—Contrary to the generally held belief that the late Ikemba Nnewi, Odumegwu Ojukwu, single-handedly spearheaded the Biafran war, Nigeria’s first permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Matthew Tawo Mbu, has revealed that the decision was a product of 12 top Igbo leaders, including Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was the Governor-General of Nigeria. Others listed as supporters of the war in late Dr. Mbu’s autobiography, entitled “Dignity in Service,” which is to be launched tomorrow in Abuja, are: Dr. Michael Okpara, Sir Francis Ibiam, former Premier and Governor of Eastern Nigeria, respectively; and Supreme Court Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo. Igbo The same book also listed educationist such as Dr. Alvan Ikoku; First Republic minister, Mr. K. O. Mbadiwe; Mr. N. U. Akpan, Mr. Joseph Echeruo, Mr. Ekukinam Bassey, Chief Samuel Mbakwe, Chief Jerome Udoji, and Chief Margaret Ekpo. “It is crucial to note that the decision of an entire people, the Igbo people to leave Nigeria, did not come from Ojukwu alone but was informed by the desire of the people and mandated by a body that contained some of the most distinguished Nigerians in history: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s former Governor-General and first ceremonial President,’’ he said. Mbu, who died in February 2012 and was a minister in Ojukwu’s cabinet, said he had pleaded with Ojukwu, whom he described as his friend, to avert the 30-month-old civil war but he did not heed his wise counsel because of the support he got from others that they would break out of Nigeria, if the Igbo declared the state of Biafra. Mbu also recalled in the book that the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, who later became a super minister under General Yakubu Gowon’s Federal Government, had assured Ojukwu that the West would declare the Republic of Oduduwa once Biafra state was declared but that the assurance was a mere ploy by Awo. The former ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom, recalled: “We had the support of keeping Nigeria as an entity, but we needed to stop the hostilities, and they all agreed, let there be lesser friction at the centre. First Biafran cabinet meeting “The regions should have a little bit of autonomy that was the issue throughout those 30 terrible months of the civil war. The first Biafran cabinet meeting was held and articulated in Enugu by our head of government, Col. Ojukwu, and after subsequent meetings in Umuahia and Owerri, he summoned leaders of thought and took a resolution. US, other world powers had sympathy for Biafra “The United States and other major powers had great sympathy for Biafra. One fear that haunted other African nations was that if Biafra breaks they would also break up. Their enormous sympathy for Biafra notwithstanding, they preferred the option of exploring a more flexible federation for Nigeria. “Had the war lasted longer, there would have been a major intervention that would have changed the history of the civil war by the major powers. It was good it ended when it did. The suffering as being portrayed outside, the suffering of children on humanitarian ground was too compelling to ignore. How Ojukwu plotted my detention because of Biafra “We had the hawks and the doves, on the Biafra and the federal side that made the contest bloody. As the war progressed, I cautioned Ojukwu based on the realities that were obvious, especially the suffering of the civilian population. The hawks of the civil war were in their own world. “They convinced Ojukwu to detain me because of my advice of caution. I remember when I once came in from a foreign trip, Chief M. D. Yusuf, my friend said: ‘Do you know how close you were to being detained? We were surprised you weren’t detained. Ojukwu was to detain you, your friend was to detain you, we knew he was going to detain you.’ I said, ‘Yes when I came back from my foreign missions, they saw me and they began to cry and said you are going to be detained, he is going to detain you’ because I told him the truth. “My overriding interest was just to bring peace to the whole situation. That was how I led the Biafran diplomacy during the war and eventually signed the communiqué that ended the war. Some people who went on diplomatic mission never came back again. But I was going out and coming in frequently.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/biafra-decision-product-12-igbo-leaders-mbu-reveals-book/



Lalasticlala.

Many Nigerians from certain zones try to make it seem like the decision to create biafra was singlehandedly done by Ojukwu.

Nobody or group of people can cover the truth forever.

Prominent SS people like Margaret Ekpo, Mr Ekukinam and Mr. N. U. Akpan, were part of the decision to declare biafra.

Biafra declaration was collective decision of the then Eastern region leaders and supported by the masses.

If you want biafra to stay click like If you want biafra to go click share

It was the right decision. It was the only decision.

