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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by richie240: 11:40am On Aug 29, 2019
PrecisionFx:


U mean Americans are killing American citizens because of Saddam Hussein n Osama bin Laden?
Chai.
Where ds one dey carry matter go?
Uwazurikeeeeee, biko u are right abt ur ppl!
shocked
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Nobody: 11:41am On Aug 29, 2019
Ritchiee:

Who introduced decree 34?



Degree 34 does not mean an end to regional government n resource control...It is a unification of the Nigerian civil service and unification of police, Armed forces n paramilitaries across Nigeria.





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.




Gowon brought an end to regional govt n resource control in Nigeria.

Read the book EMEKA by Frederick Forsyth.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Omoluabi16(m): 11:41am On Aug 29, 2019
Triggered Igbo boys everywhere. See tears.

Let us expect loads of fabricated tales from Family writers and Biafra news.
Only their lies are the truth. God go punish those people wey comot history from our curriculum. Imagine reading about the civil war without the falsehood being peddled around.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Laslaslala: 11:42am On Aug 29, 2019
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


Your BASTARD PAPA TELL HIM HE'S AN IDIOT,
since you lack home training,ewu

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Omoluabi16(m): 11:44am On Aug 29, 2019
PrecisionFx:



Degree 34 does not mean an end to regional government n resource control...





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.




Gowon brought an end to regional govt n resource control in Nigeria.

Read the book EMEKA by Frederick Forsyth.
Frederick Forsythe, chinua Achebe. It is laughable when you list their works as source material for the Civil war.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by DeRay98(m): 11:46am On Aug 29, 2019
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



Exactly the same scenario before Ojukwu's forces invaded Benin City.
Col. Ogbemudia was the army chief in Benin while Brig Ejoor was guvnor, Ojukwu and Ogbemudia had agreed that Ojukwu would not invade Benin.
But before Ogbemudia knew it being unprepared, Ojukwu's forces invaded Benin City and took it.
Ogbemudia and David Ejoor escaped through Ore to Lagos to get federal help to confront Ojukwu's forces.
Gowon then assigned Ogbemudia with federal forces to liberate Benin from Ojukwu's forces. That's why Ogbemudia was made the guvnor of Midwest state after the war.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Omoluabi16(m): 11:52am On Aug 29, 2019
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.
Not might.. Awolowo is. If the Igbo folks see him as a villain, No problem. After losing such a hard war, it is very okay to find a scapegoat. Cunning and treacherous for engineering victory on the side he choose to stand with. How many people were scapegoated for the old Biafra..Banjo? ifeajuna? Even Azikiwe japa.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Nobody: 11:57am On Aug 29, 2019
Omoluabi16:
Frederick Forsythe, chinua Achebe. It is laughable when you list their works as source material for the Civil war.



Pls list ur own sources!
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Rajiokazaki(m): 12:00pm On Aug 29, 2019
Melvin2000:
Always talking about d past. Can this information solve any problem? Yeye people.
.... I hope you realise it's the events of the past that determines the present and the future..... so the knowledge of events of the past is too important, they help us avoid future errors..if you are know what am talking about.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Nobody: 12:02pm On Aug 29, 2019
richie240:

Chai.
Where ds one dey carry matter go?
Uwazurikeeeeee, biko u are right abt ur ppl!
shocked



grin grin grin, it stupidity is even worse than I originally thought.



Ur examples are issues concerning 2 different nations in war n ur trying to compare it with problem within the confines of Nigeria...


What I said still stands wella. There were many coups in Nigeria n no one attacked civilians.

Dimka killed Murtala Mohammed n not a single member of Dimkas tribes men n women were touched.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Ritchiee: 12:02pm On Aug 29, 2019
The most basic thing is that it abolished Federalism.. ..

Read:

Decree No. 34

[24 th May 1966]

THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as follows:

1. Subject to the provisions of this Decree, Nigeria shall on 24 th May 1966 (in this decree referred to as 憈he appointed day�) cease to be a Federation and shall accordingly as from that day be a Republic, by the name of the Republic of Nigeria, consisting of the whole of the territory which immediately before that day was comprised in the Federation.



