Deadlytruth:

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On the other hand, had the oil discovered in Oloibiri in 1956 were to have been struck at the backyard of Ironsi's father's house in Umuahia, Ironsi would not have tampered with federalism at all on getting to power. In fact he would have quickly strengthened the regions more than he met them.
This is the irony of Nigeria. There is too much hypocrisy.

No matter how much you whine, weep and wail on NL Igbos cannot be cajoled or blackmailed to share a country with verm1ns and vagabonds parading as 'One Nigeria' propagandists.

Igbos are comfortable having a separate existence from you.

ayokellany:
And the eseense of this derange post is

The essence is to sensitise the hypocritical Yoruba bigots to face OduaArewanistan republic and leave Igbos out of their miseries.
Igbos are comfortable having a separate existence from greedy, treasury looters cum murderous parasites.


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By the interview conducted on Retired Lt. Fola Oyewole, 77, a Nigerian Military Officer of the Yoruba stock, fought on the side of Biafra during the ncivil war, the following lies were exposed:

Ojukwu was kind enough to give safe passage to Northerners and others to join the federal side while Easterners were being slaughtered in the North.

1.) The lie that it was an Igbo coup 

2.) The lie about soldiers starving civilian; it was civilians fed the Biafran troops.

The Yoruba lies can't survive for long; they die as soon as they rear their ugly heads.

https://www.nairaland.com/2854914/why-fought-side-ojukwu-biafra

Retired Lt. Fola Oyewole, 77, a Nigerian Military Officer of the Yoruba stock, fought on the side of Biafra during the ncivil war. Before then, he was, because of the first coup 50 years ago, imprisoned in Lagos and in the Enugu but was released by Lt Col Ojukwu.

He wrote his own war account too, entitled “The Reluctant Rebel”, which joined other civil war narratives like ‘The Biafra Story’ (1969) by Frederick Forsyth, ‘Why We Struck’ (1981) by Adewale Ademoyega, ‘Sunset In Biafra’ (1975) by Elechi Amadi, ‘The Nigerian Revolution And the Biafran War’ (1980) by Alexander Madiebo among others.

In this interview with Ademola Adegbamigbe and Femi Anjorin (Idowu Ogunleye snapped the photos), the retired army officer narrated what happened during the first coup, his participation in it and why he, despite being Yoruba, fought on the side of Biafra like other non Igbo officers like Lt Col. Victor Banjo, Major Wale Ademoyega and others.

Q: In what area did you take part in that coup?

A: Arrest, seize facility and others…


Q: You were at a point, according to your book, with Captain Adeleke, another Yoruba soldier, who was he?

A: He was a colleague. He is the one who said he wanted to consult the family and we were friends, we both worked in Apapa before the crisis.

Q: I want you to describe what happened to other Yoruba people or non Igbo who fought on the Biafran side – Lt Col. Victor Banjo, Major Wale Ademoyega, then Major Kaduna Nzeogwu an Igbo from Opanam in Delta?

A: They were detained like myself, and Nzeogwu was detained, that was a common factor.


Q: In the book, you applaud Ojukwu’s performance in Aburi, explain to us what actually happened because there is this argument that he bamboozled Gowon

A: If you listen to the Aburi accord or the proceedings as a whole, you will duff your cap for Ojukwu whether he is a villain or whatever you want to call him, call him. He really dictated the pace of the discussion, he was prepared for it, he kind of put together all the things and if you listen, the moment he started talking, others kept quiet and when he finished, they will say ok ok ok. To give you a full grasp of what the theme was, you need to read the comment of the super perm sec who led us to were we are today.

Q: Was it Philip Asiodu?

A: The group – Asiodu, and the rest. Their recommendations, what they brought back from Aburi was agreed to be implemented but when they came here they tore it into pieces/.

Q: Ok, was after the agreement was signed in Aburi? They came back to Nigeria….

A: To put it in whatsoever you can say political implementation. They desired to analyse it, it was an agreement not suggestion, that’s where our problem sort of started.

If you listen to the Aburi accord or the proceedings as a whole, you will duff your cap for Ojukwu whether he is a villain or whatever you want to call him, call him. He really dictated the pace of the discussion, he was prepared for it, he kind of put together all the things and if you listen, the moment he started talking, others kept quiet and when he finished, they will say ok ok ok. To give you a full grasp of what the theme was, you need to read the comment of the super perm sec who led us to were we are today.

ayokellany:
You Igbos try too hard to be intelligent but your foolishness always shines through always. What system of government was bequeathed to Nigeria in 1960 at independence ? That system of confederating North West and East States who abolished it ? "Quoting and referencing long juandiced text" to hide the truth does not work with me.

