kingzizzy:

Then you better go back and read hisory of the time because Biafra was all about freeing the people of Eastern Nigeria from "Northern controlled Nigeria'.

kingzizzy:

The second world war cost 50 million to fight Nazi/German domination. That was the price of freedom

kingzizzy:

The Biafran war was about fighting Northern domination, millions of lives lost was the attempt to be fee, one which Im proud of my people.

kingzizzy:

Surrendering without a fight is a cowards way out of problems

kingzizzy:

But fighting like man despite all odds, thats for warriors.

AkinPhysicist:


Who is the slave? Who is leaving their region en masse to look for daily bread in other regions? Not a single day pass without tens thousands of JJC Igbos trooping into the SW to come and survive. We Yorubas are already free. A free man makes use of his brain. And plans and moves towards his goals. As long as you Igbo see yourselves as slaves - you will forever be at the mercy of narcissistic/egotistic charlatans like Ojukwu (the coward) and the onikuje of kuje (his fraudulent highness Cownu).

kingzizzy:

Oh! You dont know you are a slave? You are answering the colonial name the white man gave you, claming the country Lugard created as your own but you dont know you are a slave. But when someone like Ojukwu created his own name and country, yoy will think he is a fool.
Nigeria is country that the Notherners control 64% of the National Assembly, they control the Military, the Politics and the economy. So how are you not a slave?

You are confusing corruption with slavery. Now, I see through your ramblings. Orji Uzor Kalu (a proud 'Northerner' ) robbed Abia State - thereby enslaving thousands of Abians in the process. For Abians, OUK, is worse than a thousand Hausa-Fulani slave masters. The name Biafra was coined by the Portuguese - so even Biafra is a colonial name. Ojukwu did not create the name Biafra. Yes. Ojukwu was not only a fool and a coward, he was a socio-pathetic mediocre officer. Who led 3 millions souls to hades. WE YORUBAS ARE FREEBORN SOULS. YOU IBOS HOWEVER MIGHT BE OSUS. GET SENSE. IF NOT SHATAP.

AkinPhysicist:


Who is the slave? Who is leaving their region en masse to look for daily bread in other regions? Not a single day pass without tens thousands of JJC Igbos trooping into the SW to come and survive. .

kingzizzy:

Your people are found in larrge numbers in Western countries like America and Britain. What are they doing there when they have Nigeria. You should encourage them to return

scholes23:
This is my prayer for you

AkinPhysicist:


You are confusing corruption with slavery. Now, I see through your ramblings. Orji Uzor Kalu (a proud 'Northerner' ) robbed Abia State - thereby enslaving thousands of Abians in the process. For Abians, OUK, is worse than a thousand Hausa-Fulani slave masters. The name Biafra was coined by the Portuguese - so even Biafra is a colonial name. Ojukwu did not create the name Biafra. Yes. Ojukwu was not only a fool and a coward, he was a socio-pathetic mediocre officer. Who lead 3 millions souls to hades. WE YORUBAS ARE FREEBORN SOULS. YOU IBOS HOWEVER MIGHT BE OSUS. GET SENSE. IF NOT SHATAP.

Intrepid01:
Some people are just eternally dump. So seceding and sending soldiers to capture Lagos by Ojukwu isn't a signal to the beginning of War. In the past I used to wander why you people have refused to think and call a spade a spade but lately I have come to understand that deeply rooted in an Ibo man's DNA ( even Igbokwe confirmed it) is a "blame them all but me syndrome" , "even when I'm wrong, they caused it" syndrome. Only few Igbos have come out publicly to blame Ojukwu for plunging them in to a war they never had the capacity for.

Imagine, a chest beater that is self centered, you even said Adebayo missed the chance to become the first Military President, what a useless thinking, your thinking is similar to that of Ojukwu and that stupid thinking led to the death of millions of people. Not until when you people start thinking properly, your miserable situation won't change. gerrarahia

kingzizzy:
Sorry bro but secession is not prelude to war. That a people seceded does not mean that only war can be employed to resolve the issue. Gowon could have gone for a second Aburi meeting, discussions, referendum. Of all the peaceful ways Gowon could have gone about Biafra, he chose war as his first and last resort

Adebayo was a signatory to the Aburi agreement, he signed on behalf of the the Western Nigeria. Yet he could never call Gowo out for breaking the agreement they all signed in Ghana.

