tonychristopher:
BUT WHY DID THIS MAN SAY ALL THESE WHEN OJUKWU AND MEN THAT FOUGHT WARS WERE ALIVE, WHY IS THIS COMING UP NOW, WELL I HAVE SEEN HIS HEROICS, THEY PRODUCED GENERALS THAT CRIED


The Biafran army was a rag-tag hurriedly trained group, blockaded, barely armed and without food. Yet in spite of these daunting odds, they engaged a Nigerian army that was both numerically superior and brimming with an endless flow of sophisticated weapons supplied by Great Britain and Russia amongst others in deadly combat for almost three years.

A look at other historic battles would confirm the celebrated gallantry of the Biafran soldier. By the beginning of the 2nd world war in 1939, France was a world power who had one of the largest established armies in the world. In preparation for the much-expected German invasion, the French had also constructed the famous "Maginot line" which was an impregnable defensive fortress. German forces eventually attacked France on the 5th of June 1940; by the 25th of June 1940 France had capitulated. It is instructive to note that In spite of the formidable defensive armada, and a well trained heavily armed French army, it took just about three weeks for the German forces to defeat the French.

On the 1st of September 1939 German forces had also similarly attacked Poland. By the 6th of October 1939 Poland had surrendered. The war had lasted only five weeks. Even more spectacular was the German conquest of Holland, which began on the 10th of May 1940, by the 15th of May 1940, only five days, Holland had surrendered. Indeed it took the Germans less than a total of four months to conquer the whole of mainland Europe.

Israeli exploits in the volatile Middle East are another example of exceptional military prowess. Between the 5th of June and the 10th of June 1967, the Israeli army engaged a combination of the whole Arab armies and defeated them in just six days in what is now famously known as "the six day war." In another Arab, Israeli conflict known as the Yom Kippur war from the 6th of October to the 26th of October 1973, Israeli armed forces once again defeated a combination of Arab armies in just three weeks.

In all of these conflicts, it is instructive to note that the conflict was between well-armed and established armies. In the case of Biafra, the Nigerian armed forces confronted a rag-tag army, which was virtually unarmed and lacking food, yet in spite of these overwhelming disadvantages, the Nigerian army failed to score a victory in a full-scale war for three years. It is indeed a great testament to the gallantry and doggedness of the Biafran soldier, that whereas well armed French, Belgian, Dutch troops, Arab armies etc capitulated in conflict in a matter of days and weeks, the Biafran soldier without food or arms, fighting almost with his bare hands, withstood the heavily armed Nigerian armed forces in a historic full-scale war for close to three years. As the philosopher George Edward Woodberry said, "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." Join me in celebrating the Biafran soldier!

sukkot:
so a yoruba man named banjo was leading the biafrans ? buahahaha so you needed a yoruba man to lead you ? no biafran leaders ? your greatest warrior was a yoruba man ? CASE CLOSED

Ponponkon:
Our men were busy fighting the USA,France,German and Egyptian. Troopes that fought on the side of Nigeria thinking that your god Adekunle would have been noble enough to come to the war front but he chosed to kill infants anyway

pazienza:



Ojukwu felt that letting a Yoruba man lead the match to Lagos will send the Yorubas a strong message that Biafra wasn't invading them, but on a hunt of the Northerners that had decided to use Lagos ( Yorubaland) as a base for their aggression against the East.

That was Ojukwu's error and misjudgment, a ruthless and patriot Igbo leading that mission would have led to success. Lagos would have been liberated of Northerners and the North would have also lost their sea access, they would have fallen apart like the East did, and forced to relocate their capital up north.

The mission was a surprise mission, it required pace and element of surprise to work, but Banjo killed that element of surprise when he stopped the match at Edo for days, at which time news had already spread to the Nigerians.

ekenedegreat:
Stop ranting!! the soldiers mentioned were not yorubas rather, they were hausas. Yorubas cannot and will never fight a war due to their cowardice.

sukkot:
regarding the bolded, So we both accept that ojukwu was as clueless as GEJ ? buahahahah ike eba aka agbari ojukwu the clueless one

Remarkable:


Don't spoil the party for them! its entertaining seeing them gloat and saying that yorubas are Spartans and conquered 50,000 biafrans... tales, tall tales and boasting to high heavens of their greatness! (Inside them though, they know how the rest of Nigerians view them... so allow them to have a lil fun lol)

superstar1:


Gbam.

How will he not be clueless? He never led any war expedition. Not even one. Just one. As in ONE battle. None.

islandmoon:
the igbos are known for gra gra! that is why we called them The chest beaters but Yorubas are known for intelligence and tactics that is why Ojukwu failed, imagine just that man dealing with them, he said no other person should fire, if na igbo man he go stand on the bridge with all his soldiers come dey beat chest...heheheheh!
i hope my igbo babe wont get to read this, not my fault dating igbos, they are easy to get, just hold money !! but yoruba girl will scrutinize you and your background, not just about money for yorubas..we value moral and integrity, that was why we voted for buhari but igbos voted for jonah cos he gave them dollars, lots of money..

sukkot:
regarding the bolded, So we both accept that ojukwu was as clueless as GEJ ? buahahahah ike eba aka agbari ojukwu the clueless one

pazienza:


Ojukwu love and trust of Yorubas led to strategic mistakes that led to Biafra sustaining fatal injuries that led to Biafra 1.0 untimely death. Hindsight is said to be 20/20, but nevertheless, let me point out Ojukwu's errors.

1. Ojukwu trusted and misunderstood Awo, he never really understood Awo like Zik did. He failed at dealing with the Awo situation.

2.Ojukwu had a close friend in Aluko, who he shared many secrets he shouldnt be sharing, secrets about Biafra that Aluko readily made available to the Nigerians.

