Madawaki01: Don't know why either,but in d peak of d battle,he was killed by ojukwu for selfish reasons,they said he called his army the liberation instead of the biafran army,does this concern ojukwu?what he wanted was the sovereign state of biafra and banjo was fighting d nigerian army,but he wanted people to say the biafran army conquered the mid west,i think he wanted d whole of nigeria(to b the president)and not only biafra,when he knows dat he didn't hav experienced officers in his army,why didn't he wait for a little time before plunging into a war,maybe he thinks a war is a childs play,he only led his pple into misfortune and igbos are licking that wound till today

Mr Everest: Banjo was a tragedy on Biafra, one of the biggest mistake Ojukwu made was to appoint Col Banjo, at the last minute to, spearhead the western invasion instead of Maj Nwawo, hope am right, who was initialy in command. Though i understand the sentiment, which was to appeal to the Yorubas, that Biafra was not coming to destroy them but to capture Lagos and force Nigeria to renounce the war but Banjo had ulterior motive, he decided to pacify Nigeria at the expense of Biafra, since he was a fugitive. He captured Midwest, invaded Western Nigeria but stopped @ Ore while trying to communicate with Lagos! What a disaster, Ojukwu was stupified, Nigeria recovered and forced them into total retreat. A missed opportunity that was and another Yoruba betrayal!

mai gaskiya: atimes wen i se pepl lyk u coment on ds thread i wondr d level of edu u had.ask ur history teacher 2 tel u wic tribe dorminatd d army b4 d war.wic tribe hs d most wel triand combat oficers b4 d war nd ws evidncd in d batle field.4 those dat care 2 knw abot d faith of banjo.maybe lok 4 pepl dat fougt d war nt ur fada dat ws takng shai at d confort of hs home clingng 2hs radio nd also nt soldges dat re cooks bt d combat soges u wil kmw wat transperd btwn banjo ifeguna nd gen ojukwu

macjive01:

dayakanu, did you know Biafran army corp Engineers did set world record at the fastest time airport landing strip could be rebuilt and made functional ?

the Russians did everything they could to destroy the strip,Gowon personally urged them to smitten the strip, every kinds of bomb know and unknow in warfare was used in trying to demolish the strip. Biafran sensing their intention, went to their lab and built a cementing adhesive - which was like silicone but toughness of concrete.

this novel product humiliated the super power. Uli airport was bombarded over 10 times every night for over eight month yet it stood till the end of the war.

at the end of the war the Russians had to send their scientist to peruse the [size=18pt]novel Biafran concrete Teflon product.[/size] a large chunk was flown to russian. while the conquering Nigerian government rather used a bulldozer to crater the strip and made sure every gram molecule of the strip was disposed in the sea.

CyberG:

Good you weighed-in but you missed the mark. Banjo had an agreement with ojukwu, for some reasons he didn't miss the mark, so he betrayed ojukwu.

Now, Chief Awolowo NEVER had any agreement with ojukwu and in fact gave him a contrary advice earlier, how is it betrayal when he protected his people? Does it mean only ibos are always betrayed, and they must have it both ways? To whom was the loyalty of Chief Awolowo, was it to his people and country or BIAFRA? Give us an answer.

Odunet Lbs: Nigerians are very beautiful people when you actually meet them on the street.
E.g the trustworthy Hausa people, the diligent and hardworking igbo people, the friendly and jovial south-south people, the welcoming and homely yoruba people, and the generally nice and caring people of the middle belt.

These are generally seen in these people (please prove me wrong)

Together we are NIGERIANS, and we shall never divide.

Nigeria, land of our father and the home of our mother...happy sunday all

NYSC ANTHEM:
*Right hand on ur chest pls*
Youths obey the clarion call
Let us lift our nation high
Under the sun or in the rain
With dedication and selflessness
Nigeria's ours, Nigeria we serve...

gbadexy: My take on these e-bashing is that ibos generally are fond of irritating and insulting people first and they act as if you are attacking them unfairly if you respond.
I know for certain that the reason most yorubas here are quick to jump on a thread that portrays ibos in bad light is to get back at them for their initial insults.
Its the way you people are. Some said an hausa man called yorubas cowards in many words and instead of the yorubas to address him , they were facing the ibos, I really wonder at this kind of logic. The ibos jumped on the thread and started calling yorubas cowards and insulting them that hausas have conquered them, when the yorubas responded to those ibos insulting them, they would say why didn't you face the hausa man that called you a coward, why face ibo and bring them into it, selectively forgetting that they started the insults.
Just yesterday when two teenagers were killed in enugu, the yorubas had to retaliate because when those fulanis also killed some people in lagos, instead of the ibos to say evil is evil, they quickly turned it into yorubas are cowards and it can't happen in their land. Small wonder yorubas too retaliated yesterday.
If you know you can't take insults, stop dishing it out to others first.
Just as you people called hausas cowards and were taunting them in their land during 1967 , so you are still continuing in yorubaland. Just as your taunts provoked and push the northerners to slaughter your people back then, similar would still happen in southwest one sure day and that would silence you forever like the hausas. Only you will start crying pogrom forgetting you pushed the people to their endurance limit.