Igbo Amaka, Afonjas and lies are like 5$6

PrecisionFx:
—Contrary to the generally held belief that the late Ikemba Nnewi, Odumegwu Ojukwu, single-handedly spearheaded the Biafran war, Nigeria’s first permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Matthew Tawo Mbu, has revealed that the decision was a product of 12 top Igbo leaders, including Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was the Governor-General of Nigeria. Others listed as supporters of the war in late Dr. Mbu’s autobiography, entitled “Dignity in Service,” which is to be launched tomorrow in Abuja, are: Dr. Michael Okpara, Sir Francis Ibiam, former Premier and Governor of Eastern Nigeria, respectively; and Supreme Court Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo. Igbo The same book also listed educationist such as Dr. Alvan Ikoku; First Republic minister, Mr. K. O. Mbadiwe; Mr. N. U. Akpan, Mr. Joseph Echeruo, Mr. Ekukinam Bassey, Chief Samuel Mbakwe, Chief Jerome Udoji, and Chief Margaret Ekpo. “It is crucial to note that the decision of an entire people, the Igbo people to leave Nigeria, did not come from Ojukwu alone but was informed by the desire of the people and mandated by a body that contained some of the most distinguished Nigerians in history: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s former Governor-General and first ceremonial President,’’ he said. Mbu, who died in February 2012 and was a minister in Ojukwu’s cabinet, said he had pleaded with Ojukwu, whom he described as his friend, to avert the 30-month-old civil war but he did not heed his wise counsel because of the support he got from others that they would break out of Nigeria, if the Igbo declared the state of Biafra. Mbu also recalled in the book that the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, who later became a super minister under General Yakubu Gowon’s Federal Government, had assured Ojukwu that the West would declare the Republic of Oduduwa once Biafra state was declared but that the assurance was a mere ploy by Awo. The former ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom, recalled: “We had the support of keeping Nigeria as an entity, but we needed to stop the hostilities, and they all agreed, let there be lesser friction at the centre. First Biafran cabinet meeting “The regions should have a little bit of autonomy that was the issue throughout those 30 terrible months of the civil war. The first Biafran cabinet meeting was held and articulated in Enugu by our head of government, Col. Ojukwu, and after subsequent meetings in Umuahia and Owerri, he summoned leaders of thought and took a resolution. US, other world powers had sympathy for Biafra “The United States and other major powers had great sympathy for Biafra. One fear that haunted other African nations was that if Biafra breaks they would also break up. Their enormous sympathy for Biafra notwithstanding, they preferred the option of exploring a more flexible federation for Nigeria. “Had the war lasted longer, there would have been a major intervention that would have changed the history of the civil war by the major powers. It was good it ended when it did. The suffering as being portrayed outside, the suffering of children on humanitarian ground was too compelling to ignore. How Ojukwu plotted my detention because of Biafra “We had the hawks and the doves, on the Biafra and the federal side that made the contest bloody. As the war progressed, I cautioned Ojukwu based on the realities that were obvious, especially the suffering of the civilian population. The hawks of the civil war were in their own world. “They convinced Ojukwu to detain me because of my advice of caution. I remember when I once came in from a foreign trip, Chief M. D. Yusuf, my friend said: ‘Do you know how close you were to being detained? We were surprised you weren’t detained. Ojukwu was to detain you, your friend was to detain you, we knew he was going to detain you.’ I said, ‘Yes when I came back from my foreign missions, they saw me and they began to cry and said you are going to be detained, he is going to detain you’ because I told him the truth. “My overriding interest was just to bring peace to the whole situation. That was how I led the Biafran diplomacy during the war and eventually signed the communiqué that ended the war. Some people who went on diplomatic mission never came back again. But I was going out and coming in frequently.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/biafra-decision-product-12-igbo-leaders-mbu-reveals-book/



Lalasticlala.

Anytime I spot one lie in an article about Ibo history or achievements, I conclude the whole article and story as embellishments and non credible.

The first permanent secretary is not Mbu, this is lie.

So the Biafra concept after all was not only an idea of the igbos alone

ImperialYoruba:


Anytime I spot one lie in an article about Ibo history or achievements, I conclude the whole article and story as embellishments and non credible.

The first permanent secretary is not Mbu, this is lie.

U are free to accept or reject it.

Ojiofor:
Biafra declaration was collective decision of the then Eastern region leaders and supported by the masses.

That's why Igbos invested all their wealth into the failed project and should be forever grateful for Awolowo's benevolence (20 pounds).

PrecisionFx:




U are free to accept or reject it.

The whole story is a concocted lie. How can we believe a story told by the person that falsely claim to be Nigeria's First Permanent Rep to UN?

It is crime to identify falsely. It is called identity fraud.

You should have checked and proof this Mbu before posting this here and embarass the whole tribe. Proof your own people before posting their aggrandize claims here. If you don't we will do it for you, but be ready for the resulting embarassment.

ImperialYoruba:


The whole story is a concocted lie. How can we believe a story told by the person that falsely claim to be Nigeria's First Permanent Rep to UN?

It is crime to identify falsely. It is called identity fraud.

