Sapiosexuality:
So, how is the 20pounds story a lie? Another problem with some of us. We have this illogical and blind zeal to defend our tribe's leaders. That's why we refer to the forefathers who institutionalized tribalism in this country as heroes.

You owe those men nothing. Awo and Ahmadu Bello were high level tribalists. Ahmadu Bello was worse. For me, there's never been any true Nigerian Hero or model. The only people who come close and believe in Nigeria were Zik and OBJ but still the men were fallible. I don't consider them heroes.

The only problem I had with Achebe's 'There Was A Country' is the tone. It suggests anger and grudge. It was laced with unforgiveness. Besides that, more than 5 books I've read on the War agreed with almost all he said. I've never seen that Nigerian Leader, Dead or Alive, I will absolve of anything.

the problem is the 20pounds was supposed to be a form of compensation for those ibo people that lost their savings during the war. In my opinion giving them the 20pounds was wrong because these people withdrew their savings from Nigerian banks and deposited same in the Biafran bank yet after the war the Biafran bank refused to return the money. Yet the Ibos refuses to condemn their leaders and blame others which is one peculiar character of the Ibos other tribes detest

AlPeter:
the problem is the 20pounds was supposed to be a form of compensation for those ibo people that lost their savings during the war. In my opinion giving them the 20pounds was wrong because these people withdrew their savings from Nigerian banks and deposited same in the Biafran bank yet after the war the Biafran bank refused to return the money. Yet the Ibos refuses to condemn their leaders and blame others which is one peculiar character of the Ibos other tribes detest

Withdrew their savings from where? When? When the counter coup struck the first night and the pogroms began the next morning? You mean a Nyammiri whose head is being sought for in the street went boldly to the bank and they gave him ALL he had? Does this makes sense to you?

@Op shouldn't have bothered himself about a people that are perperual liers, rabid propagandists and incorrigible ingrates.

Sapiosexuality:
Logic.

If I am about to start a war with you, will you let me have access to my resources especially when you don't want me to take the decision you advised me against? No.

Of course you don't feed an enemy. It is an unintelligent war strategy to feed your enemy. But another thing is, is it morally right to refuse to allow food into the house of your enemy?

The fact it is a war strategy is understandable and the same thing holds with the grudge the people hold against him. While it also goes against the hypocritical UN red lines, we don't cuss the rapist for hating whoever raped her. Doesn't that make sense?

Until you present an evidence that they weren't allowed to withdraw their money months before the war. The logic still remains they withdrew.
Biafra Republic shared boundaries with Cameroon, was there also blockade from that axis?

The Igbos are God's children Mr oyemi till tomorrow your people are still in denial on how they quickly acquired their wealth's back and surpass your people in fold's,I can only say is their determination and the love of God.
The igbos are aventurerals they can survive anywhere as long there is free play ground they will eventually integrate invest in land and properties,most tribes in Nigeria makes a living from selling lands to igbos.
They do the same around the world now tell me why wouldn't you hate them?
Igboid work together any where they found themselves aquire wealth through their business'
Igbo schools is opening up around the world mainly for Igbo children and none igboids willing to learn Igbo language
.Here is one of them in south Africa

seunmsg:


Kudos to the late sage for this very kind gesture. Only very few leaders would have done something as generous as this. Today, nobody talks about this good deed. All they talk about is that he betrayed a Biafra he never subscribed to. Yoruba's should learn from the treatment people like Awolowo, Soyinka, Banjo etc got in the hands of ibos. No matter our good deeds towards them, they will always pay back with hatred and envy.