3. Ojukwu misunderstood the nature of the Yoruba man, he had a poor knowledge of what a quintessential Yoruba stands for , his nation history and how his reasoning process works.
Ojukwu out of sentiments, entrusted the Lagos expedition, Biafra's lottery ticket to standing a chance of winning the war, on Banjo, another Yoruba man, who ultimately sabotaged/ failed to complete the mission.

Funjosh:


What is this one saying

Shirley07:

You're a dolt. If you know nothing about Ilorin, just shut up.
It was the yorubas in Ilorin that actually alligned with the Fulani for them to break away from Oyo empire. Unfortunately they didn't know the fulani would turn against them after the battle is won.
In other words, they shot themselves in the foot.
I'm sure you also don't know what happened to these same Fulani when they wanted to capture Oyo empire. Infact, the real battle was at Ogbomosho where the Fulani were dealt with in large no. Now, that's a real war, not your Ojukwu hide and seek game.

januzaj:
o worth kin won hate awolowo......chai....see dem

whitecat1:
This is the sort of articles we need to remind the Kobokobo that we whooped their asses once and will do it again.

Remarkable:


Don't spoil the party for them! its entertaining seeing them gloat and saying that yorubas are Spartans and conquered 50,000 biafrans... tales, tall tales and boasting to high heavens of their greatness! (Inside them though, they know how the rest of Nigerians view them... so allow them to have a lil fun lol)

xenten:

Check the Election figures from the eastern states. I am sure that the little votes GMB could get were from Hausas and Yorubas living in the east.

Duru1:


Why would you not believe the crap from the goofy character since you believed Lt Col Francis Fajuiyi begged to die with Gen Ironsi. It was the same Osun propaganda Yoruba are capable of generating. It is funny that 8th Battalion under Major Ochefu had become 129 Nigerian army personals of shaky Yoruba natives.

tonychristopher:
Why won't Yoruba take a stand always leaning on others

Look at awolowo saying if igbo go. They go

Igbo left for 3yrs
Yoruba did not declare

Till today

Bunch of ingrates cowards

pazienza:


The Yoruba Problem


1. The Yorubas were never going to support Biafra in the war against the North, as doing that will lead to Yorubaland being the battle ground between the North and the East, with loss of property and lives in Yorubaland, while the East and North and their people remain in peace.

2. Yorubas still have a huge part of their territory and people trapped in the geographical North( Kwara and Kogi), through the Kogi, Kwara and Islam( about half of Yorubas are Muslims) Yorubas will always have a strong sense of connection to the North and sympathy to their causes, don't let anyone deceive you.

3. Yorubas stood to gain nothing if the East left the federation, as they were much interested in partaking in the newly discovered oil wealth of the East. And if the East left, the Yorubas would become a minority to the North and slaves to a new country containing them and the North, the Yorubas needed the East in Nigeria to help balance out the North and give them( Yorubas) a little freedom.
If they had declared Odua republic, they would be easily invaded and outran by the North, who would need the sea access the North offered, they are too close, geographically to the Arewa north.



This was the Yoruba problem in 1967, and remains a Yoruba problem today. Yorubas can never be neutrals in any conflict between the East and North. They will be stupid to be neutral or support the East, there is simply nothing for them to gain from such.

Yorubas will always be natural political enemies of Ndiigbo, it's no fault of theirs, it's the only war they can go, if they are not to incure losses as a people.

Jokay07:
half of the weapons? Lwkmd then why did Ojukwu embark on the mission even after he was begged to stop. You see, you need to start blaming ojukwu for nt being tactical enough and being visionless for wasting lives of my people. He knew he didn't have enough weapons to fully attack the N.A yet, he was so dumb to continue.

revolt:
nigeria attacked biafra, and thus drew first blood. Biafra was defending all thru the war. Stop spreading calumny. Only reason they headed to lagos was cos tht was the enemies capital.

pazienza:
Awo took the right decision for the Yoruba nation by aligning with the North, he simply had no choice, as doing otherwise would lead to heavy loss of lives and property to the Yorubas.

Banjo must have equally forced to do a rethink half way through the expedition.

If Ojukwu had a grasp of the "Yoruba problem", he would have seen them and treated them as what they will always be to the Igbo nation, Mortal and natural enemies.

It's not the fault of Yorubas, neither is it the fault of Ndiigbo, but that's the way things are, and you bring great pain to your people as an Igbo or Yoruba, if you fail to acknowledge and understand the "Yoruba problem".

superstar1:


Another make me feel good conjectures.

Yorubas that are in Kwara and Kogi are there because of the artificial state creation. The same way you keep claiming there are people of Igbo descents in virtually all SS states. There is nothing you can do about it. Culturally they might be Igbo, if they accept, but politically they are in SS. Likewise the igbos in benue, they are not in SE, they are in NC.

Culturally they are Yorubas and based on.political division, they are in NC. The same with all other large ethnic groups in the country.

1. Have you forgotten that igbos connived with the hausas for secession clause not to be included in the constitution

2. Have you forgotten that Zik licked the northern blocos once again to.form .government with Balewa.

3. Have you forgotten that Arthur Nzeribe called for the annulment of June 12, which was implemented by IBB.

4. Have you forgotten that Daniel Kanu was busy jumping around the country organising 5million man match for Abacha with Youth Earnestly Asked for Abacha Campaign

Igbos have been caressing the northern a55 from time immemorial and you are known to.be inconsequential in the scheme of things.

No ethnic grouped has dealt blows to the north in this country than.the Yorubas. No wonder the Emir of Kano had to cry out that -- Yorubas are the only stumbling block to them from ruling this country as their father's estate.

sauceny:


But no body heard of the yorubas during the civil war,you guys went into hiding like a puppet.


Yoruba isn't in the history books of the civil war.