Members agree that the legislative
and executive authority of the
Federal Military Government should
remain in the Supreme Military
Council, to which any decision
affecting the whole country shall be
referred for determination provided
that where it is possible for a
meeting to be held the matter
requiring determination must be
referred to military governors for
their comment and concurrence.
Specifically, the council agreed that
appointments to senior ranks in the
police, diplomatic, and consular
services as well as appointment to
superscale posts in the federal civil
service and the equivalent posts in
the statutory corporation must be
approved by the Supreme Military
Council.


This is to be the function of the Supreme council, they serve just like the FG before the first coup.

They have nothing to do with the resources of the regions, the regions control their resources as it was before the first coup, and pay loyalty to the FG headed by the supreme council.

But when you drop you plans of secession for the sole purpose to share as a superior partner of the Eastern oil wealth, will you still want to go back to the way things were before the first coup?

Lol! Of course No.

"I need not tell you what horror,
what devastation and what extreme
human suffering will attend the use
of force. When it is all over and the
smoke and dust have lifted, and the
dead are buried, we shall find, as
other people have found, that it has
all been futile, entirely futile, in
solving the problems we set out to
solve." Major-General Robert
Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor
of old Western Region 1966-197


Now we see why some people didn't come to a negotiation table with papers, no home work whatsoever, like Gowon said, they just came to discuss, probably for the sake of discussion.

In a table for negotiation, they are still making their intentions for use of force known, a kind of subtle threat maybe.

pazienza:
The regional members felt that all
the decrees passed since January
15, 1966, and which detracted from
previous powers and positions of
regional governments, should be
repealed if mutual confidence is to
be restored.

By this part of agreement, the regions should run like they have been ran before the first coup.

In other words, the regional control of regional resources, and 50-50 sharing formula between the regions and the Center returns.

The only difference being that the Supreme council now serves as the center.

Of course, Gowon didn't understand the implication of that part of the deal, right? He had inferior intellectual and mental capacity, yet he went to a negotiation table without a paper!

Lol!

Have you read the text and composition of Decree 8 of 1967? It more or less turned Nigeria into a confederation, making the regional governors powerful and the centre (SMC) quite weak.

Regional control of resources as agreed by the SMC was also provided for, in that decree.

That decree gave Ojukwu most of his demands and could have averted the civil war if he had agreed to it.

Ojukwu: Hero or Villain? | By Max Siollun on December 16, 2007

The federal government attempted to implement the Aburi agreement in diluted form by enacting a modified Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree which turned Nigeria into a de facto confederation. Ojukwu declined to accept the initial draft and insisted on a full and complete implementation of the accords reached at Aburi.

Nonetheless as the weaker party he could still have showed greater pragmatism to spare further suffering for his people. At this point Ojukwu’s decision making must be questioned. Ojukwu would have saved many lives had he shown a greater degree of flexibility by accepting the Decree as it gave him 90% of what he wanted. In the “winner takes all” mentality that is so symptomatic of Nigerian politics, Ojukwu unrealistically held out for 100% of his demands and in the end, received 0%.

His intransigence placed him and his people in a worse position than they started in. Rather than turning Nigeria into a confederation (which is what Decree 8 did), Ojukwu ’s intransigence gave the federal government an opportunity to overrun the Eastern Region, carve the country into several states and concentrate massive powers in the central government. Forty years later many Nigerians now call for the restructuring of Nigeria, and for devolution of power to its regions.

Ojukwu had a golden opportunity to achieve this over 40 years ago but squandered it. Had he shown some patience he may have achieved his objectives – albeit at a later date. The old adage is that “the best comes to those who wait.”

