Deadlytruth:


You obviously have no use for logical reasoning.
Haven't you ever heard that Nigeria was a net exporter back in those days with each region trying to outdo the two others in terms of infrastructural projects? Wasn't it before the coming of Ironsi you hear about Coco House, Western Nigeria TV, Western Region Investment Board, Eastern Region partnership with Israeli experts for certain industrial projects of large scale, Northern Region establishing five potential universities at the same time, ongoing development of 12% area of Sambisa forest for ranches thus the forestalling of this present menace of Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram occupancy of Sambisa, Ahmadu Bello's policy of incorporation of Western Education into the curriculums of Islamic schools to avoid radicalization of the products of such schools, local government police that gathered intelligence at the grassroots for the federal police thus keeping insecurity totally down, and lots more? Your responses here reveal that you are of the indomie generation. I usually don't engage indomie generation babies on discussions about Nigeria's political history because they bore the whole thing with their stubborn ignorance and keep asking stupid questions.

Cowardly and highly empty, hiding behind long empty epistles. How was Nigeria working?

This is how Nigeria was working...

Dead bodies littering the streets and fire everywhere


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

Cowardice breeds dishonesty like flies dey follow shit

joeyfire:


Cowardly and highly empty, hiding behind long empty epistles. How was Nigeria working?

Idiotic pig from AfghanEASTern Republic. Repeating the same question like a broken record and pretending not to be able to read. What does it mean for a country to be working in your own idea if you have one at all? Coconut head!

Deadlytruth:

[s]Idiotic pig from AfghanEASTern Republic. Repeating the same question like a broken record and pretending not to be able to read. What does it mean for a country to be working in your own idea if you have one at all? Coconut head[/s]!

These childish rants mean nothing

How could Nigeria have been working with the thousands killed in the western region civil war (operation wetie) or the 4000 estimated killed in the Tiv riots of 1964? Or the rigged western region elections that provoked Nzeogwu, Ademoyega & co to overthrow the government?

What a useless thread...the OP's claim about regional govt & Ironsi were busted, claim that Nigeria was working were busted. OP's true intellectual capacity also busted

Deadlytruth:

See what this idiot went to dig up to substantiate her idiotic argument. What happened in that video was as a result of the beginning of resistance to the very first attempts by your forebears like Azikiwe, Okpara, etc to, in collusion with some retrogressive elements in the North to violate that very constitution by which Nigeria was working. When I say you are of the indomie generation you think it is an insult.
You don't know the details of the cause of the content of the video. Ignoramus!

Operation wetie aka Akintola vs Awo

I was expecting an engaging exchange but you are falling apart with your emotions outside. Awo wanted to pursue an alliance with NCNC but Akintola had opened Western region nyash for Sardauna and his party.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1KKPJZdjQ

joeyfire:


These childish rants mean nothing

How could Nigeria have been working with the thousands killed in the western region civil war (operation wetie) or the 4000 estimated killed in the Tiv riots of 1964? Or the rigged western region elections that provoked Nzeogwu, Ademoyega & co to overthrow the government?

That is why I say you are a crass ignoramus. Operation Wetie was remotely caused by the fact that Tafawa Balewa, with the support of Igbo members of the Western Region House of Assembly and the Federal Parliament, violated the clear provisions of that constitution by reinstalling Akintola as Western Region Premier without election contrary to the dictates of the Western Region Constitution. The rigging of the 1965 election was also as a long term fall out of Zik's decision to collude with Balewa to flagrantly violate that same constitution by way of disobeying the Privy Council's verdict on Akintola through a retroactive bill passed by majority votes of the Igbo and Northern members of the parliament which overode the Privy Council's verdict retroactively to install Akintola who was at that time still an ally of Zik in his push to decapitate AG and put Awolowo out of circulation in order that his NCNC would take over the West by hook or crook. Go and read you little ignorant thing!

