T9ksy:


Ojukwu didn't exactly trust Banjo rather like you opined, he was using Banjo as his "Trojan horse" into

yorubaland. Remember the mid-west invasion and how ojukwu unbeknown to banjo had instructed a unit led by Lt. Col. Ochei (a

Midwest Ibo officer), to specifically attack the Government house in Benin, ostensibly to capture the governor, Lt. Col. Ejoor

dead or alive.

cogitoErgo:
Thank you fo ur civilzed respnse, I will ignore dat stwupid one quoting me out of contxt!
But I thnk Ojukwu was still wrong in using Banjo! Could I, as a Yorubaman, use an Igboman to destroy Onitsha? or use an Hausaman to destroy Sokoto?

T9ksy:


Ojukwu was trying to be smart and cunning by halves. Infact, i believe ojukwu was expecting Awo to declare a civil uprising when he gets back to his base. Remember, he asked Ojukwu to give him 2weeks before declaring seccession which ojukwu of course, renaged on. He miscalculated that with this uprising the northern troops would have made mincemeat of the yoruba population who would then be just happy to welcome Banjo ahead of BLF, with open arms. Ojukwu's letter to Banjo was quite presumptuous and leaves nothing to the imaginations as to what to expect when the "liberators" finally reach lagos, as they did in the mid-west region.

This is one of the grouse the ibos have with Awo and the yorubas, i.e not falling for ojukwu's childish prank which they thought was a masterstroke. As if there's any yoruba boy over the age of 12 who does not know of the story of Afonja and mallam alimi. Lightening, they say, does not strike in the same spot, twice.

SmartTalk: Now, before you start reacting to the topic without understanding my reason for this post, a few caveats:
1. War is unnecessary. The Nigerian Civil war would have been avoided if Nigeria stuck to the terms agreed on in the Aburi Accord.
2. Biafra would rise again, but I do not think war with Nigeria would recur. Nigeria is doing a good job of destroying herself, so Biafrans only need to opt out when the madness reaches a head. .

Alfamann: Another strategy Biafra should have adopted is that of wickedness. The mistake Biafrans made was trying to treat Nigerians as they would like Nigeria to treat them. That was wrong. There is no such thing as a kind war.

kingoflag:


1. Yes, the accord should have been adhered to and Ojukwu should have been pseudo-emperor of the Eastern Region with no one to call him to order whenever he decided to go nuts. Or dont you know that one of the main contentious issue that led to the civil war was Ojukwu demanding that the Head of State not have the power to remove him as Governor for any reason? Does that make sense to you? 2 Presidents in one country? Ojukwu got at least 8/10 of whatever requests he made to Nigeria, issues like the one I enumerated above are what drove him to war.

2. Yes, Biafra will "rise". Nigeria will fall and that will be "partly" because 5th columnists like the Eastern Region played their part perfectly to undermine the Union. I do not say this to absolve any other ethnic group, and I understand that the igbos want out of Nigeria so they'll do anything to weaken it like: not standing up to be counted when everyone else is railing against the removal of subsidy or that Nigeria deserves better than GEJ. What the Eastern Region does not understand is that---like your comment about 'Biafra opting out when the madness reaches its head'--- it will be heading into an unsolvable quagmire. I'd like to see how it would subjugate the minorities in the Eastern Region and bring them under the control of Biafra with Igbos at the head now that the Ijaws tasted what power and money feels like. Remember, Igboland is landlocked.

Alfamann:

Even goats sometimes find the need to bleat.