(i) A military committee comprising representatives of the regions should meet to take statistics of arms and ammunition in the country. Unallocated stores of arms and ammunition held in the country should be shared equitably between the various commands in the federation.

(ii) The Army should be reorganized in order to restore discipline and confidence, Specifically,

a. the army should be governed by the Supreme Military Council which would be chaired by a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Head of the Federal Military Government;

b. Area Commands under Area Commanders and corresponding to existing Regions should be created.

c. During the period of the military goverment, Military Governors should have control over Area Commands, for internal security

d. A military headquarters, comprising equal representation from the regions and headed by a Chief of Staff, should be established.

e. A Lagos Garrison, including Ikeja Barracks, should be created.

(iii) In accordance with the decision of August 9, 1966, Army personnel of
Northern Nigerian origin should return to the North from the West. In order to meet the security needs of the West, a crash programme of recruitment and training is necessary but the details should be examined after the Military Committee has finished their work.

(iv) The Supreme Military Council should deal with all matters of policy including promotion to top executive posts in the Armed Forces and the Police.

(v) The legislative and executive authority of the federal Military
Government should be referred for determination, provided that, where a
meeting was not possible, such a matter must be referred to the Military
Governors for their comments and concurrence.

(vi) Appontments to the Diplomatic and consular posts as well as to superscale posts in the Federal Public Service and equivalent posts in the Federal Corporations must be approved by the Supreme Military Council.

(vii) With a view to promoting mutual confidence, all decrees or provisions of decrees passed since January 15, 1966, which detracted from the previous powers and positions of the Regional Governments should be repealed. Law officers of the Federation should meet in Benin on January 14, 1967, and list all the decrees or provisions of Decrees concerned, so that they may be repealed not later than January 21, 1967, if possible.

(viii) A meeting of Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Finance of all the governments in the federation should be convened within two weeks to consider ways and means of resolving the serious problems posed
by displaced persons all over the country.

(ix) Displaced civil servants and corporation staff (including daily-paid
employees) should continue to be paid their full salaries until March 31,
1967, provided they have not secured alternative employment. The Military
Governors of the East, West and Mid-West should send representatives
(Police Commissioners) to meet and discuss the problems of recovery of
property left behind by displaced persons.

(x) The Ad Hoc Constitutional Committee should resume sitting as soon as
practicable, and the question of accepting the unanimous recommendations
of September 1966 should be considered at a later meeting of the Supreme military Council.

(xi) For at least the next six months there should be purely a Military Government having nothing to do with politicians.

(xii) The deceased military leaders should be accorded full military
honors due them.

(xiii) All government information media should be restrained from making
inflammatory statements and causing embarrassment to various Governments
in the Federation.

(xiv) Lt.-Col Ojukwu should keep his order – that non-Easterners should
leave the Eastern Region – under constant review with a view to its being lifted as soon as practicable.

(xv) The next meeting of the Supreme Military Council should be within
Nigeria at a venue to be mutually agreed.

Please can someone tell me what was wrong with the document

i repeat , can some one check and tell me how someone in the right state of mind would see this document as wrong

Where did you get your source from?

Gowon broke section 5 of that agreement and caused the war

Looking at this document thoroughly and critically, it uphelds fairness, equity and charts a course for progress, how and why Gowon reneged on these agreements which resulted in waste of unnecessary lives and properties remains the eight wonder of the world.

I guess by now he has seen the end product of his foolish and selfish acts.
Is he really proud of the Nigeria he and other of his misguided, selfish and ignorant cohorts fought for?
His kinsmen are being used for butcher practice by the same people he colluded to pepertuate evil with.

Gowon shame on you.

Lies left unanswered become truth

SOURCE??

Aburi accord was never signed by anyone.

Anyone with evidence to the the contrary should provide it

If Gowon signed it there must be a copy

0monnak0da:
Lies left unanswered become truth

SOURCE??

Aburi accord was never signed by anyone.