Some of your are brazen ignorant or pure tribalist. let me tell you, in japan, after the war, America spent so much money in rebuilding the japan, and they are still grateful for that till today. what did Nigeria do to the Eastern region after the war aside niger bridge? they killed many development projects like PRODA, they stopped technical department at UNN. What happened to the RRR that was executed in the southwest, the massive aerial bombardment that was carried out on innocent citizens, what measure did FG put in place like what we currently have in the self inflicted northeast? Honestly i feel yoruba has a date with igbo people, There is something greatly amiss in the psyche of an average yoruba man on ndi igbo.. Everybody in my family, plux extended families contributed moneis to a single man that has bank account, and he returned with only 20pounds, my dad told me that his own money alone was over 10000pounds, but he never got any kobo, because 20pounds can not be shared, it was like 20naira. How do you share a single note currency? what you don't know is that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, we experienced the war, we know how we went through it. it will be very abnormal, unacceptable for you to tell us our story. The war was carried out on us and on our land, the rapes and atrocities were done in our land. Reading the op, validates the Biafra call, because these people are still evil. They do not wish anything good to us.But continue, nothing lasts forever, there was a time, Roma reigned, Greeks reigned, british reigned, now America is reigning, while China is stepping up. We will never forget. i have said it before , if Nnamdi kanu fails,it is just a postponement of the burial date of Nigeria.I and many people like me will never fail,

abes:


Until you present an evidence that they weren't allowed to withdraw their money months before the war. The logic still remains they withdrew.
Biafra Republic shared boundaries with Cameroon, was there also blockade from that axis?

Which logic is this? And what evidence do you have they withdrew? We shouldn't just think, bro, we ought to reason. Is this possible? Can it be possible? Does it make any sense?

You speak as though the war was planned and a special date announced for its commencement?
Hope you know that after the soldiers killed Eastern soldiers in the night, they continued with the support of some Nigerians in the day to finish off the ordinary Easterner on the street? Seems to you this never happened? This was before the war or Aburi accord. You know that?

So when exactly did they withdraw the money? While they were been hunted down for the sins of their brothers? A man who is on the run is more interested in money. Is that rational to you?

prodigy24:

Some of your are brazen ignorant or pure tribalist. let me tell you, in japan, after the war, America spent so much money in rebuilding the japan, and they are still grateful for that till today. what did Nigeria do to the Eastern region after the war aside niger bridge? they killed many development projects like PRODA, they stopped technical department at UNN. What happened to the RRR that was executed in the southwest, the massive aerial bombardment that was carried out on innocent citizens, what measure did FG put in place like what we currently have in the self inflicted northeast? Honestly i feel yoruba has a date with igbo people, There is something greatly amiss in the psyche of an average yoruba man on ndi igbo.. Everybody in my family, plux extended families contributed moneis to a single man that has bank account, and he returned with only 20pounds, my dad told me that his own money alone was over 10000pounds, but he never got any kobo, because 20pounds can not be shared, it was like 20naira. How do you share a single note currency? what you don't know is that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, we experienced the war, we know how we went through it. it will be very abnormal, unacceptable for you to tell us our story. The war was carried out on us and on our land, the rapes and atrocities were done in our land. Reading the op, validates the Biafra call, because these people are still evil. They do not wish anything good to us.But continue, nothing lasts forever, there was a time, Roma reigned, Greeks reigned, british reigned, now America is reigning, while China is stepping up. We will never forget. i have said it before , if Nnamdi kanu fails,it is just a postponement of the burial date of Nigeria.I and many people like me will never fail,

Emotional rants and nothing else. Majority of Igbo's withdrew their money long before relocating to Biafra. They left Nigeria to form a new country without planning to come back, so, what's the logic in leaving their money behind in Nigerian banks? Even at that, who stopped IBO people who owns money in Nigerian banks from withdrawing all their money after the civil war? The answer is, nobody.

Accepted that some IBO's left money behind and couldn't present documents to back up their claim, in that situation, what exactly do you want the banks to do? Entertain the claims of every tom dick and harry? I have accounts with UBA and Zenith, if I forget my account number and lose all records relating to those accounts, will Elumelu and Jim Ovia give me back my money? The E20 policy was a magnanimous gesture that the government at that time should not have adopted IMO. It should have been strictly no records, no money. BTW, majority of IBO's then banked with ADB and cooperative bank. Why did these two banks refused to give you guys your money?

