Paretomaster:
Flatinnoes. .......and somebody think say e go ever better for them? ....

seunmsg:

The first coup was a very big mistake but the civil war was a bigger mistake. The first coup and the civil war unfortunately have defined Nigeria till today and they remain the bedrock of our country's division and failures. Looking back, I wish those two events didn't happen.

seunmsg:

The first coup was a very big mistake but the civil war was a bigger mistake. The first coup and the civil war unfortunately have defined Nigeria till today and they remain the bedrock of our country's division and failures. Looking back, I wish those two events didn't happen.

heendrix:
useless set of piggy oriented people. if sarrki start hating now they would come for his head. make an Ipork man ur best friend n see what happen to you in the later days. they're complaining of marginalization whilst they started first

can you just imagine selfish people
#spits

sarrki:


You are a patriot

seunmsg:

The first coup was a very big mistake but the civil war was a bigger mistake. The first coup and the civil war unfortunately have defined Nigeria till today and they remain the bedrock of our country's division and failures. Looking back, I wish those two events didn't happen.

zendy:


Even before the Military coup, the signs were already there that all would not be well with Nigeria. Personally, I dont think that the union of Nigeria was supposed to be. I think that Nigeria was the forced union of a people ethnically, religiously, traditionally and ideologically divided. Such a union will never be a happy one.

America also had a civil war, which still causes problems between North and South, even to this day. But America rose above the civil war to become the greatest nation in the world.

seunmsg:


I agree there were issues before the first military coup but even at that, things were not this bad. We still had a nation then that most Nigerians look up to genuinely with pride as their own. The first coup broke that nationhood and the subsequent counter coup and civil war shattered whatever remained of the nation. The division, hatred, power imbalance etc that came out of those two events are what still defines Nigeria till today. Without the first coup and civil war, we wont be as divided and hateful of each other as we are today. Most importantly, the imbalance in our political structure wont be so pronounced as we have today.

Yes, America was able to rise above her own civil war to become the greatest nation in the world. But you must understand that Americans and Nigerians went to war for different purposes. America's civil war was more or less a war of morality, a war over what is good vs what is right. A war over the right to enslave others. The people who fought on the side of humanity won and so, it was easier for the losers to realize the evil of the slavery that they fought to keep. On the other hand, Nigeria's civil war was a brutal war over political power and resource control. Naturally, the winner takes all that they fought for, power and resources. So you see, we cannot really move on quickly like the Americans. Our civil war gave the north an undue advantage politically and it will take nothing less that 100 years to correct. That is why looking back, I wished the first coup and civil war never happened. Southern officers organized the first military coup which then led to a chain of events that culminated in the civil war. The North came out with the advantage after the war and not the south, that is the point i am trying to make.

Lipscomb:
I keeping saying it Igbo are the caused of today problem. Very wicked people traitors .

zendy:


Even before the Military coup, the signs were already there that all would not be well with Nigeria. Personally, I dont think that the union of Nigeria was supposed to be. I think that Nigeria was the forced union of a people ethnically, religiously, traditionally and ideologically divided. Such a union will never be a happy one.

America also had a civil war, which still causes problems between North and South, even to this day. But America rose above the civil war to become the greatest nation in the world.

Firefire:
Haters everywhere

hmabdool:



Nigeria has risen above the civil war, the problem is with some lazy nonentities filled with hate who are bent on dividing the nation along tribal, religious line

hmabdool:
1966: ASSASSINATION OF ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA-BALEWA
“Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots.
“You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled. “Get up sir, we don’t have a lot of time.”
“Alright,” the Prime Minister replied gently, “allow me to dress up.”
He put on a white flowing robe with white trousers, a pair of slippers and his prayer beads. Without fear and a disciplined face, he trudged out of the room and the residence gently as Ifeajuna and his soldiers accompanied him with pointed guns.
When they reached the parked vehicles, Ezedigbo had arrested the Finance Minister, Chief Okotie-Eboh, and had tossed him like a bag of groundnuts into the back of the 3-Ton truck while the Prime Minister was assisted into the backseat of Ifeajuna’s luxurious car, a red Mercedes Benz, as the convoy drove off to the rendezvous.
Some few kilometers to their rendezvous, the Prime Minister became restless and was muttering to himself as he rattled his prayer beads. Okafor hinted Ifeajuna of the situation who quickly slammed the brakes and came out of the car.
“Are you alright sir?” Ifeajuna asked the Prime Minister as he opened the side door. “Or would you like some fresh air?”
To Tafawa-Balewa, it was a rhetorical question and the decision to answer or not rested on him. Without answering the Major, he gently alighted from the car and ambled towards the darkness as Ifeajuna watched anxiously, oblivious to what the Prime Minister was up to.
Then from a slow walk, to a pace and a sprint, the Prime Minister dashed for the darkness. Ifeajuna did not bother to pursue. Quickly, he grabbed his gun from the car, cocked it and aimed for the fleeing Prime Minister whose white outfit contrasted the darkness and conspicuously gave him away.
The “revolution” had failed and the Prime Minister had become a liability to their movement anyway. The Major shot sporadically at the fleeing figure sending the tranquility of the darkness to a bustle of gunfire like the crackle of burning dried leaves.
Tafawa-Balewa fell as Ifeajuna stared in horror at the darkness whether he got his target. The Golden Voice of Africa had been silenced.
Quickly, he moved towards the still body of the Prime Minister and after confirming he was dead, dragged him to a tree trunk and rested the body in a seating position with his clothing still intact.
Then he and Okafor brought out Largema’s corpse from the boot of the car and laid it down beside Tafawa-Balewa’s body. Having realised the coup had failed on their part, they sped, en route Abeokuta-Sagamu, towards Enugu in the East, which was nearly 450 kilometres away.
#HistoryVille
Source: A Carnage Before Dawn: A Historical Novel on Nigeria's First Coup D'etat by Ayomide Akinbode

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hmabdool:



There are good and bad igbo but ipob yoot are the terrible ones

zendy:


No one divide a a united house easily. Nigeriais not united and never has been united

MightySparrow:


Can you now see that Igbo's started, maintaining, advancing Nigerian's problems?

They now want to leave Nigeria. No way!

Lipscomb:
I keeping saying it Igbo are the caused of today problem. Very wicked people traitors .

Lipscomb:
I keeping saying it Igbo are the caused of today problem. Very wicked people traitors .