You should have checked and proof this Mbu before posting this here and embarass the whole tribe. Proof your own people before posting their aggrandize claims here. If you don't we will do it for you, but be ready for the resulting embarassment.

Oga I don't know what it dragging As if this is the first article on earth with an error.

Like I said earlier, do what u wish. We already know who n who took the biafra decision n we didn't find out today. The listed names here is just a further confirmation of what we know.

Pls do whatever u wish.

PrecisionFx:
Many Nigerians from certain zones try to make it seem like the decision to create biafra was singlehandedly done by Ojukwu.

Nobody or group of people can cover the truth forever.

Prominent SS people like Margaret Ekpo, Mr Ekukinam and Mr. N. U. Akpan, were part of the decision to declare biafra.

The question we should ask is did they have the mandate of their people? Cos we all know the people of the SS rejected Biafra as evidenced by their support for the federal cause during the war. In his book 'Sunset in Biafra', Elechi Amadi told a narrative about a meeting some of SS leaders had with Ojukwu before the war, and in it he clearly stated that Ojukwu tried to coerce them into supporting the Biafran cause

ImperialYoruba:


The whole story is a concocted lie. How can we believe a story told by the person that falsely claim to be Nigeria's First Permanent Rep to UN?

It is crime to identify falsely. It is called identity fraud.

You should have checked and proof this Mbu before posting this here and embarass the whole tribe. Proof your own people before posting their aggrandize claims here. If you don't we will do it for you, but be ready for the resulting embarassment.

Mbu is not Igbo. He is from present day Cross river state.

PrecisionFx:
Many Nigerians from certain zones try to make it seem like the decision to create biafra was singlehandedly done by Ojukwu.

Nobody or group of people can cover the truth forever.

Prominent SS people like Margaret Ekpo, Mr Ekukinam and Mr. N. U. Akpan, were part of the decision to declare biafra.

It is not possible for one man to declare a separate country. Such a move must have the blessing of majority of not just the people, but also the elite.

IT WAS NOT MBU THAT WROTE THIS BOOK OR ITS CONTENTS.

Awo's Remark wasn't a PLOY for bad. He was a good Leader with Foresight. By not restructuring our 36 States before 2019 Election, Nigeria is gradually heading for Doom.

kayfra:


That's why Igbos invested all their wealth into the failed project and should be forever grateful for Awolowo's benevolence (20 pounds).

Children of Awolowo are not doing better than us today not withstanding we lost everything in the genocidal war led by Gowon and Awolowo.

Ojiofor:


Children of Awolowo are not doing better than us today not withstanding we lost everything in the genocidal war led by Gowon and Awolowo.

Thank him is all I say. He did good to your folks

kayfra:


Thank him is all I say. He did good to your folks

He deserve more than Charles Taylor treatment at the Hague.That should be the best way of thanking him.

Ojiofor:


He deserve more than Charles Taylor treatment at the Hague.That should be the best way of thanking him.

Despite your grandparents making an emotionally stupid financial decision by putting their money in Biafran economy that was a disaster, the man that gave them a stipend is the one you are attacking?

Roger3D:
The question we should ask is did they have the mandate of their people? Cos we all know the people of the SS rejected Biafra as evidenced by their support for the federal cause during the war. In his book 'Sunset in Biafra', Elechi Amadi told a narrative about a meeting some of SS leaders had with Ojukwu before the war, and in it he clearly stated that Ojukwu tried to coerce them into supporting the Biafran cause

Oga stop chasing shadows, The leaders representing their people in such an important decision obviously didn't decide for their people. They all got the people's support before agreeing to leave Nigeria.

Elechi Amadi is a greedy man the Nigerian Govt paid a lot of Money in bribes to turn the igbos in rivers state against biafra n he continued same even after the war. He spear headed the total confusion in rivers state that ikwerre aren't Igbo. So pls elechi Amadi was the enemy.

Same way Awolowo was also a very greedy man, He announced that once biafra leaves Nigeria, He will lead the Yorubas out as well, only to turn around n received bribes from Nigeria, Nigeria became minister for finance.



The SS were a part of the war right from the beginning, It wasn't only SEners that were killed in the Pogrom, they were killed in huge numbers as well. Their Sabotage began in the middle of the war.

PrecisionFx:



Oga stop chasing shadows, The leaders representing their people in such an important decision obviously didn't decide for their people. They all got the people's support before agreeing to leave Nigeria.

Elechi Amadi is a greedy man the Nigerian Govt paid a lot of Money in bribes to turn the igbos in rivers state against biafra n he continued same even after the war. He spear headed the total confusion in rivers state that ikwerre aren't Igbo. So pls elechi Amadi was the enemy.