Again, it is unfortunate that you IBO's always blame the Yoruba's for your misfortune. Awolowo in is magnanimity and desire to see the IBO nation quickly reintegrated back into Nigeria gave the government of the south east full allocation of three years without the approval of FEC and recapitalised the two IBO banks, ADB and cooperative bank. He also fully implemented the E20 policy. What else do you want him to do?

On the three RRR's, can you guys provide evidence that the south east was exempted from its implementation? I am really curious to see your proof.

And please, don't bring America and Japan into the discussion. America couldn't have morally left Japan alone after dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Up till today, they still owe Japan for that heinous crime again humanity.

abes:
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."Albert Einstein

In lieu of the lies and fictionbeing circulated and published as factual Historyby Biafrans about the events during and after the Nigerian Civil War, it is of great pertinence that some questions be examined in the context of real events and facts of reality.

For a very long time, Biafrans, led by their Chief Fiction Writer and Propagandist, Chinua Achebe, have been circulating, what else, fiction about the Twenty pounds giving to the Igbo after the Nigerian Civil War.They have accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of impoverishing all Igbo after the war by not allowing them to have access to their pre-war savings in the Nigerian Banks.

They have particularly accused the revered Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the then Finance Minister of engineering the policy because of his hatred for the Igbo. Though, historical facts showed that he was not the one who set up the panel or had anything to do with it other than just executing the panel's recommendations, the purveyors of lies and blackmail have no regard for such. Just like everything that Chinua Achebe has ever been involved in, this is another lie of the Biafrans that needs examination and exposition so that the world would be able to see the TRUTH.

This propaganda has assumed a life of its own that some members of younger generation have now begun to think that it might probably have been true. Chinua Achebe has been championing the peddling of this particular falsehood among others, for so long that upcoming "fiction" writers have believed him and are already parroting Achebe's lies.

For those who were too young to remember, the Civil War did not start in a sudden manner. There were days, weeks and months leading to the civil war when people from different regions were packing and moving to their homelands. At such time of uncertainty, no one could predict what was going to happen and common sense would dictate that each and everyone would be in control of his or her resources to be able to survive when the war broke out. This would mean that before an Igbo man would leave Kaduna, Lagos or Ibadan, he would have withdrawn all his money before crossing into Biafra. This would not just be dictated by common sense, survival instinct would have also required and demanded it too.

But Chinua Achebe and his corterie of liars would want the world to believe that this did not happen. They want the rest of us to believe the Igbo who lived in other parts of Nigeria were generous and kind enough to leave their monies in Nigerian banks to do business. They want the world to believe that our Igbo brethren left all their wealth in Nigerian Banks because of their "love" for Nigeria as opposed to their new Nation called Biafra. How could that have happened? Does that make sense? How could you have left your resources and wealth back in a place where you are not likely to return to? How could you avail a country called Nigeria, which you hate with passion, with your resources no matter how small or big? Does this allign with reason?

In a moonlight tale written by Chimamanda Adichie under the title "We Remember Differently," she had written that Awolowo "was the man who, in the words of my uncle, 'made Igbo people poor because he never liked us.' At the end of the war, every Igbo person who had a bank account in Nigeria was given twenty pounds, no matter how much they had in their accounts before the war.” Adichie is an upcoming writer to whom some intellect is being ascribed. What effort did she make to verify the tales of her uncle? Did she do any research to confirm the moon tales she was told?

At least, if she wanted to be taken seriously as a person who knew what she was doing, she ought to have conducted a research, and at worst, contextualize the tales she has been told. And apart from her uncle, did her father told her any story concerning this? No. All the above questions either did not occur to Adichie or were considered unimportant by her. They would not be necessary because this would undercut the fiction she was trying to put forth. It would expose the falsehood she was trying to peddle just like that of her mentor, Achebe. Yet she would want to revel in the borrowed garb of intellect in which she was being draped. It is a big shame!

