goodnessme1:
What lead to him drinking rat poison?





We all are here to learn.

After you tell everyone here what led ojukwu to disguise as a lady to ivory coast only to use your forefathers for NA suya

One thing I have come to know is that Nairaland owner and MOD are very pretentious. You push a tread of this nature to the front page, stand back and pretend you don't support tribalism as long as it supports your interest but when it goes against your interest you pretend to ban.

You seem to forget the power of internet and propaganda. Everyone can get sentimental and defend his interest but a big shame to the MOD. If you encourage tribalistic treads then you have no right to ban anyone that goes full tribalistic. In this social media age propaganda against any tribe will not hold, it'll be countered but Nigeria as a nation will suffer for it.

Urchman200:
and tomorrow you will come and be questioning why people are supporting Nnamdi Kanu. Nobody is against the yorubas celebrating Awolowo but be surprised when igbos celebrate their own

celebrating Awolowo is different from celebrating Ojukwu or Nnamdi Kanu. They are not the same and can never be the same. If Awolowo is an ibo, you people wld have bn worshiping him. Awolowo did not lead us to war like Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu did and Awolowo did not run and abandon his people. He was a selfless leader so why are u telling us wht it should not.

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.

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Awolowo the greatest amongst the founding fathers.
He was million years ahead of his peer.

PHIPEX:
One thing I have come to know is that Nairaland owner and MOD are very pretentious. You push a tread of this nature to the front page, stand back and pretend you don't support tribalism as long as it supports your interest but when it goes against your interest you pretend to ban.

You seem to forget the power of internet and propaganda. Everyone can get sentimental and defend his interest but a big shame to the MOD.

Today is Saturday. Lala must have gone out to eat snake meat.

If none of you on this forum has a workable solution to TRIBAL, SECTIONAL and RELIGIOUS clashes in the country, then your certificates are worthless. GIVE US RESULTS NOT EXCUSES. Think solution! Think result! Every tribe/religion have millions of destitutes. The mere fact that you belong to d tribe/religion does not make u better or worse. BE WISE!

technicallyrich:

you benin people better run from them.oruba are dirty thieves,backstabbers,betrayals and ritualist.feeding fat for betraying ss/se people.
If not edo,rivers,delta,akwa ibom and cross rivers are suppose to have sea ports.
When the self acclaimed ijebu ode billonaire suenmsg and his mizcreants finish trolling theirselves,make them come become president na make we see.
They will always be what they have always been.
C laves.fols

Are you for real? ,your brains have been suspended.

bewise24:
If none of you on this forum has a workable solution to TRIBAL, SECTIONAL and RELIGIOUS clashes in the country, then your certificates are worthless. GIVE US RESULTS NOT EXCUSES. Think solution! Think result! Every tribe/religion have millions of destitutes. The mere fact that you belong to d tribe/religion does not make u better or worse. BE WISE!

You are first from a tribe before being a Nigerian,being a Nigerian first before your tribe is 419.restructure Nigeria

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.

It wasn't an Igbo coup. It was a Nigerian coup. You can say all you want about how wrong it is for the military to kill civilians but Nzeogwu was a nationalist.

imam07:
See this Ode. Do yorubas need the ijaws to survive? We dey pull your legs and u dey think u dey relevant. First take over your your family house b4 taking over Lagos. See this ogogoro light brain person dey talk. We yorubas know how to frustrate you at any fucking time. Who are the ijaws if they don't come to Lagos to open eyes. You open eyes finish in Lagos and now your mouth dey draw like okra. Nah bastard ijaw sef dey talk d way you talk. Sebi tompolo dey support the ibos b4 his eyes opened to know that ibos are not the tribe to die for. Idio.

you are a follish agbo drinker.
We ijaws are the most feared tribe in nigeria,and the richest black tribe on the planet and we always stand with our igbo brothers.even though sometime we might have disagreement.
We are waiting for the right time,will we take over lagos and ondo state.
What can the orubas do.they cant fight us,as that we be genoside and mass murder.
Moreover benin people too are co owners of lagos.
The right time bro.
Remember there will always be a day when diplomacy wont work.on that day you must fight.
On that day their will be cries of ah aha ah egba mi ah we don dieoo,somebody help us.

imam07:
celebrating Awolowo is different from celebrating Ojukwu or Nnamdi Kanu. They are not the same and can never be the same. If Awolowo is an ibo, you people wld have bn worshiping him. Awolowo did not lead us to war like Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu did and Awolowo did not run and abandon his people. He was a selfless leader so why are u telling us wht it should not.

