PrecisionFx:


The IGBOS are Hebrews.

My grandfather n my great grandfather who told us this never owned a television, never travelled abroad, died before the rise of the internet and yet they kept saying they were Hebrews...Who told dem? Pls use ur head sometimes, It will serve u well.

Why not say you are from Damascus. You are not jew again, you are now hebrew

Pigsandidiots:
[s][/s]unintelligent trash. Can you tell how igbos have been fair to yorubas?

They have been very fair to the Yorubas by calling them cowards, dirty, backstabbers and the likes though they can substantiate any!

Iamgrey5:
"Intention" is the key word here

He only couldn't implement it because he spent few months at the helm before he was assassinated in the coup.

A change in system of government requires a lot of time and effort.

He didn't implement because he had no reason to do so, he simply unified the civil service (to promote national unity after a bloody coup) and he unified the military, Police n all paramilitary...a normal move necessary in the event of a coup, to avoid more possibility of bloodshed.

It doesn't require a lot of time n effort to change a system of government, in one fell swoop Gowon ended regional government n resource control, it's no big deal.

Example of a lier
Just like lie Mohammed


This man called ayo is a hug lier .

Awolowo was given a post after he was released from prison
Awolowo is the betrayal here

richie240:

Igbos and half truth! Igbo's were being killed in thousands in d north ......so what led to that?
Did d Hausa's just wake up an start "killing" d Igbo's? As usual u'll be d first to cause trouble and d first to shout "victimization" when u get ur nose bruised.

Starting your statement with ipob shows your true color.

Anyway, anybody comparing a coup, a strictly military affair, with mass killings of civilians needs to have his or her brain checked.

HAKYN1:




They have been very fair to the Yorubas by calling them cowards, dirty, backstabbers and the likes though they can substantiate any!

U and ur fellow online mad men are the ones exchanging names calling in Nigeria.

Awolowo and Zik were civilians. Gowon and Ojukwu were military men. Zik stabbed Awo's back by joining the Northern party, Ojukwu refused to listen to Awo, thinking Gowon will wage it against the west, his plans backfired, and the was waged against the South east.. Ojukwu had personal issues with Gowon his fellow military man, then he brainwashed his Igbo villagers that they were neva to be part of Nigeria, they don't know their history so they believed him, just as they believe anything Nnamdi Kanu says now, without using their own initiatives. Zik didn't support Ojukwu's idea, even Ifeajuna the real planner of the first coup didn't. Power would have been hijacked from the North if the East had seen any reason in one Nigeria, West and East against the north politically would have been a formidable force, The West had no issue with the East, and that's why they stay in any part of the West, run their business, live like they are indigene, bulid houses in this same West till today.. some of their children now even adopt Yoruba names. All this contradictions were neva the West's fault, they've always been embracing peace but East won't listen and later they blame the West for their travails. The origin of Nigeria's problem is the British, they shouldn't have joined us together in the first place.. But this isn't d first of it's kind in the world, we are suppose to be stronger together, it's only those those that are zenophobic and tribalistic in nature that can't unite with others. We've found ourselves in this situation already, na peace b d solution nothing else but peace.

richie240:

Igbos and half truth! Igbo's were being killed in thousands in d north ......so what led to that?
Did d Hausa's just wake up an start "killing" d Igbo's? As usual u'll be d first to cause trouble and d first to shout "victimization" when u get ur nose bruised.

U really need a special doctor.

Only an insane lunatic can justify the murder of civilians by the thousands for no single reason @ all.



There were so many coups in Nigeria and tribe members of coup plotters were never touched, talk more of killing dem.

Dimka slaughtered Murtala Mohammed and many more, but was any memebr of his tribe killed in retaliation?

There are indeed so many crazy people in Nigeria.

Abagworo:
Awolowo might be a hero to Yorubas because he put the interest of his people ahead of personal interest but he is a villain to Igbos till forever. I don't know about who's saying the truth or not but a samlle of opininion from elderly Igbo men about Awolowo will leave you imagining who could be more cunning, treacherous and wicked.

That's because you are listening to jaundiced old men with an unhealthy bias.

Start your questions to the old men from why Nzeogwu killed Akintola, Ahmadu Bello, Balewa and others but refused to kill Nnamdi Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu.

Then, ask them why Ironsi failed to punish these guys who killed people from other places but spared Igbo leaders.

The only reason Igbos are angry with Awolowo is because they couldn't kill him and his advice caused them to lose the war.

PrecisionFx:

U really need a special doctor.

Only an insane lunatic can justify the murder of civilians by the thousands for no single reason @ all.

There were reasons Igbos were killed in the North.

After Nzeogwu killed leaders from other regions but left Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu, Igbos in the North were taunting Northerners. The consequences were severe.

Whether the consequences were proportionate to the people killed is another matter entirely.

DRSEGUNBABA:
Mad elders still talking about the civil war rather than moving this shit hole country forward.

