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Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by babestella: 11:01am On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy: Very Apt. Unfortunately many mofos especially the muslim yorubas with the exception of a few of them and cattle herders would not see that Nigeria is a monumental failure, they'll still continue to hate the Igbos which was what sparked off the war in the first place. No country fights a second civil war and survives, they must be careful with this kind of unnecessary hate and ill treatment of other tribes, because when it finally blows up in our faces, it would be like it was in the 60s. Today Nigeria is a total failure even in the hands of those that fought to take away the freedom of the Igbos. 2 Likes |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Geist(m): 11:02am On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy:Lmao, it's not only your hipocrisy that is mind blowing, your ignorance is too. Do you have any idea what it means to take an oath of public office in a sovereign nation? |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Zedoo(m): 11:04am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Ballmer: Ojukwu is better than all the military heads of state put together.... The war was only lost because Gowon in his sinful hatred ceased ALL food supplies to the east back and forth and even shot down planes carrying supplies....else....my brother no be this same story we go dey talk today.... Biafra made the most unprecedented technological advancement by any black nation which Nigeria as usual totally failed to build upon.... Nigeria overpowered Biafra simply through starvation.....man power and tactics wise? Dude Biafra was every mile better than what Nigeria had to offer. That being said..... You will never be as great as ojukwu...jf you like live 300 years.... Anytime the history of this country Is written... His name MUST appear at the very peak because he is the ONLY person to have stood against this EVIL Nigeria....for 3good years.... No OTHER ARMY GENERAL WILL BE EXONERATED BY HISTORY NEITHER WILL THERE BE A CIVILIAN PRESIDENT..... Yes igbos got massacred....but look at Nigeria now and the progress the igbos have made..... Imagine....just imagine the billions of miles it would hav been if Biafra had succeeded.... No doubt there would have been interior issues....but that is the only true fight a Nigerian could have claimed to have fought for independence.... The 1960 independence was not a real fight...it landed right on nigeria's laps....and being clueless they blew it away.... Stop hating a dead legend.... |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by chrisfinito123: 11:04am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Indiaindia: mongo parÆ™ |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Zedoo(m): 11:06am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Geist: Who are you trying to cajole? Which public office did ojukwu ever hold? Being a flagbearer in a political party is now a public office Dude....go do ur history well...stop kicking garbage knowledge |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by gidgiddy: 11:06am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Ballmer: Yes he failed, but his faliure is not the point because nothing is guaranteed in life. The point is that he gave it a good fight when all others chose the easy route of being "a$$lickers" of the North. Sometimes, fighting for something is far more important than the outcome. He as not been vindicated for leaving his people in what you term a disaster. I do not see vindication on his path all I see is a weakling educated in the best military schools of Europe and with a race as determined as the Igbo he could not outsmart the aboki led army that does nothing but chew goro n sips kunu. What more can be termed a failure ?! The 'aboki led Army' was not the problem. But when that Army has two superpower nations like Britain and Russia providing it unlimited military supplies, with Egyptian pilots having control of the sky in it's bombing campaign, the scales were tipped. Britain, Russia and Egypt won the war for Nigeria. Had those countries stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have had time to export Oil, buy enough military supplies and chased Gowon into Niger Republic. Ojukwu deserve to be brought back to life and flogged a million times for wasting igbos lives on a course he could not guarantee victory. War my friend is not the olympics where you win by just participating. Now I ask you are the igbos better off in nigeria or outside of it after the Biafran war ? The answer which stares you in the face should tell who the failure his btw the country Nigeria and Ojukwu. Ojukwu wasted no Igbo life, it was Nigeria that did that. It was Nigeria that brought war to the East were people were enjoying their new found freedom. "One Nigeria " is not a good enough reason to start a war especially when that same "one Nigeria" is a British creation and not an African one. This has never been about wether Igbos are better off in Nigeria or not. It has always been about people deciding their fate. 1 Like |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Ugogenius(m): 11:07am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Biafrans, please watch this video & embrace peace! |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by gidgiddy: 11:09am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Geist: Maybe someone deceived you into thinking that Ojukwu held any office in Nigeria aside when he was in the Nigerian Army |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by mecussey(m): 11:09am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Dinobi77: I asked the same question ooo...we agreed to be biz partners, at a point i say I no do again and i am not requesting for any share of property...just go with all the property, make i go with my body, you no gree. |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by sukkot: 11:14am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Ballmer: [img]http://1.bp..com/--51KjrS_Vcc/TXQEHsSAWRI/AAAAAAAAAv4/7qq-yPtA97M/s1600/Sound_of_Laughter_by_hersley.jpg?vm=r&s=1[/img] chew goro and sips kunu lolzz 1 Like |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Hades2016(m): 11:18am On Sep 26, 2016 |