I am not a tribal bigots, if u go through all my post u will see that for yourself, I may not be a fan of the above mentioned, I am not here to drag supremacy with u I am just pointing out the obvious, keep supporting what u believe in but don't be dont criticise when others do same ok .but be rest assured we can't move forward by been sectional ok.i know Awolowo family don't know u exist and ojukwu family don't me either. We should try to be reasonable at all times .enjoy ur your day.

imam07:
celebrating Awolowo is different from celebrating Ojukwu or Nnamdi Kanu. They are not the same and can never be the same. If Awolowo is an ibo, you people wld have bn worshiping him. Awolowo did not lead us to war like Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu did and Awolowo did not run and abandon his people. He was a selfless leader so why are u telling us wht it should not.

The ultimate test of a leader is the effect on his people. 60 years after he left power people are still talking about Awolowo's achievements. Gowon made him defacto vice president, leaders from other regions are still pointing to his acheivements. The way to answer these people is to ask them what is Ojukwu's legacy, what is kanu's legacy, which school did he build, which hospital did he build. tell them to point to the man whose life is better because Ojukwu was their leader. We in the west (including my father ) will point to millions who became engineers, lawyers, doctors etc because of Awolowo. We will point to Cocoa house, our road network, stadium, 1st televison in Africa, and so many 1sts etc etc etc etc because of Awo. This matter is simple, just tell them to point to what these leaders did for them. Calling someone coward or hero may make you feel good but name calling doesnt pay school fees, educate, lift people out of poverty or provide healthcare and roads.

One man they say is a hero but millions of his people died and suffered pyschological damage yet his own family and future generations are ok. Another man they say was a coward but none of his people died and millions got educated and lifted out of poverty. It's not rocket science!!!

Edodefender:
mtchew tell your people to stop mentioning..

Typical Yoruba asslicking a man that drank rat poison

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Eeyah!
Even though you are an Igbo man. I will tell you a story.
Did you know the moment Biafra soldiers advanced to Edo, they started PURGING?
Dem shit tire. Until late Ramat Muritala met them at Ore and SMASHED them all.
Did you know 700 Igbos working at CBN BENIN were all killed? Fear Benin. Fear Edo.
Arrogance over other tribes, by Igbos, led to that civil war.

Edodefender:
mtchew tell your people to stop mentioning..

Typical Yoruba asslicking a man that drank rat poison

............................
Eeyah!
Even though you are an Igbo man. I will tell you a story.
Did you know the moment Biafra soldiers advanced to Edo, they started PURGING?
Dem shit tire. Until late Ramat Muritala met them at Ore and SMASHED them all.
Did you know 700 Igbos working at CBN BENIN were all killed? Fear Benin. Fear Edo.
Arrogance over other tribes, by Igbos, led to that civil war!

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

Oga stop posting misleading info
Ojukwu started d division of Nigeria not murtala mohammed abeg!

TINUBU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR UR GENERATION

May be and may be not. It may have just been coincidental.

JejeNaija:


You are so wrong if you imagine that way because as we speak, the Awolowos are still instrumental to power in Nigeria.
Do you know how Osibanjo became VP, I guess not. His wife is a granddaughter of Awolowo if you don't know.
He was just picked randomly, there was a reason and that is because of the Awolowo.

Edodefender:
wow thanks for this. I blame the British I'm sure they funded and helped Nigeria during the war

Were u expecting the British government to support biafra founded on deception by ojukwu after leading the likes of nzeougu and so many soldiers to death, against Nigeria govt? Now i see what your attack on awolowo was all about. Ojukwu deceitful act of creating biafra started the bloodshed in 1966. Something kanu is doing, leading innocent people to death.

