.the people that should be killed are the people who are the reason behind the coup and the people who are necessary to be killed to achieve the coup.

Tolexander: did u just type with ur toe? Just imagin what you have just said if it has any meaning to yourself. Why didnt they kill azikwe, ironsi, osadebey and okpara to justify their nontribal coup as claimed?

COOLDUN:

Who is the main person you kill to succeed in a coup? Zik then was a ceremonial president who had no constitutional power, Major Gideon Gwazar Orkah didn’t succeed in his 22nd April 1990 coup because IBB escaped, from then he was able to communicate with his chief of Defense staff, Gen Sani Abacha before the coup was foiled, had it been his men succeeded in killing IBB, Abacha wouldn’t have gotten a command to act as also Admiral Augustus Aikhomu who was the second in command,to IBB, wouldn’t have done anything, because his commander in chief was no more. The people that were not killed would have faced the wrath of the coup plotters if they succeeded. JJ Rawlings of Ghana killed both the serving head of state and 3 other ex heads of states in Ghana including many others, after he succeeded in his second attempted coup in 1981, had it been he didn’t succeed but killed some, it would have be turned against him and his Volta region people of Ghana.

Military is an institution that works as a family, irrespective of your tribe, religion, and faith. But in Nigeria tribalism dominates everything. Killing of the Igbo people started since 1945 even before the 1966 military coup; it was increased in the 1966 till today.These killings are not as a result of the military coup, but as a result of cultural, religious and tribal differences.That was why the crime committed by the military was avenged on the innocent civilians.

I am not supporting any killing of any sort. We are not one, and should stop wasting our time in pretending to be one. Every mistake in Nigeria is blamed on a particular tribe. Almost all the country tribes voted for GEJ, in the recent election, but today one tribe is blamed for the shortcomings of the GEJ weak government. Forgetting that, it was OBJ and his click of incompetent and myopic crooks, that placed GEJ, to cover up their criminal activities in the country.

There is no point arguing about the 1966 coup, because if they succeeded and transformed this country into a very good country in the world today, I don’t think that other tribes in Nigeria would have given the credits to the accused tribe. Quote. Success has no excuses, only failure that have. Let us peacefully separate and go on our different ways. Than always repeating our wrongs, as a broken record.

odum desmond: Its an error of fundaamenal nature, borne out of misconception and all forms of perorations and platitudinal outbursts bypeople who know more of sentiments that real facts and law that led to the Bakassi cession. Yes, politically, Gowon signed various agreements with Cameroon prior to and after the war, but did any of them cause the cession of Bakassi to Camerroon? Hell no!!! I was opportuned to do a 140 page research on the Bakassi imbroglio and came to the inexorable conclusion that Bakassi Peninsula was never a Nigerian territory. It is a complex web of rules of international law and colonial alienation following the Berlin conference of 1884-5 where African territory was divided between colonial powers, Germany got Cameroon while Britain got Nigeria. But around 1913, in a bid to define the boundaries of both nation,Germany and Britain decided that the boundary should follow a particular thalweg and measured using some cordinates which effectively put Bakassi into Cameroon. In fact a clause in the Anglo German treaty said that despite the vagaries of River Akpayafe/ Akwayafe water, "......it is hereby agreed that the territory now known as Bakassi peninsula shall be a German territory". Was Gowon born by then. He just politically signed/ executed an agreement that was made even before he was born which effect led to Biafran surrender!!!