In his response to Adichie, S. Kadiri wrote inter alia:

"If Achebe himself had gotten his savings in the bank reduced to twenty pounds after the war would he not have informed Adichie or the rest of the world through his ‘There Was a Country? And if Achebe as a senior executive officer at that time did not have any savings in the bank when he left Lagos for Biafra, what then is the probability that other Igbo people of his rank left money in the bank, in Lagos, while fleeing eastward?

But I still have the following questions for Chinua Achebe:

(a) In which Bank did Achebe have his savings before the Civil War?

(b) Was it at African Continental Bank (ACB) or elsewhere?

(c) Whichever Bank it was, how much was his balance before running to the East?

(d) Did Achebe emptied out his account before running to the East?

(e) Or Did he leave his balance in his accounts in the bank in Lagos or Ibadan?

(f) If he left his money in the Ibadan or Lagos bank, how much was his balance?

(g) What would be his rationale for leaving his money in Ibadan or Lagos when he was going to build a new country, BIAFRA?

(h) Would this mean that he was not a patriotic Biafran?

(i) Why did he not provide the details about this in his "There was a country?"

(j) If he forgot to do so, can he now come out with the last statement of Account?

(k) Did Achebe collect the 20 pound ex-gratia given by Awolowo?

(l) If he did, did he deserve it?

(m) If he did not deserve it, did he think he committed fraud by taking the 20 pounds?

(n) How come Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was able to retrieve his father's millions and other Igbopeople were not able to do so?

(o) What was applicable to Ojukwu that did not apply to Achebe or any Igbo in getting back their savings in the Nigerian banks?

The above questions would also apply to every Igbo who claimed to have had money in Nigerian banks before the civil war.

The bottom line here is that the issue of this 20 pound gift has become an instrument of blackmail in the hands of Biafran leaders like Achebe who would try to avoid responsibility for the harm they caused their own people. They had to look for someone to blame and Obafemi Awolowo came handy for this. How can any Igbo blame others for losing his Bank Statement? If they could not substantiate their claims in regard to their balances, how did they expect to be paid? Or did they think the rest of Nigerians were fools who would rush to pay any spurious claims they make? Granted that the war could have caused the loss of some documents, why would this be the fault of Awolowo? Is this not a sign of irresponsibility on the part of Achebe and other leaders of Biafra?

Chief Ayo Adebanjo had written this in reaction to the lies of Chinua Achebe that Awolowo hated the Igbo:

"It is noteworthy that after the division of the country to 12 states by General Gowon in 1968, the East Central State composed mainly of Igbo people emerged. Awolowo then diligently saved the monthly allocation due to Igbo during the war and released same to them at the end of the war. The African Continental Bank (ACB) and the Cooperative Bank for Eastern Nigeria, the two main financial institutions of the Igbo at the time, which had become moribund during the civil war were rejuvenated by Awolowo by releasing substantial funds to them for active operation."

I am challenging Chinua Achebe and all those who are defending him to come out and deny this factually. They should come out and say this did not happen and produce documentary evidence to this end. This might be another good opportunity to showcase them as liars and purveyors of falsehood if not hate mongers. Achebe's flagrant flippant disrespect of facts in his book has called to question any academic integrity Achebe might lay claim to.

