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| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Nobody: 4:47am On Nov 15, 2013 |
Fresh like morning palmwine. Those that are parading themselves today as civil war veterans who fought for the unity of the country, were the people Brig Benjamin Adekunle spoke about thus; "...I feel so sad to have shed blood for the unity of Nigeria. While some of us were dying in the battlefield for the restoration of Nigeria as one country, some people have their eyes on one particular subject; OIL, the live-wire of the economy, the new fulcrum or pendulum of power. While we fought for one country, some people have been reaping where they did not sow" I bet Murtala Mohammed, Obj, Danjuma, Martin Adamu, Shehu Yar'adua, IBB and co belong to the people described above. It is annoying that some of them are still around, relishing the title of 'statesmen', selecting those that would be in government and enjoying their blood-money. 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Nobody: 7:40am On Nov 15, 2013 |
adejoro75: Did Tafawa Balewa, Maimalari and the Sardauna also fire shots? No? So, why were they brutally murdered again? 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Nobody: 7:50am On Nov 15, 2013 |
kingoflag:Even brigadier samuel ademulegun's pregnant wife was shot by these blood sucking ibo coupists 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Akshow: 8:14am On Nov 15, 2013 |
adejoro75:whick kain mumu talk be this one na? Of all d points mentioned d only one that caught ur notice is d above? U de craze a swear. Someone choose to fall gallantly when he is surrounded by enemies who will no doubt kill him and u wanna use dat against him? Ngwanu go bury ur head with shame ewu gambia. 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by wesley80(m): 8:41am On Nov 15, 2013 |
KIRIJI: Even brigadier samuel ademulegun's pregnant wife was shot by these blood sucking ibo coupistsNzeogwu's coup was poorly planned period. I expect Gbulie to admit this and accept the consequence of their coup and the resultant civil war as a direct result of their poorly planned coup. Let me cite one example by quoting from Gbulie's own book Nigeria's Five Majors. The below account is written in pages 57 and 58 of the book under the chapter Plot, Planning and Prosecution. [b] "There arose, however, a minor disagreement as regards the fate of those against whom the operation was specifically directed - and against whom the plotters had previously spent many a sleepless night. One group of officers deemed, for instance, it was necessary, indeed mandatory, to gun everybody down so as not to jeopardize in any way their chances of success; they also firmly believed that no success was sure unless it is complete. The other group of officers, however, with true Christian charity in their hearts, argued strongly in favour of a bloodless coup to be effected, perhaps, by taking their targets hostage. This latter school of thought would not mind, of course, having their captives beaten to within an inch of their lives, but they would not consent to their being executed. It was purely a matter of conscience, they maintained. In other words, they would never sucscribe to anything like having murder committed on their conscience. More and more reasons were adduced on both sides for and against a bloody coup, some of which were both sound and plausible. Opinions were almost evenly divided. Finally, in order not to waste any more time rationalizing and splitting hairs, the coup plotters decided to let everone exercise his discretion in handling the matter. Everyone could do what he thought expedient, particularly in the event of unforseen circumstances." [/b] What manner of coup plotters leaves an important decision like life or death of major political actors with near cult followership at the discretion of individual officers? I believe this was Nzeogwu's basic flaw that set the country on the path of total chaos. You either kill them all or you spare them all, Nigeria was just too delicate to leave such dicisions at the discretion of individual coup plotters. People like Ben Gbulie should own up to their mistakes before they allowed to pollute peoples minds with their accounts. 5 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by yuzedo: 9:10am On Nov 15, 2013 |
However, Igbos must put their acts together. We are talking of sovereign national conference but it should start with Sovereign National Conference for Ndigbo, it is only an Igbo man with initiative and ideas that can call such a summit among Igbos. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Nobody: 9:39am On Nov 15, 2013 |