kaluchuks:nice talk brother |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by jneutron4000: 11:23am On Sep 26, 2016 |
SonofDevil:guy see this funny video again to show that most of this ipob youths are just clown. https://instagram.com/p/BKLLgQ1gqfd/ |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by victorvezx(m): 11:27am On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy:So Ojukwu knew all this, but still continued the war instead of surrendering. U talk as if Biafra did not hire foreign mercenaries who helped train and even fought along side the biafrans. Even France could not help u people too much because they already knew Nigeria was winning the war, instead of Ojukwu to get sense and surrender, he decided to prolong the war, their by costing the life of over 2 million flat-heads. U can keep deceiving urself. U are a hypocrite, now u have come to accept that Ojukwu declared Biafra because he wanted control of the oil. That is why u wished the Nigerian government did not ask for help from foreign powers so that Ojukwu would have time to sell massive amount of oil to fund his army. U have come to accept that Ojukwu had an inner motive and is an oil thief and a coward, accept that fact. The truth is that war is war, it does not matter how u win it, so far as there a winner and a loser. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by AnanseK(m): 11:30am On Sep 26, 2016 |
hucienda: Fredrick Forsyth was Ojukwu's school mate and best friend. As a writer His contribution to his friend was the propaganda " The making of an African legend". I have read that crap and I expect everyone to do even more for his/her best friend and school mate. 1 Like |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by 0ganiru: 11:33am On Sep 26, 2016 |
AnanseK:try max siollun [oil, politics and violence] even Wikipedia |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Ngozi123(f): 11:35am On Sep 26, 2016 |
Marcelini: It wasn't even that many; in the video, the reporter says that 7 mercenaries were hired. If that's what the op wants to pontificate then he's basically saying that 7 white men is equivalent to about 250,000 Nigerian soldiers. Shame on him for promoting such a racist view. The French weapons sent to the Biafrans has never really been up for debate btw. Most people on both sides of the argument accept that the aide the Biafrans received from the outside world was no way near what Nigeria received, and that's without considering the initial advantages Nigeria had over Biafra. Nigerians should be asking themselves, taking into account all of the military advantages it had over Biafra, why on earth did it take Nigeria 3 years, and starvation tactics, to win that war? 2 Likes |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Gassa007: 11:55am On Sep 26, 2016 |
kingthreat:You won't try it self.You will know there is difference between Nigeria Army and Marine/Seal.....mtcheeew |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by gidgiddy: 12:10pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
victorvezx: Why don't you go and do a good read up on Nigerian history and the civil war instead of coming here to ask questions you should known the answers to back in secondary School? Ojukwu went on several peace meetings, including those brokered by the OAU and other African heads of state. Ojukwu agreed to end all hostilities if Gowon agreed to hold a referendum in Eastern Nigeria. That's what this whole thing has been about, letting people decide their destiny. But Gowon said "we must all be Nigeria". So why won't there be war? Who is expected to surrender on those terms? If Gowon had the welfare of the people at heart, he would have let them decide their fate. The story of 'one Nigeria' has always been about killing people. Lord Lugard massacred thousands of people to create "one Nigeria" Gowon killed millions to maintain "one Nigeria" Thousands have been killed since the end of the war in the name of 'one Nigeria' When 'one Nigeria' is claiming lives to the tune of millions, a time comes when reasonable people start asking why. Never say that Ojukwu fought for Oil, Oil might be the problem of some people but it has never been the problem for Igbos or Igbo land. There are more Oil and gas reserves in Igbo land to last is a long time. The so called Oil never helped Nigeria anyway 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by raphieMontella: 12:29pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
SonofDevil:have you ever been to the east? U comment like an illiterate. |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by ArabMopol(m): 12:38pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
Indiaindia:The fact that the igbos were able to rise from the ashes of the civil war with just 20 pounds to bear a collection of Nigeria's most modern cities and people is just a testament of our mental superiority. Go to places that were not touched by a single bomb at all, and all you see are brown roofs, polio, poverty, mass illiteracy,religious fanaticism, backward socialism. God bless ndi-igbo. 3 Likes
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Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Nobody: 12:39pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
