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Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by zendy: 11:55am On Feb 27, 2016
Raphael81:
the civil war has left an indelible mark on our polity, but with time we shall become better and more unified


With time we will be unified? Really? 100 years as a country, 65 years as a nation, we are still not united but you are waiting for time? I laugh in Igbo
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Raphael81(m): 12:06pm On Feb 27, 2016
zendy:



With time we will be unified? Really? 100 years as a country, 65 years as a nation, we are still not united but you are waiting for time? I laugh in Igbo
change is slow and most times painful bro
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Olayinka8793(m): 12:41pm On Feb 27, 2016
[quote author=Mobsync post=34989992]1. The Republic of Biafra actually had two presidents. The first was Odumegwu Ojukwu.The second was Obong Philip Ewing who was in office from January 8 till January 12, 1970, after Ojukwu had fled the country.

2. The Republic of Benin* is the shortest independent country in the world.*So u are d owner of the factshood page on facebook? I follow the page but I must confesed it looks inactive cos its been long it made a post,it is cool though.
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by T9ksy(m): 1:30pm On Feb 27, 2016
Deadlytruth:


But Igbos kept on chanting "one Nigeria" despite seeing it clearly that Nigeria was not really one and could never really become one. If not for a selfish interest and ulterior motive why did Zik and Igbos decide to live in fantasy while reality was staring at them directly in the face?


Simply because the ibos somehow believed that eventually they will come to dominate the new nation. I suggest anyone interested should google zik's public statement in 1948 at the 1st year anniversary of the Igbo Union where he clearly referred to the ibos innate trait to dominate wherever they find themselves.

Clearly, it was ibos greed and covetousness that brings us to the impasse we are in now. Now we are stuck with this fake One Nigeria and nothing save a massive loss of lives can unshackle us from the quandary we unfortunately find ourselves in, presently.

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Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by orunto27: 1:44pm On Feb 27, 2016
What was the Status of Biafra when it gave independence to Benin Republic? Does it then mean that Benin Republic is an illegal entity and a part of WESTERN NIGERIA that was chased away by unconstitutional entity?
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by antispexish(m): 2:34pm On Feb 27, 2016
interesting, so nigerians had been doing high speed,high calibre lead projectile inclusive, death dealing car chases in the 60's. that dimka na badt guy, liked the way he was killed though, kill by the gun, die by the gun!
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Deadlytruth(m): 10:26am On Mar 11, 2016
zendy:


I can't blame Zik for believing in one Nigeria. Zik was not a soothsayer who could see the future.He was a man who thought that with self rule, Nigeria would be a great country. Until you try something, you can never be sure if it will work or not. So Zik was willing to give 'one Nigeria' a try. It's just unfortunate that it had and still has disasterous consequences.

Zik did not need to be a soothsayer to know that one Nigeria would never work. The Awolowo, Enahoro, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa who maintained that Nigeria was not one and should not be made one did not have any special soothsaying talents, but they rather saw the reality on ground and accepted it as it was unlike Zik who equally saw that reality but pretended not to see it, and in addition labelled Awolowo and the rest as tribalists for saying the naked truth and facing stark reality. While Zik did all that Igbos supported him.

In fact Zik read Anthropology from the United States. Anthropology is a science discipline which studies the cultural evolution of peoples and therefore seeks how best to ensure that different peoples cohabit peacefully. To that end it is a basic tenet of Anthropology that the best way for different peoples to live peacefully together in the same country without hatred and bloodshed is for each and every tribe to recognize and respect the cultures and beliefs of the other tribes without denouncing them or trying to make them change no matter how silly those other tribes' cultures and belief systems might appear.
But the Zik who knew this as an anthropologist started preaching "one-Nigeria" and even went to Ahmadu Bello and said, "Let us forget our differences and move forward". Was that in harmony with the principles of the course he read and bagged a certificate in? Courses are meant to be read and the knowledge gained therein applied to practically solve problems in the society. But Zik chose to do the opposite. Then of what practical value was his knowledge and academic qualification? For a man who read Anthropology and even lectured in it for sometime to return to his own country to preach one-Nigeria which was clearly against the principles of the course he read can only mean that such a man was not genuinely interested in the peaceful existence and rapid development of his country but wanted to fool every other tribe to the undue advantage of his. Even the Awolowo, Enahoro, Balewa and Bello who neither read anything near Anthropology nor attained the same academic level as Zik knew better than Zik that it was wrong to seek a seamless oneness among totally different peoples. Zik was just a very fraudulent and unprincipled politician who did not practise what he read in the university.

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Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Deadlytruth(m): 11:08am On Mar 11, 2016
T9ksy:



Simply because the ibos somehow believed that eventually they will come to dominate the new nation. I suggest anyone interested should google zik's public statement in 1948 at the 1st year anniversary of the Igbo Union where he clearly referred to the ibos innate trait to dominate wherever they find themselves.

Clearly, it was ibos greed and covetousness that brings us to the impasse we are in now. Now we are stuck with this fake One Nigeria and nothing save a massive loss of lives can unshackle us from the quandary we unfortunately find ourselves in, presently.

