homesteady:

I was not mistaken when I said some 'childish' yoruba's!! Take note - I'm not igbo!! I'm from kaduna state - proudly Baju!! So my fore-fathers were also murdered!! But how northerner's died?? Is it up to the amount that only murtala killed in asaba?? Come on!! Are you this heartless!! He commited genocide!! Condemn him and don't justify his bad things with other senseless examples

Smooyis: Pls let us exercise restraints and put the ugly past behind us. No one is perfect. Either Murtala, ahmadu bello, tafabalewa, awolowo, Nzeogu, Dimka or Ojukwu. We should stop celebrating any of them as if they were saints. Many of them were influenced by their tribal instincts sometimes. If some of them are alive today, they would probably regret some of their past actions. So we should stop reminding ourselves of the unfortunate incidents of bloodshed of yesteryears. Nigeria seriously needs a stakeholders conference to address some of this past and present issues tearing us apart. A lot of innocent souls have been lost in this nation. Our union should not be built on brutal force but on the willingness of member states to succeed togeda. This is what i think the present leaders should be working to acheive.

ecosanders: bro, u r right,bt d ibos r d 1 always luking 4 trouble here, c hw dey turn d Murtala thread 2 a tribal ring lik dere forefada Nzogwu did, d ibos r nt ready 2 move on, always blaming odas 4 dia predicaments.

nnenna.1:


In other words, Igbos should sing praises of a man directly responsible for the deaths of Igbo children to prove that they have "moved on".



The things you read on NL.

Rossikk:

Great point. I would have placed Murtala Muhammed as Nigeria's No 1 leader, but that place has been taken by Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Still, Gen. Murtala Muhammed was one of Nigeria's greatest leaders and will remain very highly regarded by the people.

calaway:

The Igbo have never lifted a finger to hurt any Hausa man in their midst rather it is the Hausa man who regularly kills Igbos in their midst and even yoruba christians just in case you have missed the info before since 1948 and still ongoing(So tell me who is who's enemy). You know what boko haram has been doing to Igbos and christian in the North for over 3 yrs now. Rather that isolate and treat the source (Hausa)they welcomed and mingle in the embrace of the yoruba Tinuba and Lia (tell who is betraying humanity here not just Igbo?)

General Ojukwu of Blessed memory led Igbos to an attempt to have their own country because Igbo's insisted in this if you are objective even as wicked as a heart may be you will sympathize with a people who where killed in the millions in the polgrom all over Norther Nigeria.
Ohhh my heart bleeds as I recount these events, In Kano in 1966 when the Hausa soldiers started the polgom there was a secondary school called the Igbo union secondary school where most of the sojourner sent their wards to be educated, on this fatefull school day an Hausa soldiers besieged the school killed the male students and teachers and bundled beautiful queens of Igbo extraction some (ooh i cry)most of these girls were virgins and took these innocent children to their hausa LEPERS to defile (GOD IN HEAVEN MUST REWARD THIS GROUP). Sad to admit but the Igbos where truly DEFEATED. But out of the ruins of Igbo woman has arisen the Likes of Okonjo, Ekwesili, Otie,Dora whoes international accomplishment dwarf those of even the Highest mallam.
So you see with all these horror events still unfolding it was not an option not to go away from Nigeria. Why do you think the Isrealies supported the Igbo with mercenaries and Pilots cos they new that they shared something special with the Igbo.

2iic: He paid the perfect price for his supervision of the 'Asaba Massacre' during the civil war. Pls get yourself a copy of Chinua Achebe's there was a country. A murderer of innocent women and kids. I have no doubt that he's in the hottest and darkest part of hell. That's all.

firstolalekan: [size=28pt][b]ROLE IN THE CIVIL WAR

The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) lasted for thirty blood-soaked months and one of the principal actors of that sad phase of Nigerian history was Murtala. During the war, he was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Nigerian Army 2nd Division. Although he flouted rules from the top and brushed aside orders from the Army Headquarters, Murtala took no atom of nonsense or disobedience from his juniors. He commanded his division with the ruthlessness and determination of an Alexander the Great and they had some spectacular victories -and some unforgettably stinging defeats in the hands of the Biafran soldiers.