PrecisionFx:



Degree 34 does not mean an end to regional government n resource control...It is a unification of the Nigerian civil service and unification of police, Armed forces n paramilitaries across Nigeria.





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.




Gowon brought an end to regional govt n resource control in Nigeria.

Read the book EMEKA by Frederick Forsyth.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by emezuo17: 12:04pm On Aug 29, 2019
DaddyYeeboz:


Not Yorubas' faults that you were lied to by ancestors who lack knowledge of history.

You have zero knowledge of your history and you're here talking nonsense.

Where did Igbos originate from? No igbo knows. If you mention Isreal here, I would tear you slap.
. You that knows where igbos originated from should tell us na, your story that your ancestors fell from the sky has also been refuted by the binis who claim your progenitor is their lost son, so please sort out your history first before picking holes in another tribe's own, we migrated from where we claim and there are evidencies if you have an alternate story, please tell it, but how comes the ijaws and igallas who share ancestral links with the igbos are not complaing about migrating from isreal but people like you do, or is it out of envy? You wished we claim we are from liberia? No we won't. We know who we are, live with it.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Alday: 12:07pm On Aug 29, 2019
Any mention of the announcement of secession without note of the genocide leading up to this (and just boiling down to a supposed ego of three men) is a heavily biased assessment.

DeRay98:


Exactly the same scenario before Ojukwu's forces invaded Benin City.
Col. Ogbemudia was the army chief in Benin while Brig Ejoor was guvnor, Ojukwu and Ogbemudia had agreed that Ojukwu would not invade Benin.
But before Ogbemudia knew it being unprepared, Ojukwu's forces invaded Benin City and took it.
Ogbemudia and David Ejoor escaped through Ore to Lagos to get federal help to confront Ojukwu's forces.
Gowon then assigned Ogbemudia with federal forces to liberate Benin from Ojukwu's forces. That's why Ogbemudia was made the guvnor of Midwest state after the war.
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by chubbyman(m): 12:26pm On Aug 29, 2019
kenwhawha:
Afonja propaganda at it again. Haba!
The truth is always a propaganda to you clowns except of course your own version of the truth, smh

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by PureFace1(m): 12:31pm On Aug 29, 2019
oluwaahmed:


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.



Trash

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Pigsandidiots: 12:40pm On Aug 29, 2019
PrecisionFx:



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
Shut up and carry your epistle to the dust. 2019 you still doing attachment by force with people who gives no folk about your existence. Shameless race.
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by ekitimanalways(m): 12:49pm On Aug 29, 2019
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


...the political short sightedness of Ojukwu caused the death of many Igbos during the civil war. I think the Igbos should hold him responsible...

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Youthleader22(m): 12:49pm On Aug 29, 2019
PureGoldh:
Very interesting write-up.

Truth be told, all these past events should not hold us back from embracing peace and working together as one (Nation).

No matter yOur tribe, let's work as a team and make Nigeria Great.

God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria.

If yOu need Original unadulterated pure honey

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Fuvk the federal republic of Nigeria. Nigeria can never succeed as one nation. There will always be thrive with each regions. The man is right, let’s return to true federal system of government. Why will both the south west and south east want true federalism and only the northerners are holding it back?
This country is something else

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Nobody: 12:51pm On Aug 29, 2019
Pigsandidiots:
Who get time to spend with son of traitors like you. Spit.

You shouldn't have quoted me...

Go and discuss with your people

bye
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by ekitimanalways(m): 12:52pm On Aug 29, 2019
DaddyYeeboz:


Not Yorubas' faults that you were lied to by ancestors who lack knowledge of history.

You have zero knowledge of your history and you're here talking nonsense.