tomakint: What an elaborate and a revealing piece by Gbulie! I have always loved Kaduna Nzeogwu for his determination, courage, foresight and vision for a better Nigeria! If the coup had succeeded, Nigeria by now would have been the toast of other Nations! The January 15 putsch was a blessing in disguise for Nigerians because if the Sardauna-initiated January 17th Jihad had succeeded, I can only say the case of Nigeria would have been worst than Sudan! May His (Nzeogwu) soul continue to Rest In Peace!YOU ARE AN OMO ALE, YOU OFTEN CLAIM TO BE FROM ONDO STATE, YET YOUR HERO IS KADUNA NZEOGWU THE BLOOD THIRSTY PSYCOPATH THAT KILLED AN ILLUSTRIOUS SON OF ONDO KINGDOM- BRIGADIER SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE HAJIAT LATIFAT ADEMULEGUN. KADUNA NZEOGWU KILLED SOMEONE WHO WAS SEEN AS THE PRIDE OF ONDO KINGDOM YET YOU CONSIDER HIM AS YOUR HERO DESPITE CLAIMING TO BE FROM ONDO. TOMAKINT OMO ALE NI BABA TOBI E LOMO 10 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by drnoel: 9:45am On Nov 15, 2013 |
This is one for all those Tribalists and Ethnic bigots on NL. I beg una make una read in between the lines and stop bigotry statements. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Urine: 9:50am On Nov 15, 2013 |
I think the OP is my twin brother, I've also been following the coup story for some time. The truth is the coup wasn't an Igbo coup, if you dig well into the personality of Major Nzeogu, that's clear. Don't forget that he was buried with full military honours that tells us bunch of the guys in the top brass of the military had respect for him. If taking out Okotie-Eboh was the only thing they did, I will still have tagged them as heroes. Unfortunately, Nzeogu and co wahala was simply because they were revolutionaries in a country that celebrates mediocrity. The coup was initially popular but the whipping up of ethnic sentiments defeated the whole process. The most interesting thing is that the same mediocrity and ethnic sentiments is still visible in modern day Nigeria. 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by tomakint: 9:51am On Nov 15, 2013 |
KIRIJI: YOU ARE AN OMO ALE, YOU OFTEN CLAIM TO BE FROM ONDO STATE, YET YOUR HERO IS KADUNA NZEOGWU THE BLOOD THIRSTY PSYCOPATH THAT KILLED AN ILLUSTRIOUS SON OF ONDO KINGDOM- BRIGADIER SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE HAJIAT LATIFAT ADEMULEGUN. KADUNA NZEOGWU KILLED SOMEONE WHO WAS SEEN AS THE PRIDE OF ONDO KINGDOM YET YOU CONSIDER HIM AS YOUR HERO DESPITE CLAIMING TO BE FROM ONDO. TOMAKINT OMO ALE NI BABA TOBI E LOMOOK OMO OKO! NO WONDER YOU CREATED YOUR DIABOLICAL MONIKER THIS NOVEMBER JUST TO GO ROUND A BAN AND START STALKING TOMAKINT AROUND, I PRAY YOU WON'T DIE BEFORE YOUR TIME!  3 Likes
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| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Urine: 9:53am On Nov 15, 2013 |
yuzedo: Unfortunately, this dream is an elusive one simply because the mantra of the average Igbo man is "Self First". 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 10:20am On Nov 15, 2013 |
kingoflag: According to him, the coup was planned, and supposed to be carried out, in 1961. In the same vein he says the coup was for Awolowo to be placed in power---less than a year after independence (Oct-Jan).... what am I missing here? you missed the part where he referred to the 1961 date as a "movement", that parlance suggest an inevitable plan however, the machinery need to be set up first before the Agenda, The agenda was set to hatch when its evident they have a cause and someone whose ideology fits the profile. that was where Awolowo came in. I dont agree with Gbulie's assessment of Achuzie. Biafran col, Achuzie also known in the war front as the "Hannibal" recorded a lot of victories for the biafran side. I know most people in Achuzie's command one on one, some of them are family friends, while some i have blood ties with,his reputation precedes him, Achuzie till date is referred to as Biafra's most gifted commander. He was the one ojukwu tasked to prevent murtala mohammed's second division invasion into onitsha ojukwu replaced two french mercenaries with Achuzie in the battle of Oji that speaks volume of his command abilities.from january to march 1968, his pocket troops held the Nigerian second division at Dunukofia stopping the Onitsha invasion on its tracks. now remember that Murtala at the time was a col, and a civilian held him to ransome for 10 months, also note that murtala's second division was highly fortified with tanks and everything you can think of. It was achuzie who came up with the strategy "theft in the night", where the Nigerian troops will be sleeping and biafra will send in thieves to steal all their food and arms which will be used to counter attack them in the morning. Achuzie defeated leutenant inyang bassey's troop under murtalla's command in the battle of the Niger (an attempt to take over onitsha through Asaba), On murtalla's orders, again, Achuzie defeated col. Akini ladi in the battle of Onitsha bridge head, after these series of loses, murtalla mohammed was forced to retreat and went to bida to rendezvous with col. yaradua's troop at Nsukka and continued down to onitsha through ogidi then Nkpor Also note that Onitsha fell in October 1968, while murtalla's first offensive on Onitsha was in January 1968. ten months, it took three cols to defeat a civilian Achuzie to take over onitsha with all the sophistication and fire power of the Nigerian side. also note that by the time yaradua and murtalla started attacking from Nsukka, TY