It is one's view that the Igbo sentries who have been peddling this blackmail of 20 pounds payment are ungrateful lot. Apart from the crimes the Igbo have committed against the Yoruba Nation, killing their eminent personalities in politics and the Armed Forces, the Yoruba have tolerated them. They have been patient with the Igbo. The Yoruba have accommodated them. Yet it is daily insults from the Igbo to the Yoruba. It is a stream of lies and fiction against the Yoruba. However, this is a topic for another day. But the fact remains that the Igbo have a pattern of ingratitude, not just to the Yoruba, but also to the Hausa- Fulani and other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

The Igbo did not have to be given any money after the civil war. It was not compulsory. For some of them to continue to make claims which could not be substantiated that they left money in the Nigerian banks and had to be paid back would amount to fraud of the highest order. It could not have been anything other than sheer dishonesty on the part of those Igbo brethren insisting to be paid what they could not prove. It should be an offence punishable under the law if any person makes that kind of claim and he or she was not able to substantiate it. It is time an end was put to this kind of blackmail and falsehood.

More so, who paid the orphans and widows in the Mid-West as well as Yorubaland that were victims of Biafran soldiers? Who indemnified them for the loss and destruction of their properties by the Biafran soldiers? Who paid the victims of Biafran bombers at Lagos, Ibadan, Kano and Kaduna? Who would pay for all those? Who would pay for the deprivations of the widows and orphans in Ore?

It is a fact that Achebe's life is irretrievably intertwined with fiction. Evidently, a major part of his life has been fictitious. Thus to write and peddle fiction by him would be convenient and easy. Achebe has done this for so long that he is no longer able to distinguish fiction from reality and facts. As Albert Einstein pointed out above, "Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." Achebe could no longer be trusted. He is an incorrigible purveyor of lies and falsehood. But he could not and would not be allowed to continue to get away with falsehoods woven in the tapestries of fiction.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22841


Remi Oyeyemi, Dec 19, 2012

What is the subject matter of this deliberate idiocy? Does this crap meant to deny the fact that only 20 pounds were given to any Igbo person who had proofs he/she had money in the banks in Nigeria before the war started? Some of us were living witnesses to the saga. Yari.ba are known for their childish fabrication of facts and arrogation of unfounded feats to themselves. They know it too and always think other people are in the business of silly and unfounded arrogation of feats. Not every Igbo person got the 20 pound. I bet that less than one thousand Igbo people got silly 20 pound.

Story, Awolowo plan did not work,accept it, his plan was to make Igbos poor but it backfired.

Origamist:

Biafrans never thought they would be returning to Nigeria.
Such details were hardly committed to mind.
Most emptied their accounts before relocating.

[b][b]WHO IS WRITING THIS RUBISH.PLEASE IGBO PEOPLE WHO DEPOSITED MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN BANKS WITH THE EVIDENCE VERIFIED BY THE BANS WERE GIVEN the 20pounds. ACROSS NIGERIA NOT ALL OF THEM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY LIKE YOU THINK OK[/b][/b]

Dedetwo:


What is the subject matter of this deliberate idiocy? Does this crap meant to deny the fact that only 20 pounds were given to any Igbo person who had proofs he/she had money in the banks in Nigeria before the war started? Some of us were living witnesses to the saga. Yari.ba are known for their childish fabrication of facts and arrogation of unfounded feats to themselves. They know it too and always think other people are in the business of silly and unfounded arrogation of feats. Not every Igbo person got the 20 pound. I bet that less than one thousand Igbo people got silly 20 pound.

Proofs without bank statements? You think we're fools here?

In fact, you should be happy that every ibo were given 20 pounds each and was a lot of money then.

Jonathan39:
Story, Awolowo plan did not work,accept it, his plan was to make Igbos poor but it backfired.

Lmao.

As if it was Awolowo that made the plan..

BTW, blame your foolish ancestors who couldn't provide bank statements to prove the money they had in the banks. Eediots who wanted our banks to go bankrupt by giving every ibos who claim to have money without their proof of bank statement. It's not like we were the one who sent you on your suicide mission.

And have you asked about what Zik did with ibo allocations that was sent into his bank account? If you really want to know who made you poor, look no far from Zik.

Sapiosexuality:
Which logic is this? And what evidence do you have they withdrew? We shouldn't just think, bro, we ought to reason. Is this possible? Can it be possible? Does it make any sense?