Where did Igbos originate from? No igbo knows. If you mention Isreal here, I would tear you slap.
grin
Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Laslaslala: 12:53pm On Aug 29, 2019
Eastlink:
I see truth in what Pa Ayo is saying. But why will the OP falsify the title.
The read title should be 'Akintola betrayed Awolowo. He said nothing about Ojukwu betraying Awolowo, nor Awolowo betraying Ojukwu.

Both the op and mods on this nairaland are yoruba racists

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by uduokirika1(m): 12:54pm On Aug 29, 2019
Xisnin:
Of course we know.
Ojukwu agreed with Awolowo to pursue negotiation for federalism.
But before Awo could reach his base, Ojukwu had declared war on Nigeria.
Ojukwu's calculation is that the Nigerian government would assume that
Awo was in on the deal and would concentrate the military on the west.

If Ojukwu's calculations were correct, the FG would have declared war on the west first
on the wrong pretext that Awolowo's had declared war by aligning with Ojukwu. Thus, paving
a smooth path for secession since the government would be too busy fighting in the west to even
bother retaking the east.

Unfortunately for Ojukwu, his gambit failed and Gowon refused to declare war on the west even though
most of his advisers pressured him to do so.
can you show me a link were ojukwu declared war on Nigeria?

The Aburi accord which was part of the reconciliatory means of resolution who backed out of the agreement?

Who created states? and balkanized the regional system already in place?

the State creation was on 28th May 1967 Biafra was declared 2days later 30th May!!!

Who declared police action to bring back the seceding region? That is the person that declared war!!!

Pa Adebayo has made his statements but history cannot be rewritten!!!

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by xpool(m): 1:03pm On Aug 29, 2019
PureGoldh:
Very interesting write-up.

Truth be told, all these past events should not hold us back from embracing peace and working together as one (Nation).

No matter yOur tribe, let's work as a team and make Nigeria Great.

God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria.

If yOu need Original unadulterated pure honey

Call or whatsapp me on 081 0166 6771




There is no unadulterated honey in Nigeria any more!
Every honey sold in any market in Nigeria is adulterated, one will be lucky to buy the one that is less adulterated. NIGERIA IS FULL OF SCAM

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by PureGoldh(m): 1:04pm On Aug 29, 2019
xpool:

There is no unadulterated honey in Nigeria any more!
Every honey sold in any market in Nigeria is adulterated, one will be lucky to buy the one that is less adulterated. NIGERIA IS FULL OF SCAM

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Youthleader22(m): 1:04pm On Aug 29, 2019
Laslaslala:

Your BASTARD PAPA TELL HIM HE'S AN IDIOT,
since you lack home training,ewu

But it’s a bitter true that Ojukwu caused a war that the Ibos was not prepared or well equipped for. I ready Half Of A Yellow Sun times without number. During the war Ojukwu was only cheat beating and angry. There was no weapon to wage a war against Nigeria who had the backing of developed Nations. Ojukwu should have known that the war was avoidable in a round table talk but he chooses to waste the lives of the Ibos. The book also stated how he forced little children with no weapons to become soldiers to fight. It was a lost cause but stubbornness and lack of direction did not make him ascertain the basics of setting the issue on ground to avoid the war.
If Ojukwu loves his people as the Ibos claimed, he will not send them to a war he was not prepared for. A Pity.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by antadiop2: 1:34pm On Aug 29, 2019
Youthleader22:


But it’s a bitter true that Ojukwu caused a war that the Ibos was not prepared or well equipped for. I ready Half Of A Yellow Sun times without number. During the war Ojukwu was only cheat beating and angry. There was no weapon to wage a war against Nigeria who had the backing of developed Nations. Ojukwu should have known that the war was avoidable in a round table talk but he chooses to waste the lives of the Ibos. The book also stated how he forced little children with no weapons to become soldiers to fight. It was a lost cause but stubbornness and lack of direction did not make him ascertain the basics of setting the issue on ground to avoid the war.
If Ojukwu loves his people as the Ibos claimed, he will not send them to a war he was not prepared for. A Pity.

