kettykings:
But at least the coward fought for 30 months before escaping , how about the useless General that wept before an ordinary major on his knees or the General Ogundipe that did not even wait for the sound of a gun shot before hiding under the bed of a much junior office in surulere.



Another useless Man who could not stand before his tormentors who gave him a 10 year jail term but waited to join his tormentors to fight against the people who released him.

Ogundipe, Oladipi Diya deserve the best places in Nigerian Military hall of shame , shameless useless generals.

How about the useless General who went into battle with about 33,000 soldiers and after vowing to shoot at things that move and things that dont move was disgraced out of the battle field with less than 300 soldiers only to head back to lagos and was given a red card by a much junior officer

sarrki:


It is real cowardice

Wasting people lives for madness course

For pride and arrogance

gidgiddy:


Do you see the people he wasted their lives complaining? So why crying over another persons headache?

Sunshineg5:
Yes, keep telling yourself this until you believe it.

Sunshineg5:
@ emboldened

We are still in 2020 oh

You sure say you never drink so

or na so the news pain you reach.

sarrki:



It’s better to cry and kneel down to save a soul

Than chest beating and killing a soul

kettykings:


if crying could save a soul then by today there would never have been a state of israel ,South Africa, United states.
if crying could save a soul why did Abiola die like a stray dog without an owner of family

Beremx:
You will not understand because in 2023, you will still be writing about Ojukwu on nairaland. Wise up!!

sarrki:
Yesterday, May 30, 2016 pro Biafra secessionists commemorated the 49th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Republic of Biafra with marches and protests.

Though the protests were hardly peaceful as some lives were lost in the process, their message was heard nonetheless; that they had not forgotten the three-year civil war they fought and lost in their bid for secession.

The story has been told many times about how the leader of the struggle, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had turned deaf ears to suggestions from eminent Igbos to throw in the towel a year after the war began as it became apparent that it was a war they could not win. It is also on record that he remained resolute for three years before giving up in 1970 after a million Igbos had died fighting.

Many still wonder how Ojukjwu managed to escape in the midst of all the chaos. encomium.ng recounts how the Ikemba fled Nigeria at the end of the civil war in 1970…

On January 7, 1970, the 3rd Marine Commando Division under Gen. Obasanjo, supported by the 1st Infantry Division to the north and the 2nd Infantry Division to the south, launched their final offensive against the Biafrans. The Biafran S Division under Captain Azum Asoya was operating along the Port Harcourt – Elele road. The Division found itself cut off and disorganized due to a quick envelopment by the Nigerian 17th Brigade under Maj. Tomoye, the Nigerians now began making their advance on Owerri. On the outskirts of Owerri, Biafran Lt. Col. Lambert Ihenacho’s 63rd Brigade came under withering attack by Maj. Tomoye’s 17th Brigade, supported by 122 mm Soviet artillery. In less than a day of fighting the 63rd Brigade became overwhelmed by the Nigerian bombardment and were forced to surrender.

While the Nigerians were preoccupied with attacking the 63rd Brigade, the Biafran leadership made their final meeting in which President Ojukwu announced his plans to go abroad “in search of peace”. Ojuwku handed over the Biafran presidency to his vice-president Philip Effiong and placed all remaining Biafran troops under the command of Maj. Joseph Achuzie.

On January 9 Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu escorted Ojuwku to the Uli airstrip where he boarded his private jet and fled to the Ivory Coast. Immediately after Ojukwu’s departure President Effiong called for a ceasefire to discuss the details of surrender. On January 12 Philip Effiong, Joseph Achuzie, Ogbugo Kalu, and other Biafran officers made their way to Amichi and later Owerri to broadcast their final surrender to Col. Obasanjo.



https://encomium.ng/how-ojukwu-escaped-from-biafra-in-1970/

Dedetwo:


Why do loudmouths from certain section of shithole called Nigeria infatuated with Biafra and Ojukwu? S Division was not commanded by soldier with rank of Captain. Lt. Col. Lambert Ihenacho was no longer the commander of 63rd Brigade, 14 Division of Biafran Army during the final days of fighting. Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu did escort Ojuwku to the Uli airstrip since the major did not have a command of combatant troops at period. I do not know why certain goons love to trade in falsehood.

sarrki:


Abiola was poisoned by the military and the same people we still have in government

So I maintain my stand that late Ikemba actions was baseless and not rational

Mentcee:
This is bad.

