Some Igbo leaders, yesterday,
blasted former Chief of Army Staff,
General Theophilus Danjuma
(retd) over his comments that if
former Biafran Leader, late Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu,
had conceded defeat quickly
during the 1967-1970 civil war like
President Goodluck Jonathan did
after the 2015 presidential polls,
Nigeria would have been saved
one year of bloodshed.
Danjuma spoke on Wednesday
shortly after a closed-door
meeting with President Jonathan,
who visited him at his Abuja
residence. He said the President
averted civil war in the country by
timely conceding defeat and
congratulating Major-General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), a
move he said Ojukwu failed to
make and thereby causing the
country avoidable blood shed.
Coming at a time the Igbo are still
seething over Oba of Lagos, HRM
Rilwanu Akiolu’s threat that Igbo
living in Lagos would drown within
seven days in the Lagos Lagoon, if
they did not vote his governorship
candidate in tomorrow’s election,
Danjuma’s comments elicited
caustic criticisms.
Reacting to Danjuma’s comments
yesterday, some Igbo leaders
accused him of ridiculing the
president, insulting Ojukwu and
continuing the genocide against
the Igbo by other means.
Among those who berated
Danjuma are former Secretary-
General of Ohaneze Ndigbo and
officer in the Biafran Army, Col Joe
Achuzia; Second Republic
Politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu;
botched Third Republic Governor
of Anambra State, Dr
Chukwuemeka Ezeife and former
Deputy National President of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Chief Abia Onyike.
He is no longer strong mentally –
Ezeife
Piqued at the comments, Ezeife
said: ‘’I know Danjuma is not very
well. So I am not surprised.’’
Igbo will respond – Ikokwu
Alleging that Danjuma killed
Nigeria’s first military Head of
State, General Ajuiyi Ironsi (an
Igbo), Ikokwu said General
Danjuma will get a full response
after the elections because by
talking about Ojukwu, he is talking
about the South-East and South-
South geo-political zones, which
constituted most of the former
Eastern Region and later the
defunct Biafra.
His words: ‘’I don’t think we
should take issues with Danjuma
until after the elections. Jonathan
went to him and not him to
Jonathan. We shall respond to
him.’’
Danjuma’s comments confirm the
genocide against Igbo – Achuzia
In his reaction, Col Joe Achuzia
said: ‘’I am happy that my friend
Danjuma owned up that there was
bloodshed and pogrom against
the people of Biafra. I don’t
understand what he meant by
Ojukwu conceding defeat. If the
Federal Government had
implemented the Aburi Accord,
the bloodshed would have been
avoided.
‘’Ojukwu believed in Aburi as the
road map for peace at the time of
the crisis but the Federal
Government reneged on the
agreement reached in Ghana. One
does not concede defeat half way
into a battle. Doing that would
have amounted to cowardice. I
don’t know where Danjuma got
the idea of Ojukwu not accepting
defeat from. He has little
knowledge of the intricacies of the
war. He didn’t even know the
terrain of the Enugu that he talked
about. If the necessities of
capitulating were there, why did
the war last for three years? I
fought the war for three years and
I know that the necessities were
not there. Sometimes people talk
for talking sake.
‘’The President’s visit to him was a
private one and he should not
have used that opportunity to
insult all that Ojukwu stood for. To
say publicly that the President was
defeated was even a mockery of
the President. It does not portray
the President in good light. Of
course what he said was an insult
on Ojukwu. His reference to the
fall of Enugu is laughable because
the war was just starting then.
Which military officer will
surrender in that kind of situation
even before firing a bullet? When
some people make wrong
comments on the civil war, I
wonder what often inform their
judgement. Ojukwu was a General
and was right on all the decisions
he took in the interest of the
Igbo.’’
His comments ‘re diversionary –
Onyike
In a chat with newsmen in
Abakaliki, Onyike, one-time
commissioner for Information and
Orientation in Ebonyi State, said it
was most unpatriotic of Danjuma
to make such comments at this
point in the country’s political
history.
He alleged that Nigeria’s problem
now is not from the Ndigbo but
from Danjuma’s North-Eastern
zone occasioned by the Boko
Haram and Hausa/Fulani
herdsmen insurgency, insisting
that the General’s comments were
mere diversionary tactics deployed
to denigrate the integrity of
Ojukwu.
Onyike said: “In the first place, it
was Danjuma that backed the
spilling of the blood of the Igbo,
with the killing of Aguiyi Ironsi in
Ibadan in 1967 and we want to say
that Danjuma belongs to the
group of Army Officers who led
the gruesome genocide and
massacre of over three million
Igbo during the Nigerian civil war.
“We want to say that the problem
with General T. Y. Danjuma is
mainly psychological because at a
time when some of them felt that
they had become great statesmen
and patriots for presiding over the
attempted extermination of the
Igbo, unfortunately for them, the
Igbo people survived and have
come to assert themselves and
their identity in the Nigerian
federation.
“Secondly, a twist emerged in the
Nigerian scene where people like
Danjuma and the minority group
where he comes from in the
Northern have been subjected to
the same gruesome murders by
militant elements of the same
northern oligarchy which they
serve, and to that extent Danjuma
cannot go to his village.
“So, let him go and resolve that
problem first because when
Ojukwu was making them
understand the nature of the
Nigerian federation and the
dangers inherent in the politics
that was emerging, Danjuma
preferred to be a surrogate. So let
him stop using the Igbo to hide
his inadequacies.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/criticism-of-ojukwu-achuzia-ezeife-ikokwu-blast-danjuma/

Don't mind him, Danjuma has passed the age of making sense.

