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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 6:26am On Nov 08, 2017 |
The charismatic young man
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 7:29am On Nov 08, 2017 |
Exactly as I said, he was goaded to his death. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 11:04am On Nov 08, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Didn't u read the post. No one goaded him. In fact Ojukwu's own brother was killed with him |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:06pm On Nov 08, 2017 |
9jaDoc: But he was there by himself in the first place because Ojukwu wouldn't let him command any troops |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by GhanaMustGoo: 5:44pm On Nov 08, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: I don't.blame Ojukwu either. He knew Nzeogwu would quickly be planning nice tidy little coup |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 6:37pm On Nov 08, 2017 |
GhanaMustGoo: He let him go to the front but won't let him command troops. Na wa o |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 2:28am On Nov 09, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: He was practically begged not to go to the front. But being Nzeogwu he couldn't miss where the action was |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:47am On Nov 10, 2017 |
9jaDoc: Nzeogwu didn't see eye to eye with Ojukwu |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:52am On Nov 10, 2017 |
He was adamantly opposed to secession |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:58am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Ojukwu didn't know what to do with him. He was too popular among Biafrans |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 2:44am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Nzeogwu even wrote his friend, Obasanjo, that he was to be put back in prison but Ojukwu was scared because he was too popular with Biafrans |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 2:51am On Nov 10, 2017 |
You have to admit Ojukwu was one wise person, he knew what was in Nzeogwu's mind: coup |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:01am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Well Nzeogwu could not make coup without troops. So he was stuck |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:07am On Nov 10, 2017 |
But Nzeogwu couldn't stay idle either. So he was reduced to conducting impulsive raids, sometimes going behind enemy lines |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:43am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Federal troops arrive University of Biafra formerly UNN
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:45am On Nov 10, 2017 |
A soldier keeps watch at University of Biafra, Unibiaf.
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:54am On Nov 10, 2017 |
So Nzeogwu would conscript some soldiers and go on raids, straight to the war front. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:03am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Nzeogwu became quite close to Ojukwu's half brother, Tom Biggar |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:35am On Nov 10, 2017 |
Tom Biggar was a son born to Ojukwu's mother after she left Ojukwu's father and married a European named Biggar |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:57am On Nov 10, 2017 |
May 8, 1945: Tom Biggar and Ojukwu with their older sister, Esther. Tom is on the left 1 Like
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 5:06am On Nov 10, 2017 |
So Tom Biggar, Ojukwu's younger half-brother, and Nzeogwu used to go on raids together |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 6:39am On Nov 10, 2017 |
It was while on one these raids, a reconnaissance mission into the Nsuka sector, that Nzeogwu and Tom Biggars armoured truck got stuck and was surrounded by federal troops. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by GhanaMustGoo: 6:46am On Nov 10, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: For the life of me I don't understand why Nnzogwu.had to be with Tom Biggar of all people. What a moral blow their deaths must have been. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:26pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
GhanaMustGoo: From what I read it really was. Most Biafrans believed Nzeogwu could single-handedly win the war. People can be so gullible. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 5:05pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
Ojukwu at the time
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 6:26pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Beyond gullible. Like believing that an old woman did medicine for Zik and afterwards asked Zik to kill her or that Nzeogwu turned into a fly to get Ahmadu Bello. Things we believe!!! |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 8:24pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Mehn, the stories told about Zik and his jazz! For some reason no such stories were ever told of Ojukwu |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 10:43pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
9jaDoc: Because Ojukwu did not narrowly escape death nor partake in any darrig stuff |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:00pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
TODAY is Christy Essien Igbokwe's birthday! Happy birthday to the "The Lady of Songs"!! |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:02pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Christy, Ojukwu, and Sonny Okosun
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:08pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Christy Essien Igbokwe Happy birthday to the "The Lady of Songs"!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDrApu9APBk |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:10pm On Nov 11, 2017 |
Birth name Christiana Uduak Essien-Igbokwe Also known as Nigeria's Lady of Songs Born 11 November 1960 Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria Died 30 June 2011 (aged 50) Lagos, Nigeria Essien-Igbokwe sang her songs in Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, Hausa and Yoruba, and as well as in English. Essien's fluency in Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, English and her native Ibibio earned her an appeal which cut across tribal lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRtSQjpkeHQ |
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