Igboid:

1. There is no guarantee that the rotation of power between the West and Feudal North would have been easy, judging by the antecedent of the North.
2. Yes, but your resistance will be met with brute force of the law, like Awo met under Balewa and there won't be shortage of Yoruba Muslims to sell you lots out to the North.
3. Yes. But antecedents speak for themselves. In the face of military actions, SW won't stand a chance against the North.
4. No such terminology in the Eastern region. The Niger Delta, the colonial one included parts of the Midwest too. Niger Delta was not a term we used in Eastern region.
5. There was enough momentum within the minorities rank in the Midwest to successfully carryout a plebiscite, there was a consensus of purpose.
This wasn't same in the East. There were many high ranked minorities that were henchmen in the NCNC government in the the East. The Mbus, Akpabios, Imokes, Opigos, etc. Those men were pro unity of Eastern region, making it impossible for the COR movement to provide a United front.
A plebiscite couldn't hold because there was no consensus of opinion.
Awo and Yorubas were against the Midwest minorities movement for secession, their hands were forced, because there was consensus of purpose amongst the minorities. Only few minorities like Enahoro favoured unity of the region, the Oba of Bini having been relegated to second fiddle by Yoruba kings, was leading the Midwest separation front. No such thing happened in the East.
6.Don't also forget that it was the lack of unity in the West, as represented by the greed of Awo and Akintola that opened the widow of opportunity for the minorities there, in the East, no such disunity, Okpara was easily allowed to run his things without interference by Zik.

Marcelini:

1. Ademoyega acted on his own, likewise Nzeogwu and co. But if Nzeogwu actions be made to represent those of Ndiigbo. Ademoyega's own must represent those of Yorubas, using the same line of thought.
Mention where Nzeogwu and co said they were acting on behalf of Ndiigbo, since we are now joking.
2. What led to the the first coup was the crisis in Yorubaland. I could care less about the political parties involved.
3.No, you mentioned Boro as a diversionary strategy, as Boro isn't Yoruba and the main issue if our discussion centers around Yoruba neutrality and not the Ijaws.
4.Ojukwu first duty is to protect the lives of civilian Easterners Ironsi never threatened the life of Easterners, the counter coup plotters did. As the massacres showed no signs of abating. He acted as circumstances dictated.
After the progrom, he realized there was nolonger basis for Nigerian unity, if the FG couldn't protect the lives of Easterners.
5.No, not all Eastern minorities wanted Biafra, but at the start of it all, majority of them wanted Biafra.
Sure enough, most of them would have preferred their own independent nation. Nigeria was the last option any of them wanted.

SaffronSpice:


1.Your attempt to use the case of a consignment of smuggled food to substantiate your food poisoning allegation against the Nigerian Gov. would not pass muster since the fodstuff wasn't delivered through the right channel.

2. Being at war,arms would have been imported more than food.
The class of people who kept the the country alive(soldiers & elite) will have the lion share while the masses rely on humanitarian agencies to supplement whatever they get.It's a matter of priority.
Also,Ojukwu should have tested the supply from Nigeria instead of rejecting them;he wasn't starving like the people were.

SaffronSpice:

1.You're right.Nzeogwu and the others acted on their own.But the way Zik,Okpara,and Ironsi were spared is suspect.
Can you explain their providential-escape stories?
I didn't post anything about Nzeogwu claming to represent Igbos.
2.Operation Wetie started in the year 1962.Why wasn't there a coup that year since you claim the coup was caused by Op. Wetie?
Why did the coupists strike a year after the 1964-1965 electoral violence?
Don't fence with this question;give me a clear answer.
3.How does a comparison of 2 people with similar aims and what motivated them be a "diversionary strategy"?
Why should the ethnicity of one of them be of any importance?
Are you sure you read that part of my post?
Go over it again.
4.What you posted here does not relate to the questions I asked.
5.Not all of them wanted to be in Biafra at the begining.After the states creation by Gowon,some of them saw no need to identify with Biafra.

Igboid:

1 .Food was deliberately poisoned by Nigerians. There is no escaping this. Meyer noted that that food wasn't poisoned by Biafrans.
What right channel do you speak of, when Adekunle already boasted that no relief materials will be allowed entry into Biafran, not even red cross. He would shoot at anything that moves and doesn't move.
2. Not sure the point you are trying to drive home with this part of your post. Meyer recommended an internationally monitored sea corridor for food and relief materials. Nigerians insisted that the food to pass through must be monitored by them, what's exactly was their aim if not to poison the food more?
They were already bombing the centres for distribution of food in Biafra, scaring people away from presenting at such centres, there was no knowing the level of depravity they could go to achieve their demonic goals.
They bombed market places in Biafra to stone age, killed Biafran market women and their children, as well as destroying the precious food products at those markets. What was their aim, if not to ensure their starvation policy stood.

Marcelini:

1. Well, I can also say that the way the coup ended up eliminating Awo's two major enemies in Balewa and Akintola in one swoop is suspicious.
Could it be that Awolowo was the masterminder of the coup, considering that the coup plotters claimed the aim of the coup was to install him?
You see, two can play this game of extrapolation and projection.
2. Opetation wetie, electoral violence in the Western region Post Akintola victory were Are occurrences in Yorubaland and can be the remote and immediate cause of the coup.
3. I read your post well. I'm still struggling to see where Boro or Ijaws fit into our discussion considering the scope of our discussion.
4. When you asked an irrelevant question, of course you will get an irrelevant answer. It takes two to tangle.
5. The offer for referendum was offered by Ojukwu to Gowon in 1968, a year plus after the creation of the states. Yet a British intelligent report advised Gowon against accepting the offer, as it predicted that only 1/3 of the minorities would vote to stay with Nigeria.

Igboid:
"The Mission's members reports that, they never saw one child in satisfactory nutritional condition in any of the camps they visited. Mass feedings must be made under the most difficult of situations: distribution centers and refugee camps are bombed and strafed if any large numbers of people are visible in the daylight. Red Cross insignias are singled out for special attention by Nigerian bombers. Mayer saw one European engaged in working on the Biafran side of the war front carry 117 dying children in his truck to a hospital in a single night".
Because of the way Nigerians were bombing these red cross, and feeding center/ food distribution centres. My grandfather strictly warned my mother and her sisters to stay away from such centres.
This way, the few food that got into Biafra couldn't reach the targeted children as Nigerian air raids made sure people were scared away from such centres, and some of the food were even destroyed during air raids

Igboid:
1968 - Adekunle "The Black Scorpion" during Operation OAU

"I want to see no Red Cross, no Caritas, no World Council of Churches, no Pope, no missionary and no UN delegation. I want to prevent even one Ibo from having even one piece to eat before their capitulation. We shoot at everything that moves and when our troops march into the centre of Ibo territory, we shoot at everything even at things that do not move".

solok:
E DON TEY!!!!
Domination and expansionist cravings!

dionma:
No sensible leader will allow foreign troops on his lands hence the liberators become the oppressor. If you want to help send arms and ammunitions. I know that Ojukwu will never allow the west army on the south east especially in uncertain times when there is war or the threat of war. My take is that the suggestion by Ojukwu will nevervhave workef.