potent5:

My friend, have you heard about the cliche: 'no dead heroes'? I bet you haven't. There is even a movie titled after this cliche.
Only enlightened people know that a hero is better alive than dead. Ask Wole Soyinka, David Mark and Tinubu who ran away from Abacha into exile. They recognized the principle of self preservation.

It still beats my imagination why someone who killed himself through the most ignominious way should be regarded highly. I believe it must be out of collective idiocy by people who believe their heroes should commit rat poison suicide without anyone taking up the gauntlet in their dead heroes' place.

TRUTHTOPOWER:


Do the maths. Two Yoruba sons to millions of Biafrans men, women, youths, children and aged! Rat poison or snake oil poison or whatever your fantasy catches it is incomparable to slow death by starvation. It could take upto 15 days. without water 7 days. And you so much hate your selves to prefer your selves to die like this in millions as against just one person to do the Honourable thing: say no to war or die trying. And you guys are liars, you hate the tragedy of Biafra more than you want us to believe that Awo died of rat poison. Yorubas are not crying over Awo whatever happened to him. When we knew he was unjustly incarcerated Nigeria knew no peace until civil war broke out and Awo was elevated to very govt he was allegedly trying to overthrow. Awo is celebrated on your currency, landmarks and citadels of learning. 50 years on Biafra is still mourned by your greatest (Achebe & Co ) and meanest (Kanu&co). So if mourning is better than celebration, I give up on your sadistic delusions.

potent5:

There is nothing Honourable about killing oneself; it is the most cowardly thing to do, especially when done to escape punishment for treason. His corpse should have been thrown into the evil forest lest it desecrate the land.

If not for the bravery of Ojukwu who released awo you wouldn't be here today yapping about how he was elevated and his face put on the Naira. Yet the perfidious awo paid Ojukwu back by recommending starvation as a weapon of warfare rather than fighting with arms and ammunition. He thought he was free but when the blood he spilled came for judgment he cowardly took his own life.

That he was elevated is irrelevant, any criminal can be so elevated.

Jaideyone:
lol you obviously don't know what being summarily executed means. Olodo like you. You want to compare the death of two individuals no matter how powerful they are to the death of 2million people filled with potentials? That's the differençe between yorubas and drug mules like you. We know what matters most

PassingShot:
So, this man even absconded with his own children while leaving other poor children behind to die of starvation. No wonder he was rejected in subsequent elections by the same people he led to the slaughter slab.

This is exactly what the mad man Kanu is attempting again with his hate speech and call to harm. Hopefully, Igbos with superior reasoning will prevent him from visiting calamity on the current generation of IPODs and innocent souls there.

PrecisionFx:



igbos died in a civil far fighting for what they believed in, fighting for their existence, future n survival... What have yorubas ever stood for in 57 years


Abiola was killed openly by ur masters up north......


And nothing fucking happened.

Ojukwu returned to Nigeria from exile n bubu arrested him n detained him, they couldn't kill him for fear of another deadly igbo uprising. The Hausa up north have long know that igbos are never cowards n must react, that's why they fear killing important igbo leaders........ As for Yoruba leaders the north has destroyed, we can't count dem.


If Abiola was an igbo man, I swear we would be having this conversation from different countries today.

PrecisionFx:



igbos died in a civil far fighting for what they believed in, fighting for their existence, future n survival... What have yorubas ever stood for in 57 years


Abiola was killed openly by ur masters up north......


And nothing fucking happened.

Ojukwu returned to Nigeria from exile n bubu arrested him n detained him, they couldn't kill him for fear of another deadly igbo uprising. The Hausa up north have long know that igbos are never cowards n must react, that's why they fear killing important igbo leaders........ As for Yoruba leaders the north has destroyed, we can't count dem.


If Abiola was an igbo man, I swear we would be having this conversation from different countries today.

iammo:


Enough of this otapiapia falasy..
Awolowo died at the ripe age of 78
Ojukwu also died at the ripe age of 78
Awolowo faught all is battles intelectually
Ojukwu as a soldier fought his through war
they both started young utilising there youthfullness to start important coarse, not go arround acting like the youths we now have in nigeria

PrecisionFx:




""Awolowo faught all is battles intelectually""


False.

PassingShot:

Yet he was rejected at the polls on three occasions by the same Igbos who elevated him to status of a legend.