Nazcoj: This is TRIBAL MOTIVATED, i advice we think through any thread we bring on Nairal, its appalling coming here to see controversial threads like dis very one, u r tryn to fuel a fire u might nt be able to quench, u end up heating up d anger amongs dis tribes, hw do u think an Igbo wil percieve dis thread, firstly, NAIRALAND belongs to a YORUBA, d thread is frm a YORUBA, u youths shld be seen as d future of a UNITED nigeria because we tend to understand each oda more and nt catalysts, i implore u to be a gud ambassador of PEACE rather than one of CONTROVERSY and DIVISION. Thank you

Mr Everest: Yes Awolowo betrayed Igbos( though i dont blame him because man is a selfish animal and he wanted to protect the interest of his ppl) for the following reasons
1.Before the war, he said that if Biafra goes, he would declare Oduduwa rep but when Biafra secceded, he faltered and balked on that agreement.
2. During the war, he formulated a policy of starvation as the minister of finance and said that starvation is a weopon of warfare! Biafra was blockaded and millions died.
3. After the war, as the minister of finance, he formulated another policy of pauperization by giving a few pounds to Igbos, irrespective of the millions or billions he/she had ab initio. Soon this was followed by indignisation decree, whereby multinational corp were privatised and Igbos that controlled the economy ab initio were turned to spectators while Yorubas bought over the economy, this is the reason why Yorubas constitute the bulk of company executives in Nigeria till today, though Igbos are gradually coming on board again. Now you know why Igbos insist that Awolowo betrayed them.

sammytobby18: Arsenal start new season as they were held to a goalless draw,will gunners ever win a cup this season ? Liverpool also start on a bad note i just downloaded the match highlight at www.teamsheadtohead..com guys download yours it hot

One_Naira: Any Igbo that falls for this thread will forever be an 1diot. Let me come back in few hours and I see one reply from any Igbo, an advice to that any Igbo, na only you go carry the headache of this tribalistic OP that have long been looking for attention by yourself. Shikena!!!

sucre!!:
Ojuwu was a greedy and a selfish man, He has no feelings for the Igbo people and it was his greed that led to the Civil war after all if Gowon had renounced his post as the Head of State the war would not have broke out.
OP..Read WHY WE STRUCK by Ademoyega Adewale..

Odunet Lbs: Nigerians are very beautiful people when you actually meet them on the street.
E.g the trustworthy Hausa people, the diligent and hardworking igbo people, the friendly and jovial south-south people, the welcoming and homely yoruba people, and the generally nice and caring people of the middle belt.

These are generally seen in these people (please prove me wrong)

Together we are NIGERIANS, and we shall never divide.

Nigeria, land of our father and the home of our mother...happy sunday all

NYSC ANTHEM:
*Right hand on ur chest pls*
Youths obey the clarion call
Let us lift our nation high
Under the sun or in the rain
With dedication and selflessness
Nigeria's ours, Nigeria we serve...

Mr Everest: Yes Awolowo betrayed Igbos( though i dont blame him because man is a selfish animal and he wanted to protect the interest of his ppl) for the following reasons
1.Before the war, he said that if Biafra goes, he would declare Oduduwa rep but when Biafra secceded, he faltered and balked on that agreement.
2. During the war, he formulated a policy of starvation as the minister of finance and said that starvation is a weopon of warfare! Biafra was blockaded and millions died.
3. After the war, as the minister of finance, he formulated another policy of pauperization by giving a few pounds to Igbos, irrespective of the millions or billions he/she had ab initio. Soon this was followed by indignisation decree, whereby multinational corp were privatised and Igbos that controlled the economy ab initio were turned to spectators while Yorubas bought over the economy, this is the reason why Yorubas constitute the bulk of company executives in Nigeria till today, though Igbos are gradually coming on board again. Now you know why Igbos insist that Awolowo betrayed them.

coolestkc: "Ibo" and "Igbo" is not interchangeable. "Ibo" refers to the tribe, while "Igbo" is the language they speak FYI

ikennahill: YORUBAS CAN BETRAY ANYBODY AT ANYTIME AND THEY HAVE NAME FOR IT.ONLY A FOOL LEAVES HIS ENEMY TO TEACH HIS CHILDREN.IGNORE THE FOOL THAT POSTED THIS THREAD,INWADLY HE WANA BE IBO MAN.

asha 80: my friend quit the ignorance.if you speak the language pronounce it and tell me whether it is 'gb' or 'b' you hear.stop the colomentality.

ikennahill: YORUBAS CAN BETRAY ANYBODY AT ANYTIME AND THEY HAVE NAME FOR IT.ONLY A FOOL LEAVES HIS ENEMY TO TEACH HIS CHILDREN.IGNORE THE FOOL THAT POSTED THIS THREAD,INWADLY HE WANA BE IBO MAN.