Okenze Osuigwe opens up: Ndigbo begged IBB to annul June 12



For us here in Igbo we were aware that Abiola would not rule. Considering the type of experience we had with Awolowo, and for us to start any one then with a Yoruba man, we would be killed before he finished his tenure. What Awolowo did to us! I was in Enugu when he was released from prison and brought to Enugu. He was imprisoned for treasonable felony, but Ojukwu released him. He got to Enugu, and in my presence while he was addressing the people, he said that once he got to Ibadan he was going to declare the Oduduwa Republic. We called him and escorted him up to Benin; and by that time it had been rumoured that the Federal Government would attack us. But what happened was that when he returned home, Gowon made him Minister of Finance and Special Adviser. Awolowo's first decision after the war was that no Igbo man got more than N20. I had so much Brifran money because the money I got from during my service was still intact. Under that condition, how could the Igbos support the emergence of a Yoruba man after that hassle? So, we were involved, and Babangida was our man. He took that decision with our backing, but it has ruined all of because I should have done eight years as a commissioner.

So the Igbos backed IBB for the annulment of June 12 election?
Yes, definitely. We were always consulting among ourselves.

http://themoment.com.ng/interview/item/900-okenze-osuigwe-opens-up-ndigbo-begged-ibb-to-annul-june-12

^^^Interesting read.

dude you should be busy looking for your father and not starting what you cant finish!

phantom: dude you should be busy looking for your father and not starting what you cant finish!

Is his father responsible for your misdemeanor?? If NO, just shut it! Hocus-pocus.

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so this is how it happens and yet everybody was blaming IBB

phantom: dude you should be busy looking for your father and not starting what you cant finish!

the truth is always bitter

fiizznation: the truth is always bitter

so what do you want to do about you new found truth? Kill all igbos? Go ahead.pick a shotgun and knock yourself out.

Awolowo's legacy is still hurting the yorubas but they wont see it.

And op, where did you see the "begging" you put in your title.

It said we backed him, not begged him.

Free education syndrom.

phantom: so what do you want to do about you new found truth? Kill all igbos? Go ahead.pick a shotgun and knock yourself out.

dude dnt be myopic!! Am just jaded• B4 I use to think IBB annul the free and fair election for his own selfish reasons not knowing that some pple were they ones pleading and crying b4 IBB to annul a credible election

Lol at Shymmex aka Bittyend grasping at straws. Where is the "beg" part ? Education isn't wisdom.....Ilochionwu Udemegbunam.

Odenigbo Aroli: Lol at Shymmex aka Bittyend grasping at straws. Where is the "beg" part ? Education isn't wisdom.....Ilochionwu Udemegbunam.

I told you to stop calling me "bittyend" - fool. You want to get knocked the fvck out, don't you?

Anyway, I copied the header from the link with no chaser.

Alfa Seltzer: And op, where did you see the "begging" you put in your title.

It said we backed him, not begged him.

Free education syndrom.

Lmao...coming from a clown who's allergic to spelling - FML.

For the umpteenth time, stop thinking with the aid of emotional impulses, use your darn brain cells.

How about open the url link to see what the original title is?

That was why they got used for barbecue during the war front.
An igbo man will never rule this country

phantom: dude you should be busy looking for your father and not starting what you cant finish!

Nah, I'm looking for your crippled father, the phantom humanoid in the land of the dead.

shymexx:

I told you to stop calling me "bittyend" - fool. You want to knocked the fvck out, don't you?

Anyway, I copied the header from the link with no chaser.

Gaadanm, hommie. Was that a threat or what ? Son,you losing it real fast. You wanna tell me you didn't read the fvcking article before posting it ? You propaganda-fueling piece of sshhit.

Anyway, stop derailing the thread. I didn't create the thread for that.

I had to do it counter nku5's revisionism.

As a proud Yoruba son and a student of Nigerian history, no hard feelings here.

I just hate when people act like betrayal between the two groups isn't a two-way traffic.

Interesting...

Odenigbo Aroli:

Gaadanm, hommie. Was that a threat or what ? Son,you losing it real fast. You wanna tell me you didn't read the fvcking article before posting it ? You propaganda-fueling piece of sshhit.

That isn't a threat - that's what I do to dyckheads, trust me.

Anyway, that's the title from the link. So why should I change it?

The article isn't mine, I just copied and pasted it, with no chaser.