Kontinu.

toofit007:
my answer is yes, I believe you asked the question because you have not watch the video so go ahead and watch it then you will realize that it effectively address that trash you wrote. my friend go and get wisdom but above all get understanding.

PrecisionFx:




""Awolowo faught all is battles intelectually""


False.

TRUTHTOPOWER:


2 million killed. 20 pounds. marginalisation. and all that and you are still here. and you want the world to believe that if a figure like Abiola were killed in Igbo land you would have separated from Nigeria. I can now see why it is convenient for Kanu to put all of your lives in jeopardy and he is still being celebrated. 1 Ojukwu equals 2 million plus X biafrans. since kanu is greater tan Ojukwu then Kanu's life is equal to 2 million plus x square Biafrans. What destiny! what sense of slavery! what life of canon fodder!

manikspears:


So awolowo was in the army,tell me something that that awo himself never knew

PrecisionFx:





Ur trying to talk nonsense.

Awo wasn't an intellect.

PrecisionFx:





Stop trying to use long epistles to derail what I m saying here.

The north only kills SW leaders, we can't count how many they have killed...

The never ever dare kill igbo leaders because they know what would happen.


If Nnamdi kanu were to be a Yoruba man, the north will waste him in no time.

muffyt05:


And people like you will abuse Lai Mohammed at every chance you get

Jaideyone:
lol you obviously don't know what being summarily executed means. Olodo like you. You want to compare the death of two individuals no matter how powerful they are to the death of 2million people filled with potentials? That's the differençe between yorubas and drug mules like you. We know what matters most

Jaideyone:
anyone that decides to runaway after leading 2m of his followers to their death is nothing but a coward

wingman:
Ignorant fools will continue ranting over what they do not know or understand. Do you all think that as shrewd as Igbos are they will easily forgive and elevate Ojukwu to the status of a legend if he truly ran away?
The worst fate and humiliation that would have befallen Igbos would be for Nigeria to capture or kill Ojukwu. The man was practically bundled into the plane in Ulli airstrip because he never wanted to leave. Just as declaration of Biafra was the collective will of Igbos, so too was Ojukwu 's departure for Ivory coast.
You ignorant kids can continue writing all the rubbish you want cause you do not know or understand what the man represents to Igbos.

manikspears:


Your video is totally rubbish and a waste of mb

project2018:
ABIOLA AND KUDIRAT WERE SUMARILY EXECUTED BY UR LORDS N SAVIIOURS UP NORTH. NONO OF UR KINS MEN UTTERED A WORD. BUT WHEN YOU SEE ANYTHING PERTAINING TO IBOS, IT MAKES UR ERECTIONS LAST LONG. U R A PHOOL

TRUTHTOPOWER:


exactly. It was more tolerable to kill 2 million or your lot and keep the succeeding generation in marginalised condition than to kill 2 of your leaders. And the northern killers too are not immortal after all. so do the maths across regions and keep beating chest to mass graves in millions and keep crying of marginalisation and keep agitating like slaves to be free. Americans did not agitate for freedom form Britain. They took it like freeborns. only people with slave mentality agitate from generation to generation. that is Ojukwu's legacy for you. and you are doing a good job passing on the legacy to the next generation. wetin be.my own self. Awo's children are doing fine. Ojukwu's children are well catered for. Maybe another Awo would be killed and maybe millions of chest beaters will be killed. who knows. But this trend is unlikely to affect me or people like me the way it has affected you. so keep it and goodbye.

Modsenemy:


No offense , but you make less sense with this post.
The point is, those people led their people to war for whatever reason and gave their life for it . They stood till death for the course they established .

It doesn't change the fact that Ojukwu fled when he technically led his people to death.
Heroes make sacrifices even with their life .
Onwuateagwu and Azuchie who followed Ojukwu to the airport should have fled too. As a matter of fact, they could be shot dead , but they stayed back and watched their master run.

According to obasanjo's account of Onwuateagwu's death, he launched a final attack on nigerian troop and got killed .

janykute:

I did not say that to impress you,if your envy and jealousy will permit you there are loads of books on Biafra/Nigerian civil war help yourself with that.

Yungknyyght:



You are a he-goat...I'm igbo and I don't regard ojukwu as a great person,all he did was for his personal interest..you don't have to insult a whole tribe cus you are trying to make a silly point

heo88:


Interesting comments on this thread, including the one about him being a coward for abandoning his people. I'm not sure if I would have used that term, but based on the events of history, it's impossible for me to argue against this.