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.

I agree with you brother!!! He was also a greedy thief who wanted all for himself. Lowkey he was power hungry hiding under the umbrella of liberation. He was convicted of corruption then and sentenced to jail not to talk of his crime against the people of biafra as minister of fiance under gowon. I am yoruba, no one should pls disturb me with quotes, i just stated the truth, he fought for himself only, y'all better wake up and stop the eulogies to him. He was the atiku of the 90's.

You have said it all

Nothing to hard...

isthatso:


The ultimate test of a leader is the effect on his people. 60 years after he left power people are still talking about Awolowo's achievements. Gowon made him defacto vice president, leaders from other regions are still pointing to his acheivements. The way to answer these people is to ask them what is Ojukwu's legacy, what is kanu's legacy, which school did he build, which hospital did he build. tell them to point to the man whose life is better because Ojukwu was their leader. We in the west (including my father ) will point to millions who became engineers, lawyers, doctors etc because of Awolowo. We will point to Cocoa house, our road network, stadium, 1st televison in Africa, and so many 1sts etc etc etc etc because of Awo. This matter is simple, just tell them to point to what these leaders did for them. Calling someone coward or hero may make you feel good but name calling doesnt pay school fees, educate, lift people out of poverty or provide healthcare and roads.

One man they say is a hero but millions of his people died and suffered pyschological damage yet his own family and future generations are ok. Another man they say was a coward but none of his people died and millions got educated and lifted out of poverty. It's not rocket science!!!

mrsteel:

Oga stop posting misleading info
Ojukwu started d division of Nigeria not murtala mohammed abeg!

He is correct!!!!

Our founding fathers have always played us like pawns pn chess npars, pitching us against each other for their own benefit. The north actually wanted secession under murtala.

Olawalesmarter:



He died at the age of 78 years old with a lot of achievements on his name, there is no assurance that you will live that long talk less of achieving something meaningful in life

Awolowo remain one of d greatest leader to ve existed in the Nigeria political history.

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

Nice share!

Edodefender:
mtchew tell your people to stop mentioning..

Typical Yoruba asslicking a man that drank rat poison

Even if it's established that Awolowo died by suicide for what is being mouthed around, it will only increase my admiration and esteem of him.

It takes a man of dignity to do that as a leader. It's a world above a leader that runs in the face of heat and worse still, leaving his followers in jeopardy.

shomutuski:



He is correct!!!!

Our founding fathers have always played us like pawns pn chess npars, pitching us against each other for their own benefit. The north actually wanted secession under murtala.

Oga who was the first to instigate division and cause war among Nigerias, ojukwu or murtala?
It is a simple question?
Do u have an idea of how nigeria govt. Pleaded with ojukwu to abort the thought of dividing Nigeria before the war started proper?

seunmsg:


I guess you’re referring to the latest porn star in town.

His senior brother ran away to Ivory Coast during the civil war when defeat became imminent. Seems they have a way of running away in that part of the country after creating unnecessary crisis for others.

Are you both referring to me?

Make your research naw..

Sanchez01:

Where did you read this narrative? Lol!

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.

You are wrong...
Awo lives on...
As far as Yoruba politics is concerned, awo legacy is the best.. no politicians has attained his height...
Leave it or believe it

Olawalesmarter:


I think you are just stupid Edo was once part of the western region and that is a fact, if you are not stupid and with a low IQ and low thinking processing power your brain wouldn't concluded that way, we are merely discussing History and we don't need Edo for anything ever

That guy is not an edo man
Anyone that know how western region led to the birth of bendel state, which later became edo and delta will never talk bad about awolowo. A man that sustained free education in the whole of western region...

This country can neva be good
if tribalism can this thrive among it people... People that are supposed to be regarded as National hero... Are being derogated just b'coz they are not from a particular tribe u belong...
It is crytal clear that Nigeria cannot workout.
Our leader knows this very well and that is why they keep using our head.

Ok.