Deadlytruth:
That is why I say you are a crass ignoramus. Operation Wetie was remotely caused by the fact that Tafawa Balewa, with the support of Igbo members of the Western Region House of Assembly and the Federal Parliament, violated the clear provisions of that constitution by reinstalling Akintola as Western Region Premier without election contrary to the dictates of the Western Region Constitution. The rigging of the 1965 election was also as a long term fall out of Zik's decision to collude with Balewa to flagrantly violate that same constitution by way of disobeying the Privy Council's verdict on Akintola through a retroactive bill passed by majority votes of the Igbo and Northern members of the parliament which overode the Privy Council's verdict retroactively to install Akintola who was at that time still an ally of Zik in his push to decapitate AG and put Awolowo out of circulation in order that his NCNC would take over the West by hook or crook. Go and read your young ignorant girt!

calm down and stop crying. Provide evidence of these your lies above. "Zik was in alliance with Akintola" I don dey sorry for you really

The way this OP is desperately clutching at straws deserves pity...nothing dey work for am. Just digging a deeper hole for his thread with each post

Idiko1:


Another crap posted by a lazy Nigerian. If the so-called Bassey was commissioned in 1946 as the junk would want us to believe, then Bassey was equally senior to Ugboma who was commissioned in 1948. What a goofy author.

Rubbish

Ugboma who was an indigene of Ozubulu in Anambra State left the Army immediately after he was Commissioned to become a Teacher

From then on Wellington Bassey Of Calabar became the most Senior Officer and NA1


Wellington Umoh Bassey was not Ironsi’s mate in the Army he was more than 3 years his Senior Officer


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/gen-adeyinka-adebayos-last-interview-echoes-of-january-15-1966-coup-why-the-army-struck/

joeyfire:


Operation wetie aka Akintola vs Awo

I was expecting an engaging exchange but you are falling apart with your emotions outside. Awo wanted to pursue an alliance with NCNC but Akintola had opened Western region nyash for Sardauna and his party.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1KKPJZdjQ

The rift between Akintola and Awolowo initially took a legal and lawful procedure hence the AG set in motion a process to impeach Akintola which was sailing through very easily. But out of fear of the AG's soaring popularity among the masses on the strength of its democratic socialism campaign, the Zik and Balewa coalition government at the center decided to interfer in the impeachment process using unlawful tactics which involved teargassing AG members of the Western House, Zik's loyalists in the Assembly e.g. Ebubedike or so breaking the mace, and finally the imposition of state of emergency on the whole Western Region for a disturbance just within the House of Assembly all in a bid to strengthen Akintola unfairly in order that NCNC would take over the West forcefully and then align the West with the North to shame Awolowo and AG. Without Azikiwe and Balewa unlawful intervention, Akintola would have been easily impeached and there wouldn't have been anything like Operation Wetie.
So anyhow you look at it, it all stemmed from the violation of the federal constitution by Azikiwe in pursuit of his dubious agenda to suppress AG.

Deadlytruth:


[s]The rift between Akintola and Awolowo initially took a legal and lawful procedure hence the AG set in motion a process to impeach Akintola which was sailing through very easily. But out of fear of the AG's soaring popularity among the masses on the strength of its democratic socialism campaign, the Zik and Balewa coalition government at the center decided to interfer in the impeachment process using unlawful tactics which involved teargassing AG members of the Western House, Zik's loyalists in the Assembly e.g. Ebubedike or so breaking the mace, and finally the imposition of state of emergency on the whole Western Region for a disturbance just within the House of Assembly all in a bid to strengthen Akintola unfairly in order that NCNC would take over the West forcefully and then align the West with the North to shame Awolowo and AG. Without Azikiwe and Balewa unlawful intervention, Akintola would have been easily impeached and there wouldn't have been anything like Operation Wetie.
So anyhow you look at it, it all stemmed from the violation of the federal constitution by Azikiwe in pursuit of his dubious agenda to suppress AG. [/s]

Pure and complete rubbish that you can never back up with sources. Don't rush to reply. First go and watch that video so you dont disgrace yourself further...

But as a good brother let me help you small. When did AG form the alliance with NCNC? Now run along and do your research like a good boy

Idiko1:


Wellington Umoh Bassey was not of Calabar and never Efik. Wellington Umoh Bassey was commissioned in 1953. He was NOT the ADC to Queen Elizabeth II of UK during her visit to the amalgamated territory of British in 1956. The ADC to the Queen Elizabeth II was Major Aguiyi Ironsi who was the only African with the rank of Major in the British African Frontier Force. Wellington Umoh Bassey was commissioned in 1953. However, Wellington Duke Bassey of Calabar who was Efik got commissioned in the 1949, the same year Ironsi, Ademelogun and Seyi, a Ghanaian, were commissioned. Unfortunately, Ugboma and Duke Bassey left Queen's Royal Regiment in 1953 before the amalgamated territory known as Nigeria gained independence. Ugboma and Duke Bassey were not members of Nigeria armed forces during or after 1960. Most Nigerians are deceitfully foolish and intellectually lazy. The goons cannot separate a person who was commissioned in 1953 and another who resigned his commission in the same year. It is completely idiotic to have a soldier stand in one rank for 12 years as the jackasses seemed to want us believe Wellington Umoh Bassey did.