You are wrong my friend the. Biafran war started on the 6th of July 1967 with Nigeria attacking Biafra along 2 fronts one aimed at nsukka and the other at Garkem. If you can disprove this account as the start of the war I’ll apologise to you!

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by kayjay69(m): 2:18pm On Aug 29, 2019
I couldn't agree more. Ojukwu and Gowon were part of the Aburi Accord which came after he met with Awolowo. After the Aburi Accord, Nigeria did not keep to its bargain, innocent Igbos were still being slaughtered up north even as they left the North in droves and made it back South East. So please tell me, how on earth do you expect that Ojukwu would have still continued to uphold his end of the bargain when Gowon was not holding up his end by protecting the innocent Igbos who were being slaughtered by the numbers.

Ojukwu had no choice but to go to War. His hand was forced and he had to fight for the survival of his people.
Remember, the Igbos were never the aggressors. The coup was purely a military affair and should have been handled as such. It should have ended when Ironsi and co were killed in reprisal attack instead Northerners started attacking innocent igbos for no reason whatsoever.

The key takeaway for me from this interview is simply:

that restructuring Nigeria is the way forward and if restructuring can not be attained, we have to split and go our separate ways, status quo is not sustainable we are only deceiving ourselves.

And please as a sidenote, I am Yoruba through and through but I have the common sense to see a spade and call it such because I believe that the future good of my people, and the other people that make up this country Nigeria, is better guaranteed and assured in a restructured Nigeria than it is in the Nigeria of today.


uduokirika1:
can you show me a link were ojukwu declared war on Nigeria?

The Aburi accord which was part of the reconciliatory means of resolution who backed out of the agreement?

Who created states? and balkanized the regional system already in place?

the State creation was on 28th May 1967 Biafra was declared 2days later 30th May!!!

Who declared police action to bring back the seceding region? That is the person that declared war!!!

Pa Adebayo has made his statements but history cannot be rewritten!!!

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Adakintroy2: 2:45pm On Aug 29, 2019
It's was three power house. All independent of will and thought. The white man knew before hand it was disaster waiting to happen. So in other to create balance he weaved a system for balance for Nigeria amongst the three strong house. So he left with His hands in the air.


Igbos broke character first there nature of greed and pride could not let them stay at pal with everyone else. They had to lead. It was a nature of superiority at play. Something they have till this day. So they went and slay the prime minister. They said it was not an igbo coup but we all know the truth. It's was. The northerners knew it too.

There would not have been a call for succession or talk of biafra had ironsI led on. They were toppled by a counter coup. And from grace they went to grass. It was something there ego could not take. How they thought they would have taken on the might of north and west in a fight speaks volume of their courrage or ignorance depending on were one choose to see things from. One ordinarily would have been a hand full.

Even till this day succession is not there main aim. Under Jonathan they were not this agrressive..perhaps the feel was they might just sneak in after the Jonathan government. They west and north saw it coming so the obasanjos, atiku had to team up and break things and and realign. This has gone beyond politics petty politicking.

Poor ol naive Jonathan was in the mix not knowing what was hovering over his head.

If it has to be a hard linner like buhari that takes no prisoner, so be be it. The whole alignment was getting too loose. It was a risk.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by T9ksy(m): 3:16pm On Aug 29, 2019
Adakintroy2:

There would not have been a call for succession or talk of biafra had ironsI led on.


Exactly!!!

The ibos would have finally make good their promise and objective to eventually dominate the new country.

When Issac boro attempted to balkanize the nation, Ironsi and this same ojukwu fought to bring boro and his people back into One Nigeria.

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Re: Ayo Adebanjo: Ojukwu Betrayed Awolowo With The Civil War by Boyopumping: 3:34pm On Aug 29, 2019
Sylraph1:
sad

Its just like trying to convince someone that a snake doesn't bite

Everyone knows Yorubas for what they are.. angry
Then u should know not all snake bites are venomous.

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