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“’It was my fortune and I thank God that it was me that had the opportunity to release Papa from prison from Calabar to Lagos and certainly to be able to help us have peace in the West at that time and then we came,” Mr. Gowon recalled.
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omonnakoda:
That is not relevant. Was Ojukwu the comptroller of prisons?
Was he the Head of the Army in Enugu ?

No he was not.
Between July 29 And August 1 when Gowon made his announcements and there were killings in Ibadan ,,Abeokuta and so on.Who was in charge of the Military in Enugu and what did they do
The commander of the Enugu based 1st battalion, Lt-Col David Ogunewe. On learning of the mass murder taking place in other military formations in the country, Lt-Col Ogunewe locked his battalion’s armoury and placed it under the joint guard of northern and southern officers. He also encouraged northern and southern soldiers to live together in the mess and grounds of the battalion

Ojukwu was not at that time in control of Enugu .To pretend he had any say over prisons in Calabar is a perverse joke.
Shehu Musa Yar'adua was adjutant in Enugu and his role allegedly was to kill Ojukwu. Eventually Ojukwu negotiated repatriation of Northern Soldiers but he was most likely in hiding by the time Awolowo was released

Aigbofa:


You are teaching logic to people who tried to fight armored tanks with cudgels.

BudeYahooCom:

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Gowon also claimed there was no genocide but the rest of world know otherwise.

We know you would have preferred we listen to Gowon's megalomaniac brag and disregard International record-keepers and historians unfortunately our brains are not 50% Ewedu and 50% Amala. We'll keep referring to international unbiased journals and texts which maintains that Emeka Ojukwu released your lord Awo from prison after been locked by hausas. LWKMD

Develpeast:


More conjectures to make it look like you were right. To be frank, you just played around the question.

Did ojukwu recognise gowon as the head of state at the time of release?

omonnakoda:
His recognition was not material . Whether he recognized or not he did not have a say, authority or power. It is like asking whether the goat recognizes Aboki as its owner



That is something that is only in Ojukwu's head.We can only go by his word and pronouncements I,e the first time that he pronounced publicly that he did not recognize Gowon.By that time Awolowo had long been released
What is more important is whether the Prison officers recognized Gowon and whether they obeyed him The answer is yes both times

Develpeast:


Very wrong comparism, Mr.

You have failed again.

Now, lets go further, can you explain in clear terms the mode of governance in regions.

Can you list things that will happen in a region in 1966 that will not need the approval of the regional governor?

omonnakoda:

People generally copulated and defecated without consulting the Governor.That was quite normal.

Aigbofa:


Lmao......I would have eaten my amala and ewedu as well without consulting the governor.

omonnakoda:
Anyway From July 29 Ojukwu ran away for a few days.1970 was not the first time apparently.

It was left to Ogunewe to hold the fort and pacify the Northern officers for the first few days.
Ojukwu was AWOL

omonnakoda:
Anyway From July 29 Ojukwu ran away for a few days.1970 was not the first time apparently.

It was left to Ogunewe to hold the fort and pacify the Northern officers for the first few days.
Ojukwu was AWOL

dudebuck:
yes he ran away, and that is what we Yoruba Muslims were thought on the pages of newspapers, instead of learning our true history from schools like kids in other climes.

FYI ojukwu wanted to meet Houphouet boigni of CIV in person, but he was so occupied that ojukwu had to go to CIV, but on getting there, boigni went on a mission to Cameroon, so he had to wait, so after wasting much time, waiting for his host, the great number 2 man had signed the surrender papers, it was more of lack of communication that led to that decision, BTW how has Nigeria fared? any better, your guess is as good as mine

dudebuck:
yes he ran away, and that is what we Yoruba Muslims were thought on the pages of newspapers, instead of learning our true history from schools like kids in other climes.

FYI ojukwu wanted to meet Houphouet boigni of CIV in person, but he was so occupied that ojukwu had to go to CIV, but on getting there, boigni went on a mission to Cameroon, so he had to wait, so after wasting much time, waiting for his host, the great number 2 man had signed the surrender papers, it was more of lack of communication that led to that decision, BTW how has Nigeria fared? any better, your guess is as good as mine

zendy:
If Awolowo was released on the 3rd of August 1966, it actually supports the belief that Awolowo was released by Ojukwu.

Even though Ironsi was overthrown on the 29th of July, no one was really incharge of Nigeria for the next few days.

The first time Nigerians knew that Gowon had taken over was when he made his first announcement on the 4th of August 1966. So there is no way Gowon could have released Awolowo. For Gowon to have released Awolowo, he would have been in a position of authority for much longer.

The only person in a position of authority to have released Awolowo on the 3rd of August was Ojukwu

MayorofLagos:
As always, Good job to Oduduwa pikins!!