danjuma has already captured Enugu so it actually took three Nigerian cols commanding three divisions and all their gracious apparatchik, to defeat a civilian Achuzie to take over onitsha. Unfortunately even in Wikipedia, people like Gbulie gave all the glory to Rolf steiner the mercenary who couldn't hold the Onitsha front in January when murtala's troops succeeded in taking over the onitsha main market. that change in command saw a counter offensive by Achuzie who pursued the second Div Nigerian side beyond the Niger, a front that never fell till October 1968. having encountered a strong resistance, col. murtalla Mohammed headed north to Bida. The likes of Madiebo and gbulie envy his successes because he was not a soldier like them at the time, he was just a brilliant engineer who turned engineering science to war solutions. Even after Onitsha fell, Achuzie was still not satisfied, he took a pocket of soldiers to Abagana where he laid an Ambush on an escorted 120 Nigerian lorry convoy carrying supplies, Achuzie's men one of them another brilliant Biafran Engr who developed the bucket bomb nicknamed "OGBUNIGWE". major Uchendu, Achuzie once again roasted this Nigerian troops alive, this attack, gave birth to the famous, "Abagana massacre" in the Nigerian Biafran war history. Gbulie is too jealous to admit that a civillian could accomplish more than the so called soldiers. Another Gbulie's friend Alexander Madiebo, who served with him in the NA then the Biafran army was in command at Awka when his home town Awka was run over with the least resistance. gbulie should tell us what he achieved in the biafran army with his "stahurst' education, imagine saying, Danjuma wasn't brilliant because he didn't attend stahurst what Nonsense. I wont read any book written by this Gbulie of a person. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by tomakint: 10:23am On Nov 15, 2013 |
jp philips:@ the bolded, me too! I think Achuzia (the one they called 'Air Raider') was a phenomenon! |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 10:27am On Nov 15, 2013 |
nafiachi: On a very serious note, my opinion on this 1966 coup isn't if it was necessary or not, but WHY MURDER THIS GREAT LEADERS!!! Those guys were not really "Great" leaders like you are presenting them, however, the good ones amongst them were mere collateral damage though highly regrettable. what you need to know is that it was an era where men were men, an era where integrity speaks, an era where someone says "NO" and stakes his life for it, it is an era we never saw so it is unfathomable for actors of our generation. There was so much bloodshed in that era that took the lives of great guys who could have done the right things in this era. what i don't understand is why the great guys of that time brought forth nincompoops as progenies. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:00am On Nov 15, 2013 |
Was it deliberate that Ben Gbulie was not asked why the coup didn't take place in the Eastern Region. 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 12:39pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
adejoro75: .............Ben Gbulie Nzeogwu was from mid west- Bende, Ifeajuna east and Ademoyega, west, Kpera - north it was ojukwu's enemies that termed it so. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by debetmx(m): 12:58pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
jp philips: Who are or were the enemies of the cantankerous coward? 95% of soldiers who took part in the January 15, 1966 coup were ibo or ibo speaking. What was the rank of Kpera as at January 15, 1966 and was he among the planners of the coup? Did Ademoyega understand ibo language? 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by sashash(m): 1:54pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
this is interesting stuff.... it is an open secret that Nigeria is more of a geographical expression |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 1:59pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
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| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 2:00pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
debetmx: One person don't execute a coup because the Army command is littered everywhere in the country, however, the planning is done by a few while the rest take orders. the main actors are those ones i wrote up there. below is an excerpt from the Aburi conference where this crisis was resolved, the transcript was released by the then Ghanianian president Ankrah, an unbiased, no interest vested individual with just one goal to make peace. Ojukwu now explained and reasoned that against the falsehood been spread but in January 1966, soldiers from every region of the federation (Nzeogwu: Mid-West, Ifeajuna-East, Ademoyega: West, Kpera: North) had staged a coup in which soldiers and politicians from every region of the federation (Akintola: West, Balewa: North, Unegbe: East, Okotie-Eboh: Mid-West) were also killed. Notice from the transcript that Katsina (Governor of Northern Nigeria) agreed when Ojukwu argued that it is