Anyone with evidence to the the contrary should provide it

If Gowon signed it there must be a copy

We know you hate anything Igbo. But try making it less obvious. Or people might think you are a hopeless bigot. We're u not the same person who said Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is a charlatan And you were the same person rejoicing in a thread that said Igbos were the architect of Nigerians problem?? Hope Sango has not cursed you perpetually and made you unfortunate. I don't see how a human can survive with so much hate.

The creation of 12 States by Gowon Caused the Civil war

The killing of Northern and Western leaders by Ibo officers and the taunting behaviour of the Ibos including making records and even images of the killed leaders on loaves of bread caused the pogrom in the North.
The stubborn defiance of Ojukwu even though he had no weapons or friends led to the war.

0monnak0da:
The killing of Northern and Western leaders by Ibo officers and the taunting behaviour of the Ibos including making records and even images of the killed leaders on loaves of bread caused the pogrom in the North.
The stubborn defiance of Ojukwu even though he had no weapons or friends led to the war.

Thats all your small brain can process from the post ?

clarocuzioo:
Looking at this document thoroughly and critically, it uphelds fairness, equity and charts a course for progress, how and why Gowon reneged on these agreements which resulted in waste of unnecessary lives and properties remains the eight wonder of the world.

I guess by now he has seen the end product of his foolish and selfish acts.
Is he really proud of the Nigeria he and other of his misguided, selfish and ignorant cohorts fought for?
His kinsmen are being used for butcher practice by the same people he colluded to pepertuate evil with.

Gowon shame on you.

The agreement basically restructured Nigeria into a confederation and Gowon and his fellow Northerners found that hard to swallow. A lot of people dont seem to understand that a fair, just and equitable Nigeria does not favour the North

Gowon had to fight the war to give the North political and economic control of Nigeria

0monnak0da:
The killing of Northern and Western leaders by Ibo officers and the taunting behaviour of the Ibos including making records and even images of the killed leaders on loaves of bread caused the pogrom in the North.
The stubborn defiance of Ojukwu even though he had no weapons or friends led to the war.

You people are small players in the Nigerian project. We saw farther than you can ever see. You lot couldn't see beyond your nose as at 1966 -1967 because you don't even know what was in play. We knew the destination of the Hausa Fulani, but yours was mere Pettiness and Igbophobia.
That was why you guys stood by and watched the destruction of a young nation without raising a hand to salvage anything. You practically handed Nigeria over to the gambaris on a platter just to spite Igbos. Is it cowardice or stupidity ?

gwafaeziokwu:


You people are small players in the Nigerian project. We saw farther than you can ever see. You lot couldn't see beyond your nose as at 1966 -1967 because you don't even know what was in play. We knew the destination of the Hausa Fulani, but yours was mere Pettiness and Igbophobia.
That was why you guys stood by and watched the destruction of a young nation without raising a hand to salvage anything. You practically handed Nigeria over to the gambaris on a platter just to spite Igbos. Is it cowardice or stupidity ?

You were the ones with suicidal tendencies, your choice.

That you were foolish does not mean we should be
That you are impulsive does not mean we should be.

You woke up one day and murdered Akintola, OkotieEboh Bello Balewa whilst sparing Zik and Okpara.

Instead of taking responsibility like adults you choose to blame others.

Take responsibility.


No one sent you to do any coup and no one sent you to secede.

Take responsibility for those reckless actions and stop blaming others.

Many have seceded without shooting a single bullet but in your reckless irresponsible way you think making noise or violence is bravery.
What Ojukwu did was foolish not brave.

In the end he ran away like a rat.
Nnamdi Kanu has run again like a rodent


Whether we are small players or not is irrelevant. Why does that hurt so much?
Must we do what you do?


We are small players but you keep moaning and howling like oestral canines that we deny you access to a seaport and marginalised you.
That is your usual excuse for your teeming refugees in Lagos


If you were such big players it should reflect in your region and we should all be flocking to Mgbidi and Nnewi
You should not have to beg for a second Niger bridge.

Truth is if we are small players then you are Non players. Inconsequential

When Igbos declared seccession, they did not kill or attacked anyone. It was Nigeria that brought the war to Biafra. What I don't understand is why you hate Biafrans so much and still insist they be in Nigeria. Someone should not like what they hate and hate what they like, its absurd!
Why do you want Igbos to be in Nigeria even though you hate them?