He is the most sane leader ever, this is actually the root of our problem and he gas given us a hint to what would solve our problem n you are still calling him mad?, from this interview I learnt a lot if confab or restructure could be put in place our problems will be solved the the fulani/ Hausa leaders won't allow such n that is why their people are suffering the most and only few care alongside the east and Niger delta

PrecisionFx:


He didn't implement because he had no reason to do so, he simply unified the civil service (to promote national unity after a bloody coup) and he unified the military, Police n all paramilitary...a normal move necessary in the event of a coup, to avoid more possibility of bloodshed.

It doesn't require a lot of time n effort to change a system of government, in one fell swoop Gowon ended regional government n resource control, it's no big deal.

@ emboldened
Hope you know what a framework means?

The unifying was part of the process of federalism because by unifying those otherwise regional entities, regional government wouldn't have any excuse to keep 70% of the resources it generates, neither will have any true power.

Hence, the federal government which was mainly the unifying factor in the first republic becomes more powerful.

If you study most semi autonomous region around the world, you would realise that those regions have their own civil service and police.

Pigsandidiots:
[s][/s]unintelligent trash. Can you tell how igbos have been fair to yorubas?

Get your fellow Yorubas and discuss with them not me.
Check all my post, I don't spare such time for you guys.

Abagworo:
Awolowo might be a hero to Yorubas because he put the interest of his people ahead of personal interest but he is a villain to Igbos till forever. I don't know about who's saying the truth or not but a samlle of opininion from elderly Igbo men about Awolowo will leave you imagining who could be more cunning, treacherous and wicked.

Apparently, majority of non Igbo Nigerians also have the same opinion of Zik and Ojukwu.

bejick:

here comes one of the fallen angel

And here comes a descendant of hairy chest-beating baboons.

PureFace1:
Ojukwu was a coward and a Traitor

Every sensible person with the knowledge of History know that

That is why some westerners said we should not do anything with the East because they are not reliable. The Igbo have not been fair to us at all. For instance, when Chief Awolowo met Ojukwu, he (Ojukwu) agreed that they were not going to wage a war. He (Awolowo) convinced him (Ojukwu) to go back to the round table and resolve the question of federalism. But no sooner than he (Ojukwu) returned to the East than he (Ojuwu) reneged on the agreement.



Ojukwu agreed with Awolowo not to go to War but the idiot went ahead with the war

Stop listening to twisted lies. It was ojukwu that released awolowo from calabar prison shortly before the war. And am sure there was agreement by them about leaving Nigeria into their own separate sates, maybe that's why Yoruba soldiers joined in the Biafra war and almost captured Lagos before ojukwu assassinated the Yoruba colonel leading the ore front. According to unverified reports, the Yoruba colonel leading the Biafra front had secretly made plans to declare a Yoruba politician president of Nigeria rather than separate from the country and that's why ojukwu had him killed thus making the remaining Yoruba soldiers abandon the secession struggle.
Was Awolowo a saint? Didn't he offer Igbo 20 pounds no matter what they had in their account balance? The 1966 coup planers also said they would have installed awolowo as president of Nigeria has they succeeded and that's why his arse was thrown in jail.

This is the only thing the man said that made sense
Anybody who is saying power should come back to the South-West (2023) is an enemy of Nigeria’s unity.

PrecisionFx:



Who did Aguiyi Ironsi betray?

Nigeria, everybody...by foisting. unitary system of govt on us.The North has continuously used the system to bring Nigeria backward.

PrecisionFx:


U and ur fellow online mad men are the ones exchanging names calling in Nigeria.

Osu, I know lying is congenital to you no problem but to clear the doubt of you and your fellow mad men, this is how Osus behave ordinarily insulting every other tribe in Nigeria whether online or offline

Ritchiee:


Nigeria, everybody...by foisting. unitary system of govt on us.The North has continuously used the system to bring Nigeria backward.

Sorry to burst ur bubble, it's a false bubble still being paraded in Nigeria 53 years on.

From the day Aguiyi became military heads of state u too the day he died, Every region (Provinces) had access to mine their natural resources, They kept back 70% of their resources n submitted 30% to the centre.

Aguiyi introduced a merger of the Nigerian civil service n the Nigerian armed forces n police, He never touched regional government n resource control.

Gowon came into power, created states and destroyed the regions n resource control.

Lies will never last forever

@You ALL.

Before you continue abusing each other, note that this interview has more to do with 2023 than telling history. Once I saw British officials cozying around Tinubu, I knew something was up. This's the kind of divide and rule tactics that would come out of it. You want to inflame your own country so that you'll be president?

I don't know why anybody would put out such a sensational topic on newspaper. If the black man is so petty that no matter how wealthy we continue to allow ourselves to be used over and over again by foreigners, then count me out as your race.

I may have to lose my respect for everybody I know on the African continent. Our people are just very petty and shortsighted.

TheRealestGuy:


Starting your statement with ipob shows your true color.