Zik was not a genuine nationalist as Igbos would love to have us believe. He was rather an incurable tribalist who kept pretending and faking nationalism. If Igbos had faced reality as did others we would not have been in this mess today after 56 years and there's still no hope.

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Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by redsceptic: 11:36am On Mar 11, 2016
oismail:
Care not
We are in 21st century
Your body may be in the 21st century. But if you choose to remain ignorant you may as well be in the the 13th. Learn history young man, knowledge is power.
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by oismail(m): 6:55pm On Apr 03, 2016
redsceptic:

Your body may be in the 21st century. But if you choose to remain ignorant you may as well be in the the 13th. Learn history young man, knowledge is power.
Tell me where the knowledge will be useful afterwords. Even the x+y things ain't useful after school #gerrit?
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Ooni: 7:23pm On Apr 03, 2016
Raphael81:
the civil war has left an indelible mark on our polity, but with time we shall become better and more unified
continue deceiving urself

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Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by whoawa(m): 11:28pm On Apr 03, 2016
Raphael81:
the civil war has left an indelible mark on our polity, but with time we shall become better and more unified
After 46 year, the wound of the war is still as fresh as today, believe me no tkme can ever heal such. U can use nairaland.com as a case study
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Jombojombo(m): 12:20am On Apr 04, 2016
Mobsync:


Let's not go down that line. Please don't turn this thread into one for tribal, ethnic, religious or political bashings. There are several other threads you can do that.

Truth must be told!

That was the major reason behind the 1966 coup
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by SUBMARINE: 3:14am On Apr 04, 2016
SUBMARINE:
More facts

Prior to his death, Sarduna imported weapons to execute his plan to dip the Qur'an into the Atlantic ocean through the destabilization of Eastern region in the same way he did destabilized SW.




What I said, is it not coming to pass after almost a year later.
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by chernest2002: 6:18am On Apr 04, 2016
Let's face front
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Raphael81(m): 6:46am On Apr 04, 2016
whoawa:

After 46 year, the wound of the war is still as fresh as today, believe me no tkme can ever heal such. U can use nairaland.com as a case study
True talk bro am kinda fed up with this site cos it creates more division than restoration
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by AntiMahdi: 7:01am On Apr 04, 2016
The first coup was not the coup of Jan, 1966 but there were two coup plots prior.

The first coup was purely a yoruba affair and was thwarted as it began.

The second coup did not happen but was nipped during its planning stage and Awolowo was duly sentenced for his role as leader to 13yrs in prison.
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Deadlytruth(m): 7:34am On Apr 04, 2016
AntiMahdi:
The first coup was not the coup of Jan, 1966 but there were two coup plots prior.

The first coup was purely a yoruba affair and was thwarted as it began.

The second coup did not happen but was nipped during its planning stage and Awolowo was duly sentenced for his role as leader to 13yrs in prison.


A coup is any attempt (successful or unsuccessful) to take over government without following the laid down procedure which most times is the constitution. Judged against this background, the first coup was by the Balewa-Zik coalition government which prevented the Western Region's Assembly from sitting to vote to determine whether Akintola would continue as premier or not. The second coup was also by the same Zik-Balewa coalition government which later reinstated Akintola as premier without election against Western Region's constitution provisions. Awo's coup was the third and a self help in reaction to these previous two aimed at crushing his party. Nzeogwu's was fourth perhaps in sympathy for Awo.
Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by joseph1832(m): 7:58am On Apr 04, 2016
Mobsync:


3. Contrary to popular belief, the coup of January 15-16, 1966, was not executed by Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. It was executed by five Army majors (four Igbos and one Yoruba): Kaduna Nzeogwu, Timothy Onwuatuegwu, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Chris Anuforo and Adewale Ademoyega. Emmanuel Ifeajuna was the leader and not Nzeogwu as some people claim. Aguyi-Ironsi only came into power because he was the highest ranking military officer in Nigeria after the coup failed.


I disagree with the emboldened. Nzeogwu was the leader of the coup. Even Adewale Ademoyega attested to this in his book, "Why We Struck".

Re: 10 Facts You Didn't Know About The First Nigerian Coup And Civil War by Aaronzy: 2:58pm On Jun 06, 2016
Mobsync:


Gowon actually got there by chance. He wasn't the best candidate for the post. Shuwa, Murtala Muhammed and several others were all Lieutenant-Colonels alongside Gowon. Infact, Kur Muhammed was a full Colonel. Gowon was chosen because the coup plotters did not want the coup to be seen as an Hausa coup since the first coup was already seen as an Igbo coup. Gowon was a Christian and wasn't a core northerner. Two factors that led to him been chosen as the preferred candidate.

Secondly, Onwuatuegwu was in Lagos while the coup was on. He commanded a group of Igbo soldiers whose mission was to kill any top military commander they could lay their hands on. There are reports however that he fled to the north after the coup failed and possibly held control of the north along with Kaduna Nzeogwu for some weeks.
by then Gowon was the chief of army staff and the most highest ranking northern officer in the nigeria army

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