Same way Awolowo was also a very greedy man, He announced that once biafra leaves Nigeria, He will lead the Yorubas out as well, only to turn around n received bribes from Nigeria, Nigeria became minister for finance.



The SS were a part of the war right from the beginning, It wasn't only SEners that were killed in the Pogrom, they were killed in huge numbers as well. Their Sabotage began in the middle of the war.

Lies! The SS fought on the federal side against Biafra indicating a desire to remain within Nigeria. I mean who wants to live under Igbo domination? Awolowo made no such promise to anyone and Elechi Amadi's account isnt the only one out there

Major reasons Yorubas hate Igbos on Nairaland

1) Busting their years of media propaganda and phantom achievements.

2) Claiming ownership of Lagos and reminding them that it was built by all Nigerians with the help of federal government.

3) Seeking for Biafra and potentially leaving them in Nigeria. This is a major one and their reaction makes them look schizophrenic.

4) Competition in all spheres of life and winning. Whenever neutral development statistics are released, the east tends to do better. From education to crime to nutrition etc.

5) Posting pictures of Yoruba cities.

Illiteracy is disease


What is S.S

Is it a geographical territory or a geo political zone?



Am weak sef ?

Roger3D:
Lies! The SS fought on the federal side against Biafra indicating a desire to remain within Nigeria. I mean who wants to live under Igbo domination? Awolowo made no such promise to anyone and Elechi Amadi's account isnt the only one out there

""Awolowo made no such promise to anyone""

Awolowo very words that was written in so so many newspapers in both Nigeria, US and UK.


He said ""once the east goes, The west will go""

This is not a secret speech, its public Information. Maybe u be teenager, that's why u didn't know about it. I won't even reply this issue gain.


""Elechi Amadi's account isnt the only one out there""

Then it's obvious u have no information on this topic.

""The SS fought on the federal side against Biafra""

I won't reply this again as well, Na only small Pikin wey no go know. The decision to form biafra was made by the leaders of the whole eastern Nigeria n not by one man or a group of men.


Pick up books n read up the events that happened before, during n after the war.

Meanwhile there's nothing like SS in geography and there was nothing like SS before, during and after the civil war.

Enough said.

PrecisionFx:




""Awolowo made no such promise to anyone""

Awolowo very words that was written in so so many newspapers in both Nigeria, US and UK.


He said ""once the east goes, The west will go""

This is not a secret speech, its public Information. Maybe u be teenager, that's why u didn't know about it. I won't even reply this issue gain.


""Elechi Amadi's account isnt the only one out there""

Then it's obvious u have no information on this topic.

""The SS fought on the federal side against Biafra""

I won't reply this again as well, Na only small Pikin wey no go know. The decision to form biafra was made by the leaders of the whole eastern Nigeria n not by one man or a group of men.


Pick up books n read up the events that happened before, during n after the war.

Enough said.

I"m sure you know what a conditional statement is. Awowowo said and I quote " If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then the Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation". Now that was the condition attached to his statement. Was the east then allowed to secede? No. so what promise are you guys talking of? Ojukwu clearly coerced the ethnic minorities of the SS into Biafra and when the opportunity presented itself during the war, they joined the federal side. Even as late as last year during the Nnamdi Kanu saga, a lot of ethnic minorities of the old eastern region came out openly in rejection of Biafra.

Yanmiri chronicles!

Roger3D:
Lies! The SS fought on the federal side against Biafra indicating a desire to remain within Nigeria. I mean who wants to live under Igbo domination? Awolowo made no such promise to anyone and Elechi Amadi's account isnt the only one out there

Oga shattap there and leave ss outta yur bulchiit. The ss made a gross mistake fighting against biafra. We sorely regret ever doing so. Todays Nigeria is now dog country,no,kwantiri.
Who wanna stay under Igbo domination,who da hell wanna continue with the 4king chiithole?! In fact,4k u!

kayfra:


Despite your grandparents making an emotionally stupid financial decision by putting their money in Biafran economy that was a disaster, the man that gave them a stipend is the one you are attacking?

U mean the man that stole everything igbos had and gave them only 20 naira

Use ur sense biko.

PrecisionFx:



U mean the man that stole everything igbos had and gave them only 20 naira

Use ur sense biko.

If Awolowo could unilaterally conn your fathers to part with their millions in exchange for 20pounds it goes without saying that you are deficient and an easy target for Yoruba to prey on.

"Mbu also recalled in the book that the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, who later became a super minister under General Yakubu Gowon’s Federal Government, had assured Ojukwu that the West would declare the Republic of Oduduwa once Biafra state was declared but that the assurance was a mere ploy by Awo"



Awolowo the Betrayer and Backstabber of the Republic of Nigeria.