Damn you Ironsi! The coupist failed woefully when they didn't get him. It was almost successful. The North was lost without their leader, but they regrouped when Ironsi was given power!
The Igbo leaders of the past were truly strong men.

EzeUche!:

Damn you Ironsi! The coupist failed woefully when they didn't get him. It was almost successful. The North was lost without their leader, but they regrouped when Ironsi was given power! 

The Igbo leaders of the past were truly strong men.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: EzeUche!
[b]Believe me this book says a lot about those boys. They were tough and ready to do a lot of things if Ironsi didn't stand in the way. [/b]If they had succeeded in arresting him alongside others, the coup would have succeeded.

I will scan pages showing where Nigerians were cerebrating the coup until Ironsi f%%cked up.

Katsumoto:

Well after it seemed that the coup was going to fail, every Igbo politician or military man (Ironsi) saw the opportunity for Igbo power. Even though their colleagues had been murdered in cold blood

1. The Igbo members of NCNC caucased to deny the NPC the right to select the new PM after the murder of Balewa even though the NPC was the senior party in the coalition.
2. Nwafor Orizu, after speaking with Zik who was away on holiday (another 'miracle') refused to handover to the NPC selected candidate to take over as PM preferring instead to handover to Ironsi, another Igboman
3. Despite the gravity and manner of assissination of senior political and military leaders, Ironsi refused to court-martial the plotters.
4. The plotters failed to kill Ironsi perhaps, because they realised that if their coup failed, another Igbo man would be top dog and could protect them. This was the case as Ironsi did not attempt to try them.
5. An Igbo agenda does not necessarily mean that all Igbo people were involved in the coup but that Igbo elements in the government and military were attempting a take-over.

For me I think the most important lesson of this thread is "ignore tribalism at your own peril". I have decided to look beyond the main cause of the jan 15 coup, for  it will lead to another arguement about cvil war bla,,,bla,,bla. I think this thread should serve as an "eye-opener" as to not trying to save outsiders in the dungeon called nigeria. The so called Igbo "nationalism" and "efulefuism" needs to be curbed as history has a way of repeating itself.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: alex101
Seconded powerfully.

Everything else is really mute. Folks can choose to believe whatever they want. Mine is to warn Ndigbo to stay away from unbridled "fairness", "patriotism" and "nationalism".

If we focused only on our interest, we would be ruling all facets of Nigeria today. Though I don't know whether I would like to rule Somalia.    But God dey sha.

asorocker:

The coup was carried out by mostly igbos and a few yorubas but was stopped by igbos.

The igbos alone suffered the consequences of doing the coup in the civil war.

The coup by the north produced casualties of igbos and a few yorubas and was done only in the south west and not in SS or SE.

From the above , igbos don't need to go it again with yorubas if any need arises.
The igbos need to consolidate aliance with the SS despite that the fought against igbos.
The probability of another war cannot be ruled out judging from the events in plateau, benue, bauchi and borno .

The death to zoning caused by yorubas is to deny power to igbos in 2015 and an end to zoning will lead nigeria into another civil war.

My advice to igbos , know your real and apparent enemies.

EzeUche!:

Yorubas had a chance of throwing off the yoke of Northern aggression. But they chose not too. It can be clearly seen and Nigeria has not progressed, because of their inaction.

I can hold my head up high, knowing my Igbo forefathers tried to free us from this yoke. Something drastic needed to happen.

seanet03:

I don't know why you like twisting facts just to prove your ignorance. Which Northern aggression are you talking about? The one launched on Yorubas by North through Ore? The one that led to the imprisonment of Awolowo due to the gang up against south west by the ibos and north? T[b]he Association For Better Nzesibe that was used to denied A Yoruba man the Presidency? [/b]You like fabricating stories that hold no water.

ak47mann:

you are full of garbage boyyy point of correction nzeribe asked ITT offered him help from igbos he said i can win without igbos so what do you people want us to do for you lot? cut ourself and bleed to death

ak47mann:

you are full of garbage boyyy point of correction nzeribe asked ITT offered him help from igbos he said i can win without igbos so what do you people want us to do for you lot? cut ourself and bleed to death

seanet02:

Who cares what an ibo man says? They are noted for their ingenuity and falsification of figures. Thank You Black Scorpion for killing millions of Ibos. They are animals and deserve no pity

seanet02:

Who cares what an ibo man says? They are noted for their ingenuity and falsification of figures. Thank You Black Scorpion for killing millions of Ibos. They are animals and deserve no pity

EzeUche!:

That is exactly what they want us to do. Abiola said he did not need Igbo support, and we showed him you cannot insult a major group and expect us to accept it. It serves him right, and I am glad someone like Nzeribe was able to stop him.

9ja voice:


yorubas hate igbos and igbos distrust yorubas. but nothern nig are deadly how come we don't see it

9ja voice:

we have a big problem to solve here in the south.
the unity problem we have here in the south is yoruba and igbo.they refuse to be together.
yorubas hate igbos and igbos distrust yorubas. but nothern nig are deadly how come we don't see it
pls let's unite to better our future. if sw assist se to get rep chairman the sw would have get sgf but now the revice is the case.