ayodiya: Think critically before posting. Was it sheer cowdice or selective bravery that made ojukwu dress as women and ran wherever or that made ibos think it gowon that was the head of government not awolowo this should you. [TUTORIAL C01] What is critical thinking?
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identify, construct and evaluate arguments detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning
solve problems systematically identify the relevance and importance of ideas reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values
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a lot of facts is not necessarily good at critical thinking. A
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BuddahMonk: Was it sheer cowardice that made Ogundipe bolted in the 11th hour and Awolowo committing suicide when heard rumour that he might be arrested for planning coup.


Lets say Ojukwu was a coward, he stood there for Ogundipe but Ojudipe chicken out, he asked for hierarchy to be maintained but Gowon and fuedal North have their ulterior motive.

Ojukwu was a coward to declare the State of Biafra, fought a 30month battle againts Nigeria and her international allies, he left when the presure was so much and to save Easterners from complete annihilation.

Why did Awolowo chicken out in last minute when he was expected to declare Odua Rep, why didnt Awolowo stay and fight his indictment?

Igbos have really bombarded Gowon to submission and he had apologize to Easterners, or arent you aware he did?

BuddahMonk: Was it sheer cowardice that made Ogundipe bolted in the 11th hour and Awolowo committing suicide when heard rumour that he might be arrested for planning coup.


Lets say Ojukwu was a coward, he stood there for Ogundipe but Ojudipe chicken out, he asked for hierarchy to be maintained but Gowon and fuedal North have their ulterior motive.

Ojukwu was a coward to declare the State of Biafra, fought a 30month battle againts Nigeria and her international allies, he left when the presure was so much and to save Easterners from complete annihilation.

Why did Awolowo chicken out in last minute when he was expected to declare Odua Rep, why didnt Awolowo stay and fight his indictment?

Igbos have really bombarded Gowon to submission and he had apologize to Easterners, or arent you aware he did?

anago18: who don't know the ape called op is deranged. where were your fathers when we fought abacha to stand still through nadeco and radio kudirat, your coward folks all die on the highway fleeing east ward. have your deranged tribe ever fought for any cause expect for there pocket the abacha 1000000 man match comes to mind. tribe of rabble roster when one thinks of the fact that an umar sanda nwachukwu that fought alongside ibb to kill em Igbo represent this blockheads in the nation talk shop.

ayodiya: . Awolowo didn't declare odua rep because he was able to think critically when you declare secession you must be prepared for whatever comes after, no country will take secession lightly,take ukraine and russia for example, that is why d blood of the people killed in the biafran war is on ojukwu. He never thought they will run out of food or what? I don't recall gowon apologizing and if he didn't what is done is done. I don't know who told you awolowo committed suicide. The source of such news is from you easterners. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/11/obituaries/chief-obafemi-awolowo-dies-a-nigeria-nationalist-leader.html the link above should help you, I don't know how a 78yrs old we commit suicide for what?

BuddahMonk: Olatunde kedu

BuddahMonk: No Awolowo did not commit suicide he killed himself because i will rather commit suicide than kill myself- Mama Peace

Awolowo was not only 78years when he died he was a Methuselah and he became tired of living haven clocked 978 years so no need to take his own life anymore.

BuddahMonk: Where were Yoruba warriors and strongmen when MKO Abiola the winner of the annulled June 1993 general election in Nigeria declared himself president elect?

Its on record that the Igbos that played decisive and important roles in that election have been forgotten by the Yorubas but they keep overflogging the person who was used to truncate the budding democratic process.

Its on record that an Igboma, Prof Humphery Nwosu risked his life, stared death on the face despite all threats and intimidation from the military government of Ibrahim Babaginda to rigg the election in favour of his tribeman Alh Bashir Tofa so that power will remain in North.
Nwosu rejected all gratifications, subdued all threats, put his live in danger, his job in jeopardy and all manner of intimidations went ahead to declare a yorobaman MKO Abiola the winner of the election.

Later the election was cancelled despite being hailed by international and local observers as the freest and fairest election so far held in Nigeria.

Abiola the winner of the cancelled election was not happy, and in a haste to grab power by all means necceasry declared himself president elect.
Its was on record that when MKO Abiola was declared himself president elect that he stood in the middle of two strong and brave Igbomen, Ralph Obioha and Bobo Nwosisi but none of his kinsmen was nowhere to be found, his kinsmen bolted and left him to his fate but those brave Igbomen were there for him.

Obioha and Nwosisi put their lives in jeopardy like Nwosu, raised his hands up as the elected president which was against the electoral law.
The crowd that gathered to cheer him up were lagosians of mixed ethnicity. In a twist of event the Yorubas left IBB and turned the heat on Arthur Nzeribe who was used to truncate the transition, it was on record that IBB was the person who directed Nzeribe to file an injunction and everybody knows how the judicial system in a military government operate.
Injuction was granted and Abiola was never made the president.

My question is why did the Yorubas keep blaming an Igboman Nzeribe for playing the devil's role but tuned blind eyes seeing the devil himself on his throne.
Why are they are finding it extremely and very difficult to tell IBB the sins he committed?

Why did the Yorubas forget so soo the sacrifices the likes of Nwosu, Obioha and Nwosisi made toward making sure Abiola emerged president yet Nzeribe's injuction i and the entire Igbos the people were whom they keep pointing accusing fingers at, why are they scared of calling out the Gambaris?