You speak as though the war was planned and a special date announced for its commencement?
Hope you know that after the soldiers killed Eastern soldiers in the night, they continued with the support of some Nigerians in the day to finish off the ordinary Easterner on the street? Seems to you this never happened? This was before the war or Aburi accord. You know that?

So when exactly did they withdraw the money? While they were been hunted down for the sins of their brothers? A man who is on the run is more interested in money. Is that rational to you?

And we're supposed to believe this stupid claim without their bank statement/the document to prove this?

You lots think with your anus most times. You think our bank would just succumb to every fools that claim to have money in the bank without proof? Dey use sense na.

seunmsg:


Emotional rants and nothing else. Majority of Igbo's withdrew their money long before relocating to Biafra. They left Nigeria to form a new country without planning to come back, so, what's the logic in leaving their money behind in Nigerian banks? Even at that, who stopped IBO people who owns money in Nigerian banks from withdrawing all their money after the civil war? The answer is, nobody.

Accepted that some IBO's left money behind and couldn't present documents to back up their claim, in that situation, what exactly do you want the banks to do? Entertain the claims of every tom dick and harry? I have accounts with UBA and Zenith, if I forget my account number and lose all records relating to those accounts, will Elumelu and Jim Ovia give me back my money? The E20 policy was a magnanimous gesture that the government at that time should not have adopted IMO. It should have been strictly no records, no money. BTW, majority of IBO's then banked with ADB and cooperative bank. Why did these two banks refused to give you guys your money?

Again, it is unfortunate that you IBO's always blame the Yoruba's for your misfortune. Awolowo in is magnanimity and desire to see the IBO nation quickly reintegrated back into Nigeria gave the government of the south east full allocation of three years without the approval of FEC and recapitalised the two IBO banks, ADB and cooperative bank. He also fully implemented the E20 policy. What else do you want him to do?

On the three RRR's, can you guys provide evidence that the south east was exempted from its implementation? I am really curious to see your proof.

And please, don't bring America and Japan into the discussion. America couldn't have morally left Japan alone after dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Up till today, they still owe Japan for that heinous crime again humanity.

Thank you joor.

Most of the ibos are manipulative liars only good at blackmail. They reek of stupidity. Jeez!

sean1000x:


Shameless Afonja. Awolowo himself never debunked this himself, nor has Wole Soyinka and other Yoruba intellectual ever did. Then why is this riffraff all of a sudden, out of epephiny denying this without proof as the useless article never cited any convincing or evidence based proof. Yoruba should be very careful with their revisionist articles of truth obfuscation not to make Biafraa a perpetual enemy.

Bssstrd you no go die well! Tell your papa to present his bank statement olosi.

Belief the LIES told by that ediot Achebe monkey.

Sapiosexuality:
Okay. I will look for it and read.

But does it make sense?

I mean, how can people deposit money in a bank that was created to donate to the war and make international transactions?

Except he meant that the money deposited was siphoned by the Biafran army members guarding the place whenever they moved.

And this bank only has a branch which was always moved with each Nigerian army airstrike.

Have you heard of Biafran bank account number? So many questions I'd need to see his exact quotes. You have a copy?

This is how it start.. Lol. Someone presented you a fact yet you're hell bent on making stupid claims and conjectures, just the way the foolish buiafra men failed to present facts/bank statement to prove the amount of money they claimed to have in the banks.

Manipulative blackmailer!

Sapiosexuality:
I will but it is not a question of clearing my doubt but logic. The Bank of Biafra I read about was created to fund the war through donations and making currency transactions in buying weapons. How can someone now claim that some persons lost their money there? Does it make any sense to you? Except he meant that some of the money donated were stolen and not used to fund the war. Do you have a copy? Where did you get the book?

Lol!

Manipulative weasel speaking of logic when we're talking about facts? We have no part in your stupidity!

Sapiosexuality:
Logic.

