Olawalesmarter:



Typical rant from a typical Igbo slave and Coward


Fulani massacred your forefathers and they have continue to massacre and oppress their descendants

You have been nothing but Slaves all your entire life from generations to generations, I wonder how you could possibly help anyone when you haven't help yourselves and get freedom even Ijaw enslaved your forefathers

sarrki:
Awolowo is was a great man!!!!!

He has the interest of his people at heart

With numerous achievements

First television in Africa ( NTA Ibadan)

University of Ibadan

Free education Awolowo no disrespect started what we have today as tribalism he brought that demonic thing to Nigeria, and u are here singing his praises, don't here and anybody about patriotism if awo is role model. He is the architect of the hatred between the yurobas and igbos. So shove that ur nationalist fallacy to your pocket .

He’s a great man

Officialgarri:

Its one thing to lead your people to death, its another thing to stand by your people till death.

Only great men stand by their men till death.

No matter how bad Hitler is, he died an infamous matyr.

sarrki:


On January 15, 1966 some young officers fronted by Maj. Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu
Source: Reuters

sarrki:


Thank you

But never led his ethnic to genocide

He never allowed his people to get killed

He never abandoned his people

Officialgarri:

Its one thing to lead your people to death, its another thing to stand by your people till death.

Only great men stand by their men till death.

No matter how bad Hitler is, he died an infamous matyr.

sarrki:
Awolowo is was a great man!!!!!

He has the interest of his people at heart

With numerous achievements

First television in Africa ( NTA Ibadan)

University of Ibadan

Free education

He’s a great man

seunmsg:


I agree with the part in bold. However, I know one coward who led over 2million of his people to death only to run to Ivory Coast when defeat was very obvious. We must always condemn people who lacks the strength and character to fight till the end.

aribisala0:



Impact is the important thing not position
He formed the UPN and his party controlled 5 states which today are 8 states

Lagos State, Oyo state Ogun State Bendel State and Ondo State.

Those 5 states exclusively practised free education and the impact is there till today

Go to Delta and Edo state and see the impact of free education endures till today
under UPN Bendel State Uniersity and LASU were built

thatigboman:
afonja sharap.
Osogbo marabout just ranting gibberish. U have smoked and taken agbo this early morning abi.
If not for white men and igbos, u would have had emir of ibadan and emir of lagos by now.

gidgiddy:
Look at Murtala Mohammed looking on. It may be difficult for some to believe that shortly before this picture was taken, this evil man called Murtala Mohammed orchestrated a coup, not only to kill many of his comrades from the Eastern part of the country, but also to pull the North out of Nigeria

Some Nigerians like to think bad of Ojukwu for breaking up the country, they dont know that this genocidal killer called Murtala Mohammed actually planned to break up Nigeria long before Ojukwu did. Murtaka initially demanded the secession of Northern Nigeria from Nigeria. It was only after the British envoys in Nigeria held a meeting with Murtala and his fellow Northern coup plotters and told them that Northern Nigeria was not economically viable and that Eastern Nigeria had huge reserves of Oil and Gas did their tune change from "Araba" (separate!) to "one Nigeria!". They now hurriedly chose Gowon because he was the highest ranking Northerner in the Nigerian Army at the time.

Murtala would go on to lead the second division of the Nigerian Army to commit war crimes such as the Asaba massacre and the summary execution of Biafran prisoners of war

Today, despite Murtala Mohammed being a coup plotter, war criminal and a genocidal killer, Nigeria still honoured the man on their currency and major landmarks such as roads and Airports

That's Nigeria for you

sarrki:


Thank you

But never led his ethnic to genocide

He never allowed his people to get killed

He never abandoned his people

thatigboman:
typical afonja, paper tiger. See yoruba boy calling igbo man coward. Irony of the century.
U and your generation are fulani slaves. It is not your fault that you are worthless.
If not for whiteman and igbos, u would have had emir of ogbomosho, emir of osogbo, emir of ile ife, emir of oyo and emir of lagos by now.

Edodefender:
abeg you people should stop mentioning Edo with anything Yoruba abeg

Officialgarri:

Its one thing to lead your people to death, its another thing to stand by your people till death.

Only great men stand by their men till death.

No matter how bad Hitler is, he died an infamous matyr.

Officialgarri:


After independence , I think Awolowo had less relevance in Nigerian politics .

He was no doubt instrumental in the actualisation of an independent Nigeria but the moment Akintola kicked him out, he became a mere 2 or three time presidential aspirant who kept loosing before he went into retirement.

Edodefender:
mtchew tell your people to stop mentioning..

Typical Yoruba asslicking a man that drank rat poison

MajorJeffery:
As usual, tribalists will take over this thread.

sarrki:


Thank you

But never led his ethnic to genocide

He never allowed his people to get killed

He never abandoned his people

sarrki:
Lt. Col Murtala Muhammed, Lt. Col Yakubu Gowon (new Head of State), and Obafemi Awolowo after Gowon's regime released Awolowo from Calabar Prison in August 1966.

Background: Obafemi Awolowo was convicted for treason and jailed (in 1964) for conspiring with the Kwame Nkrumah government to overthrow the Nigerian government under Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa.

On January 15, 1966 some young officers fronted by Maj. Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu cut the head of PM Balewa's government figuratively in that Balewa and other regional Premiers (except Michael Oparah, the Eastern Premier and Dennis Osadebay, Mid Western Premier) were murdered in the violent coup.

