dayokanu:

That is because Ojuku annexed part of nigeria into Biafra.

What are places like Portharcourt, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom Cross rivers doing in ojukus Biafra and to make matters worse he annexed the mid west and threatened the SW.

that was when he bit more than he could chew and he was duly and properly beaten into a pulp by the ever capable BLACK SCORPION Benjamin Adekunle

mimifonwon:

Would you stay in a country that stole and maltreated your people if you could do something about it. Igbo land was the last to be conquered by the british because they resisted the unity called nigeria. So for Ojukwu to ask nigeria to let his people go, I dont think it was wrong. The reason Nigeria wanted the igbos to stay in Nigeria is because the area called biafra contained the oil, which Nigeria desperately needed to keep.

igbo boy:

hahahah Yoruba people and the half baked free education ara-wolowo gave them

so this is what they taught you in amala grammar school in ile ife?

Upper PH is igbo, while riverside PH is okirika and the rest, so because i am from delta state (former mid west) i should say i am not igbo?

Igbos did not force akwa ibom nor cross river to join biafra...go and ask effiong if dem force am...eediiiot

T9ksy:

Abegi, comot fo road mak i see beta jo! Na only today the northerners don dey slaughter igbos like eran ileya?

They killed igbos in 1945 and repeated the feat again in 1953 yet you igbos still chose to stay in the same country with the

northerners. Infact, its on record that you igbos were falling over yourselves to be in the same country as your erstwhile

persecutors. So much so that you igbos were even prepared to make further concession by delaying your self-rule date to when the

northerners says they are ready. wow!!!

T9ksy:

Abegi, comot fo road mak i see beta jo! Na only today the northerners don dey slaughter igbos like eran ileya?

They killed igbos in 1945 and repeated the feat again in 1953 yet you igbos still chose to stay in the same country with the

northerners. Infact, its on record that you igbos were falling over yourselves to be in the same country as your erstwhile

persecutors. So much so that you igbos were even prepared to make further concession by delaying your self-rule date to when the

northerners says they are ready. wow!!!

igbo boy: obele nwa biko ga soro ndi ibe gi ga gwe gwu...
akuko nka bu nke ndi okorobia na okenye na ndi agadi nwoke so zuzu eba puo

Arysexy:
am not suprised u are a Yoruba, same fate befell mko, when ur coward pple gingered him to declare himself president and d outcome was that d whole Yoruba race caused heavy traffik at seme border trying to escape while mko was left to suffer alone, smh!

igbo boy:

we dont need no apology from any of you.

However, gowon needs to apologize to the Plateau people and middle belters for the stupid union he made them join...see them as sacrificial lambs in their so call
ed arewa republic....hahahahahha

chagga: Yt did Gowon creat Nigeria? He was only trying to keep a country he was the president of together. Go n read your history books . The 1st coup led by Igbo Officer prepared the road 4 the war. Northerner and westerner( Nationalist) were killed and that was the Genesis. U people should pointing fingers @ the wrong direction

dayokanu:

have you found out the victia secret G-string Ojuku wore when disguising to escape to Abidjan after he was pummeled by Black Scorpion

The trauma of those days turned Ojuku to a vegetable before he died deaf and dumb while his wife Biancar became the village bicycle

dayokanu:

The people of PH have several times denied that they are not Ibos, Why do you think most PH people supported the federal govt during the war?

Go and research what roles Saro-Wiwa and Adaka Boro played during the war. They were all against Biafra but Ojuku forcefully annexed them.

Now tell us why ojuku annexed Mid west and the SW? Are they also historically ibos?

Do people of Bakassi speak Ibo or how are they part of Iboland?

dayokanu:

The prof in kano jumping fence, Thats his own business. The topic is about how Gowon exposed the coward and greedy liar called ojuku.

No wonder he fled to abidjan in the middle of the night

Go and read Efiongs piece about Ojuku

mimifonwon:

You need to read your history books, I dont have time to reiterate unbiased history of nigeria for you. Read the ones prior to independence for nigeria to understand the formation of nigeria geographically. Second PH people never sided the gov of nigeria that is where you are lying, because the first capital of biafra before it moved after ph was captured during the war is ph. Secondly the only reason the lost people claim they are not igbo, yet speak an igbo dialect, have their traditions,Gods, etc, is something called politics. They do it because they know that most southwest and north would never let an igbo man rule nigeria for fear of him creating his own country. thirdly saro-wiwa and adaka boro are two individuals who were not the chiefs of their lands. Many igbos didnt want the war, but they werent the mass. ojukwu while carving biafra never put sw in the equation, yall were asked to join and you refused- we the yorubas refused. As for midwest their leaders agreed to biafra. Go to oxford university and read books on biafra, then you will understand the essence of what happened during the war. I am done with discussing this issue with you, but if southern sudan can leave sudan, biafrans have the right to leave the nigerian union. Your misinterpretation on the history of the war and nigeria is the reason I hope nigeria have a dialogue on these issues, because this is the open wound that his still helping rot nigeria, ignorance.

igbo boy:

typical yorobaman always not trying to be his brothers keepers,

[size=18pt]Thats why ara-wolowo ate rat poison and died because when he was being hounded by the nigerian govt his kinsmen turned the other cheek....
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i feel bad for ara-wolowo chai...

When Biafra's military resistance collapsed, [size=28pt]Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire[/size].