Ojukwu could have taken a leaf from the book of another infant country named Israel. For several decades Jews fought to be given their own state in what was then British Mandate Palestine. In 1947, they were granted their state but only on half the land that they wanted. Realizing that it is best to accept what is achievable today, rather than risk holding out for 100% and getting nothing, Israel’s first leader David Ben-Gurion accepted a state but cleverly did not enunciate the borders of this state – this leaving the door open to agitate for more land at a later date. Today the “green line” borders of Israel encompass more land than it originally had at independence. https://maxsiollun./tag/ojukwu/

pazienza:
"I need not tell you what horror,
what devastation and what extreme
human suffering will attend the use
of force. When it is all over and the
smoke and dust have lifted, and the
dead are buried, we shall find, as
other people have found, that it has
all been futile, entirely futile, in
solving the problems we set out to
solve." Major-General Robert
Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor
of old Western Region 1966-197


Now we see why some people didn't come to a negotiation table with papers, no home work whatsoever, like Gowon said, they just came to discuss, probably for the sake of discussion.

In a table for negotiation, they are still making their intentions for use of force known, a kind of subtle threat maybe.

Guy, you need to do your research instead of relying on what someone told you, or the myths the Biafran propaganda machinery churned out to your forbears.

Adebayo's warning was NOT made at the negotiating table. It was made on the 30th of May 1967 after Ojukwu announced his plans to secede and declared the state of Biafra. It was a warning to both Ojukwu and the Nigerians.

It was one of the reasons why Gowon initially opted for a 'Police Action', instead of full scale attack to counter Ojukwu's actions.

pazienza:
He had formed the National Independence
Party which later merged with Alvan
Ikoku’s United National Party to become
UNIP. EyoIta proclaimed that he was re-
joining the NCNC in accordance with the
dictates of his conscience and in
obedience to the chiefs and members of
his Calabar constituency. These events
indicate that the problem between Azikiwe
and his compeer, EyoIta, was somehow
resolved in their lifetime.
Or that Eyo Ita personally resolved that
what happened in 1953 did not warrant
his taking steps that tore the party and
the people apart. Hence, he talked about
the “dictates of his conscience” as he
returned to the NCNC. So what is the
basis for Aladinma’s actions or utterances
in this matter?


And oh! Look, even when Eyo Ita became the poster boy of the agitation for COR, he had the support of men like Alvan Ikoku, but that doesn't matter right?

And ehm... Pa Eyo Ita returned to NCNC with a guilty conscience, he of course knew he had been lying against Ndiigbo too.

And look, the Calabar chiefs and his people were part of the reason he confessed that made him return to the NCNC fold.

Don't forget that while Oba of Bini was relegated to a second class traditional ruler in the Western house, the Obong of Calabar was elevated above Igbo kings like Eze Aro, Eze Nri, Obi of Onitsha, Obi of Obosi, etc Obong was the leader of the Eastern house of chiefs, now how about that? The Igbo belief in equity and justice had no rival, even Eyo ita knew that.

Nwannem nāwu mgbo a..o dighi mfe I me nchoputa!

laudate:


Guy, you need to do your research instead of relying on what someone told you, or the myths the Biafran propaganda machinery churned out to your forbears.

Adebayo's warning was NOT made at the negotiating table. It was made on the 30th of May 1967 after Ojukwu announced his plans to secede and declared the state of Biafra. It was a warning to both Ojukwu and the Nigerians.

It was one of the reasons why Gowon initially opted for a 'Police Action', instead of full scale attack to counter Ojukwu's actions.

laudate:

Guy, you need to do your research instead of relying on what someone told you, or the myths the Biafran propaganda machinery churned out to your forbears.
Adebayo's warning was NOT made at the negotiating table. It was made on the 30th of May 1967 after Ojukwu announced his plans to secede and declared the state of Biafra. It was a warning to both Ojukwu and the Nigerians.
It was one of the reasons why Gowon initially opted for a 'Police Action', instead of full scale attack to counter Ojukwu's actions.

laudate:


Guy, you need to do your research instead of relying on what someone told you, or the myths the Biafran propaganda machinery churned out to your forbears.

Adebayo's warning was NOT made at the negotiating table. It was made on the 30th of May 1967 after Ojukwu announced his plans to secede and declared the state of Biafra. It was a warning to both Ojukwu and the Nigerians.

It was one of the reasons why Gowon initially opted for a 'Police Action', instead of full scale attack to counter Ojukwu's actions.

