dearpreye:
Conscience is an open wound; only the truth can heal it.

I've solemnly vowed to defend the truth and oppose falsehood and lies all the days of my life.

Godswill Akpabio courageously told the truth and nothing else.

Smarter governments in saner climes would have taken very obvious anand unmistakable steps that would have demonstrated the fact that the war was over and that would have helped rebuilt almost all that was destroyed because a people courgette took their own destiny into their own hands. That war remains one of the most stupid, oppressive and needless war ever fought that I know off.

The Igbos still feel unwelcome and unappreciated by the corrupt Nigerian government. Nothing was more brutal and demeaning than converting all the millions these enterprising people had before the war to £20, and by so doing subjected them to decades of struggling for survival. Unfortunately, what was wickedly devised to subjugate them rather created a sense of innovation and enterprise in them that has helped them till its day. We're told necessity is the mother of invention.

I'm yet to see any tribe in Nigeria that will come out so great and prosperous just a few decades of having more than 2 million of its people murdered for trying to master their own destiny. All those who killed the innocent and defenseless shall only know ignominy, both in this life and in the one to come.

Had Nigeria had sensible government down the years, all these agitation for Biafra would probably not have arisen again, but blacks being blacks, will rather play the ostrich and pretend like nothing is wrong when the opposite is clearly the case. Till date, in our epic primitivity, we are still deliberately doing all that caused the Civil War.

It's my sincere wish that Nigeria will allow good sense to prevail over crudity, intimidation and subtle oppression.

Let's seek sincere efforts to devolve powers to the Federation regions, and practise true federalism. But where the sons of Uthman Dan Fodio will continue to pillage resources found in other regions other than theirs, Nigeria might still fight another civil war- I pray it doesn't happen.

dearpreye:
Conscience is an open wound; only the truth can heal it.

I've solemnly vowed to defend the truth and oppose falsehood and lies all the days of my life.

Godswill Akpabio courageously told the truth and nothing else.

Smarter governments in saner climes would have taken very obvious anand unmistakable steps that would have demonstrated the fact that the war was over and that would have helped rebuilt almost all that was destroyed because a people courgette took their own destiny into their own hands. That war remains one of the most stupid, oppressive and needless war ever fought that I know off.

The Igbos still feel unwelcome and unappreciated by the corrupt Nigerian government. Nothing was more brutal and demeaning than converting all the millions these enterprising people had before the war to £20, and by so doing subjected them to decades of struggling for survival. Unfortunately, what was wickedly devised to subjugate them rather created a sense of innovation and enterprise in them that has helped them till its day. We're told necessity is the mother of invention.

I'm yet to see any tribe in Nigeria that will come out so great and prosperous just a few decades of having more than 2 million of its people murdered for trying to master their own destiny. All those who killed the innocent and defenseless shall only know ignominy, both in this life and in the one to come.

Had Nigeria had sensible government down the years, all these agitation for Biafra would probably not have arisen again, but blacks being blacks, will rather play the ostrich and pretend like nothing is wrong when the opposite is clearly the case. Till date, in our epic primitivity, we are still deliberately doing all that caused the Civil War.

It's my sincere wish that Nigeria will allow good sense to prevail over crudity, intimidation and subtle oppression.

Let's seek sincere efforts to devolve powers to the Federation regions, and practise true federalism. But where the sons of Uthman Dan Fodio will continue to pillage resources found in other regions other than theirs, Nigeria might still fight another civil war- I pray it doesn't happen.

Icecomrade:


Generalizing Awo's action to all yoruba's is wrong. I totally agree with you on that.
I don't advocate for it and won't support such. Most people react that way when there is a direct attack on the igbo's coming the that region.

Let me add that. The coup was avenged by the Northerners. They should ve left it at that. We wouldn't have been having this conversation now.

When the killings ended, the igbo's felt injustice and lack of protection from a government where we preach One Nigeria, they should ve let them go.

If you follow the Aburi peace accord, which is the most annoying, Gowon should have dis associated himself with the resolutions there and then.
Why decieve everyone. You need to see the video documentary of of that convention. Go to youtube, you will find that.

This was done in a peaceful atmosphere. They all laughed andd joked in Ghana, shared wine together only to come back renege.

The killings where totally unnecessary. Its heart breaking.

new2020:
Even after reading this Yorubas will tell you...he is SS. Mumu sick people! Most these yorubas have no sense...many of them don't even know that Old Cross River (includes present day Akwa Ibom) fought along side the Igbos against Nigeria, lost as many of their forebears and also received 25 pounds from Awolowo. All these are etched deeply in our memory!

adamshuaib:


He should have continued the peaceful negotiations after getting all easterners back to the eastern region, but instead he gave them a reason to attack him by Secession

sebali:


U kn dey said Gowon wasnt educated and didnt realize he had signed 4 a confederation, coming back home he got to realize dis and inturn went against..... On Aburi blame it on Gowon's lack of proper education.

dearpreye:
Conscience is an open wound; only the truth can heal it.