So IBB annulled the June 12Th election as a favour to Igbos, dId he? Cool. whIle that sounds about as absurd as Herod approvIng the beheadIng of John the BaptIst at the whIm of hIs daughter, I didn't realize he felt that strongly about us. Whatever happened to our love?

PULEEEZ! Even though the Idea does appeal to me, anyone with half a brain knows better than to believe this cheap load of horse sh*t.

Raggedy_Ann: So IBB annulled the June 12Th election as a favour to Igbos, dId he? Cool. whIle that sounds about as absurd as Herod approvIng the beheadIng of John the BaptIst at the whIm of hIs daughter, I didn't realize he felt that strongly about us. Whatever happened to our love?

PULEEEZ! Even though the Idea does appeal to me, anyone with half a brain knows better than to believe this cheap load of horse sh*t.

So are you implying that the old Igbo red-cap chief is a liar?

The voice of the old, is the voice of God.

However, why do Igbo's always work to undermine Yoruba's, then turn around and blame the same Yoruba's for their woes? Isn't that a tad bit moronic? You hate me and would do anything to destroy me, despite the fact that I'm normal with you - yet you still blame me for your woes.

Very interesting dimension....

Okenze Osuigwe:
Considering the type of experience we had with Awolowo, and for us to start any one then with a Yoruba man, we would be killed before he finished his tenure. What Awolowo did to us! I was in Enugu when he was released from prison and brought to Enugu.

He was imprisoned for treasonable felony, but Ojukwu released him. He got to Enugu, and in my presence while he was addressing the people, he said that once he got to Ibadan he was going to declare the Oduduwa Republic. We called him and escorted him up to Benin; and by that time it had been rumoured that the Federal Government would attack us.

But what happened was that when he returned home, Gowon made him Minister of Finance and Special Adviser. Awolowo's first decision after the war was that no Igbo man got more than N20.SMH I had so much Brifran money because the money I got from during my service was still intact. Under that condition, how could the Igbos support the emergence of a Yoruba man after that hassle? So, we were involved, and Babangida was our man. He took that decision with our backing.....

This thread does not do justice to Osuigwe's interview by focusing on the its most devisive element.

Frankly, given the treachery and grand betrayal which Awolowo unleashed on the Igbos, after they orchestrated Awolowo's release, escorted him safely out of the area, a contrary reaction by the Igbo people would have shown that they were not humans but heavenly beings.

To be quite honest with you, I can't blame the Igbos. Awolowo is also known to be the brainchild of the starvation policy which significantly contributed to the deaths of thousands of women and children during the civil war.

With friends like Awo, who needs enemies?

chai yoruba don cook another lie againooooo this yyibo people ahhhhhh omo jadijadi

Now, who are the treacherous, backstabbing snakes? Ibo will eventually be paid back in their own coin.
Maybe IBB will help them install their ibo President.

Who says y1bos can do this? They are so evil that anything good coming out of that land is a mistake.

shymexx: Anyway, stop derailing the thread. I didn't create the thread for that.

I had to do it counter nku5's revisionism.

As a proud Yoruba son and a student of Nigerian history, no hard feelings here.

I just hate when people act like betrayal between the two groups isn't a two-way traffic.

mind not the snitches

Before u read the article,u check the I'd that posted it....shymexx...a well known tribalist.....am I not surprised....wonder what he stands to benefit from all this....

Open secret.
No news here.

ndu_chucks:


This thread does not do justice to Osuigwe's interview by focusing on the its most devisive element.

Frankly, given the treachery and grand betrayal which Awolowo unleashed on the Igbos, after they orchestrated Awolowo's release, escorted him safely out of the area, a contrary reaction by the Igbo people would have shown that they were not humans but heavenly beings.

To be quite honest with you, I can't blame the Igbos. Awolowo is also known to be the brainchild of the starvation policy which significantly contributed to the deaths of thousands of women and children during the civil war.

With friends like Awo, who needs enemies?

Very intelligent boy .
Clap for yourself.
From prison to rebel leader just like that.
No consultation.
No money
No troops ,few commanders and a divided society.
Declare war
Just because a scheming and greedy igbo wants it
You folks are not the brightest bulb in the box

So the Igbos as 'bush' as they are stopped A 'sophisticated' yoruba's man presidential ambition? So power is not all about making noise like the oily heads tend to do?
IBB na correct inlaw.