Before Aguiyi Ironsi a senseless Igbo from the pit of hell orchestrated the first coup in Nigeria was there a land use act that usurp land from it's rightful owners ? The fact is long before Aburi Nigeria was governed on CONFEDERALISM. The greed by Igbo to usurp power brought about the degradation in both good governance and development of Nigeria. You do not eat your cake and have it. Igbo thought it wise to wage a coup on other Nigerian slaughtering the premier of both the northern and western region along with the prime minister, your kinsmen after this treacherous act now suspended CONFEDERALISM and introduced Unitary system of government, we all know what unitary system of government is the same as totalitarian. That was what your Igbo Aguiyo Ironsi introduced to Nigerian governed on Confederalism all for the essence to subjugate other regions of the country, Gowon implementing it's tenants is a story for another day. After he was topled and killed by the northerners in another coup you foolishly discovered the benefit accruing from the Unitary system of government will not be coming to your region. Igbo's you do not eat your cake and still have it.

Aburi accord divided Nigeria into four federating units but Nigeria was ruled on three federating unit from independence so why did the Igbo toppled the legitimate government elected by all Nigerian ? Is it to include the midwestern region ? Which we all know is a fallacy. Aburi accord is a saving grace for the Igbo who orchestrated the coup that ushered Aguiyi Ironsi into power not to have their region subjugated the way they intend subjugating the other federating units of the Union had the coup lasted. The foolish Aburi you talked about came after 1960, the center had always been weak until Aguiyi Ironsi an Igbo dull head thought he shouldn't be with his coup and Unitary govt. Others simply took advantage of this to drive home the point you Igbos can not have Confederalism, coup it only to demand for the same same Confederalism (Aburi) after losing the coup.

IGBO NO ONE EAT HIS CAKE N STILL HAVE IT.

Whether the greedy and wicked Yoruba Association of Muslim Supporters (YAMS) likes it or not the Igbo Nation is definitely not willing to self-destruct with them.

The hypocritical Yoruba bigots cum notorious treasury looters are wont to blame everyone but themselves. Yorubas and their cotravellers looted and ruined the fortune of this country.

Strange bedfellows, with irreconcilable value systems that are at best suitable for the individual selves, are not meant to be together! The 102 years of existence attest to that verdict.

Take your frustrations to OduaArewanistan republic and leave Igbos out of your miseries.

Knowing that your memory has failed you and now you're confused about life that you and your parasitic Yoruba ingrates can rarely stand for anything I hereby refer you to the epic paper by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the current Emir of Kano, a Fulani, where he revealed some truths about the backstabbing Yoruba people: "YORUBAS ARE THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA"?
http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/yorubas-are-the-problem-with-nigeria-by-sanusi-lamido-sanusi-elombah-com.111348/

In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has shown itself over the years to be incapable of rising above narrow tribal interests and reciprocating goodwill from other sections of the country by treating other groups with respect. Practically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots in this attitude. 

The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country. In 1966, it was the violence in the West which provided an avenue for the putsch of 15th January. After Chief Awolowo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the South-West which led to the Buhari intervention...

https://www.nairaland.com/2692549/only-bark-land-wont-dare

Remember, in 1960s, the SW region was aflame with Awolowo vs Akintola political fight which blossomed into the 'Operation Wetie' with great arson, maiming and wanton destruction of lives and properties.

Battle Between Awolowo, Akintola Led To 1966 Coup- Yakassai - https://www.nairaland.com/2867045/battle-between-awolowo-akintola-led


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0F_5ma4lM

N.B: The essence of this information is mainly to expose the lies of the notorious history distortionists and wicked propagandists who insult and malign others continually with lies and falsehood, and shout and make much noise on every available media. This a tribe that is after all well known for being loose cannons. Uncouth, uncivilised and disrespectful set of people who made a career out of abuse and slurs.
The same treacheerous beings who precipitated the January 1966 coup and the 1967-70 civil war with their bloody 'Operation Wetie ' in the SW. They start trouble and heat up the polity only to run cowardly to hide in their evil Soka forest when the jungle matures.
Disciple of hate and propaganda, here are the members of Yoruba tribe that participated in the January 1966 coup:
(See Ben Gbulie: ‘Nigeria’s Five Majors.’).