Nothing pains me more then when I see people lying about history comfortably. It's a disgusting example of why the Nigerian govt doesn't want to mandate history being taught in schools, unlike every other reasonable govt of the world. "Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" If one more sanctimonious prick says Ojukwu fought the war for oil, or pride, someone should probably flog them. Such a person should know that they are either as much of a liar as the Devil, or as uneducated as, well, Buhari. My grandfather almost died running from violent mobs in Kano that were killing every Igbo person or even Igbo seeming person they could find. His best friend died that day, and his car got stolen because he had to leave it in his flight. My father and his brothers almost got kwashiorkor in that war, and my granduncle was severely injured in the army. My father didn't start primary school till he was 9, because of unrest and war. My other grand uncles were trapped in Lagos and were afraid to move home, for fear of drawing attention to themselves. I can recount more tales and just be aware that a majority of Igbo ppl and even the some of the so-called igboid ppl can recount such too. Some even worse. OJUKWU WENT TO WAR BECAUSE "NIGERIANS" were slaughtering Igbo ppl like rams in the North. I'm not gonna say what happened in Lagos too, before ppl jump down my throat. After the severallllll massacres, Igbo ppl fled to their homeland (ppl like my grandfather, who my father tells me they thought he was dead for a while). Ojukwu being the leader of the Eastern Region, asked the Nigerian govt. Gini bu this? Thought we were one Nigeria? If we are being not just perscuted but slaughtered in our own country, then it is obviously not ours. If our brothers hate us enough to kill us, and some hate us enough to watch others kill us; then we are not brothers. Ojukwu was Moses you uneducated..... in fact lemme not insult. Igbo ppl have no pipe dream called Biafra, Biafra was a creation borne out of necessity. CAUSE SOME OF YOU PPLS GRANDPARENTS WERE TRYING TO EXTERMINATE MINE. Igbo ppl don't even worship Ojukwu self, the man was crazy and had severe flaws. But we know that he wasn't wrong. That he did what any reasonable person would do. Igbo ppl, in that situation, would do it all over agin. Until the day Nigeria apologizes for the 2nd largest Ethnic Massacre in Africa, and one of the top 15 in the history of the world, I believe; we can never live in perfect community. Germany apologized to the Jews, the Namibians. America apologized to the Native Americans, the Vietnamese. It helped them move forward. They need to apologize to the Igbo ppl, cause even God hasn't forgiven the pointless waste of lives and neither have we. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by victorvezx(m): 12:43pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy:Ojukwu was a greedy fellow, in those meeting with Gowon, he wanted a confederation, which means only Ojukwu will be in charge of the eastern region, he will be in charge of the massive natural resources there, he will also be in charge of his own militia, the central government will not have any say, unlike regionalism in which the government can have a say over the resources and also controls the army, even if it was u, u will not agree to such a deal. And also the confederation that Ojukwu wants will eminently lead to Nigeria break up, because there will be a time when the eastern region we feel they don't need other Nigerians anymore, that they can be independent. Gowon see through this and rejected it, Ojukwu demands were rubbish and impossible. And also Which oil does igboland produces? Igbo land that only produces less than 80,000 barrels of oil per day, can u compare it with the more than 1.9 million barrels per day produced in the south-south? U can check google it u think am lying. |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by victorvezx(m): 12:45pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
MrsPhyno:Nobody will apologies, because it was a necessary and important war. U can keep waiting for an apology, or when u get tired and frustrated while waiting, u can hang urself 2 Likes |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by Nobody: 12:46pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
victorvezx:I'm not waiting. I'm just saying. If you truly love your country, and want it to progress; you should know what to do. |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by odson: 1:27pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy: God Bless you there! |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by odson: 1:39pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
ArabMopol: True Talk. Whenever I think of it. I am amazed by that fact. Its barely 50 years after the war. A generation has not even passed after the war and the igbos have recovered fully - financially and arguably mentally that is. 1 Like |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by mydavidorf: 1:41pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
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Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by ArabMopol(m): 1:48pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
odson:igbo man possess that spirit of doggedness, never die spirits to achieve great |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by kingthreat(m): 1:50pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
Gassa007: Shattap dere. Wetin this one dey talk. You know as your grandfathers fight Biafra war? [img]http://2.bp..com/-mBx4-tOD4TM/VTy7k_Ju4vI/AAAAAAAAiho/x8JaXP-UF2k/s1600/akin.PNG[/img] |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by kingthreat(m): 1:52pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
gidgiddy: Yeah and we also sold our children to him. More bloody lies. The federal republic of Nigeria is here to stay just like your head is bound to remain flat 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Mercenaries Ojukwu Hired To Fight During The Biafra-Nigerian War (Video) by kingthreat(m): 1:55pm On Sep 26, 2016 |
Alisteven: Why we are a bit wary of boko haram is because those guys are ready for the worst. They are ready to die. They have weapons and in some cases, they have had few victories against the Nigerian police and army. But believe me, when it comes to those clowns, Massob and Ipob, those guys will do anything for money. The battle will be more easier |
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