~Bluetooth:

Charles Taylor and Ratko Mladic are standing trial at the Hague for war crimes they committed years back.There is an arrest warrant on Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir and Muammar Ghadaffi while Hosni mubarak has been charged. . .most of these people committed war crimes and crimes against humanity which are not different from what  ojuku of biafraland brought upon his people and Nigeria at large.
Millions of Nigerians were killed mostly children due to the greed and selfish interest of a single man.Anyday,anytime,I will always canvass for the arrest and the extradition of Ojuku to the ICC to stand trial for the war crimes and war against humanity he committed as a biafran dictator.there is no point apologizing,he should be tried and jailed.

Calculia:

On the contrary, Gowon, Obasanjo, Buhari and IBB should all be sent to the Hague or delivered to us for Judgement, for the crimes against humanity they commited on Biafrans. There crimes was nothing short of Genocide and should incur nothing less than the maximum penalty which is death by hanging.(similar to Saddam Hussien) 


Long live Ikemba!!!(Our Hero from ages to ages)

joeyfire:

Ojukwu made a mistake regarding biafra's level of preparedness and the timing of the commencement of hostilities. With the benefit of hingdsight we now know it may have been better to have kept gowon at the conference table a little longer. That doesnt mean he's guilty for entering the war. Feelings were high after the massacres in the north, I can guarantee he would have been shot by his aides if he hadnt declared biafra

~Bluetooth:

So a man fighting against a sovereign state is a hero in your dictionary ? Where you expecting Gowon to fold his arm when Ojuku selfishly declared biafra and took up arms against Nigeria ?

Calculia:

Please! Do not insult your intelligence,  What sovereign state? I take it Anarchism now qualifies for a sovereign state. An anarchist state is exactly wat Nigeria was and will remain for as long as it exists. 

The Ikemba did very well as a young man to try to rescue his people at earnest from backward retards in the North and South West. It was just unfortunate the western powers would not have any of it,because of their oil interest in the region.

Please do not deceive yourself into thinking that Nigeria defeated Biafra because they did not. The war simply ended because of the blockade and  shortage of basic amenities. That intelligent strategy came from the West. (UK/USA AND RUSSIA) In a sense, they won the war for Nigeria.  The Nigerian Army actually have never won any War in all its history.

~Bluetooth:

You need to write a history book on biafra cuz I'm laughing at your claims.Was it only ojuku that saw Nigeria as an anarchy state ? You also claimed the west  saw oil and that is why they never wanted secession ? Are you serious ?
The fact remains that Ojuku wanted the whole of eastern region in his control and the oil in the delta region was the motivating factor ! Do you think there will ever be a biafra without Niger delta oil ?

Calculia:

Yes!! Simply because of the social, political, cultural and religious difference between the region. The Irish in the United Kingdom are not advocating an Independent Republic of Ireland, because of the abundant patatoes they have in Ireland.(since they don't have much oil)

The Scottish are not advocating an independent Scotland because of the Mountains in their region but purely on social, cultural and political grounds. Even the United Nation recognizes the right of distinct ethnic groups to self determination with out persecution or crimes against humanity perpetuated against them. The North cannot go on forever murdering innocent children, r aping and murdering women, murdering men without some sort of response. They are not God and have no right to claim life they can't give. cannibals, 

~Bluetooth:

How many cases of hausa/fulani attack on the south are you aware of before independence and shortly after the ibos killed Tafawa Balewa during the coup ?

Calculia:

The killing of Tafawa Balewa was one very tragic episode in the Nigerian History and unnecessary. The Army should never have shifted from protecting such high profile personality to actually murdering them. The Army had no business in politics to say the least.

But we have to look at this history in line with the world emerging from the second world war and well into the cold-war. Military coup was everywhere and Nigeria was no exception. The killing of innocent civilian was also not necessary as a counter coup in the like of Gowon would have been sufficient.

To try and justify the religious and political and not to talk of tribal killings in the North today with a transition in our early history in line with global history is simply out of the question.    

noblezone:

@Bluetooth,
Unfortunately, the same ethnic/religious sentiments that led to that war are still very much around with us. Those calling Ojukwu names are either ignorant or simply mischievious.

A stitch in time saves nine. If we dont come together sooner to negotiate Nigeria, another civil war will be inevitable. Only this time around, it won't be the Igbo let alone Ojukuwu.

~Bluetooth:

The killing was not carried by [b]army but ibo soldiers [/b]and that is the beginning of the killing of ibos by the northerners.
The South would have had a good bargaining term if there was no war but it seems to me that the ultimate thing was secession and not a peaceful negotiation to end the killing of southerners by the hausa/fulanis.

scopusng:

Ojukwu should be charge for war crime against his people. It's not too late.

tissot84:

i think the ibos believed that niger-delta was part of them. i think u should not be deceived becos they would rather stay on their own. And the ibos should thank God that there was no biafra if there was then by now u would have notin for urselves

Calculia:

Please clarify the Army and igbo soldiers difference. Who is the Army and distinguish from igbo soldiers?


Based on this statement of yours do u now understand the conflicting nature of the Nigerian Entity and why Ojukwu might have thought it necessary for succession. Tribal sentiment was the reason the imperialist coined Nigeria to fit in with their divide and rule strategy.

Even the army is divided, no wonder they have been unable to win any war in all its history.

tissot84:

i think the ibos believed that niger-delta was part of them. i think u should not be deceived becos they would rather stay on their own. And the ibos should thank God that there was no biafra if there was then by now u would have notin for urselves

~Bluetooth:

Stop making it sound as if the whole Nigerian army killed the Sardauna.The coup was led by Nzeogwu,an ibo soldier and the hausa will continue to kill ibos in revenge for his death.

Abagworo:

You started your comment well but ended it like one of these greedy oil-centric people eyeing the Igbos oil.The war had nothing to do with oil.The Biafrans fought in the spirit of self-defense and never saw it as Igbo vs "the rest of Nigeria".The war was changed by mere propaganda which turned other Southerners against Igbos.My[b] Grandfather[/b] fought the war and till this day calls it a war of survival.He only knows we have some oil companies operating in the farmland and it stops at that.

deli.cious:

He should apologize for the war? For what, will that bring back the dead? 

Andre Uweh:

[s]It is very wrong for non Igbo people to start issues regarding Ndigbo.[/s] If Igbos had wanted an apology from Ojukwu, they would have long done so. Alabi is really seeking for attention. Ojukwu did not declare war nor declare for Biafra without the consent of the then Eastern regional parliament.
We Ndigbo, do not need any apology from him.

Calculia:


The whole Nigerian Army killed your Sardauna in a coup. Nzeogwu was a High ranking Nigerian Army Officer from Niger/Delta, in the south/south region.

The Hausa are not just killing igbos in the north mind you. Yoruba's and all ethnic groups, even Hausa's are being killed. The Igbo's at anythime could massarce the Hausa's in our region but we are not cannibal's and have no use for human flesh. This conversation with you is over because u are unintelligent. I prescribe u go back to school.