0monnak0da:

You were the ones with suicidal tendencies, your choice.

That you were foolish does not mean we should be
That you are impulsive does not mean we should be.

You woke up one day and murdered Akintola, OkotieEboh Bello Balewa whilst sparing Zik and Okpara.

Instead of taking responsibility like adults you choose to blame others.

Take responsibility.


No one sent you to do any coup and no one sent you to secede.

Take responsibility for those reckless actions and stop blaming others.

Many have seceded without shooting a single bullet but in your reckless irresponsible way you think making noise or violence is bravery.
What Ojukwu did was foolish not brave.

In the end he ran away like a rat.
Nnamdi Kanu has run again like a rodent


Whether we are small players or not is irrelevant. Why does that hurt so much?
Must we do what you do?


We are small players but you keep moaning and howling like oestral canines that we deny you access to a seaport and marginalised you.
That is your usual excuse for your teeming refugees in Lagos


If you were such big players it should reflect in your region and we should all be flocking to Mgbidi and Nnewi
You should not have to beg for a second Niger bridge.

Truth is if we are small players then you are Non players. Inconsequential

DMerciful:
When Igbos declared seccession, they did not kill or attacked anyone. It was Nigeria that brought the war to Biafra. What I don't understand is why you hate Biafrans so much and still insist they be in Nigeria. Someone should not like what they hate and hate what they like, its absurd!
Why do you want Igbos to be in Nigeria even though you hate them?

Igbos declared secession by what authority?
Including the territory of Ijaw ,Efik Ikwerre etc?
Very clever
Did not attack anyone? Really

What about attack on Benin, Ore, Lagos?

Was that an NYSC community development?


Here is the reality your ancestral land was conquered and annexed into Nigeria by force by the British.

They handed that to the Nigerian state.

That is the REALITY

You did not one day declare yourself a part of Nigeria. YOU WERE CONQUERED INTO IT.


So you will not be freed by DECLARATION .

You are ALL free to exit the country but the Land was conquered and annexed a long time ago
You can pack and go back to Israel

REALITY

Indigenous people who originally owned Canada,USA, Australia cannot wake up one day and DECLARE themselves to be in charge


That is childish

Their land has been conquered



So no one wants to keep Igbos in Nigeria. They are free to leave.

The land is NOW Nigeria

clarocuzioo:
Looking at this document thoroughly and critically, it uphelds fairness, equity and charts a course for progress, how and why Gowon reneged on these agreements which resulted in waste of unnecessary lives and properties remains the eight wonder of the world.

I guess by now he has seen the end product of his foolish and selfish acts.
Is he really proud of the Nigeria he and other of his misguided, selfish and ignorant cohorts fought for?
His kinsmen are being used for butcher practice by the same people he colluded to pepertuate evil with.

Gowon shame on you.

But Area4Area keep laying blames on zik,ironsi and Ojukwu without condemning the dangerous role gowon played. I just don't know why he's doing that on a daily basis here.

I've never seen a one-sided, hypocritical person like him before.

So full text of Aburi accord is this few lines, probably the one favoured your people.

Hian

After this Gowon reneged on the accord and dismantled our regions and created states in their place when the east opted to go since he had broken the accord he declared war and attacked killing 3 million people in 3 years.

nku5:
After this Gowon reneged on the accord and dismantled our regions and created states in their place when the east opted to go since he had broken the accord he declared war and attacked killing 3 million people in 3 years.

Exactly. And some ignorant people will blame Ojukwu for the war

0monnak0da:
Lies left unanswered become truth

SOURCE??

Aburi accord was never signed by anyone.

Anyone with evidence to the the contrary should provide it

If Gowon signed it there must be a copy

Why has Gowon not brought out his copy? After more than 50 years they don't want future generations to know what went down?

nku5:


Why has Gowon not brought out his copy? After more than 50 years they don't want future generations to know what went down?

The onus is on Biafra supporters to do this not Gowon.

OJUKWU seceded on the basis of an imaginary agreement.

