menwongo:


You posted two pictures, I complain about the first one but said nothing with the second one. But your empty head didn't recognize that. We are talking of Asaba massacre of young and defenceless boys and men who were dancing to one Nigeria and you lack human sympathy to reason.
Mine you am not Igbo, am Ibibio. But I have human sympathy especially to those who were innocent but massacred.

diadem10:


The Asaba folks were dreaming when they smuggled their SE folks into the Mid western region? They were dreaming when their son, Okonkwo was forced on the mid western folks while the previous governor was dehumanised and attacked? They were sleeping when Bini and Etsako women were raped while their men were attacked and looted?
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Lol but to me those were communal fighting. I believe the Asaba folks migrated from SE...if they have issues like wars with their neighboring village they will call their brothers to help them as they did.
Most states and villages experience that.

menwongo:

Lol but to me those were communal fighting. I
believe the Asaba folks migrated from SE...if
they have issues like wars with their
neighboring village they will call their brothers
to help them as they did.
Most states and villages experience that.

PaChukwudi44:
Murtala Mohammed will continue to roast in hell.That cursed murderer will receive tenfold his rewards in hell

seunmohmoh:
mtchew

diadem10:


Nope.

Not a communal fight. The midwestern region was quite peaceful and was a neutral ground during the civil war until Asaba brethren smuggled in their biafra brothers to attack the midwestern folks and foist their son on them. Funny enough, the Oba of Bini had been wary of the Asaba folks prior to the civil war. He had wanted them to join their brothers over the bridge because he had feared they would betray them which they did.

uhuogba:


His name was Marcus Kalu or something! I watched it and fell sick for days. I doubt he was a snitch, probably a Biafran Soldier that was caught at the wrong end of things. Do not despise him, he was saying all he could to save his life. At the face of death, even the most courageous can wobble. That is one of the most horrible clips I have ever watched. The Idiot that shot him was a fool, he was feeling himself and was even smoking cigar, I am sure he must be dead by now. There is no volume to contain atrocities that was committed between 1967-70 in this country in the name of One Nigeria and sincerely there is enough portions of blame to go round to all involved.

intruxive:

Same to ojukwu who blindly led an entire tribe to almost extinction, thank God for the "zoo" that kept some leftovers in the south east. But maybe the zoo will burn and the animals, sorry pple in the east will finally go extinct
Unless the zoo keepers (buratai the python) acts on time

IfeanyiYagazie:
This has made angrier with dis country.

Dear Lord, see what dis country has done to my people in here, with a bitter heart and a mourning spirit i hereby lay a curse on dis country. it shall neva be well with it. **i** shall kiip struggling til jesus come. Amen!!

noble0:
\\MyPlaceOfBirthAsaba\\WeRememberWeForgive\\
Remembering the past is not incitement. It is high time some people realized that healing is part of nation-building.

Arysexy:



I hope I'm discussing with a sound mind,


1st coup was planned by 5 majors led by Nzeogwu and a Yoruba man Ademulegun inclusive.

If it was Igbo coup as touted, how come Aguiyi Ironsi thwarted it in Lagos, and Ojukwu stopped it in East if they r in d know?


Let's even assume, it was Igbo planned coup, the counter coup revenged on Igbo officers right? How did d counter coup turn to progrom by d Hausa Fulani populace against Igbo civilians who were never military partakers in d first coup?

You talked about ojukwu declaration of Biafra to secede from Nigeria, but u jumped the several emissaries he sent to Gowon to stop d continuous killing of Igbo's in d north which fell on deaf ear, the tension led to Aburi peace talk which was celebrated after ojukwu and Gowon reached and SIGNED agreement which would douse d tension and bring peace, but Gowon got back to Lagos and was advised against what he signed. If you were in ojukwu shoe, what wil u do in d face of killing of ur people and d lip service to genuine reconciliation by Gowon?

So in ur truthful mind, declaring freedom for his ppl and asking them to come home to avoid further killing and bloodshed is declaration of war?