Why make this topic.


I feel like cursing your generation.

sarrki:


Am not doing all this to spite anyone

Anything interesting I come across I bring it up

If you remember vividly I was the one that brought the Aisha Buhari story and Alaafin to the forum

So see me as a patriot

Still waiting for you on this side of the world anytime you are here

Beremx:
which side of the world is that Ogbeni. It can mean so many things

JAMO84:
It's only in Nigeria that people continue to tell the sad story of a fifty year old civil war like it's some kind of great achievement

sarrki:


What is your source ?

Link ?

That you want to change time of event

Dedetwo:


Am I intellectually bankrupted to post links of articles written by characters such as you? If you are smart enough to know anything about military parlance, it would be army of dead majors in a normal condition for a Captain to command a unit of army division. Why is Nigeria not disintegrated so I cannot have such ninnies as compatriot?

Grandmeister:

His generation is already cursed.

Sunshineg5:
Oga it’s like you don't understand simple English

Wasn't Ojukwu aware of Nigerian ally before going to war without properly preparing?

He failed to prepare and failed

Simple!

He just wasted 3 million igbo lives for nothing.

Gazzy88:
Worldwide hero you say? Heroes don't run only cowards run in the heat of their undoings. Bunch of stupid chest beaters. Get lost

mrvitalis:

U mean after England ,France Saudi and Egypt help ?

Ojuchkwu only lost that war because he refused to let China and Russia exploit Niger delta oil ...same Niger Delta that pushed him to war ...same people that back stabbed him

Justiceleague1:
Ojukwu the great

KingJa:


Yorubas will never celebrate a coward nor defend him.

You never see Yorubas defend Afonja, Diya, Akintola etc why because he have other hero’s like Awolowo and MKO who we can celebrate.

But why do you guys defend cowards like Ojukwu and betrayers like Azikiwe, people who have brought shame and defeat to your people smh


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKkC8Yi5UY

gidgiddy:


[s]You wont understand because you have long imbibed slave mentality as a way of life. Igbos cherish freedom. Ojukwu led Igbos in a war of freedom, freedom is one of the most honourable things a person or people can fight for. It is even more important than politics or politicians like MKO or Awolowo. Ojukwu fought for the freedom of us Igbos, he didnt succeed but we appreciate him for doing his best

Because there are people in Nigeria who dont have any sense of freedom or self determination, all they can see is that millions died and that Ojukwu ran away. They never like to see that Ojukwu fought like a man for 3 years, under very difficult conditions, for an honourable thing such freedom.

Awolowo and MKO will only be known for fighting the politics of Nigeria, they can never get to stage of fighting for the freedom of their people like Ojukwu did.

Igbos love and appreciate Ojukwu, thats why we gave him the greatest burial any Igbo man will ever get

Slave mentality is a very terrible thing.[/s][s][/s]

sarrki:
Do we really need this now ?

sarrki:
The war was uncalled for from the Biafran side- Ojukwu & Federal government of Nigeria then.(yakubu Gowon)

Both survived it and enjoyed the wealth of Niger till date

The women and children were the casualty

So let’s heal the wounds and move on

KingJa:


Sorry but France was actually on the Biafran side during the war, so was China.

I don’t really have a horse in this race, just wanted to quickly fact check, other than that, carry on

mrvitalis:

France supported Biafra and Cameroon closed border on Biafra ...tell me another thing

Who control Cameron's army