Still doesn't change the fact that Gowon came to Aburi, just to discuss for the sake of discussion.

laudate:


Have you read the text and composition of Decree 8 of 1967? It more or less turned Nigeria into a confederation, making the regional governors powerful and the centre (SMC) quite weak.

Regional control of resources as agreed by the SMC was also provided for, in that decree.

That decree gave Ojukwu most of his demands and could have averted the civil war if he had agreed to it.

I am quite conversant with the decree 8. And no, it doesn't provide for confederation, not when the SMC, was powerful enough to not just declare a state of emergency against any region, but to also to take over both the legislative and Executive power of the region.

That was a banana peel right there, as what constitutes emergency was not defined.
Gowon and the other members of the SMC can always re interprete that to dethrone Ojukwu and take spoils of the East.

4. The provisions of section 70 of
the Constitution of the Federation
give powers to the Supreme Military
Council to take over the executive
and legislative functions of a
Regional Government during any
period of emergency which might
be declared in respect of that
Region by the Supreme Military
Council, while those of section 71
give the Supreme Military Council
power to take appropriate measures
against a Region which attempts to
secede from the rest of the
Federation, or where the executive
authority of the Region is being
exercised in contravention of
section 86 of the Constitution.


Read this part of the decree well. Ojukwu was no fool. He saw the trap Gowon was setting there very easily.

This was no confederation. It was quasi unitary government.

superstar1:


Remind an igbo man how yorubas taught them how to spell their names, how they were defeated resoundingly at Ore, how their town was renamed under their nose, how their properties were declared abandoned and hijacked by minorities and how 3million of them were suyanised to Amadioha for fun -- you will see them foaming in the mouth, beating their akpu filled chest, giving lame ultimatum and crying over their defeated Biafra ----- FFK (The Cane of Bianca) 2013.

Remind the Yaribanza people of how they start trouble and heat up the polity only to run cowardly to hide in their evil Soka forest when the jungle matures. Bring to their knowledge of how they precipitated the January 15, 1966 coup and the 1967-70 civil war with their bloody 'Operation Wetie' in the SW, and you see them shouting, yelling and making much noise on every available media.

Remind the greedy tribalists that Adewale Ademoyega, a full blooded Yoruba army officer, was deeply involved in the planning and execution of the January 15 coup and that he wrote a book ‘Why We Struck’ to that effect; and you see them formulating and fabricating lies upon lies to attempt to cover up and silence the truth.  

Remind these unrepentant hypocrites of how their god, Pa Awolowo became a 'boy-boy' to a young Yakubu Gowon, so that he could rule Nigeria; but alas he was shortchanged and he ended up selling the Yaribanza people  to the Northern oligarch! And you see these shameless propagandists cursing and convulsing... 

Remind the arrogant, treacheerous ingrates of how their Balogun, AareOnaKakanfo (Field Marshall) MKO Abiola declared himself president-elect and the arrogant and cowardly tribe couldn't even protect him from being whisked away like a common thief and he was eventually slaughtered like a salah ram.

Remind the big mouthed Yoruba tribe that their gra-gra in 1993 (with Odua Islamic Republic of Ritual-killers in mind) did not even last two days and you see them crying, weeping, wailing, and gnashing their teeth with thick mucous dripping down their smelly noses...

https://www.nairaland.com/2519815/why-yorubas-nigerias-most-hateful

hakeem4:
but they were conquered

Yes in illorin Emirate.

superstar1:


Remind an igbo man how yorubas taught them how to spell their names, how they were defeated resoundingly at Ore, how their town was renamed under their nose, how their properties were declared abandoned and hijacked by minorities and how 3million of them were suyanised to Amadioha for fun -- you will see them foaming in the mouth, beating their akpu filled chest, giving lame ultimatum and crying over their defeated Biafra ----- FFK (The Cane of Bianca) 2013.

In 3 tribe majority Nigeria. Hausas have emirates powered by their foreign Fulani masters, yorubas have emirates powered by foreign fulani masters. Igbos? The Igbos refused to be conquered and enslaved causing the hausas, yorubas and their minority fulani masters to be angry. Of the 3 majority, who would you like to be?