I thought Ibos usually say they killed more soldiers?

Is that not genocide in a way too?

...people are naturally emotional rather than rational. Criticism is their greatest foe. They hate listening to the catastrophic tales of their self-caused war.

But Danjuma is right. These people are stupid

We all have freedom of speech, but freedom after a speech (like this) I can't assure you -Idiamin

VickJames:
Don't mind him, Danjuma has passed the age of making sense.

You do realize that Danjuma was right right?

If the war ended faster less people would have died

Hmmm

Danjuma is getting a large dose of what they did from these Hausa Fulani herdsmen and BH. People like Danjuma are the real problem of this country

abduljabbar4:
But Danjuma is right. These people are stupid

cramjones, why are you still acting stupid with this your new moniker, go get a life and start acquiring sense cos you need it in quantum

Mynd44:

You do realize that Danjuma was right right?

If the war ended faster less people would have died

For humanitarian reason, yes.
The Biafran army had a fair chance a year before the end of the war.

VickJames:


For humanitarian reason, yes.
The Biafran army had a fair chance a year before the end of the war.

Look let's stop being nice and fave the facts, there was no way Ojukwu would have won that war. It was implausible.

The entire might of the FG against them?

People talk too much. The noise is getting deafening in Nigeria honestly.

No comment

Mynd44:

Look let's stop being nice and fave the facts, there was no way Ojukwu would have won that war. It was implausible.

The entire might of the FG against them?

Yes, based on the fact that they were fighting 1 against 4. But you will still give them a plus for pushing the Nigerian army as far as Ondo.

It wasn't a war to win, it was a war to be free.

Why is it that the Igbos always try to align with the south-south?

Sibrah:
Why is it that the Igbos always try to align with the south-south?

they want to attach to our oyel.

Bloody thieves.

VickJames:


Yes, based on the fact that they were fighting 1 against 4. But you will still give them a plus for pushing the Nigerian army as far as Ondo.

It wasn't a war to win, it was a war to be free.

Did they really push the Nigerian army back or was the Nigerian army not willing for an all out war against their own?

Whatever the answer was, to be free, you have to win. Winning was not possible, sacrificing people to slow down defeat was pointless and silly

Segeggs:
they want to attach to our oyel.

Bloody thieves.

Yoruba man talking about oil, perhaps you mean the rotten oil in your Gbegiri and Amala soups. *grins*

Meanwhile, the SE/SS will remain inseparable, as long as we have Igbo speaking indigenous tribes there.

Achuzia and Nzeogwu are bonafide SS men! Even Wike is going back to his roots, calling for SS/SE unity.

People tend to forget that what Ojukwu did was to defend his people from the oppressors who wanted to exterminate the Igbo race from Nigeria, it wasn't a fight to win but a fight to freedom and tell them that the igbos are not cowards and slaves but a people who knows what they stand for and go for what the believe in.....An Aburi peace accord was signed in Ghana but the Nigeria govt refused to sign and abide by it instead they wanted to destroy the Igbo people and yet someone says Ojukwu should have surrendered. The evidence of what Ojukwu fought for in that war is still happening in Nigeria Today

Mynd44:

Look let's stop being nice and fave the facts, there was no way Ojukwu would have won that war. It was implausible.

The entire might of the FG against them?

Only Cowards surrender in a war without giving it their best shot! The world history is littered with disadvantaged armies winning their more advantaged opponents, they didn't win by surrendering.

The casualties in Biafra war wasn't soldiers, it was civilians being killed by the Nigerian soldiers, and the rest being starved by the food embargo.

Those are unconventional means of fighting a war, that was not supposed to happen, but the British sanctioned it!


Ojukwu decision to fight to the end
remain legitimate.

Mynd44:

Did they really push the Nigerian army back or was the Nigerian army not willing for an all out war against their own?

Whatever the answer was, to be free, you have to win. Winning was not possible, sacrificing people to slow down defeat was pointless and silly

You might think that fighting wasn't the right path to take but the available option on ground then, fighting was best.