I've solemnly vowed to defend the truth and oppose falsehood and lies all the days of my life.

Godswill Akpabio courageously told the truth and nothing else.

Smarter governments in saner climes would have taken very obvious anand unmistakable steps that would have demonstrated the fact that the war was over and that would have helped rebuilt almost all that was destroyed because a people courgette took their own destiny into their own hands. That war remains one of the most stupid, oppressive and needless war ever fought that I know off.

The Igbos still feel unwelcome and unappreciated by the corrupt Nigerian government. Nothing was more brutal and demeaning than converting all the millions these enterprising people had before the war to £20, and by so doing subjected them to decades of struggling for survival. Unfortunately, what was wickedly devised to subjugate them rather created a sense of innovation and enterprise in them that has helped them till its day. We're told necessity is the mother of invention.

I'm yet to see any tribe in Nigeria that will come out so great and prosperous just a few decades of having more than 2 million of its people murdered for trying to master their own destiny. All those who killed the innocent and defenseless shall only know ignominy, both in this life and in the one to come.

Had Nigeria had sensible government down the years, all these agitation for Biafra would probably not have arisen again, but blacks being blacks, will rather play the ostrich and pretend like nothing is wrong when the opposite is clearly the case. Till date, in our epic primitivity, we are still deliberately doing all that caused the Civil War.

It's my sincere wish that Nigeria will allow good sense to prevail over crudity, intimidation and subtle oppression.

Let's seek sincere efforts to devolve powers to the Federation regions, and practise true federalism. But where the sons of Uthman Dan Fodio will continue to pillage resources found in other regions other than theirs, Nigeria might still fight another civil war- I pray it doesn't happen.

sebali:

D den govt. wasn't really committed 2 d 3Rs bt my point is Ibos shud move on, its almost 50yrs ago.

Ayus34:
Akpabio seems to be more of hypocrite....truly the eastern region suffered during the war,ojukwu fought the war but can we say that was the best decision as at that time?
He made mention of reconstruction in the west like the bridge,personally I ve known akpabio to be jealous of Lagos and of he was talking of the west then aside the bridge built by IBB then,will he say that it was a wrong decision as at then when Lagos was the capital even before civil war?and on the airport,my father travelled thru MM even before the civil war,and already the Queen visited Nigeria tru that same airport before the war....I will expect him to tell us the reconstruction that was carried out in other western states after the war,maybe then he can be reasonable?most infrastructures in Lagos has been there during colonial rules and few not long after colonial rules,and the ingenuity of Lagos residents that cut across all d country's has also brought tremendous improvement due to the favourable environments in the state, or I will want him to tell us the best industries own by Nigeria govt that miraculously transformed the state from the reconstruction?

Icecomrade:


You check out that kind of excuse nah! Haba!

Check his profile and tell me if Gowon was truely an illeterate. Or people making excuses to justify their heinous acts.

He received his secondary education in Zaria, Nigeria where, in 1953, he obtained the senior Cambridge

school leaving certificate. The following year, he enrolled in the Nigerian Army and was sent to the Regular Officers' Special Training School at Teshie in Ghana. In 1955, he went to Britain for further military training, and was at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, until May, 1955, before entering the RMAS Anzio Company, Sandhurst, where he remained until the end of 1956. 

For the first half of 1957, Lt-Col Gowon attended the young officers' course at Hythe and Warminster, England. he was posted as second-lieutenant to the 4th Battalion of the Nigerian Army at Ibadan, then Western Nigeria's capital city.

He attended a course at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, in 1962,  In 1963 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and appointed the Adjutant-General of the Nigerian Army. January 15, he was appointed Chief of Staff at Army Headquarters. 

I have a feeling that on his return, some group of people twisted his mind.

I don't listen to what people said anymore cos they fed us with lies.
Research and you will see their deceptions

sebali:


I never knew his resume was dis strong...... Dat means he was suppose 2 kn wat a confederation meant....
Anyway wat happened had happened, ibos shud let it go or up their political game so as 2 be more relevant in national issues or come 2geda and use legal means 2 pursue d biafran dream(SS xcluded) if dey still want such and stop crying foul at every little opportunity and plss beg ur brodas in NL 2 stop dis biafra biafra infiltration of every thread.
Finally dis is d first am having a good conversation without abuses flowing up and down (d usual NL mantra) wen pple have opposite views.
Tank U.

PhockPhockMan:

How do you expect them to move on when all the stumbling blocks that necessitated the war are still there, even more.