*Adewale Ademoyega is the most prominent Yoruba participant in the coup, there were other Yoruba officers who were involved at the dangerous execution stage of the coup. One of them is:

*Second Lieutenant Olafimihan, an officer serving under Madiebo in Kaduna. He was sent by the plotters to gauge his commander’s loyalty. (See Madiebo pp.17-18).

*Another is Lieutenant (some books refer to him as a Captain) Fola Oyewole. He, like Ademoyega, went on to fight for Biafra and wrote a book on his coup and wartime experiences. The book’s title is ‘Reluctant Rebel.’

*There is also Captain Ganiyu Adeleke who became an instructor in the Biafran Infantry School. For confirmation, see the list of coup plotters detained by Ironsi’s regime in Ademoyega pp.106-108, and this quote from Nowa Omoigui’s online account: ‘Mid-Western Invasion of 1967’: ‘Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, who had taken part in both the January 15 coup and the Mid-Western invasion before becoming an instructor in the Biafran School of Infantry was released at a later date after his co-plotters had been freed.’ Omoigui’s work is significant because, though he exhibits a high level of professionalism in his research, he has no sympathy for the January 15 coup. If his facts corroborate Ademoyega’s they are worthy of attention.

For personal studies consult the following sources of my posts: 

*http://www.naijastories.com/2013/04/the-facts-and-fiction-of-the-january-15-1966-coup/

*https://www.nairaland.com/334770/famous-aburi-conference-full-minute/3

* Nowa Omoigui’s online account: ‘Mid-Western Invasion of 1967’ - where he mentioned ‘Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, who had taken part in both the January 15 coup and the Mid-Western invasion before becoming an instructor in the Biafran School of Infantry.

* ‘Why We Struck’ - a book by  Adewale Ademoyega, a full blooded Yoruba army officer, who was deeply involved in the planning and execution of the January 1966 coup.

* Max Silloun (the military historian) landmark online article - ‘The inside story of Nigeria’s first military coup Parts 1 and 2

* 'Nigeria’s Five Majors’ - book by Ben Gbulie

* Major General Alexander Madiebo - excerpts from his interview with National Mirror
http://elombah.com/index.php/special-reports/13104-blame-gowon-and-awolowo-for-biafra-genocide-general-madiebo

* ‘Reluctant Rebel’ - a book by Captain Fola Oyewole, who went on to fight for Biafra just like Ademoyega 

* See the list of coup plotters detained by Ironsi’s regime in Ademoyega pp.106-108

* Sanusi Lamido's writings, "Afenifere: Syllabus of Errors" published by This Day (The Sunday Newspaper) on Sept 27, 1998. 

* Sanusi Lamido's writings/publication in the weekly Trust entitled " The Igbo, the Yoruba and History" (Aug. 21, 1998)

* Sanusi Lamido's paper presented at the “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.

* http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/yorubas-are-the-problem-with-nigeria-by-sanusi-lamido-sanusi-elombah-com.111348/


Fela Kuti 's song (ITT - "International Thief Thief "
Launches a scathing attack on the then Telecommunications centre run by Abiola who was a close associate to Obasanjo 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUABi-aiYM?version=3

walexbiz:
Why speak half truth, when the Yoruba military administrator was killed, who was he shielding from the northern soldiers?

Did Ogundipe and Ade bayou participated in the coup, no I guess! so why should they share in the war boots when they were just mere spectator.

In 1990 when MKO won the election who went to court to annul the said Hausa Abi?

Before Ojukwu committed his self destruct progrom against his own people, what did Awolowo advise him in his town hall meeting he held before the commencement of the war?

the present situations we find ourselves is as a result of the careless and naivety of the aguyi regime who collapsed the region for the useless federalism we are practicing today.

Igbos please until some kind of special intervention and restructuring occur without war let us try and live with the mess created by your former leader Aguyi Ironsi.

I rest my case.

It's an open secret that Yorubas make careers out of lies, falsehood, noise-making, propaganda, abuse and slurs just to stay relevant and get undue advantages against some other groups and term it smart politics or sophistication.

Aguiyi Ironsi was killed in July 1966 by the Northern led coupists.