Efiong assumed leadership in this situation of turmoil, starvation, and collapse. He became Head of State of Biafra on 8 January 1970 and on 12 January announced surrender.[1]

At the time of the surrender, Efiong believed that the situation was hopeless and that prolonging the conflict would have led only to the further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra. At that time Effiong said, "I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of the war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end."[1]

Nnaemeka L. Aneke wrote, "General Efiong’s handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not appreciate the depth of it may not have appreciated what was at stake as Biafra capitulated."[2] Many observers had expected wholesale retribution at war's end.
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Later life


In a 1996 interview, Efiong reflected on those events:

I have no regrets whatsoever of my involvement in Biafra or the role I played. The war deprived me of my property, dignity, my name. Yet, I saved so many souls on both sides and by this, I mean Biafra and Nigeria. . . .

I felt that I played a role which has kept this country united till today. . . .

At the end of it all when I saw they (Biafran soldiers) could no longer continue and [size=28pt]Ojukwu had fled[/size], I did what was ideal after wide consultation . . . [2]

Efiong died 6 November 2003, at the age of 78 less than two weeks before his 79th birthday.

mimifonwon:

dude i dont think you understand. PH is part of igbo land by tradition. Just because the british changed the name from original igbo name dont make it part of nigeria, okay. Know ya history. Indidgenes of Akwa ibom, cross river and igbos have always had a brother sister relationship and by default is part of biafra. so what are you talking about,As a yoruba woman by father, I will tell you that even till today my grandfather who was in the army regrets his actions during the war. He says that if they had sided with the igbos, and left nigeria, maybe even form their own country,that things would have been better. And if you didnt know what is southern Cameroon aka the bakasi peninsula, used to be part of igbo land. so know ya history before you spill nonsense. P.S. LAGos is not a yoruba land, it belongs to benin people by traditions.

igbo boy:

obele nwa biko ga soro ndi ibe gi ga gwe gwu...
akuko nka bu nke ndi okorobia na okenye na ndi agadi nwoke so zuzu eba puo

Arysexy:


am not suprised u are a Yoruba, same fate befell mko, when ur coward pple gingered him to declare himself president and d outcome was that d whole Yoruba race caused heavy traffik at seme border trying to escape while mko was left to suffer alone, smh!

Ekwy Omalicha:

Abiola was hounded and killed by Hausa Fulani like a street urchin…it really sucks to be Iyoroba.

When I visited London, I went to the hospital where he was admitted. His chief- of- staff was with him and I was told upon entering the ward that I should just hold his hand and speak; that he could hear but he could not talk. I held his hand and greeted him, “Gburugburu,” that is Igwe of Igbo Land. He was a very good Catholic. I told him that he had suffered for the Igbo and that our mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary would take very good care of him.

I spoke to him, encouraged him but to tell you the truth, I was not happy at all with his situation. There was a Philipino nurse taking care of him, and his daughter was also there with him. They were the only two people with him in that ward. I told the daughter that as she was taking care of her father, that our Lord would bless her and that her own children would pay her back by taking good care of her. Then, I left the hospital and since then, I have been saying Novena Mass for him so that our good Lord would take good care of him.

mimifonwon:

You need to read your history books, I dont have time to reiterate unbiased history of nigeria for you. Read the ones prior to independence for nigeria to understand the formation of nigeria geographically. Second PH people never sided the gov of nigeria that is where you are lying, because the first capital of biafra before it moved after ph was captured during the war is ph. Secondly the only reason the lost people claim they are not igbo, yet speak an igbo dialect, have their traditions,Gods, etc, is something called politics. They do it because they know that most southwest and north would never let an igbo man rule nigeria for fear of him creating his own country. thirdly saro-wiwa and adaka boro are two individuals who were not the chiefs of their lands. Many igbos didnt want the war, but they werent the mass. ojukwu while carving biafra never put sw in the equation, yall were asked to join and you refused- we the yorubas refused. As for midwest their leaders agreed to biafra. Go to oxford university and read books on biafra, then you will understand the essence of what happened during the war. I am done with discussing this issue with you, but if southern sudan can leave sudan, biafrans have the right to leave the nigerian union. Your misinterpretation on the history of the war and nigeria is the reason I hope nigeria have a dialogue on these issues, because this is the open wound that his still helping rot nigeria, ignorance.

kasiem: u guys should be greatful to world powers.

CyberG: Let me quickly point out though that if you fight someone and he wallops you hard so much that you surrendered and he graciously decides not to claim his clearly deserved victory, he may be anything BUT never a COWARD. Just a thought!

dayokanu:

Let the Ibos continue whining

How many of them have laid the blame at the feet of the useless Ifeajunas, Nwobosis and co who went to murder politicians and their wives in their bedroom.

Thank God for the life of Black Scorpion who wasted them likewise in the ratio 1 for 10,000

Personally, now and for some time I feel so ashamed to have killed people to sustain the unity of Nigeria. I feel so sad to have shed blood for the unity of Nigeria. While some of us were dying in the battle field for the restoration of Nigeria as one country, some people have their eagle eyes on one particular subject oil, the live wire of the economy, the new fulcrum or pendulum of power. While we fought for one country, some people have been reaping where they did not sow. They have been reaping from bogus population figures fashioned to suit their selfish purposes