aurenflani:

Very big lie. Mischief maker una no go succeed and Hausa and Yoruba get sense pass una. Griiigrrrrriii fiful.

aurenflani:

Mamman Shuwa prevented Igbo massacres by ordering the armoury to be locked. Buhari protected some igbo officers from being murdered. Chukwuma murdered Sardauna-huge igbo mistake. Igbo murdered Tafawa Balewa-huge mistake.

inufele2:

Abiola came back to Nigeria, declared himself the president despite the military dictatorship this is a bold step from a man who is not even a military man. But your hero from the wrapper tying tribe fled with his tail between his legs dressed in wrapper, wig and make up abandoning his rag tag army to their fate. There can never be any coward worse than ojukwu in any war history.

Dede1:


If you do not the history or the military parlance, I suggest you keep quiet. Mamman Shuwa as the command of 5th Battalion, Kano allowed soldiers in his formation to partake in the massacre of Igbo civilians in northern region of Nigeria. Most of the officers who partook in the massacre came from 5th Battalion, Kano.

baby_mama:

Is shuwa the same one that was gunned down in Maiduguri or so a few months ago?

baby_mama:

Is shuwa the same one that was gunned down in Maiduguri or so a few months ago by Boko haram?

T9ksy: I surely would love to read Ojukwu's memoir about the war and why he absconded in the middle of

the night to exile even though he promised his people that he was ready to fight till the end. Am also curious as

to why ojukwu LIED to his people about the northerners' intention to exterminate all ibos in alaiboland?

7842I:

You know, when MKO traveled, we all were hopeful that he was closing deals with russians and American arms merchants to buy some latest war planes and heavy tanks to invade Nigeria and snatch his mandate like a man. I was so disappointed when the coward sneaked back into the country and mounted a rickety car to declare to the few yoruba crowd around that he was the president (greedy foool)

The mumu did not even buy a common revolver abroad and he was declaring himself a president. Come and see the kain beating he recieved from some small boys awusa recruit soldiers inside black maria. See as them beat the guy black and blue before dumping his sorry ass inside prison, a whole richest man in Nigeria

Efikman: MUMU! Go and buy a copy of Ojukwu's account of the war, "Because i was involved". And while u r at it, pls remind your slavemaster Gowon to write his own account. We are waiting.

inufele2:

Abiola was not daft or driven by emotions like your coward hero ojukwu, he did the right thing without putting any citizen's life in danger.He prefer to fight his fight in the right manner and to die for what he believed in. And he did not compromise till death, that was an act of bravery not like your hero who ran away even when his enemies were hundreds of kilometres away abandoning his people to their fate only to come back to wine and dine with the enemies of his people

7842I:

Yes, very ironic that the same Nigeria he fought so hard to preserve could not protect his life. Such a pity.

Ngwakwe: Why should somebody with healthy brain want to derail this educative thread?

It is time the Civil liberties and well meaning Nigeria force him to write his memoir.

We need to the know the truth from his perspective as the Head of State and Commander of Armed Forces.

If it does require granting him Amnesty even before the memoir, Nigerians are ready for to pardon him, in that the memoir is more important than his incarceration at the Hague.

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

Dede1: Why he claimed to be defending constitution of Nigeria by keeping Nigeria one when, in fact, he usurped the position of Head of Stat?

Dede1:

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

Efikman: MUMU! Go and buy a copy of Ojukwu's account of the war, "Because i was involved". And while u r at it, pls remind your slavemaster Gowon to write his own account. We are waiting.

Dede1:

Since Awolowo was your mischievous granpa, I shall not oblige to teach you how Hausa\Fulani\Kanuri deliberately twisted his pr1ck while extracting confession of the coup from him. I suggest you write to him in hell for clarification even for the year he was imprisoned, agbaya.

joeyfire: I honestly believe gowon will never write his memoirs. His role in history is just too dark and I'm sure he tries to forget it.

He was installed as head of state over many of his seniors based on the wishes of the northern elite, due process was murdered and hasn't been properly revived, even after the war some of his gaffes on political and ecocomic matters are the stuff of legend and jokes

Onlytruth:

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.


Bye.

Katsumoto:

Do people organize coups to install individuals who are not sympathetic to their cause or share their pains? There is a reward or punishment for executing a coup.

ACM10:

Interesting. . .what evidence do you have to declare that Awolowo is not sympathetic to their cause?

bobbydbobo: Its so sad how sentimental, un-objective and ill informed some pple sound at times, even the educated ones among us.. A nation exists, and a pple within the nation decide to seceed which is a pure act of rebellion, and then u blame the Nation for tryn to bring back the rebels into the Union?? All thoe who served as military officers and leaders under biafra, should ordinarily have been put to death for a host of crimes like treason, conspiracy, felony, nd war crimes. War crimes doesn't have to be crimes u inflicted on others, it could b what u inflicted on ur own pple, which the leaders of biafra did. Gowon in his benevolence, and love for the union, like Abrahamlincoln in the American Civil war, declared "no victor, no vanquished". Pardoning those rebels. It is now uneducative to say that the nation commited a crime. And until u come to terms with the fact that Awolowo or the Yorubas neva commited an offence, it was Nigeria that was acting, a nation nd not this individuals.. Awolowo(rest in peace) made sure that all ibo assets in the SW were intat and payment to necessary quaters were made and backdated. Its so funny how some fore fathers sumwhere hav altered history for their mischievous reasons and have stired up strife btw every1.. U kip talkin abt Awolowo being the betrayer, have u forgotten so soon that Zik just in a bid to spite Awolowo, after both reached an agreement and Awo even decided to b his vice, went to meet balewa, to spite Awo and both took the reins of power. Awolowo, all thru is still refered to as the best president nigeria neva had, wonder y in his death, the Germans and Americans scrambled to have his brain taken to b understudied in their lab abroad, which was declined by his family. Ojukwu(rest in peace) all his life was grateful to Nigeria for pardoning him for all his crimes. It is wrong to come here and assert that bringing a set of rebels back into the fold is a crime. Rather ,it was the other way round

Katsumoto:

Was Awo involved in the coup plots of 1966? How is Awo involved in this?

ACM10:

Are you telling me that the fact that he was not involved in 1966 coup can equally mean that he is not sympathetic to their cause?

ACM10:

Are you telling me that the fact that he was not involved in 1966 coup can equally mean that he is not sympathetic to their cause?

ACM10:

Are you telling me that the fact that he was not involved in 1966 coup can equally mean that he is not sympathetic to their cause?