If I am about to start a war with you, will you let me have access to my resources especially when you don't want me to take the decision you advised me against? No.

Of course you don't feed an enemy. It is an unintelligent war strategy to feed your enemy. But another thing is, is it morally right to refuse to allow food into the house of your enemy?

The fact it is a war strategy is understandable and the same thing holds with the grudge the people hold against him. While it also goes against the hypocritical UN red lines, we don't cuss the rapist for hating whoever raped her. Doesn't that make sense?

Stupid logic because it was Ojukwu who started the war, not Nigeria. Abeg always bring out fact to buttress your stupid claim.

You claimed ibo people made donation into biafra banks but the question is where did they get these money if they didn't withdraw their money from the bank?

BTW, where did Ojukwu and his men get their food while ibo were starving? Does that make sense?
Look at the way he's even speaking as if biafra didn't commit atrocities during the war.

Stupid liars, cry us a river, no one is interested in your woes!

irepnaija4eva:
Though historical facts showed that he was not the one who set up the panel or had anything to do with it other than just executing the panel's recommendations,



Now this statement alone countered all bull crap he wrote up there.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the then Finance Minister of engineering,executed the panels recommendation of 20 pounds policy.
Was Achebe not saying the same thing?

Just negodu this man's angle of reasoning.

EXACTLY, HE CONTRADICTED HIMSELF WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING BECAUSE HE IS JUST BENT ON LYING AND DEFENDING EVIL.

prodigy24:

Some of your are brazen ignorant or pure tribalist. let me tell you, in japan, after the war, America spent so much money in rebuilding the japan, and they are still grateful for that till today. what did Nigeria do to the Eastern region after the war aside niger bridge? they killed many development projects like PRODA, they stopped technical department at UNN. What happened to the RRR that was executed in the southwest, the massive aerial bombardment that was carried out on innocent citizens, what measure did FG put in place like what we currently have in the self inflicted northeast? Honestly i feel yoruba has a date with igbo people, There is something greatly amiss in the psyche of an average yoruba man on ndi igbo.. Everybody in my family, plux extended families contributed moneis to a single man that has bank account, and he returned with only 20pounds, my dad told me that his own money alone was over 10000pounds, but he never got any kobo, because 20pounds can not be shared, it was like 20naira. How do you share a single note currency? what you don't know is that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, we experienced the war, we know how we went through it. it will be very abnormal, unacceptable for you to tell us our story. The war was carried out on us and on our land, the rapes and atrocities were done in our land. Reading the op, validates the Biafra call, because these people are still evil. They do not wish anything good to us.But continue, nothing lasts forever, there was a time, Roma reigned, Greeks reigned, british reigned, now America is reigning, while China is stepping up. We will never forget. i have said it before , if Nnamdi kanu fails,it is just a postponement of the burial date of Nigeria.I and many people like me will never fail,

Your father is a pathological liar.

seunmsg:


Emotional rants and nothing else. Majority of Igbo's withdrew their money long before relocating to Biafra. They left Nigeria to form a new country without planning to come back, so, what's the logic in leaving their money behind in Nigerian banks? Even at that, who stopped IBO people who owns money in Nigerian banks from withdrawing all their money after the civil war? The answer is, nobody.

Accepted that some IBO's left money behind and couldn't present documents to back up their claim, in that situation, what exactly do you want the banks to do? Entertain the claims of every tom dick and harry? I have accounts with UBA and Zenith, if I forget my account number and lose all records relating to those accounts, will Elumelu and Jim Ovia give me back my money? The E20 policy was a magnanimous gesture that the government at that time should not have adopted IMO. It should have been strictly no records, no money. BTW, majority of IBO's then banked with ADB and cooperative bank. Why did these two banks refused to give you guys your money?

Again, it is unfortunate that you IBO's always blame the Yoruba's for your misfortune. Awolowo in is magnanimity and desire to see the IBO nation quickly reintegrated back into Nigeria gave the government of the south east full allocation of three years without the approval of FEC and recapitalised the two IBO banks, ADB and cooperative bank. He also fully implemented the E20 policy. What else do you want him to do?

