slimghost:

Fine, he did his job, but he owes it to our unborn children. Why?

1. They would need to know why a war that was avoidable was fought
2. They would need to know why the aburi accord wasnt kept
3. They would need to know why and how Bakassi was signed off to Cameroon. and many other unanswered questions.

If he truly believe he did his job, let him write that memoir. cheers

Onlytruth:

You have a very dark soul, and I have decided to interact as little as possible with dark souls henceforth.

So, I would say this once to you and then leave you to continue on your usual path.

History states that Ojukwu never planned nor wanted war. He went to Aburi and painstakingly negotiated a peaceful settlement (an internationally supervised Accord) to end the Nigerian crisis.
Everybody, including Gowon, signed onto that Accord happily, raised glasses, hugged and all the rest, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria to trash the Accord. History also recorded that Gowon was the first to order a military action against Eastern Nigeria. All these are facts. Ojukwu never initiated any war; Gowon did.
History also shows that Ojukwu was given a burial which even Nigerian presidents never got. His fame is all over Africa and people like Jerry Rawlings graced his funeral. His coffin was carried by GENERALS in the Nigerian army. These are FACTS.

I am not a fan of Gowon, but this got me cracking, Ojukwu got a burial former presidents never got? Jerry Rawlings came to his burial? and thats all? Oga when former presidents die, a public holiday is declared and all flags fly at half mast. Did Ojukwu get all that? bros organising jamboree all over the place is not the kind of honour given to ex presidents.

Now, lets wait for your hero Gowon to die, and lets compare notes then.

Bye.

Onlytruth:

You have a very dark soul, and I have decided to interact as little as possible with dark souls henceforth.

So, I would say this once to you and then leave you to continue on your usual path.

History states that Ojukwu never planned nor wanted war. He went to Aburi and painstakingly negotiated a peaceful settlement (an internationally supervised Accord) to end the Nigerian crisis.
Everybody, including Gowon, signed onto that Accord happily, raised glasses, hugged and all the rest, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria to trash the Accord. History also recorded that Gowon was the first to order a military action against Eastern Nigeria. All these are facts. Ojukwu never initiated any war; Gowon did.
History also shows that Ojukwu was given a burial which even Nigerian presidents never got. His fame is all over Africa and people like Jerry Rawlings graced his funeral. His coffin was carried by GENERALS in the Nigerian army. These are FACTS.

am not a fan of Gowon, but this got me cracking, Ojukwu got a burial former presidents never got?

Now, lets wait for your hero Gowon to die, and lets compare notes then.

Bye.

ilugunboy:


When those information about the war get to the declassification point....they will be declassified.

Writing a memoir by someone of Gowon status at the moment may lead to unintentional declassification of official records of government...remember that Achebe wrote his own not in an official capacity as a officer in the army but a civilian.

Wait till those records are declassified...

slimghost:

Hope they get declassified before his death! we are waiting

Dede1:

If you still can not understand at this moment in time that Gowon is a usurper, then I am not surprised by your choice of phrases in a sentence.

ilugunboy:

So tell your folks to hang on for a while and stop getting hysterical ....

just pray the info are declassified before the man kick the bucket..

Dede1:

You must be worse than a learner. Who gave Gowon right to divide eastern region into three states?

Dede1:

If you still can not understand at this moment in time that Gowon is a usurper, then I am not surprised by your choice of phrases in a sentence.

debetmx:

By virtue of his position as Head of FMG. He also had the right to defend the rights of the ibibios,people from the present day Niger Delta from Ojukwu's personal ambition "Biafra".

modicum: Many people have urged Gen. Gowon to write his memoir.Mounting such pressure on him is an exercise in futility because there are five key issues, which he will never be able to explain convincingly to all Nigerians. So he prefers to avoid talking about them. The first is the Aburi Accord. How on earth can Gowon justify dumping an agreement he signed freely in a foreign country, surrounded by a crowd of advisers and technocrats?

The second is the pogrom of 1966/1967 in Kano and Kaduna? Till date, nobody was arrested. Nobody was prosecuted or convicted for murder, arson and looting. Lest we forget, it is this impunity over the years that has metamorphosed into an controllable monster called Boko Haram. Boko Haram is not imported. It is a phenomenon nurtured by the Northern elite to consolidate their hold on power at the centre. It may have developed some international “tentacles” but it was wholly home-grown. The Northern elite have lost control of what they created.

Third, how can Gowon justify the signing away of the Bakassi Peninsular without consulting the indigenes, all in a desperate move to win his war against Emeka Ojukwu? Gen. Gowon traded away a people, their land, the resources and the strategic position of the Bakassi Peninsular. Fourthly, what is Gowon’s explanation for the starving to death of two million children in Biafra? Was there no other way to avoid this monumental human tragedy?

