Naija and fotball seff .....Péle stoped the Biafran war for 48 hrs ...In 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a forty-eight hour ceasefire so that they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos.... Yes, you read it correctly…Nigerians paused the Biafran war in order to watch a soccer match and afterward resumed the war.... Can you imagine? The military even opened heavily guarded checkpoints so that people could make their way to the big game..Santos arrived at Lagos International Airport on Sunday morning, January 26, 1969. They were scheduled to play their exhibition match against the Green Eagles, Nigeria’s national team, that afternoon at the Lagos City Stadium..soldiers from both sides reportedly attended the matches, some carrying chairs on their heads to cram extra seating into the stadium. Then 48 hours later they got right back to killing each other....The match between Santos and the Green Eagles ended 2-2. Muyiwa Oshode and Baba Alli scored the Green Eagles’ goals while Pelé got Santos’ two goals....

f.p tip......Pele, and a snake with boobies, paused biafran war for 48hrs

After corruption, football is the strongest unifying factor in Nigeria.

OK

Footbal might be the only game in paradise......very powerful

Snakes and bosom

That's hilarious

Buhari and Gowon are dullards

Buhari and Gowon will die a terrible death

.soldiers from both sides reportedly attended the matches, some carrying chairs on their heads to cram extra seating into the stadium. Then 48 hours later they got right back to killing each other''
Thought Biafra troops were in the East? They flew to Lagos for the Match?

This is another c0ck and bull story

Daniel1990:
This is another c0ck and bull story

because you know nothing about your own country.. Very sad.. You can google that c0ck and bull story ..

Laburos:
.soldiers from both sides reportedly attended the matches, some carrying chairs on their heads to cram extra seating into the stadium. Then 48 hours later they got right back to killing each other''
Thought Biafra troops were in the East? They flew to Lagos for the Match?

he went to Benin to I belive I read.. Not sure.. Google it.. Eighter way it is amazing what football can do..

I agree Football has been ruling the World long long time ago
Benin was also under the Federal troops as of 1969 with Sam Ogbemudia as the governor. I think it were the federal troops who were lucky to watch Pele played live in Lagos against Stationary FC (Though many mistaken it for the Nigeria national team because so many of the players were also playing for flying eagles then)

Though the Ceasefire was not officially announced as per say but definitely the mode of the war was halted by that historic visit.

Nina4u:
he went to Benin to I belive I read.. Not sure.. Google it.. Eighter way it is amazing what football can do..

Nina4u:
because you know nothing about your own country.. Very sad.. You can google that c0ck and bull story ..

How could Biafran soldiers left the eastern front en mass with all the deadly roadblocks, with all the threat of annihilation, extermination and stervation all the way from east to watch football in Lagos? Common sense should have informed you that that is a suicide mission and no right thinking Biafra soldier will do that!

For the Google aspect! I'm not a Google psychopath who swallow any information hook, line and sinker because it is from the goodle_ there are billions tissues of lies out there in your google that common sense can't take and Biafra soldiers leaving war front for football show is of them!