not an Igbo coup, here are other people who equally agreed; NAME & POSITION Lt-Colonel Yakubu Gowon Head of the SMC* Commodore Joseph Akinwale Wey Head of the Nigerian navy Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo Military Governor of the western region Lt-Colonel Hassan Usman Katsina Military Governor of the northern region Lt-Colonel David Akpode Ejoor Governor of mid-west region Major Mobolaji Johnson Military Governor of Lagos Alhaji Kam Selem Inspector-General of Police Timothy Omo-Bare Police Eastern delegate: Col Emeka Ojukwu Governor of South East (*Head of the SMC as Ironsi’s whereabouts were “unknown”) Ojukwu was in attendance as the eastern region's Military Governor. if all these people agreed in Aburi that it wasn't an ibo coup, why should i believe you? 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Katsumoto: 2:38pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
An Igbo coup plotter stating that he was planning to free Awolowo and install him as President is analogous to a Pedophile, caught pants down with a child, claiming he was taking the child to see Santa Claus at 2 in the morning. Ifeajuna who was hobnobbing with Zik, would organise a coup and handover to Awo. Did Awo express a desire to be president while being backed by military boys? No amount of revisionism can change facts and history. Those who saw through the power grab addressed it within 6 months. 16 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by debetmx(m): 2:39pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
jp philips: Kpera was only informed about the coup on the morning of the coup and if he had declined taking part in the coup he would have been killed. You remember what happened when Nzeogwu went to Hassan Katsina's house after killing the Sardauna. You also remember the fate of Sgt. Oyeleke who had stalled when they were bombing the gate to the residence of Sir Ahmadu Bello. People on the Federal Side agreed with every proposal put forward at Aburi by ojukwu just to reconcile with him. Even if ojukwu had said their fathers were mad they would have concurred with him. That was why Gowon hastily signed what he did not fully understand. You failed to respond to my question about Ademoyega understanding ibo. 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Katsumoto: 2:44pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Including Kpera amongst coup plotters is of the most idiotic reasoning. Nzeogwu told his boys they were on a training exercise. The exercise suddenly turns into a coup dead in the middle of the night. What were the boys supposed to do? See excerpt from Special Branch report about what Nzeogwu did to one who wasn't willing to participate. 147. Immediately inside the compound, Major Nzeogwu stationed the Carl Gustavs some 10 yards apart facing the lodge. The gunners were Sgts. Oyegeke and Manga, whilst Sgt. Adebiyi acted as ammunition number. As soon as both guns had been loaded, Major Nzeogwu ordered the NCOs to open fire at the Lodge. Both fired their projectiles bursting inside the ground floor rooms of the building. Sgt. Adebiyi stated that he then ran towards Sgt. Manga to help this NCO reload. Whilst he was with Manga he heard Major Nzeogwu shouting repeatedly "Fire you bastard, fire". Immediately after this both Manga and Adebiyi heard a burst of SMG fire. They turned round and observed Sgt. Oyegoke slumped on the ground bleeding from multiple wounds. It was clear to both that their colleague had been killed by Major Nzeogwu either for refusing to obey or because he attempted to run away. And here is Kpera's version (Kpera and many other soldiers were never tried for their participation in this coup. Kpera would rise to become a Governor and Brigadier) Interviewer - Did you play any role in the first military coup in Nigeria which took place in 1966? Kpera - Again I would like to refer you to my biography which is nearing completion. I was involved in that operation of January 14-15 1966 code named ‘operation Damisa’ which subsequently culminated into the coup. I did participate in it with my troops as a commander; I was a second lieutenant then. I didn’t plan the coup but I participated in the exercise ‘operation Damisa’ because there was no question of choosing not to participate in an exercise that your unit was involved in. 3 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by tomakint: 2:49pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Katsumoto: Including Kpera amongst coup plotters is of the most idiotic reasoning. Nzeogwu told his boys they were on a training exercise. The exercise suddenly turns into a coup dead in the middle of the night. What were the boys supposed to do? See excerpt from Special Branch report about what Nzeogwu did to one who wasn't willing to participate.Something is still amiss in your submission here, Kpera from Benue State, was then a Northerner, how come he ended up being governors of Anambra and Benue States despite being part of the Jan 15 Putsch....over to you Katz......(as you love to label that revolutionary coup, 'Igbo Coup') |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by debetmx(m): 2:55pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Katsumoto: Including Kpera amongst coup plotters is of the most idiotic reasoning. Nzeogwu told his boys they were on a training exercise. The exercise suddenly turns into a coup dead in the middle of the night. What were the boys supposed to do? See excerpt from Special Branch report about what Nzeogwu did to one who wasn't willing to participate. God bless you. Only mischievous people like the cantankerous coward and biafran revisionist associate Kpera with the planning of the January 15, 1966 coup. 2 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Katsumoto: 2:56pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