Nzeogwu's coup was immediately put down by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen JTU Ironsi, who then seized control of the Nigerian government.

Many young northern officers felt some type of way that mostly northern politicians and officers were killed in the January coup by the officers who took out Balewa's government, so these northern officers retaliated in July 1966 brutally taking out Maj-Gen Ironsi. Many Igbo officers and NCOs were also massacred by mutineering NCOs from the north across Nigeria in July 1966. The roving spirit and mastermind of the July Coup was Murtala Muhammed. Muhammed and his co-conspirators were prepared to cut off northern Nigeria from the Nigerian federation and were dissuaded by more mature minds and diplomats. Muhammed and his conspirators agreed to have Col. Yakubu Gowon as the new Head of State so Murtala Muhammed was always lurking over Gowon's shoulders and this picture is poetic in that regard.

Almost 10 years after this picture was taken, Gowon was overthrown (i.e. July 1975) and Murtala served for a short time as Nigeria's Head of State before he was assassinated in February 1976 by conspirators led by another participant in the July 1966 coup - Buka Suka Dimka.

So went the interesting "Game of Thrones" Nigeria military style. In fact the Class of July 1966 (TY Danjuma, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida Joseph Garba, John Shagaya, Gado Nasko, Sanni Abacha et al) would go on to dominate Nigerian politics for many decades.

Source: Reuters

Edodefender:
abeg you people should stop mentioning Edo with anything Yoruba abeg

imam07:
ibos will never change and this is what will send the tribe to wilderness. You will never see them blame their leaders who messed up but quick to blame other. Yes muritala Muhammed bleeped up but put this in your brain that ibos strike the first coup in Nigeria. Have ibos ever blame this on themselves. The ibos first coup brought Nigeria democracy backward but you will never see ibos blaming their leaders except blaming other tribe for their mistakes. It is until ibos start blaming themselves for their own problem b4 they can achieve wht they are fighting for.

Urchman200:
Nobody should tell me anything about Awolowo he is the king of tribalism, those celebrating him are tribal bigots like himself so nothing new.he is the architect of what we have today as tribalism,so not that what national celebrations.

sarrki:
Lt. Col Murtala Muhammed, Lt. Col Yakubu Gowon (new Head of State), and Obafemi Awolowo after Gowon's regime released Awolowo from Calabar Prison in August 1966.

Background: Obafemi Awolowo was convicted for treason and jailed (in 1964) for conspiring with the Kwame Nkrumah government to overthrow the Nigerian government under Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa.

On January 15, 1966 some young officers fronted by Maj. Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu cut the head of PM Balewa's government figuratively in that Balewa and other regional Premiers (except Michael Oparah, the Eastern Premier and Dennis Osadebay, Mid Western Premier) were murdered in the violent coup.

Nzeogwu's coup was immediately put down by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen JTU Ironsi, who then seized control of the Nigerian government.

Many young northern officers felt some type of way that mostly northern politicians and officers were killed in the January coup by the officers who took out Balewa's government, so these northern officers retaliated in July 1966 brutally taking out Maj-Gen Ironsi. Many Igbo officers and NCOs were also massacred by mutineering NCOs from the north across Nigeria in July 1966. The roving spirit and mastermind of the July Coup was Murtala Muhammed. Muhammed and his co-conspirators were prepared to cut off northern Nigeria from the Nigerian federation and were dissuaded by more mature minds and diplomats. Muhammed and his conspirators agreed to have Col. Yakubu Gowon as the new Head of State so Murtala Muhammed was always lurking over Gowon's shoulders and this picture is poetic in that regard.

Almost 10 years after this picture was taken, Gowon was overthrown (i.e. July 1975) and Murtala served for a short time as Nigeria's Head of State before he was assassinated in February 1976 by conspirators led by another participant in the July 1966 coup - Buka Suka Dimka.

So went the interesting "Game of Thrones" Nigeria military style. In fact the Class of July 1966 (TY Danjuma, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida Joseph Garba, John Shagaya, Gado Nasko, Sanni Abacha et al) would go on to dominate Nigerian politics for many decades.

Source: Reuters

gidgiddy:
Look at Murtala Mohammed looking on. It may be difficult for some to believe that shortly before this picture was taken, this evil man called Murtala Mohammed orchestrated a coup, not only to kill many of his comrades from the Eastern part of the country, but also to pull the North out of Nigeria

Some Nigerians like to think bad of Ojukwu for breaking up the country, they dont know that this genocidal killer called Murtala Mohammed actually planned to break up Nigeria long before Ojukwu did. Murtaka initially demanded the secession of Northern Nigeria from Nigeria. It was only after the British envoys in Nigeria held a meeting with Murtala and his fellow Northern coup plotters and told them that Northern Nigeria was not economically viable and that Eastern Nigeria had huge reserves of Oil and Gas did their tune change from "Araba" (separate!) to "one Nigeria!". They now hurriedly chose Gowon because he was the highest ranking Northerner in the Nigerian Army at the time.

Murtala would go on to lead the second division of the Nigerian Army to commit war crimes such as the Asaba massacre and the summary execution of Biafran prisoners of war

Today, despite Murtala Mohammed being a coup plotter, war criminal and a genocidal killer, Nigeria still honoured the man on their currency and major landmarks such as roads and Airports

That's Nigeria for you