Umoh Bassey was commissioned in1953 and Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957 and backdated to 1955 with seniority. Bassey and Ojukwu were trained at Eaton Hall in UK. However, Ojukwu had a master's degree from Oxford and converted to regular infantry with loss of rank. Ojukwu would have outranked Umoh Bassey if he had remained as DSS.

Stop lying

Wellington Umoh Bassey was Efik from Calabar
Both Azikiwe and Gen Adebayo Confirmed that


Bassey was even made an Officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force in April of 1944 during the 2nd World War

As of 1954 Wellington Bassey was the most Senior West African Army Officer

This is the London Gazette. From April 1954 with the Seniority dates of Bassey and Ironsi in it

Wellington Bassey’s Seniority date was 30th April 1944
Aguiyi-Ironsi’s Seniority date was 8 th October 1947

The next Picture has their equivalents Officer Seniority dates in the Nigerian Army

Wellington Umoh Bassey Of Calabar was not Gen Ironsi’s nor Ojukwu’s mate

Bassey was Ironsi’s Senior Officer by more than 3 years and Ojukwu’s senior officer by more than 11 years


Bassey’s deliberately delayed Promotions was the result of the Wickedness Azikiwe. as Governor General and his Party inflicted on Bassey just for his kinsman Gen Ironsi to emerge as Head of the Nigerian Army

Bassey was not Promoted until after Ironsi had become head of the Nigerian Army and Col Ojukwu had become the

Governor of the Eastern Region


Wellington Umoh Bassey Of Calabar Commanded the Independence Day Parade Of 1st October 1960

and never left the Army until he retired


Wellington Bassey was a Major in 1954 and part of the Selection board that recruited Gowon into the Army


How could Wellington Umoh Bassey have been a Major in 1954 if he had joined the Army in 1953 ?



https://www.sunnewsonline.com/gen-adeyinka-adebayos-last-interview-echoes-of-january-15-1966-coup-why-the-army-struck/

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joeyfire:


calm down and stop crying. Provide evidence of these your lies above. "Zik was in alliance with Akintola" I don dey sorry for you really

I still dey wait for evidence of the Zik/Akintola alliance that only Deadlytruth abi na Deadlylies witnessed

joeyfire:


calm down and stop crying. Provide evidence of these your lies above. "Zik was in alliance with Akintola" I don dey sorry for you really

https://www.academia.edu/6198062/The_Fall_of_the_First_Republic
Page 14:

The NCNC had repeatedly

tried to break up the Western Region in the past, but had failed to pull it off in parliament when the
AG was then strong enough to act as an effective bargainer for Yoruba interests


Page 11:
Twice the Awolowo faction tried to convene the Regional Assembly, twice the Akintola faction
violently disrupted the session, and twice necessitating the police to clear the Regional parliament
with tear gas. The parliamentary brawls finally drew the two governing parties directly into the fray.

Lured by the opportunity to destroy the AG and win the West for themselves, the NPC and NCNC
wasted no time in capitalising on the chaos. Using their control of the federal government, they controlled at the center.


Page 13:
1963 brought no respite for the rapidly collapsing AG. On the 1st of January, to the surprise of few, Akintola was re-installed as Regional Premier without an election. An election would have revived
the flagging fortunes of the AG as Alhaji Adgbenro, the party candidate, would almost certainly have
won. Akintola’s return was only made possible by his alliance with one of the governing duo-the NCNC. In return, Akintola rewarded his Eastern ally with a “generous share of power in the West”,
resulting in the NCNC scooping up numerous regional ministerial portfolios


Page 15:

The eminent Stanford political scientist, Larry Diamond, in his Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in
Nigeria, described the collapse of the AG thus:
The breadth and magnitude of the defeat inflicted upon Chief Awolowo and his AG
supporters by the NPC and the NCNC was simply staggering. Not only did the Awolowo
Action Group lose the power struggle in the West, it was also destroyed as an effective opposition force
.
The collapse of the AG immediately led to realignments in the political constellation. With his
regional rival in jail and his grip over the West consolidated, Akintola shook off his alliance with the
NCNC, dismissed their members from the regional cabinet, formed a new party – the Nigerian
National Democratic Party (NNDP) – and realigned it with the NPC.