Anyway, anybody comparing a coup, a strictly military affair, with mass killings of civilians needs to have his or her brain checked.

Lolz, just calling a spade a spade. Ipob is synonymous with Igbo's and vice versa, no need playing d ostrich. They can both be used interchangeably. There,s virtually no Igbo person that doesn't believe in Biafra, either directly or tacitly. So stop pontificating.

DaddyYeeboz:


That's because you are listening to jaundiced old men with an unhealthy bias.

Start your questions to the old men from why Nzeogwu killed Akintola, Ahmadu Bello, Balewa and others but refused to kill Nnamdi Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu.

Then, ask them why Ironsi failed to punish these guys who killed people from other places but spared Igbo leaders.

The only reason Igbos are angry with Awolowo is because they couldn't kill him.

@ emboldened

No, the only reason why Igbos are angry with Awolowo is because their leaders needed a fall guy after failing at the war. They need someone who is not Igbo to take the heat.

They knew Igbos are naturally rebellious by nature and will definitely want some explanation to what just transpired.

Secondly,

They also designed all sorts of storyline against Awolowo during the Shagari/Ekueme campaign to encourage their people to develop hatred against Awolowo and Yorubas at large.

They needed a way to rationalize to the ordinary Igbo man on the street that voting an Hausa/Fulani man is ok only a couple years after the bloody civil war.

Hence, rather than blame Hausa/Fulani leaders, they pushed all the blame to Awolowo in order to secure the Shagari/Ekuweme ticket.

This was something similar to what Tinubu tried to do when quizzed about herdsmen Kidnapping in the Southwest by bringing Evans into the equation.

Unfortunately the tales were passed down to Generations after generations

richie240:

Lolz, just calling a spade a spade. Ipob is synonymous with Igbo's and vice versa, no need playing d ostrich. There,s virtually no Igbo person that doesn't believe in Biafra, either directly or tacitly. So stop pontificating.

Next time use "OSU" he will understand better

Iamgrey5:

@ emboldened
Hope you know what a framework means?

The unifying was part of the process of federalism because by unifying those otherwise regional entities, regional government wouldn't have any excuse to keep 70% of the resources it generates, neither will have any true power.

Hence, the federal government which was mainly the unifying factor in the first republic becomes more powerful.

If you study most semi autonomous region around the world, you would realise that those regions have their own civil service and police.

Unifying the Nigerian civil service (just like we have today) does not stop resource control in anyway.

Countries around the world have a unified civil service, but each state or region still keep back a percentage of their earnings n send the rest to the centre, nothing special or confusing about that

DaddyYeeboz:


There were reasons Igbos were killed in the North.

After Nzeogwu killed leaders from other regions but left Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu, Igbos in the North were taunting Northerners. The consequences were severe.

Whether the consequences were proportionate to the people killed is another matter entirely.

""Igbos in the North were taunting Northerners""

Bring any proof of this

DaddyYeeboz:
Those who have been fed lies by their unintelligent ancestors and parents with short memories should come and learn. Adebanjo has organised free education for them.

Before you counter Adebanjo with what your ancestors or parents toks you, ask yourself. If your Parents and ancestors knew so much about history, why have they been unable to trace your ethnic origin and history?

Just like your elders and ancestors traced your ethnic origin of your greatest citi of ife to princess Ife-yinwa..

Pigsandidiots:
Why not say you are from Damascus. You are not jew again, you are now hebrew

U have to goan learn what the word jew means, at least it will save u from embarrassments that are uncalled for.

IGBOS Are Hebrews, Not Jews. Anyone can be a new...On earth we have Russian Jews, American Jews, Japanese Jews, French Jews, etc. Jew isn't a tribe or an ethnic group.. educate urself

PrecisionFx:


Unifying the Nigerian civil service (just like we have today) does not stop resource control in anyway.

Countries around the world have a unified civil service, but each state or region still keep back a percentage of their earnings n send the rest to the centre nothing special or confusing about that

Those highlighted areas are contradictory, What will a regional government use the large resources for if the country already has a unified civil service system?

PrecisionFx:


U really need a special doctor.

Only an insane lunatic can justify the murder of civilians by the thousands for no single reason @ all.

"No single reason" did I hear u say? Lolz. Kid talk.
Iraq and Afghanistan are still paying for the foolishness of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin laden - ala world trade centre.
Go an kill Trump and see if the U.S. will not wipe ur generation away.
If u can't bear d consequences, then don't commit d crime.

HAKYN1:



Next time use "OSU" he will understand better

Lolz

Its obvious some people would not read the article before commenting. Too bad.

richie240:

"No single reason" did I hear u say? Lolz. Kid talk.
Iraq and Afghanistan are still paying for the foolishness of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin laden - ala world trade centre.
Go an kill Trump and see if the U.S. will not wipe ur generation away.
If u can't bear d consequences, then don't commit d crime.

U mean Americans are killing American citizens because of Saddam Hussein n Osama bin Laden?