The Aburi agreement was in January 1967, while Decree 34 was in 1966. The Aburi agreement nullified Decree 34 and made Nigeria a Confederation of 4 Regions. 

The Federal Government led by Gowon announced the dissolution of the 4 Regions (North, West, East and Mid-west) in Nigeria on the May 27, 1967, a year after Ironsi was assassinated. 

Gowon created the first 12 States after he had dissolved the 4 Regions. Gowon did the damage by creating States to checkmate the Igbo Nation.

In 1972 Gowon supported by Awolowo proceeded to enact and enforce the Indigenization decree which led to the collapse of the Nigerian economy.
To add insult to the festering injury Olusegun Obasanjo promulgated the Land Use Decree (now Land Use Act) in 29th of March, 1978.

By the provision of the Land Use Decree of 1978, the inhabitants of the oil producing communities were turned into squatters in their own ancestral homes, as land where oil is explored, produced, transported and stored were decreed to belong to the state long after political independence in 1960. The existence and application of the Land Use Act of 1978 contributed to the present state of neglect, under-development and the insecurity of the region.

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Gowon, Awolowo, Ejoor, Adebayo, Mobolaji Johnson, Katsina, Wey, Enahoro, Akenzua and all the groups that supported and advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to renege on the accords agreed upon in Aburi, Ghana are responsible for the evils bedevilling this fraudulent union.
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US diplomatic telegram from its High Commission:
385. Memorandum From Edward Hamilton of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant (Rostow)/1/ Washington, May 25, 1967.

/1/Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Nigeria, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 6/64-8/67. Secret.
WWR:

SUBJECT
Nigeria 
I suspect that events are about to take a nasty turn in Nigeria. I won't bore you with a blow-by-blow, but, on the whole, I think we have played our own hand well. (We simply don't hold many high cards.)
Nevertheless, the fact is that the dissolution of Nigeria is imminent--barring miracles. The primary operational questions we now face are:
...

In summary, the probabilities now argue for: 
(1) an Ojukwu ultimatum calling for a very loose confederation on pain of immediate secession; 

(2) a wishy-washy answer from Gowon which will not satisfy anybody; 

(3) a public statement by Awolowo favoring Ojukwu's proposal, but promising that the West will secede if Gowon drags his feet; 

(4) serious pressure in the North, probably reflected in the army, for military action against the East--perhaps resulting in violence.

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17 June 1971
Story
Nigeria's military administration received a jolt with the formal announcement of Chief Abafemi Awolowo's resignation as Federal Finance Commissioner and Vice-President. He has been a force in Nigeria's politics since its colonial days.

Chief Awolowo was appointed a member of the ruling Federal Executive Council in 1966 after a three-year prison spell...
The 62-year-old veteran politician will be relinquishing his job on July 1 for health reasons to return to legal practice. His resignation, formally accepted by Major-General Gowon, has been received in Lagos with many acknowledgements from leading Government officials.

ayokellany:
Wrong question, the right question should be which demented human or which deranged tribe of human thought it wise to abolish CONFEDERALISM for Unitary system of government.

Once you Igbos can answer that sincerely then you will release that your fore fathers, you and your generation yet unborn do not have any iota of right to demand for fede talkless of federalism. You people make me sick.

The best you were wiling to give Nigeria was a Unitary System of govt after abolishing CONFEDERALISM. Please tell me what do you seek in resource control state police autonomy etc that is not entrenched in Confederalism ? You and you kinsmen should please shut it when intelligent people are talking Nigeria.

It was the aboki you loathe that brought about federalism yet you won't stop dripping hokum's all over NL. What do you think Nigeria will be like if we are still practicing Igbo unitary system of government ?

All these Yoruba Association of Muslim Supporters (YAMS) will not cease to cause amazement in this fraudulent union with their myopism and silly propaganda.

Though you greedy parasites cum treacherous backst*bbers are frantically in search of willing cowards to share your eternal miseries you should, however, be more worried that Hausa-Fulani moslems have always relegated their Yoruba counterparts to the background. That Yoruba moslems are seen as pseudo infidels that need more commitment towards their Allah should be your preoccupation.

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[b]Aguiyi Ironsi was killed in July 1966 by the Northern led coupists.

The Aburi agreement was in January 1967, while Decree 34 was in 1966. The Aburi agreement nullified Decree 34 and made Nigeria a Confederation of 4 Regions.