Icecomrade:


Who told you Ojukwu started the war?
What do you know of the Aburi agreement between Gowon and Ojukwu?

Another illiterate on Nairaland
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merry02:
u claim u knw right,ojukwu lead the war while the Abury traty was meant to foster peace btw gowon and ojukwu in Ghana..

sebali:


Ibo tribalism lead 2 d conflict in d first place. Ofcourse Gowon had 2 strike first because he was d one opposing d break out.

Pls do well 2 read abt d 1966 coup and its aftermath

sebali:


Dey shud xplore oda avenues to resolve d issue instead of dis biafra biafra shout everyday, because dey are not even committed d 2 struggle... Show me one successful iboman in d north west or in govt dat says anything abt biafra, thus u already hav a divided house on d issue of secession.
Ibos shud stop making every oda tribe see dem as noise makers with dis biafra mata cos dey didnt shout dis much wen jona was dere or was d biafran struggle but on hold den.
My Advice 2 ibos, up ur political game and become more relevant in d centre.

herringbone:
you still failed to address the question as to why reconstruction wasn't started from the battlefront,you chose to live in denial but your conscience will not fail to judge you. A part of nigeria is at war in 2015 and the war seems to be ending and the country is planning reconstruction of the affected,same thing they couldn't do after the civil war. You Nigerians are wicked.

truefact:
The Suffercated cowards are bigots, myopicals, and hypocrites....., incestuous, ritualistics, and jujustic ...betrayers, backstabbers, and gossipers,...chestbeater , talkatives, and propagandists,...Scratchfaceds, coneheads, and foulmouthers,....amalaeaters, ewadueaters and kolaeaters, ....wellwaterdrinkers, punyyjuicelickers, and bloodsucker....dirty, bad and evil,.... laziests, fearers and weaklings......ugliers, darkiers and winchs....agberos, touts, and bastards....owambes,fuuls and losers, thiefs, criminals and killers......liars,beggars and slaves of Hausa-Fulani one Nigeria

Yorubas are simply winchy winchiers, envious haters, cheaters and parasites ,

truefact:
The Suffercated cowards are bigots, myopicals, and hypocrites....., incestuous, ritualistics, and jujustic ...betrayers, backstabbers, and gossipers,...chestbeater , talkatives, and propagandists,...Scratchfaceds, coneheads, and foulmouthers,....amalaeaters, ewadueaters and kolaeaters, ....wellwaterdrinkers, punyyjuicelickers, and bloodsucker....dirty, bad and evil,.... laziests, fearers and weaklings......ugliers, darkiers and winchs....agberos, touts, and bastards....owambes,fuuls and losers, thiefs, criminals and killers......liars,beggars and slaves of Hausa-Fulani one Nigeria

Yorubas are simply winchy winchiers, envious haters, cheaters and parasites ,

emmyrichie:
And he knew all these things at 6?

Mprepz:
Some idi.ots will be shouting biafra!!
But their brothers are still all over the country

Icecomrade:


Generalizing Awo's action to all yoruba's is wrong. I totally agree with you on that.
I don't advocate for it and won't support such. Most people react that way when there is a direct attack on the igbo's coming the that region.

Let me add that. The coup was avenged by the Northerners. They should ve left it at that. We wouldn't have been having this conversation now.

When the killings ended, the igbo's felt injustice and lack of protection from a government where we preach One Nigeria, they should ve let them go.

If you follow the Aburi peace accord, which is the most annoying, Gowon should have dis associated himself with the resolutions there and then.
Why decieve everyone. You need to see the video documentary of of that convention. Go to youtube, you will find that.

This was done in a peaceful atmosphere. They all laughed andd joked in Ghana, shared wine together only to come back renege.

The killings where totally unnecessary. Its heart breaking.

Chiwude:
Nigeria died in 1970.

Icecomrade:

Dr. Clement Nyong Isong. He was from cross River. And what about that?

walemoney007:
I thought everybody in d south south[b] blivs in biafra

new2020:
Even after reading this Yorubas will tell you...he is SS. Mumu sick people! Most these yorubas have no sense...many of them don't even know that Old Cross River (includes present day Akwa Ibom) fought along side the Igbos against Nigeria, lost as many of their forebears and also received 25 pounds from Awolowo. All these are etched deeply in our memory!

The governor described Odemegwu-Ojukwu as a crusader for justice and an icon even in death, stating that Akwa Ibom people share the pain of his loss because he fought for justice for the entire Eastern Region.

Sweetlemon:


Pls quote anywher in that interview where he called himself a biafran or even praised the biafran struggle.
I'm waiting.

The governor described Odemegwu-Ojukwu as a crusader for justice and an icon even in death, stating that Akwa Ibom people share the pain of his loss because he fought for justice for the entire Eastern Region