Personally, I think Adebayo was a good man and a fine officer, but his docility is shocking.

Adebayo should have been the first Military President of an independent Oduduwa Republic.

Instead, he was reduced to saluting Gowon who was far his junior in the Army.

What a pity that only Ojukwu had the guts to stand up to Northern domination

ISTANDWITHBUHAR:



We are not ready to follow the path of the igbos, We are happy as a Nation simple..

kingzizzy:
My only criticism of him was that as a signatory to the Aburi agreement, he should have spoken up for the western Region when Gowon broke the Agreement by dissolving the 4 Regions and creating 12 states. General Adebayo was senior to Gowon. It is unfortunate that he, along with the Yoruba nation, just could never stand up to Northerners. Adebayo, as Military Governor of the Western Region did not sleep in Government House because he was scared that he might be killed like Fajuyi. A Yoruba man who could not sleep in his official residence in his own land out of fright of the Northerners!

Tufiakwa!

laudate:


I will forgive you for rambling, because I know you are ill-informed. Ojukwu as a military officer was duty bound to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria. Instead of seeking a peaceful approach to the problem confronting his people, he chose to secede, seize federal govt assets in the Eastern region, ask for oil royalties to be paid into his purse and argued that the case of Biafra would be settled on the battlefield instead of listening to the voice of reason from Zik, Adebayo and other African leaders. If that is not a prelude to war, then I do not know what it is. Maybe you can enlighten us.

I really don't have time for you so please make use of the internet. Everything I have told you is in public domain. As for Adebayo, he had the foresight to reject a poisoned chalice. He was not a megalomaniac, or a power-hungry officer, who wanted to push himself to the forefront. Adebayo did not (and still does not) need your endorsement. His people respected his views, and what he stood for. Your opinion about him, therefore remains inconsequential.

lx3as:


Boy, when did Adebayo run away from Government house? Do you know what it take to loose dear brother? Fajuyi, his brother from Ado-Ekiti (Iyin-Ekiti and Ado are brothers) just died because of an Igbo man, Ironsi. So you expected another Ekiti man to lay down his life for Ojukwu? When it was not a curse.
I would not like to say Igbos are ingrates but you. This man was the first Nigerian Chief of Army Staff. He loved Ojukwu so much that he encouraged him to join the Army. He was abroad on course when the coups of 1966 took place.
He refused to join the war initially because of his love for Ojukwu and Igbos; he withdrew all Western soldiers to 2nd Div, Ibadan until Ojukwu invaded Western region. What did you want him to do? Even Banjo and several Yoruba soldiers that were friends to Ojukwu and Nzeogu fought and died for Biafra; you made their death and that of Adekunle Fajuyi seemed in vain.
Some of you will come online and start crying, 'Yorubas hate Biafra dream' but not at all, majority of Yorubas support self-determination and you going your own way; however they will never take the path of Fajuyi, Banjo, etc again no matter your anger and pains!

Sunre o Baba Adeyinka Adebayo!

Eledan:


Speak for yourself please, if you are happy with the way things are, not true everyone is.

kingzizzy:
My only criticism of him was that as a signatory to the Aburi agreement, he should have spoken up for the western Region when Gowon broke the Agreement by dissolving the 4 Regions and creating 12 states. General Adebayo was senior to Gowon. It is unfortunate that he, along with the Yoruba nation, just could never stand up to Northerners. Adebayo, as Military Governor of the Western Region did not sleep in Government House because he was scared that he might be killed like Fajuyi. A Yoruba man who could not sleep in his official residence in his own land out of fright of the Northerners!

Tufiakwa!

Suurulere:
He was 88. He would have been 89 tomorrow. He was entirely against the Nigeria Civil War.

"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." - General Adeyinka Adebayo, 1967.

He also implored Gowon to let Ojukwu break away with Biafra.
His first son, Otunba Niyi Adebayo was the first executive governor of Ekiti State between 1999-2003.

Rest on Sir.

post=54388593:
Rest in peace Sir.
Condolence message to entire whom know the value pride of nation.

ISTANDWITHBUHAR:




Well 80% Yoruba's are and majority carry the votes..

AkinPhysicist:


Rubbish. Now, let me grant you that this rubbish you posted is true. Now, why would Ojukwu be so stupid to go into a war that would result in the death of 3 million of his own people? If the war ONLY benefited the colonial masters wishes, why would he be so willing to sacrifice 3 million souls?