On the three RRR's, can you guys provide evidence that the south east was exempted from its implementation? I am really curious to see your proof.

And please, don't bring America and Japan into the discussion. America couldn't have morally left Japan alone after dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Up till today, they still owe Japan for that heinous crime again humanity.

You are making baseless claim With no single empirical evidence, that why people brand you afonja, how did you come up with "majority" of Igbo withdrew their money? Then on the 20 pounds,you have nothing to defend here,Awolowo supervised the event and the program that gave 20 pounds to anyone that has money in bank that is our story it is emotional to you,but very real to me, at this point I careless about what you think of it. I'm only working hard to ensure my children will not live in same pool country. I will not go further in responding your baseless argument, because it is worthless and useless, you guys have mastered the art of manipulation and distortion. We will not give you the room to exercise it.

OAFMods:
Your father is a pathological liar.

You are dead and rotten already.. Responding to you is a waste of time.

I don't know how u will go to war and lose and come back better. Its not possible, if you lose a war you lose everything is that simple.

If Biafra had won the war, Nigeria would be worse for it.

Besides let every Igbo reason this. It was immediately after the pogrom Ojukwu asked every Igbo to relocate back to Eastern Nigeria, it was not during the Pogrom because we saw old pictures of people moving in droves to the East, if it was during the Pogrom, I doubt if People will be able to get transport not to talk of moving in droves.

That proves that many Igbos withdrew their money as a matter of urgency before the declaration of Biafra.

In those days,there were no computers (remember Computers were made in the late seventies and eighties during the time of IBM and Steve Jobs Apple) my grandmother who worked in Barclays bank attested to that.

Another food for thought,apart from PH that Igbos properties were not returned, in Lagos their properties were kept for them and returned, my grandfather kept an igbo neighbour's house and returned it to him after the war. Likewise many Yorubas did so, so why would they confiscate their monies if truly they had one.

prodigy24:

[s]You are making baseless claim With no single empirical evidence, that why people brand you afonja, how did you come up with "majority" of Igbo withdrew their money? Then on the 20 pounds,you have nothing to defend here,Awolowo supervised the event and the program that gave 20 pounds to anyone that has money in bank that is our story it is emotional to you,but very real to me, at this point I careless about what you think of it. I'm only working hard to ensure my children will not live in same pool country. I will not go further in responding your baseless argument, because it is worthless and useless, you guys have mastered the art of manipulation and distortion. We will not give you the room to exercise it.[/s]

Tell your parents not to start a war they are not sure of winning next time.

Diademk07:


And we're supposed to believe this stupid claim without their bank statement/the document to prove this?

You lots think with your anus most times. You think our bank would just succumb to every fools that claim to have money in the bank without proof? Dey use sense na.

Sorry I'm done.

When you talk of poverty in Nigeria after the north comes Yoruba.

Diademk07:


Lmao.

As if it was Awolowo that made the plan..

BTW, blame your foolish ancestors who couldn't provide bank statements to prove the money they had in the banks. Eediots who wanted our banks to go bankrupt by giving every ibos who claim to have money without their proof of bank statement. It's not like we were the one who sent you on your suicide mission.

And have you asked about what Zik did with ibo allocations that was sent into his bank account? If you really want to know who made you poor, look no far from Zik.

seunmsg:


Tell your parents not to start a war they are not sure of winning next time.

You see afonja and lie! Gowon brought the war to East and not the other way round. I doubt if you have read history on Biafran war, or you are just being a typical afonja.

prodigy24:

You see afonja and lie! Gowon brought the war to East and not the other way round. I doubt if you have read history on Biafran war, or you are just being a typical afonja.

Stop lying to yourself. Ojukwu declared secession and not Gowon. Get yourself properly educated before coming here to comment.