Finally, how will Gowon justify signing the Abandoned Property decree? How will Gowon reconcile that decree with “No victor, No vanquished”? How will he reconcile the Abandoned Property law with his “RRR” (Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction)? The “RRR” was cleverly hijacked by the Lagos/Ibadan propaganda machine because Western Nigeria benefited immensely from Gowon’s dictatorship. “RRR” existed only on the pages of Tribune, Sketch and Herald newspapers. There was nothing on ground for the devastated Easterners. It was Sam Mbakwe and Jim Nwobodo that started reconstructing roads in 1979 (nine years after “RRR” was declared by the Federal Government). It is now (40 years after the war) that Rotimi Amaechi and Godswill Akpabio are reconstructing and expanding pre-war roads in their states. Nigerians waiting for Gowon’s memoir may have to wait forever.

debetmx:

Gowon was an usurper when the Northern coup was successful and wanted him as Head of State? So you were expecting them to install Ojukwu or Effiong as Head of State? Besides, was Ojukwu the most senior eastern military officer in Biafra? When Orizu handed over to Aguiyi Ironsi, Aguiyi Ironsi was not as usurper? He is ibo so he is not an usurper.mtcheeeeeeeeeew .

Dede1:


You are a disgraceful troll. No wonder Nigeria remains in dilapidated state. I guess only moronic nitwits such as you are privy to successful coups that have led to wars. In fact, your stream of thought qualifies you to the gallows.

debetmx:

I dont blame you, you are true son of the soil. People who wake their fathers with a kick in his groin and eat stone without drinking water. Whenever one presents the truth, you resort to abusive language (and violence). I better leave this thread before they break my head.

Chris†Kid:
As usual SW slaves defending their northern masters like their lives depend on it.

Dede1:


People who ask their father to measure pr1cks with them eat amala with heavily spiced oily awedu and tend to defecate publicly with ease. You are the only troll who knows the truth which states successful coups lead to civil war, olodo.

debetmx:
Where did i state that successful coups lead to civil war? When Danjuma arrested Aguiyi Ironsi he should rot in hell; when Ifeajuna, who was running into exile killed Tafawa Balewa, he is a hero. The people from the rising sun (am sure the sun ran into exile too), i hail thee. Gullible people, your kinsmen were dying while Ojuiku was busy enjoying himself in biafra, cavorting with hausa women while people were dying in droves. Which of Ojuiku's children ever went hungry during the civil war?

Chris†Kid:
As usual SW slaves defending their northern masters like their lives depend on it.

debetmx:

Quite the contrary, we are exposing the gullibility of some people who were led to a war they could never win and who allowed themselves to be led by people who specialise in running to exile (Emmanuel Ifeajuna and Emeka Ojuiku) after pulling the first trigger and blame peace loving people for their actions and inactions.

Dede1:


The above post shows you are a moronic numbskull who does not know where conflict starts in a story. I had wasted my glorious time chatting with a log of wood.

Dede1:

I can only discuss war with a jackass such as you the day Yooba peeps precipitate ordinary coup in Nigeria.

debetmx:

You are a lost soul. I think i have restrained myself enough, u nincompoop. Better learn from the lessons of your fore fathers so that you and your children dont suffer the same fate.

Dede1:


You are incongruously pathetic ninny. Ndigbo had learnt that Yooba peeps are inherently chameleonic and can never forge any form of unity even in hell.

Onlytruth:

You have a very dark soul, and I have decided to interact as little as possible with dark souls henceforth.

So, I would say this once to you and then leave you to continue on your usual path.

History states that Ojukwu never planned nor wanted war. He went to Aburi and painstakingly negotiated a peaceful settlement (an internationally supervised Accord) to end the Nigerian crisis.
Everybody, including Gowon, signed onto that Accord happily, raised glasses, hugged and all the rest, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria to trash the Accord. History also recorded that Gowon was the first to order a military action against Eastern Nigeria. All these are facts. Ojukwu never initiated any war; Gowon did.

History also shows that Ojukwu was given a burial which even Nigerian presidents never got. His fame is all over Africa and people like Jerry Rawlings graced his funeral. His coffin was carried by GENERALS in the Nigerian army. These are FACTS.

Now, lets wait for your hero Gowon to die, and lets compare notes then.

Bye.

debetmx:

You equate a coup with a war? Are you sane at all? After the Ifeajuna coup, which coup has ibo officers taken part in (You learnt your lessons)? If you are so dumb, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan granted to Diya, Olanrewaju and Adisa for eating akpu abi?

Dede1:


The above post shows you are a moronic numbskull who does not know where conflict starts in a story. I had wasted my glorious time chatting with a log of wood.

tomakint:
Remember that the certified dolt you are trying to educate is a psychopath of the deepest dye, why not ignore him to his woes the op spoke nothing but the CAPITAL TRUTH

debetmx:

Educate me, if the education you learnt is from Achebe and Ojuiku then am doomed. Thank God and thank Awo we know better.

Dede1:


When ordinary Major was slapping the day lights out of Diya, Olanrewaju and Adisa's eyes for getting the whiff of the coup, the trio wept like bigazz Yooba woman under the heavy pounding pressure of Igbo pr1ck, olodo.

tomakint:
Son, I don't fraternize with e-goats, you have received more than enough education on this forum, now sod off

debetmx:

The only lessons you learnt is how to blame other people for your stupidity and gullibility (You expecting Awo to join arms with u when your brother abondoned us join forces with the hausas in 1959 and put Awo in jail. I never knew the Igbos were bit.ch a55 stupid