Page 16:

The Northern Region now stood poised to bring Nigeria under its sole captaincy. Maitama Sule, then an NPC Federal
Minister, however, observing the changes taking place, remarked with breath-taking confidence:“In
a very short time, the NPC will rule the whole of Nigeria”.Eastern Regional Premier (and Zik loyalist,)
Michael Okpara, recognising that the emerging political balance would be unfavourable to the East,[tried to “draw back” from the “total extinction” of the AG"

Now you see how Zik's loyalists in NCNC were everywhere supporting Akintola and Balewa's illegal and unconstitutional methods of killing the AG because they knew that they wouldn't be able to achieve such within the confines of the independence constitution which gave autonomy to each region.
You can also see where Michael Okpara publicly began to draw back from the anahilation of the AG because he feared that such a scenario would now endanger his own Eastern Region. You can see that his concern was about his own Eastern Region alone and not about the entire South that was in trouble at that moment. You see how self centered you Igbos have always been? You only pretend to believe in Southern unity whenever your friendship with the Hausafulanis go sour.
Now, do people withdraw or draw back from a thing they never took part in?
If Okpara and Zik were never involved in the schemings of NPC-NCNC coalition government to kill AG through taking sides with Akintola in the rift with Awolowo, what then were they selfishly backing out from when their Eastern Region became endangered by the emerging political omnipotence of the North as threatened by Maitama Sule?

joeyfire:


I still dey wait for evidence of the Zik/Akintola alliance that only Deadlytruth abi na Deadlylies witnessed

You already have it above.
What were Michael Okpara and Azikiwe backing out from? Why couldn't Azikiwe resign from the coalition government between his party NCNC and NPC if he wasn't really in support of all that the government was doing in the West? Can you provide a single evidence of an instance in which Zik publicly condemned his slave master Balewa over his unlawful interference in a purely internal affair of the Region?

At least Okotie-Eboh who was himself also part of the whole plot came back to his senses on seeing his fellow Midwesterner Enahoro suffering in jail for rather fictitious charges hence he began to publicly call on Balewa to shake off the apron strings of Ahmadu Bello and rely purely on his conscience in handling the situation. Ironically this was the Okotie-Eboh you Igbos murdered by twisting his head through 360⁰ while you left the Azikiwe who never protested walk free. What a wicked and demonic people!

Deadlytruth:


https://www.academia.edu/6198062/The_Fall_of_the_First_Republic
Page 14:

The NCNC had repeatedly

tried to break up the Western Region in the past, but had failed to pull it off in parliament when the
AG was then strong enough to act as an effective bargainer for Yoruba interests


Page 11:
Twice the Awolowo faction tried to convene the Regional Assembly, twice the Akintola faction
violently disrupted the session, and twice necessitating the police to clear the Regional parliament
with tear gas. The parliamentary brawls finally drew the two governing parties directly into the fray.

Lured by the opportunity to destroy the AG and win the West for themselves, the NPC and NCNC
wasted no time in capitalising on the chaos. Using their control of the federal government, they controlled at the center.


Page 13:
1963 brought no respite for the rapidly collapsing AG. On the 1st of January, to the surprise of few, Akintola was re-installed as Regional Premier without an election. An election would have revived
the flagging fortunes of the AG as Alhaji Adgbenro, the party candidate, would almost certainly have
won. Akintola’s return was only made possible by his alliance with one of the governing duo-the NCNC. In return, Akintola rewarded his Eastern ally with a “generous share of power in the West”,
resulting in the NCNC scooping up numerous regional ministerial portfolios


Page 15:

The eminent Stanford political scientist, Larry Diamond, in his Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in
Nigeria, described the collapse of the AG thus:
The breadth and magnitude of the defeat inflicted upon Chief Awolowo and his AG
supporters by the NPC and the NCNC was simply staggering. Not only did the Awolowo
Action Group lose the power struggle in the West, it was also destroyed as an effective opposition force
.
The collapse of the AG immediately led to realignments in the political constellation. With his
regional rival in jail and his grip over the West consolidated, Akintola shook off his alliance with the
NCNC, dismissed their members from the regional cabinet, formed a new party – the Nigerian
National Democratic Party (NNDP) – and realigned it with the NPC.

