I do not know if you are aware that the counter coup of
July 29, 1966 lasted from May to October. That is 6
months. For 6 months, a section of this country was
butchered while Gowon looked the other way same way
we he is accusing Buhari of looking the other way over
Miyetti Cattle Killing of his people. Does Gowon have any moral right to call for the arrest of anyone? Who did he arrest in 1966?

Some of the Actors were (pay attention to the names)
Joseph Akahan
Murtala Mohammed
Theophilus Danjuma
Abba Kyari
Martin Adamu
Shittu Alao (this man is from Kwara)
Musa Usman
Capt. Joseph Garba
Capt. Ibrahim Taiwo
Capt. Abdul Wya
Lt. Moahmmadu Buhari
Ibrahim Babangida
William Walbe
Mamman Vatsa
Buka Suka Dimka
James Onoja
Abdullah Shelleng
Sani Abacha
Muhammad Gado Nasko
John Shagaya
Paul Chabri Tarfa

If the counter coup of July 1966 was a revenge to the
"Igbo" coup and killing of Northern leaders, what was
Danjuma and his likes doing in the counter coup?
Chief Festus Okotie Eboh was killed in that coup? Remind me where he comes from and the name of his ethnic military officer who participated to avenge his death.

But we of course know the counter coup was not a
revenge to the 1st coup but an avenue to vent pent up
frustrations over perceived domination.
Read what Max Siollun said
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As Max Siollun put it in Chapter 1 pg 16-17 of his book
OIL, POLITICS AND VIOLENCE,
"Out of Nigeria's ethnic matrix, Igbos distinguished
themselves by becoming the most prominent and
commercially successful. They were educated, adventurous and hardworking. When the expatriate British workers departed, Igbos moved quickly to fill their clerical, administrative and technical jobs. In the impoverished Northern Region, the Igbos commercial success, Christianity and Westernized manner did not endear them to some of their Northern neighbours. Northerners grumbled about and bitterly resented, the huge numbers of Igbo migrants who in their view were taking all their best jobs already occupied by the Igbos who were generally far better educated (little attention was paid to the fact that the Northern Region did not have enough skilled or educated workers to fill all these posts). As a successful economic migrant population, like other economically successful migrant ethnicities in other countries, they were resented and cast in the role of scape goats. They were even referred to as "Jews of Africa". The title was not fanciful, as many Igbos did regard themselves as a special or "chosen" race and valued personal achievement highly. Igbos were exceptionally intelligent, innovative and resourceful , and they knew it. However, their confidence in their abilities sometimes crossed over into outbursts of chest thumping pride that antagonize other ethnic groups".
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The events of January 15, 1966, gave Northerners an
opportunity to vent their frustrations. Recall that in May
1953, a delegation from the AG which was a leading
Yoruba party scheduled a visit to Kano. NPC leaders were opposed to the visit and called it "territorial violation". They were angry that AG booed and jeered them in Lagos during the debate for self government which the North opposed. When the Yoruba AG visited Kano, violence ensued NOT between Yorubas and Hausa-Fulani like one would expect. Northern mobs instead attacked and murdered scores of Igbos. The killings of 1953 was nothing compared to what Gowon stood by and watched happened in the revenge coup of July 1966.

What did Gowon do over the insecurity of 1966? Nothing
Decapitated and badly mutilated corpses arrived the
Eastern region. Separatists sentiments increased in the
East. Contrary to what is widely believed, Ojukwu was
actually a moderating voice in a sea of Igbo hawks who
wanted to secede. Despite his refusal to recognise Gowon as the supreme commander, he co-operated with Gowon by enuring that no Northern soldier was harmed in the East. He took them home unharmed. Please fact check this.

It is same man that people today call ambitious.
He also went to Aburi well prepared. The rest of them
arrived unprepared, Ojukwu arrived armed with notes and
secretaries. All because he wanted peace to reign.
Ojukwu was the only participant who knew what he
wanted. Some claimed he took the SMC for a ride by
using superior intelligence to trap the officers into an
agreement they did not understand. Who cares? Ojukwu
was engaged in a constitutional debate with himself
against 5 military officers and two police officers
(probably enrolled based on quota system), yet he got his way.
Do you blame Ojukwu for outwitting opponents that
outnumbered him by 7 to 1? That agreement was never
implemented. Gowon reneged on it. Today he is making
noise about security situation. The same man who
supervised the killing of people without lifting a finger.
On what grounds should the leader of Miyetti be arrested?

nku5:


What did Gowon do over the insecurity of 1966? Nothing
Decapitated and badly mutilated corpses arrived the
Eastern region. Separatists sentiments increased in the
East. Contrary to what is widely believed, Ojukwu was
actually a moderating voice in a sea of Igbo hawks who
wanted to secede. Despite his refusal to recognise Gowon as the supreme commander, he co-operated with Gowon by enuring that no Northern soldier was harmed in the East. He took them home unharmed. Please fact check this.