How do you explain almost 30,000 igbos killed in the north? These men were out to exterminate them from the north and they said we should remain as one? Who does that? If not for the help of "super-powers" supporting the Nigeria end, we would've atleast created a border to hold them away. I think that was the plan. The war wasn't fought to defeat Nigeria, but atleast create a border to stop them till we find a way to create a proper sovereignty.

pazienza:


Yoruba man talking about oil, perhaps you mean the rotten oil in your Gbegiri and Amala soups. *grins*

there's oil in ondo, ogun and lagos, but we don't like to talk about it. Google up

pazienza:


Meanwhile, the SE/SS will remain inseparable, as long as we have Igbo speaking indigenous tribes there.

when are you going to get over the falsehood of a SS/SE alliance? It was just a one night stand cos GEJ the fuckerr has abandoned SE the fuckee. Or have you seen him visit your region to thank you use and dumps?

pazienza:

Achuzia and Nzeogwu are bonafide SS men! Even Wike is going back to his roots, calling for SS/SE unity.

wike is using you thesame way Just kidding is. These men don't give a fvckk about ndigbo. Ndigbo is like a prostitute, use and dump.

Segeggs:
they want to attach to our oyel.

Bloody thieves.

that is the problem with you SS people, look at how your son was kicked out of the presidency by the western and northern alliance whom have been using your oil to enrich themselves, the SE you hate so much were the only region who stood and went down with the president, until you people realize whom your real enemies are then you will continue hating the SE, mind you a northerner is in power now and in 2016 when the allocation of the oil wells are allocated you will know what the northerners have in place for you people

It's a pity that people like ojukwu are celebrated in this country.

pazienza:


Only Cowards surrender in a war without giving it their best shot! The world history is littered with disadvantaged armies winning their more advantaged opponents, they didn't win by surrendering.

The casualties in Biafra war wasn't soldiers, it was civilians being killed by the Nigerian soldiers, and the rest being starved by the food embargo.

Those are unconventional means of fighting a war, that was not supposed to happen, but the British sanctioned it!


Ojukwu decision to fight to the end
remain legitimate.

No. Only cowards decide to keep throwing bodies at the enemies in the hope of slowing them down. You can not fight a war with a power bigger than you and you think you can win based on bravery alone.

Ojukwu was totally unprepared for that war and to have kept on throwing lives was not just right.

pazienza:


Only Cowards surrender in a war without giving it their best shot! The world history is littered with disadvantaged armies winning their more advantaged opponents, they didn't win by surrendering.

The casualties in Biafra war wasn't soldiers, it was civilians being killed by the Nigerian soldiers, and the rest being starved by the food embargo.

Those are unconventional means of fighting a war, that was not supposed to happen, but the British sanctioned it!


Ojukwu decision to fight to the end
remain legitimate.

@bold. Are you serious?

Thesame ojukwu that fled to abidjan in a female attire?

Danjuma could have talked when ojukwu was alive? I never heard Danjuma coughed a day..that reminds how Ojukwu beat hell out of him..

VickJames:

You might think that fighting wasn't the right path to take but the available option on ground then, fighting was best.

How do you explain almost 30,000 igbos killed in the north? These men were out to exterminate them from the north and they said we should remain as one? Who does that? If not for the help of "super-powers" supporting the Nigeria end, we would've atleast created a border to hold them away. I think that was the plan. The war wasn't fought to defeat Nigeria, but atleast create a border to stop them till we find a way to create a proper sovereignty.

30,000 killed in the North is not forgivable I give that but throwing more lives and risking that of women and children to prove a point is also unforgivable.

Forget the "Super powers" outside support comes with war, America had support going into Iraq and Afganistan. There was no way they could have created a border that wont be eventually taken down the the federal forces decide to unleash the entire army.

Remember they took Delta back in waht was described as a "Police action"

General Ojukwu went into a gun fight with a letter opener and was too damn proud to run away so he can fight another day

pazienza:


Only Cowards surrender in a war without giving it their best shot! The world history is littered with disadvantaged armies winning their more advantaged opponents, they didn't win by surrendering.

The casualties in Biafra war wasn't soldiers, it was civilians being killed by the Nigerian soldiers, and the rest being starved by the food embargo.

Those are unconventional means of fighting a war, that was not supposed to happen, but the British sanctioned it!


Ojukwu decision to fight to the end
remain legitimate.

The coward used innocent and hopeless children as human shield and propaganda tool at the beginning while his kids were feeding fat but when Black Scorpion was closing on him he ran to Abidjan.

We saw Gaddafi fighting side by side his people and equally saw Saddam Hussain riding till the end but Ojukwu said he running to Abidjan to seek for peace. Uh! What peace are going to seek you coward after watching a record 3 million souls wasted? No wonder his father inlaw C.C Onu tagged him the cantankerous coward in his book. Fighting to the end, indeed.

Mckennedy:
Danjuma could have talked when ojukwu was alive? I never heard Danjuma coughed a day..that reminds how Ojukwu beat hell out of him..

danjuma was among the soldiers that made ojukwu flee to abidjan. Go and read the history.

Mckennedy:
Danjuma could have talked when ojukwu was alive? I never heard Danjuma coughed a day..that reminds how Ojukwu beat hell out of him..

If there's any single individual that can lay claim to winning and beating the Biafrans during civil war that person is T.Y Danjuma!

Stop talking midnight folktales passed onto you by your parents serious.