It was his division that routed forces of the Biafran Army and expelled them from the Midwest Region (discussed above), and from there he moved up to cross the River Niger to join the 1st Division which was on its way to Enugu City and Nsukka. At a point during the war, 28-year-old Murtala and his men reportedly stormed Asaba, Delta State and supervised an Fun of killing of innocent civilians. [/b][/size]

lol!!!
Inu nbi awon ibo

Reyspin: Please oo Mr. Saint mention One Nigerian Stateman you know.... Just One!!!

lagcity: errm bros, not to piss on your parade, but Israel never supported Biafra. Please read your civil war history well. That Israeli support is just something that some fraudulent Igbos have been pushing around forever, just like the Awolowo suicide, genocide claims, etc. Too many lies have been passed from Igbo parents to children that I don't even know where to begin.

normaljenny:

Ahmed bello, chinua achebe, tafawa balewa, funsho williams, and samuel mbakwe. Apart from funsho, all died not rich irrespective of the given opporttunties

obadiah777: DISCIPLINED AND PRINCIPLED MAN. FROM WHAT I READ ABOUT HIM. THE CIA KILLED HIM APPARENTLY. TOO BLACK TOO STRONG

360command: In as much as he is a military man , they must do something negative in this life. While he was in power, my father once told us he was a man who does not carry many escort and he once saw him in the bank while they were on a queue . People paved way for him to collect his money on time but he chose to remain in the queue . A man for the people.but as a military, he was not all for the people.

PehaKaso: If d Murtala Mohammed Intl Airport was in d South South 2day, we would av changed dat name long ago. Rot in Hell, Murtala Ramat Ayatolla Mohd

Ola Johnson: It appears Igbo people see everybody as their enemy. They castigate everybody because of their phantom belief that they are the wisest and have a 'manifest destiny' in Nigeria. I know you will disagree with this, it will be difficult, if not impossible, even in a free and fair election for the best Igbo brain to win a presidential election. They have cursed all Nigerians. Where do they hope to get votes, among only the Igbo? Even there is no unity among them. Look at what happens in presidential elections, they don't have a consensus candidate. T Y Danjuma has told you people to put your house in order. A word is enough for the 'wise'.

nnenna.1:


This is someone who supervised the killings of children from your own people and the above quote is all you can say.

Are you ok?

owobokiri: Murtala was more of an empty vessel that made endless noise. If your typical example of action leader is Murtala then you have it all twisted. Ego driven, he was more interested in sacking all the top beuracrats around. You can point to the many dismissals he made without finding anything he built. A blood thirsty iddiot on steroid, he supervised the worst slaughter of defenseless civilians in the history of this country pre-Obasanjo. There should be a Dimka for every Murtala. The bastard is surely rotting in the hottest part of hell

Arysexy:

you may continue to be an hausa a55 licker but not igbos, we are dealing with murtala muhamed who ur broda wrote his saintly version, leaving behind the devilish genocidal act committed by the bastard, and when historians pointed out the dark side of murtala, ur likes who r perpetual hausa a55 lickers will draw out ur daggers at ndigbo as usual. Can u deny d asaba genocide? if not why do u want to silence history? D merit of history is dat it helps prevent the occurence of its bad side, but from wot i av seen from majority of yorubas on this forum, u ppl hate hearing the truth, or rada would hide the truth as long as it does not benefit u ppl.

Its bc of ur likes dat i have stopped posting on NL, but i have to rebuff ur allegations nd put the fact straight, achebe did dat b4 his demise nd u ppl nearly killed him with ur mouth bombs. very pathetic.

Ozonna:

Classic quote Sir.

Ola Johnson:
Talk your own, no be every time you go dey support like Boxer that would always say Naboleon is always right.