Page 16:

The Northern Region now stood poised to bring Nigeria under its sole captaincy. Maitama Sule, then an NPC Federal
Minister, however, observing the changes taking place, remarked with breath-taking confidence:“In
a very short time, the NPC will rule the whole of Nigeria”.Eastern Regional Premier (and Zik loyalist,)
Michael Okpara, recognising that the emerging political balance would be unfavourable to the East,[tried to “draw back” from the “total extinction” of the AG"

Now you see how Zik's loyalists in NCNC were everywhere supporting Akintola and Balewa's illegal and unconstitutional methods of killing the AG because they knew that they wouldn't be able to achieve such within the confines of the independence constitution which gave autonomy to each region.
You can also see where Michael Okpara publicly began to draw back from the anahilation of the AG because he feared that such a scenario would now endanger his own Eastern Region. You can see that his concern was about his own Eastern Region alone and not about the entire South that was in trouble at that moment. You see how self centered you Igbos have always been? You only pretend to believe in Southern unity whenever your friendship with the Hausafulanis go sour.
Now, do people withdraw or draw back from a thing they never took part in?
If Okpara and Zik were never involved in the schemings of NPC-NCNC coalition government to kill AG through taking sides with Akintola in the rift with Awolowo, what then were they backing out from?

Thanks for this

This was exactly how Azikiwe ganged up with Balewa and others to frustrate Wellington Bassey’s Army Career because the British had been grooming Wellington Bassey to takeover leadership of the Nigerian Army

Azikiwe was supposed to have been fighting for Bassey’s timely Promotions so that Bassey could emerge as the Army Head that the British had been Preparing him for

The fact that Wellington Bassey was from Azikiwe’s own Eastern Region was completely irrelevant to Azikiwe and all his Calculations


After Azikiwe saw that they had failed to frustrate Bassey to leave the Army they now made sure Wellington Bassey was abandoned in a Captain’s Posting at Zaria depot while his Junior Ironsi was being sent on Promotional Trainings and Postings that were meant for Wellington Bassey !!

And What was Wellington Bassey’s Offence to deserve such brutal Wickedness from Azikiwe?

Wellington Bassey was from Calabar !!

joeyfire:


Pure and complete rubbish that you can never back up with sources. Don't rush to reply. First go and watch that video so you dont disgrace yourself further...

But as a good brother let me help you small. When did AG form the alliance with NCNC? Now run along and do your research like a good boy

Another bold and shameless attempt at revisionism you and your kinsmen are renowned for.

The AG-NCNC alliance which became the UPGA was formed in 1964 after Michael Okpara and Azikiwe had completely backed out of their journey to self anihilation which first looked like the anihilation of the AG in their eyes as revealed in the details I poured out from that source above. Recall that it was in early 1964 that Michael Okpara was delegated by the NCNC from the East to visit Awolowo's wife in Ibadan (Awolowo himself now in prison hence couldn't be reached directly except through his wife) with the aim of first apologizing to her for Azikiwe's rejection of the proposed AG-NCNC-NDC alliance four years earlier, and then making amends by proposing the formation of a new Yoruba-Igbo alliance since the NNA (The new Akintola-Balewa coalition) had used underhand tactics to get Dennis Osadebe of the Midwest into their fold. Initially, AG youths threatened to turn Michael Okpara back in rejection of his proposal but Awolowo's wife prevailed on them to give him a second chance owing to the danger staring at the south and likely to finally place everyone under Hausafulani hegemony perpetually as threatened by Maitama Sule.

ebufa:



ofe mmanu creep! ndi owomida....jaguda in chief of mushin olosha! which is worse? your ugliness or your legendary treachery!

Nyamuri scum! Ndi cannibals ! Terrorist in chief of Ariara/Upper Iweka ! Which is the worst? Your dirtiness , legendary treachery or collective stupidity!

Christistruth00:
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You should by now know that these people are allergic to documented hard facts hence will only reply by verbal dismissal of these documents you are providing but without providing any superior one. Look at how that Joyfire was celebrating her posting of a video in which Akintola spoke Yoruba, which I am sure she doesn't understand, all the while I was composing my comprehensive evidence of Azikiwe's involvement in the Western Region crisis but ran away like Ojukwu did to Ivory Coast once I posted the response. She will come back later to just dismiss the whole thing verbally without providing any document for evidence. Just watch out.

Deadlytruth:


You should by now know that these people are allergic to documented hard facts hence will only reply by verbal dismissal of these documents you are providing but without providing any superior one. Look at how that Joyfire was celebrating her posting of a video in which Akintola spoke Yoruba, which I am sure she doesn't understand, all the while I was composing my comprehensive evidence of Azikiwe's involvement in the Western Region crisis but ran away like Ojukwu did to Ivory Coast once I posted the response. She will come back later to just dismiss the whole thing verbally without providing any document for evidence. Just watch out.