It is same man that people today call ambitious.
He also went to Aburi well prepared. The rest of them
arrived unprepared, Ojukwu arrived armed with notes and
secretaries. All because he wanted peace to reign.
Ojukwu was the only participant who knew what he
wanted. Some claimed he took the SMC for a ride by
using superior intelligence to trap the officers into an
agreement they did not understand. Who cares? Ojukwu
was engaged in a constitutional debate with himself
against 5 military officers and two police officers
(probably enrolled based on quota system), yet he got his way.
Do you blame Ojukwu for outwitting opponents that
outnumbered him by 7 to 1? That agreement was never
implemented. Gowon reneged on it. Today he is making
noise about security situation. The same man who
supervised the killing of people without lifting a finger.
On what grounds should the leader of Miyetti be arrested?

For many years, the Lagos/Ibadan expressway media kept dishing out falsehood after falsehood about what caused the war in a desperate bid to please their caliphate masters and to cover up the disgraceful fact that while Ojukwu was fighting for the freedom of his people, they were busy pledging their eternal slavery to the caliphate.

To this day, you will still see one ignoramus after the other come on Nairaland to say "Ojukwu caused the war", "He started a fight he could not win", "Ojukwu decived his people into war and caused the death of millions"

Foolishness at its peak because people can't go to a Library and read Nigerian history.

Long before the January 1966 coup, Igbos were already at the receiving end of the excesses of the North. Northerners massacred Igbo in Jos in 1945. They massacred Igbos again in Kano in 1953. So anyone thinking that the massacre of Igbos in the North in 1966 was becausr of the fallout from the January coup of that same year is ignorant. The killing of Igbos was a regular thing long before 1966.

When the killings of Easterners was happening and Gowon, who had seized power, was helpless to do anything about it, several groups approached Ojukwu and asked him to declare the Eastern Region a separate country. Ojukwu knew that doing so would lead to civil war so he declined and chose instead to sit down with Gowon in Ghana to find lasting peace. After 2 days of discussions, Gowon and Ojukwu reached an agreement called the Aburi accord. In return for keeping to the agreement, Ojukwu would recognise Gowon as head of state and Nigeria would remain one.

Gowon came back to Nigeria and broke the terms of the agreement by dissolving the 4 Regions and creating 12 states. This left Ojukwu with no choice than to declare Biafra.

Gowon by his actions caused the war by going back on the agreement he signed in Ghana

gidgiddy:


For many years, the Lagos/Ibadan expressway media kept dishing out falsehood after falsehood about what caused the war in a desperate bid to please their caliphate masters and to cover up the disgraceful fact that while Ojukwu was fighting for the freedom of his people, they were busy pledging their eternal slavery to the caliphate.

To this day, you will still see one ignoramus after the other come on Nairaland to say "Ojukwu caused the war", "He started a fight he could not win", "Ojukwu decived his people into war and caused the death of millions"

Foolishness at its peak because people can't go to a Library and read Nigerian history.

Long before the January 1966 coup, Igbos were already at the receiving end of the excesses of the North. Northerners massacred Igbo in Jos in 1945. They massacred Igbos again in Kano in 1953. So anyone thinking that the massacre of Igbos in the North in 1966 was becausr of the fallout from the January coup of that same year is ignorant. The killing of Igbos was a regular thing long before 1966.

When the killings of Easterners was happening and Gowon, who had seized power, was helpless to do anything about it, several groups approached Ojukwu and asked him to declare the Eastern Region a separate country. Ojukwu knew that doing so would lead to civil war so he declined and chose instead to sit down with Gowon in Ghana to find lasting peace. After 2 days of discussions, Gowon and Ojukwu reached an agreement called the Aburi accord. In return for keeping to the agreement, Ojukwu would recognise Gowon as head of state and Nigeria would remain one.

Gowon came back to Nigeria and broke the terms of the agreement by dissolving the 4 Regions and creating 12 states. This left Ojukwu with no choice than to declare Biafra.

Gowon by his actions caused the war by going back on the agreement he signed in Ghana

My brother the internet has killed Lagos-Ibadan Express media lies forever. It's so easy to bust the propaganda and have millions of people read the truth. Honestly i feel sorry for Gowon. To see what is happening to the Nigeria he fought for in his old age after a lifetime of self deceit must be painful

This is nonsense. Gowon is a Military Supreme Commander in a purely Military Government. Miyetti Allah is a Criminal and seditious group in a Democracy.

nku5:


My brother the internet has killed Lagos-Ibadan Express media lies forever. It's so easy to bust the propaganda and have millions of people read the truth. Honestly i feel sorry for Gowon. To see what is happening to the Nigeria he fought for in his old age after a lifetime of self deceit must be painful

Never again.