0monnak0da:

The onus is on Biafra supporters to do this not Gowon.

OJUKWU seceded on the basis of an imaginary agreement.

Nope the onus is on those questioning the OP's source to prove this is not what Gowon and Ojukwu agreed upon until Perm Secs told Gowon he had given away too much

DMerciful:
When Igbos declared seccession, they did not kill or attacked anyone. It was Nigeria that brought the war to Biafra. What I don't understand is why you hate Biafrans so much and still insist they be in Nigeria. Someone should not like what they hate and hate what they like, its absurd!
Why do you want Igbos to be in Nigeria even though you hate them?

Adaka Boro declared his Niger Delta republic and was he attacked and by who?
If he was attacked what makes you think that the declaration of Biafra by Ojukwu won't be attacked?

nku5:


Nope the onus is on those questioning the OP's source to prove this is not what Gowon and Ojukwu agreed upon until Perm Secs told Gowon he had given away too much

It is established in Logic and law

Ei incumbio probatio qui dicit non qui negat


It is incumbent on the person who declares a thing to prove it and not on he who disputes to disprove it

If you say I stole your goat prove it I have no duty to prove I did not steal it

Rather it is for you to prove your claim

TRANSCRIPT from the tape recordings of the Aburi Meeting was published 3.5 years here on Nairaland:

https://www.nairaland.com/3163044/transcript-tape-recordings-aburi-meeting

It is quite verbatim and extensive.

gidgiddy:


Exactly. And some ignorant people will blame Ojukwu for the war

Who do we now blame for the attack on Adaka Boro and his men for the same crime Ojukwu later committed?

AceRoot:
TRANSCRIPT from the tape recordings of the Aburi Meeting was published 3.5 years here on Nairaland:

https://www.nairaland.com/3163044/transcript-tape-recordings-aburi-meeting

It is quite verbatim and extensive.

That does not make it true
What the hell is " quite verbatim"?

Either it is or it is not verbatim

What is more important is veracity and agreement on veracity.
Any fraudster can produce anything and call it the QUITE VERBATIM RECORD of anything

That does not mean we should countenance or believe it

0monnak0da:



It is established in Logic and law

Ei incumbio probatio qui dicit non qui negat


It is incumbent on the person who declares a thing to prove it and not on he who disputes to disprove it

If you say I stole your goat prove it I have no duty to prove I did not steal it

Rather it is for you to prove your claim

You and others declaring that OP has no source should prove. Your own logic demands you prove what you are alleging abi no be so

nku5:


You and others declaring that OP has no source should prove. Your own logic demands you prove what you are alleging abi no be so

Do not rope me in with "others"

Please show where I said he has no source?

I want to believe that you actually have some form of schooling.


If you make a claim it is your responsibility to prove it

Area4Area:
Who do we now blame for the attack on Adaka Boro and his men for the same crime Ojukwu later committed?

Adaka Boro gathered some guys, raided a police station and looted weapons, blew a few pipelines and kidnapped some people within a small area the size of Lekki. Not even up to the level of militancy that Ateke Tom and co were doing few years ago How can anybody who knows what he's talking about compare it to the declaration of Biafra.

Area4Area:
Who do we now blame for the attack on Adaka Boro and his men for the same crime Ojukwu later committed?

Apples and oranges to compare Adaka Boro to Ojukwu, for one Boro led a Niger Delta insurrection for his Ijaw people in then Eastern region, and the government of Ironsi crushed it without going on an ethnic cleansing spree of the Ijaw people, Boro and his men were simply rounded up, tried and jailed in accordance with the law.

Ojukwu on the other hand had a mandate to secede by a consultative assembly of Eastern leaders (not only Igbos), on the basis of the pogroms unleashed on Igbos and other Eastern Nigerians all over Nigeria, and of course as a result of Gowon's refusal to implement the Aburi accord... remember it was the same Ojukwu who in the spirit of one Nigeria initially encouraged his people to return to North during the first wave of killings, after assurances of safety and peace to the East from Gowon... it was when the second wave of killings started in September on a more devastating and unprecedented scale that he knew he had to act fast for the interest of his region.