Sheer Cowardice, selective bravery when they hear Igbos or inferiority complex at the mention of the Gambaris

BuddahMonk: Was it sheer cowardice that made Ogundipe bolted in the 11th hour and Awolowo committing suicide when heard rumour that he might be arrested for planning coup.


Lets say Ojukwu was a coward, he stood there for Ogundipe but Ojudipe chicken out, he asked for hierarchy to be maintained but Gowon and fuedal North have their ulterior motive.

Ojukwu was a coward to declare the State of Biafra, fought a 30month battle againts Nigeria and her international allies, he left when the presure was so much and to save Easterners from complete annihilation.

Why did Awolowo chicken out in last minute when he was expected to declare Odua Rep, why didnt Awolowo stay and fight his indictment?

Igbos have really bombarded Gowon to submission and he had apologize to Easterners, or arent you aware he did?

barcanista: OP, you refused errorneously though to Mention Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. That man is a respectable Igboman. He's very under-appreciated. It will be unfair to th Igbo nation to blame them for the actions of Athur Nzeribe. The guy doesn't even care for his Orlu people talkless of Igbo.

Humphrey Nwosu that conducted the election should be eulogised.

However, Notable yoruba sons like Tinubu, Bisi Akande, Afikuyomi, Ajimobi, Omisore, Gani Adams, Soyinka, Ladoja and many others stood their ground against Abacha and the Military..

The June 12 was the only situation where Nigerians came together against the Military

gbadexy:
I don't get involved with tribal politics online as its evidenced in my post history, matured men don't get bothered about those things but how to make money to cater their family's needs.
Let me just correct some misconceptions according to what I read from nowa omogui the renowned historian.
Ojukwu actually fled his enugu command when he heard of the massive killing of eastern officers in the north and southwest during the countercoup, and it was his second in command, ogunewe that pacified the then lieutenant yardua and his colleagues that where almost successful about carrying their's out.
He went to his country home and surrounded himself with mopol of eastern extraction and told gowon he won't resume until all northerners were transferred out of the command.
Gowon being a gentleman and in the spirit of reconciliation due to what easterners passed through obliged him and ojukwu was able to return to enugu.
Do you think if there were northern troops still stationed in the east like they were in the west, ojukwu would have been able to mobilise for the war?
And how did you expect awolowo a civilian without army to declare odua republic with the northern troops in full control of the southwest that hosted the federal government?
You know there was unrest by some yoruba militias then called agbekoya where yoruba leaders called for transfer of northern troops out of yorubaland but gowon crushed the rebellion through benjamin adekunle hence the beginning of his fondness for him.
If gowon had left the northern troops intact at enugu military command then there wouldn't have been a secession attempt.
By the way, ogundipe was the most senior officer during the aguiyi ironsi coup but it was a northern coup and they were with the guns and were in charge then. Ordinary non commissioned hausa soldiers with gun weren't even listening to him. It was an northern affairs as they were in full control of the military and weapons and they merely chose the most senior northerner.
So what could fadipe caught unawares by the coup do? What did aguiyi ironsi caught unawares by the coup do against ordinary lieutenant and armed non commissioned officers?
Let's be objective and put things in their proper perspective. You know the posers I raised are true. You could proof it otherwise with a superior fact. Mine are well documented and corroborated by other sources.
The issue of yoruba's being cowards simply because you felt awolowo didn't secede and fight is a mischievous propaganda by the biafran propaganda department to coerce the southwest into joining the rebellion but even if they wanted to, it wouldn't have been possible except yorubas were in full control of the southwestern army like gown allowed ojukwu to have.

BuddahMonk: Did Ojukwu stood for Ogundipe so that hierarchy will be maintain in the military?

Why should Ojukwu accept Gowons superiority in the military when both of them were of the same rank, when the fuedal jump all the superior officer and gave it to his junior, if you were to be Ojukwu what will you do?

if the military hierarchy were to be maintaianed the way Ojukwu wanted it, was it not a yorobaman that will benefit'?

BuddahMonk: No Awolowo did not commit suicide he killed himself because i will rather commit suicide than kill myself- Mama Peace

Awolowo was not only 78years when he died he was a Methuselah and he became tired of living haven clocked 978 years so no need to take his own life anymore.

huptin: How many times have you heard Yoruba blaming Nzeribe for June 12? The guy was just a weapon used to achive that ignoble purpose of the evil genius. I still commend the Yoruba's for the matured way they handled the june 12 issue, they eventually got what they wanted in double folds without losing millions of their people. Being irrationale should not be confused for bravery, The Yorubas were clearly not prepared for war when That issue happened any attempt at war would simply have been irationale and thoughtless and it would have caused a serious problem for the whole nation.

The funny thing is, though there was no war, Even Abacha the aggressor in chief, dared not venture ouf of Nigeria through out his tenure, before he died like a chicken on top of a prositute. That strategy is called : Adiye ba lokun, ara o rokun ara o radiye in Yoruba.

gratiaeo: Did Awolowo commit suicide?

Obiagelli: you guys have decided to corrupt my history series with tribalism, nothing can be done right on nairaland, i might as well give up on the whole project self.

BuddahMonk: You better fvck off from this thread now because you are the person that reminded us that we all could be archoeologists.

More histories are coming, sit back relax and fasten your sitbelt.

We must bust all the myths here in NL and apology to who pleases.

Pls start now to dig more and more historical facts because am on the mission now in the opposite direction.