What people aren't taking into account are the real imperatives for the initial Biafra secession attempt. Whilst the slaughters/programs of 1953 and then 1966 as retribution for the unsuccessful coup attempt by Chukwuma kaduna nzeogwu underscored the need for a safe haven for igbos from the North, there are other factors which often aren't covered:

Ojukwu as many know, was raised in the North and had hausa orientation; similar to Nzeogwu. Such was his orientation, he was well acquainted with their women, reportedly even fathering a hausa/igbo hybrid daughter. Furthermore, he was ajebutter and schooled at Kings College in Lagos, Epsom College in the UK (just outside of London and with very expensive school fees) and then from there attended the renown Oxford University (Lincoln college to be precise). As you can see from this, it is understandable why many questioned his igbo credentials.

Now this fact may be a little less known, but Ojukwu's father was Louis Odimegwu Ojukwu who was a very wealthy man and the founder of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. When you consider that oil was found in Ologbiri LGA - in present day Bayelsa state (circa 1956), which incidentally was part of the original Biafran territory, you can see the 'delicious' opportunities that this presented for the Ojukwu family, especially when you consider all the oil blocks in this region which would have been theirs in the event of a successful secession.

In considering all of the above, keep in mind that Ojukwu was educated to Master's level in the 1950s (unheard of for most Nigerians or people in general at that time), he was a very strategic and intelligent man, and there's no doubt that there would have been other key considerations beyond securing a safe haven for vulnerable igbos based in other parts of Nigeria.

There's more to the above, but let's park it here for now. With regards to Nnamdi Kanu, I hate to say this but I am sceptical about his true motivations for the contemporary Biafran agitation. For one, he has made a number of aimless, provocative ramblings; perhaps this is to test his level of influence, then again who knows. However, would-be Biafrans should ask themselves what he has to offer them before throwing their weight behind him. What sound or remotely sensible economic policies has he proposed?? Meanwhile people are working themselves up into a frenzy, all in the name of identity politics. All I'll say is that make sure you know what you're getting in exchange for supporting him and my advice is to avoid being a 'political chess piece'; you're better than that.

In closing, wars and civil unrests are ALWAYS about securing resources for the victors. If you consider British efforts in the early 19th century to secure Nigeria as a constituent part of the British empire, they were able to neutralise the Northerners, yorubas/midwesterners and the easterners (including Rivers/Bayelsa and Cross Rivers/Akwa Ibom before identity politics led to them assuming a 'south-south' identity) because of the more sophisticated weapons they produced in South London, UK (Woolwich Arsenal to be precise and their workers who manufactured the weapons were the first players for the team we now know as 'Arsenal'), and the motive was resource control. If we look at Ojukwu's efforts, this was motivated by resource control; any civil war (particularly in Africa) or colonial expansion recorded in the last 300 years, has always, always been about resource control. A new Biafra wouldn't bring about peace, but rather it would foreshadow more bloodshed and war; just take a cursory glance at the recently-created South Sudan and it becomes clearer what I'm referring to.


CC. Zehner

TheAlchemist:


wow... your write is quite insightful!

muffyt05:


Will the loads of books you mentioned confirm to me that your father witnessed Ojukwu been forced into a plane?

TRUTHTOPOWER:


I DON'T CARE HOW ONE SINGLE PERSON DIED. CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED! GRUESOMELY! SO PAINT AWO'S DEATH WITH ALL THE MACABRE COLOURS. IT IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE LEGACY HE LIVED FOR. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU IS THE FACT THAT MILLIONS OF YOU DIED FOR OJUKWU TO USE HIS DISCRETION TO ESCAPE. WE ARE NOT THAT WORTHLESS FOR BELATED "DISCRETION SAKE"

Since our appreciation of proportion is irreconcilable let's respect our view point. We lose 2 you lost millions every body minds his business and God judges our proportion of wickedness. peace!

N.B. give me a proof of your assertion that Awo committed suicide. No single proof except the wishful thinking of miserable souls who gratify their sadistic mien with delusions of retribution. You on the other hand are a living testimony of your own calamity!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT Yorubas would rather have her leaders sacrificed to save millions of people. not to save leaders and kill millions. or let everyone face his own fate not for anyone to manipulate himself out of his fate whilst putting a whole race in fatal jeopardy. If you celebrate such a criminal act then it explains a lot in terms of today's crime ratio.