The Federal Government led by Gowon announced the dissolution of the 4 Regions (North, West, East and Mid-west) in Nigeria on the May 27, 1967, a year after Ironsi was assassinated.

Gowon created the first 12 States after he had dissolved the 4 Regions. Gowon did the damage by creating States to checkmate the Igbo Nation.

In 1972 Gowon supported by Awolowo proceeded to enact and enforce the Indigenization decree which led to the collapse of the Nigerian economy.
To add insult to the festering injury Olusegun Obasanjo promulgated the Land Use Decree (now Land Use Act) in 29th of March, 1978.

By the provision of the Land Use Decree of 1978, the inhabitants of the oil producing communities were turned into squatters in their own ancestral homes, as land where oil is explored, produced, transported and stored were decreed to belong to the state long after political independence in 1960. The existence and application of the Land Use Act of 1978 contributed to the present state of neglect, under-development and the insecurity of the region.
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Gowon, Awolowo, Ejoor, Adebayo, Mobolaji Johnson, Katsina, Wey, Enahoro, Akenzua and all the groups that supported and advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to renege on the accords agreed upon in Aburi, Ghana are responsible for the evils bedevilling this fraudulent union.
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https://www.nairaland.com/3143222/biafra-memo-oba-akenzua-aburi
http://www.punchng.com/biafra-memo-akenzua-aburi/

Prince Akenzua (now the late Oba of Benin) along with top permanent secretaries including Alhaji Yusuf Gobir, Phillip Asiodu, Eme Ebong, B.N. Okagbue and Allison Ayida deconstructed in Lagos, all that was agreed in Aburi.

On arrival in Lagos, Prince Akenzua discussed with Gowon and raised objections to what was agreed in Aburi. Gowon asked him to raise a memo which he did. I am sure a copy of the memo is with Gowon today while a copy is in the archives in the Presidency. Civil servants are to be seen and not to be heard and that is why Akenzua never released a copy of the memo to the world.

The memo dated January 8, 1967 began with: “Your Excellency, in view of my discussion with you last night, I am raising this memo in the interest our fatherland, Nigeria”. Akenzua traced the long hard road that Nigeria had travelled and stressed on the need to keep a United Nigeria.

He said in the memo that Gowon had given too much away in Aburi and that it would lead to the destruction of the country. He further added that Gowon had “legalised” total regionalism which “will make the centre very weak.” Akenzua alluded in his memo that a weak centre would lead to confederation and total disintegration of the country. It was the memo that prompted Gowon to summon a meeting of the secretaries to the military governments and other officials which was held in Benin City between February 16 and 18, 1967. If you look at the minutes of the Benin meeting presided over by Mr. H. A. Ejueyitchie, Secretary to the Federal Military Government, you will discover that it was a total rejection of what was agreed upon in Aburi. The Benin meeting interpreted in its own way the agreement reached in Aburi.

The decisions at Aburi amounted to, in terms of political and military control of Nigeria, that the country should be governed as a confederation.


N.B:
The Omo N’oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa (CFR), the 38th Oba of Benin, who was born on June 22, 1923 and ascended the throne on March 23, 1979.

The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire.

Before becoming an Oba, as Prince Samuel Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua Akenzua, he was an outstanding civil servant. He, in fact, rose to become the Federal Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health before he retired in 1973.

Along with others, he attended the Aburi meeting held at the Peduase Lodge where the conflict of Nigeria was discussed between January 4 and January 5, 1967. Aburi is a town in Ghana and a 45-minute drive from Accra, the capital of Ghana.

Those who attended the meeting were Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, Col. Robert Adebayo, Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Lt. Col. David Ejoor, Lt. Col. David Hassan Katsina, Commodore J.E.A. Wey, Major Mobolaji Johnson, Alhaji Kam Selem and Mr. J. Omo-Bare. Others were Prince S.I.A. Akenzua (Permanent Under-Secretary, Federal Cabinet Office.), Mr. P.T. Odumosu (Secretary to the Military Government, West.), Mr. N.U. Akpan (Secretary to the Military Government, East.), Mr. D.P. Lawani (Under-Secretary, Military Governor’s Office, Mid-West) and Alhaji Ali Akilu (Secretary to the Military Government, North.) The Chairman of the Ghana National Liberation Council, Lt. Gen. J.A. Ankrah, declared the meeting open in his capacity as then the head of state of Ghana.