tomakint: Stop asking stupid questions. Can't you read? Nzeogwu told them they were on a training exercise and his boys complied with the orders of a superior officer. Did they know they were executing a coup? And what happened to Sgt Oyegoke who refused to fire on Bello's house? Was he given cookies? Kpera, like many other junior officers and NCOs were not tried for that coup. They were allowed to continue their careers in the military. 7 Likes |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Katsumoto: 3:01pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
From the Special Branch Report 27. Major Ifeajuna addressed the meeting on the subject of the deteriorating situation in Western Nigeria to which, he contended, the politicians had failed to find a solution. He added that as a result the entire country was heading toward chaos and disaster. He next acquainted the junior officers with the inner circle's plans and asked them if they were prepared to assist to put an end to this state of affairs. Major Ifeajuna claims that all present pledged their support for his plans with the exception of Captain Adeleke who was, however, later persuaded to join. It was made clear to these junior officers that those who were not with the conspirators would be regarded as being opposed to them and might suffer death as a consequence. 1 Like |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by tomakint: 3:03pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Katsumoto:It seems you are a slave to the "books" you read! Sorry, you are too rigid attimes, I only asked an innocent question...was kpera the only one who was unaware of the said 'Operation Damisa'? You so much believe in your 'many literatures on Nigerian politics'  |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by debetmx(m): 3:05pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Keshi spoke to Daily Sun at his Onicha Ugbo residence in Delta State Excerpts. You were Brigade Major in Kaduna when Major Kaduna Nzeogwu and others struck. That meant they used your troops. What happened that night? On the eve of the January coup in Kaduna we had officers’ day, a regular event where officers played whatever sport they wanted. I played football. There was Brigadier Ademulegun – shamelessly and brutally killed in bed with his wife – our brigade commander who came on a horse, threw some jokes at me about the way I played, and went away. At the end of that day, I went to the Mess to have some drinks. I saw some officers in full military gear hanging around at the Mess. I wondered what they were doing only to quickly recall that there was to be night training that night … A scheduled programme? Yes, but then Nzeogwu, the Commandant of the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, where I was Chief Instructor and acting Commandant for about two years, 1963 to 1964, sent a signal to the units under our command asking them to subscribe troops for the night training. He also asked for a section of the armored cars, artillery, a section of guns and an infantry company from 3rd battalion at Kawo Barracks, for training without reference to the Brigade Commander. He had no right or direct access to the troops in the brigade, he being an army headquarters officer, commanding a school directly under Army Headquarters. When I saw the signal that he sent to the units under the command, I sent a signal to all those units asking them to ignore Nzeogwu’s signal. So what happened? Soon after Nzeogwu, who actually was with me at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhust, UK, rushed to my office to talk to me. For the first time we spoke in our native (Delta Igbo) dialect. I said to him, ‘Nzeogwu, you are a senior officer who should know that there are procedures.’ He apologised and explained that he forgot. Thinking that he was acting in good faith, I let him be and now wrote another signal asking the units to cooperate with him. And lo and behold, the night of January 14 into 15, after that sports evening, I got a call from the Police Commissioner M.D. Yusuf at about 1.00. a.m. Before then, some shooting had taken place in the Ministers’ Quarters at the GRA area. He asked me what was going on and I told him some training was scheduled by NMTC (training college), but certainly not inside residential quarters. I tried to call the Brigade Commander (Ademulegun) but there was no answer from his house. Soon after, his deputy, Col. Sodeinde, called me and I told him the same thing I told Yusuf. I called him back not long after and there was no response. An hour or two later, my house was surrounded. - See more at: http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/military-coup-makers-are-looters-cowards/#sthash.EDhpDP7r.dpuf |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Pangea: 3:12pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Katsumoto: I was honestly being carried along by the narration of Col. Gbulie, i am surprised he is still alive (he must be a cat with nine lives), till i got to the bottom of the write up: I am sorry for our people because when you think of it, and I am saying this without any iota of bias whatsoever, if an Igboman takes charge of this country, there will be hope for Nigeria. This is because he will not be taking decisions or giving positions to favour his people, he will think of Nigeria first. Many people don't buy this idea, and it is a shame. If an Igbo man is in authority, when you get to his office he will behave as if he does not understand Igbo language, you have to speak English like everyone. But if a Hausa man or Yoruba man is in charge, they will speak their This kind of mindset in the face of the open secret about the conducts of our brother from the east of Niger, speaks more about the truth in what was written by him. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by Pangea: 3:12pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
Katsumoto: I was honestly being carried along by the narration of Col. Gbulie, i am surprised he is still alive (he must be a cat with nine lives), till i got to the bottom of the write up: I am sorry for our people because when you think of it, and I am saying this without any iota of bias whatsoever, if an Igboman takes charge of this country, there will be hope for Nigeria. This is because he will not be taking decisions or giving positions to favour his people, he will think of Nigeria first. Many people don't buy this idea, and it is a shame. If an Igbo man is in authority, when you get to his office he will behave as if he does not understand Igbo language, you have to speak English like everyone. But if a Hausa man or Yoruba man is in charge, they will speak their This kind of mindset in the face of the open secret about the conducts of our brother from the east of Niger, speaks more about the truth in what was written by him. |
| Re: Col. Ben Gbulie, One Of The 1966 Coupists Speaks On The Coup And Awo by jpphilips(m): 3:13pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
debetmx: whose account is the bold part? All the participants in the conference concur that Kpera was fully involved, please go and read the transcript to see that the actors did not always agree with Ojukwu, save for the ones that are clear truth. Katsina as a northerner would have said "no, kpera, was just a gate man" or "no Kpera our son was just watching them". the truth was that, they know he was deep involved that was why they all agreed. That part was not a proposal, it was the ending of an argument where ojukwu was setting the record straight, it wasn't even one of Ojukwu's Aburi demands hence the actors were not in any obligation not to decline if they wish to. secondly, i wont blame you if you erroneously think that of Kpera because at some point while they were being hunted by the then military tribunal, lots of them were either hiding or denying their involvement, let me give you some examples; Gbulie up there has already absolved Ojukwu that he knew nothing about the coup, tell me, who will believe that crap? Has ojukwu admitted yet? Obasanjo has never agreed that he was one of the masterminds of the counter coup (july 66). TY Danjuma has never admitted in any of his books that he master minded the death of Aguiyi ironsi Gowon has never admitted his involvement in the coup that killed murtala Mohammed, reason why obasanjo's Govt was hunting him like bush meat. truth is, the intelligence report are not with you, but if you have access to some of their confessions, you can easily string the truth together, I am not surprised Kpera is denying his involvement but the big actors, the Ogas at the top, know who and who were involved. These old men today are being hunted by guilty conscience, reason they seize every media opportunity to confess. I don't believe his Awolowo twist either, i saw it as a gimmick to buy the Yoruba sympathy,he claimed the coupists liked Awolowo, that is a big lie, Ojukwu never liked Awolowo, he claimed Ojukwu stopped the coup, lol, that is news for the ignorant not for me. I think he is just painting a selfless picture of their 66 mistake. how can Gbulie in his imagination think they will hand over to Awolowo, when Ojukwu had all the opportunity to release Awolowo did he? not until Gowon did. who is fooling who? BTW i heard Gbulie's version in 1988 during a symposium at queens school Enugu and I have managed to read his book, just that the lies couldn't let me to continue. |
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