omonnakoda:
The fact that Ojukwu would come out to lie about this many years later even though the historicity (kindly check the meaning of this word) of his claim is unfounded,( There are contemporaneous newspaper reports ,a gazette and contemporaneous books etc that report who released Awo) telll us what kind of man he was; a shameless inveterate liar who lied not only about this but about everything. He lied about weapons he never had and when he eventually saw that the war was lost he lied he was going to bring weapons and ran away.

We know that was not the first time he ran.

When "Kasala burst" as they say in Warri,he ran away from Government House to hide in Onitsha and then in a police station.
Disgraceful!!

bayooooooo:
Government Notice No. 1207/1966 published August 2, 1966. It can also be found in Crisis and Conflict in Nigeria (vol 1) by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene pg 372.

By His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, Head of the National Military Government, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Nigeria.

WHEREAS Chief Obafemi Awolowo, having been duly convicted of the offences of treasonable felony, conspiracy to commit a felony and
conspiracy to effect an unlawful purpose, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten, five and two years respectively on all three counts:
AND WHEREAS the said Chief Obafemi Awolowo, having served a portion of the sentence originally imposed on him in September 1963:
AND WHEREAS the Supreme Military Council after reviewing his case, is pleased to remit the sentence and to grant a full pardon:
NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic and of all other power enabling it
in that behalf, the Supreme Military Council do hereby remit unexpired portion of the sentence imposed on the aforesaid chief Obafemi Awolowo
and grant him a full pardon. GIVEN UNDER my hand and the Public Seal of the Republic of Nigeria at Lagos this 2nd day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.

Dedetwo:


The picture you posted showing Gowon and Awolowo still depicted Gowon as a Lt. Col and still army chief of Staff. He could not have made such decision when Ogundipe was still the Chief of Staff Supreme HQ.

omonnakoda:
Firmly under control hahahahah

Why was Ojukwu begging for repatriation of northern soldiers

pchukwudi:
You are really very unreasonable. But your illusion does not change anything anyway.

omonnakoda:
I sell kpomo in Bodija market but we are not here to discuss me or my biography. If you feel a compulsion to discuss me then I am gratified it means I have made my point irrefutably

pchukwudi:
Irrefutably my foot!!!

As if you knew the meaning of logic and objectivity.

What else do you think was my reason for pointing out your unreasonableness?

You could not even afford a basic decorum to accept you were wrong when you claimed that Awoowo went to Lagos immediately after his release.

omonnakoda:
My "unreasonableness" is... VERY CLEAR.

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Where did Awolowo go after release? Mgbidi? No one has challenged it on this thread so stop talking like a lunatic.
Accept I was wrong when no one has claimed I was wrong.Why don;t you accept you have forgotten you psychotropic medication

omonnakoda:
Stop talking Nonsense! Ojukwu took over from Michael Okpara. What did Michael Okpara have to to with the running of federal prisons.
Those of us who are old enough to have lived through several coups in Nigeria know that in the immediate days after a coup every one is looking to Lagos.

Goowon took over August 1 and announced the release of Awolowo and he was released on 3 August. Absolutely nothing to do with Ojukwu.He was not in the loop. How could he be .? Why would he think of Awolowo at that time if he did why would he send him to Lagos ? He was a convict and so he would be going back straight to prison.
What did Ojukwu gain by releasing him if he had such power?

omonnakoda:
The Gazette

Government Notice No. 1207/1966 ordering the release of Awo on August 2, 1966.

bayooooooo:
Government Notice No. 1207/1966 published August 2, 1966. It can also be found in Crisis and Conflict in Nigeria (vol 1) by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene pg 372.

By His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, Head of the National Military Government, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Nigeria.

WHEREAS Chief Obafemi Awolowo, having been duly convicted of the offences of treasonable felony, conspiracy to commit a felony and
conspiracy to effect an unlawful purpose, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten, five and two years respectively on all three counts:
AND WHEREAS the said Chief Obafemi Awolowo, having served a portion of the sentence originally imposed on him in September 1963:
AND WHEREAS the Supreme Military Council after reviewing his case, is pleased to remit the sentence and to grant a full pardon:
NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic and of all other power enabling it
in that behalf, the Supreme Military Council do hereby remit unexpired portion of the sentence imposed on the aforesaid chief Obafemi Awolowo
and grant him a full pardon. GIVEN UNDER my hand and the Public Seal of the Republic of Nigeria at Lagos this 2nd day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.

CandyDiamond:
You are on your own,[/b]even Gowon himself said that it was Ojukwu that release Owolowo from prison[b].It was on record, don't twist fact.

T9ksy:



The mere fact that Awo was jailed for federal felon in calabar prison, part of nigeria as at the time, the case was adjudicated. Ojukwu as a regional administrator was still under the payment of the national govt (including the prison governor in calabar).

Logic demands that Awo would have been re-arrested the moment he stepped foot in yorubaland and sent back to prison unless of course, he Awo, had already been pardoned by the national govt which gowon then represents.

CandyDiamond:
You are on your own,[/b]even Gowon himself said that it was Ojukwu that release Owolowo from prison[b].It was on record, don't twist fact.

EternalTruths:

Afonjas are educated but not wise
Did Ojukwu recognize Gowon's coup.? No
So how can Gowon free Awo in a region controlled by Ojukwu

CandyDiamond:

[/b]This is just a soothing words[b],Owolowo was released by Ojukwu,his accomplices stayed in Enugu during the civil war,Owolowo was sent to his people by Ojukwu to prepare the west for Nigeria breakup,but he allowed himself to be compromised by Gowon when northerners promise him heaven on earth

Fremancipation:
Short answer: yes
Long answer: yes

pchukwudi:


Just take a deep look at the mirror.

You simply don't have the facts, that's why you are not thinking straight.

1. Awolowo did not go to lagos after his release. He went to Ikenne, his home town in western region - which had a governor that preceeded Gowon. (You were actually confronted more than TWICE with this assertion on this thread - but you still chose to believe a lie).

2. Ojukwu released Awolowo with the understanding that Awolowo will keep his word of leading the west out of nigeria as soon as the east goes.

3. Gowon had no legitimate power to rearrest Awolowo. If he had tried to rearrest the man he would have lost face in the western region.

4. Gowon knew that rearresting Awolowo will simply make the entire south to oppose his illegitimate goverment vigorously.

Got it now?

Here's more: https://www.nairaland.com/3544116/yes-indeed-ojukwu-one-released


So can you tell me now who you saw on the mirror and who the "lunatic" really is?