Who fired d first shot at Gakem?

rabzy:


There is no justification for what the Nigerian Military did, you dont gather civilians and gun them down. I know the Biafran soldiers did similar things in Abudu, Benin and Calabar. My great-grandfather who was very old and had long white flowing beards was almost killed by Biafran soldiers who demanded that he should cut his beards to show he is not Hausa, this happened in Ukhun my mother's village very close to Ekpoma.
So i can imagine what happened to Etsako people who are predominantly muslims and have adopted much Islamic culture and also the large northern community there. It is also a fact that Murtala Mohammed is from Auchi by his father not mother, so hearing of such murders on a neutral Midwest might have caused so much consternation but it should have been directed towards the Biafran army.

diadem10:


Nope! It was the attack on the Midwestern, especially the Estako brethren by the Biafra that spurred Murtala into taking revenge. His mother is an Etsako woman. Asaba folks were culpable in this because they were the ones that smuggled in biafra armies into the midwest. Their son, okonkwo was even forced on the midwestern folks as their governor and much atrocities was committed by the biafra on the Bini and Etsako brethren because they were muslims. Their women were raped as well as their men attacked and killed yet you expected Murtala to watch like a fool while his mother's community was lay sieged?

Guyman02:


Nonsense! You must have pulled this rabble from your anus trying to defend your Fulani brethren. FAIL!

uhuogba:


His name was Marcus Kalu or something! I watched it and fell sick for days. I doubt he was a snitch, probably a Biafran Soldier that was caught at the wrong end of things. Do not despise him, he was saying all he could to save his life. At the face of death, even the most courageous can wobble. That is one of the most horrible clips I have ever watched. The Idiot that shot him was a fool, he was feeling himself and was even smoking cigar, I am sure he must be dead by now. There is no volume to contain atrocities that was committed between 1967-70 in this country in the name of One Nigeria and sincerely there is enough portions of blame to go round to all involved.

Nenejeje:


check out the 'i' and read what you wrote

diadem10:


And he could be an Edo man whose families and community had been attacked by Biafra rag tag armies who were allowed into the midwestern region by the Asaba Ibo. Their son, Okonkwo was seven forced on the midwestern as the governor while Etsako and Bini folks were attacked and raped!

intruxive:

Same to ojukwu who blindly led an entire tribe to almost extinction, thank God for the "zoo" that kept some leftovers in the south east. But maybe the zoo will burn and the animals, sorry pple in the east will finally go extinct
Unless the zoo keepers (buratai the python) acts on time

Olarababy:

hmm....where can i watch d clip

diadem10:


What's this one saying? Blame your ancestors for frolicking with the devils (your SE brethren) whom your ancestors smuggled into the Mid west region to kill and attack the Mid western folks while your ancestors, the Asaba Ibos were dancing around untouched. The Etsako brethren were massacred and raped by your biafra brothers and guess who's mother is an Etsako? Murtala's mother! Now, you know the saying "Don't find trouble, or else trouble will find you".

Sadly, the main perpetrators (SE Ibos) fled to their region while severing the bridge thus, leaving behind the accomplice, your ancestors for the army to massacre.

IfeanyiYagazie:


Hey bro. U're been economical wit the truth here ok lets assume what u'r sayin is true what did the etsako people do that made them to be attack when they'r numerous other tribes in the midwest bthat weren't attacked.? Or a

noble0:
\\MyPlaceOfBirthAsaba\\WeRememberWeForgive\\
Remembering the past is not incitement. It is high time some people realized that healing is part of nation-building.

EzeEbira:

Are you mocking the dead or what?

Episteme2:
This is chilling. The worst of it all being that there was no media coverage. The Federal authorities tried as much as possible to suppress the news but people fleeing Asaba spread the word, and the killings of large numbers of people of Igbo ethnicity substantiated Biafran claims that the war was one of genocide. Researches have equally shown that the killings in Asaba were unprovoked.
The Asaba killings raise issues that go beyond the tragedy of one community. The war has left a bitter legacy; many today argue that the violence and ethnic hatred endemic in contemporary Nigeria are partly attributable to an institutionalised unwillingness to come to terms with it. And till date, the endemic hatred still breathes even more healthily.