If we had been doing this a long time ago when it was typical of Ibo to spin bs on internet their delusion would have been healed long ago and we would be spared this trouble.

Ibo is just not the type to look other way and dismiss when it comes to fabricating lies and embellishing truths. We must shut down their voice immediately we get the message. They are in village at moment undergoing indoctrination,they will return with fresh sheets of lies. We should be prepared to shut Ibo voice.

Indeed we should stand viewing them and treating them as a minority group.

KingsleyJohn:
I have read your argument @op, its interesting how you are working hard to convince us that Gowon released Awolowo.

Let's look at it carefully.

Why would Gowon order the release of Awolowo and not order the arrest of Ojukwu in the east. You claim Adekunle, Jalo, Shehu Yaradua were all there in the east and the riffle men were northerners. So if Gowon could order Awolowo's release then he could have ordered Ojukwu arrest too. You claim Ojukwu was hiding and guarding himself with 'mobile police' then the army which you claim was loyal to Gowon could not arrest someone guarded by 'mobile police'?

The truth is at that point Ojukwu needed Awolowo to pull the West out of Nigeria that is why he released him while Gowon needed a united West in order to be able to fight the East that is why he allowed Awolowo enjoy his freedom. The only Advantage Gowon had was that federal troops were stationed in Lagos and Awolowo and the West has no standing army, Awolowo couldn't say no to Gowon and so had to betray Ojukwu.

Stop trying to twist facts.

KingsleyJohn:
I have read your argument @op, its interesting how you are working hard to convince us that Gowon released Awolowo.

Let's look at it carefully.

Why would Gowon order the release of Awolowo and not order the arrest of Ojukwu in the east. You claim Adekunle, Jalo, Shehu Yaradua were all there in the east and the riffle men were northerners. So if Gowon could order Awolowo's release then he could have ordered Ojukwu arrest too. You claim Ojukwu was hiding and guarding himself with 'mobile police' then the army which you claim was loyal to Gowon could not arrest someone guarded by 'mobile police'?

The truth is at that point Ojukwu needed Awolowo to pull the West out of Nigeria that is why he released him while Gowon needed a united West in order to be able to fight the East that is why he allowed Awolowo enjoy his freedom. The only Advantage Gowon had was that federal troops were stationed in Lagos and Awolowo and the West has no standing army, Awolowo couldn't say no to Gowon and so had to betray Ojukwu.

Stop trying to twist facts.

Aigbofa:


Your lame attempt at impersonation is quite amusing. Anyway, below is an excerpt from Effiong's statement after Ojukwu left.

"I am convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end. Our people are now disillusioned, and those elements of the old government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst."

Was he lying? Pay attention to the word "voluntarily" he wasn't forced, there was no coup, he ran away.

omonnakoda:

There is no logical connection between release of Awo and arrest of Ojukwu.
You folk DELIBERATELY IGNORE FACTS

Gowon came into office on August 1 and signed Awo's release order THE NEXT DAY AUGUST 2 so please tell the world exactly why he should want to arrest OJUKWU at that time? What offence had Ojukwu committed at THAT POINT IN TIME to warrant arrest

I do not think you know the history at all


The people Ojukwu was hiding from were potential mutineers having heard what happened in Lagos. They were coup plotters.

Gowon was not a coup plotter just like Ironsi was not part of Nzeogwu's coup

While Ojukwu was hiding under the bed at the police station

Ogunewe arranged for the Non-Eastern soldiers to return to Lagos

KingsleyJohn:


Ojukwu rejected Gowon and insisted he wasn't the most senior officer so he can take over after Ironsi's kidnap. So its funny when you say Ojukwu had committed no crime, rejecting the authority of your supposedly superior is a crime for men in uniform. Yet the supposedly superior went to Aburi to negotiate with his junior?

Furthermore you claim coup plotters were in Enugu, those you called 'mutineers', in other words you agree there was a heirachy which was under Ojukwu's command yet the same heirachy was set aside to release the prisoners in Calabar and there was no repercussion on those that ignored it?

Ogunewe who you keep mention in Enugu, who was he reporting to Or you think he locked up armoury at his own discretion?? Until you start telling your self the truth, you won't learn.

Moreover if Ojukwu was not in total control of the East as you want us to believe how was he able to negotiate repatriation of troops to their state of origin? Or Gowon chose to negotiate with someone hiding inside a police station

Finally stop emphasizing on the timing because for Ojukwu that was the best time too, having failed to get a Yoruba coward who ran off to UK as high commissioner to take his rightful place as the supreme commander, he had to try the almighty Awolowo. Unfortunately Awolowo disappointed too.