The most shocking thing was there was a deliberate attempt to alter the documented facts to make it look like Wellington Bassey only joined the Army in 1953 instead of 1936

Some were even arguing that Bassey left the Army in 1953

If not that Gen Gowon had documented in his biography that Wellington Bassey was already a Major in 1954 when he was part of the Selection Board that had recruited Gowon into the Army and Gen Adebayo had also confirmed that Bassey was the most. Senior Officer at Independence one almost fell for their lies and deceit

All to deceive People into thinking Gen Ironsi was Wellington. Bassey’s Senior and not his Junior Which Ironsi was

Can you believe that it was Gowon whom Bassey helped to recruit into the Army when he was a Major in 1954 that finally Promoted Wellington Bassey to Brigadier after Gowon took Power in July 1966

Ironsi who was more than 3 years Wellington Bassey’s Junior Officer was already a Brigadier in 1964

What nonsense was that ?

Truth always Triumphs over falsehood and lies because God Almighty is a God of Truth

Deadlytruth:


You already have it above.
What were Michael Okpara and Azikiwe backing out from? Why couldn't Azikiwe resign from the coalition government between his party NCNC and NPC if he wasn't really in support of all that the government was doing in the West? Can you provide a single evidence of an instance in which Zik publicly condemned his slave master Balewa over his unlawful interference in a purely internal affair of the Region?

At least Okotie-Eboh who was himself also part of the whole plot came back to his senses on seeing his fellow Midwesterner Enahoro suffering in jail for rather fictitious charges hence he began to publicly call on Balewa to shake off the apron strings of Ahmadu Bello and rely purely on his conscience in handling the situation. Ironically this was the Okotie-Eboh you Igbos murdered by twisting his head through 360⁰ while you left the Azikiwe who never protested walk free. What a wicked and demonic people!

So your evidence of your claim of an alliance between Zik and Akintola are plenty of speculations and tribalistic beer parlour theories such as "Why didn't zik resign"? Why did zik wear white agbada? Why did zik drink water?

Your lengthy, meaningless rants don't mean a thing. You can't dodge the initial question with all this crap and epistles..So Nigeria was working before Ironsi?

Christistruth00:



The most shocking thing was there was a deliberate attempt to alter the documented facts to make it look like Wellington Bassey only joined the Army in 1953 instead of 1936

Some were even arguing that Bassey left the Army in 1953

If not that Gen Gowon had documented in his biography that Wellington Bassey was already a Major in 1954 when he was part of the Selection Board that had recruited Gowon into the Army and Gen Adebayo had also confirmed that Bassey was the most. Senior Officer at Independence one almost fell for their lies and deceit

All to deceive People into thinking Gen Ironsi was Wellington. Bassey’s Senior and not his Junior Which Ironsi was

Truth always Truimphs over falsehood and lies

Have you ever noticed that despite their claims that Yorubas are evil, deceptive, etc, etc and that they hate Yorubas on account of that, they however love Obasanjo far more than all their heroes combined. What Obasanjo would say or do and they would gloss over it, another figure from even among their Igbo nation would say it and they would take him to the cleaners. In one debate with one of them here over the state by state results of the 2015 election, he insulted Edo State people with unprintable names for on the complaint that the 40% Buhari got there was too much from a SS state. I reminded him that Buhari got almost 30% too in Imo but all that fell on his deaf ears, then he continued ranting that Edos are evil, sellouts, black sheeps, willing slaves to Buhari, blah blah blah. Then somehow the debate digressed into Obasanjo's administration. I was shocked when this guy began to label Obasanjo as a patriot, a bridge builder, a defender of SE and SS interests, etc. Then I reminded him that the same Obasanjo supported Buhari for 2015 so how does that make him a defender of SE and SS interests and a far lesser support from Edo State for Buhari made Edo people sell outs to the SS and SE interests. He was short of words and cleverly left that thread. This left me wondering why these people harbour such a blind and self destructive love for Obasanjo. It was later I discovered that Obasanjo wrote a book on Nigeria's political history in which he distorted many facts to please them.
In my entire life I have never seen any other people who are so emotional and so much love lies and revisionism.

joeyfire:


So your evidence of your claim of an alliance between Zik and Akintola are plenty of speculations and tribalistic beer parlour theories such as "Why didn't zik resign"? Why did zik wear white agbada? Why did zik drink water?

Your lengthy, meaningless rants don't mean a thing. You can't dodge the initial question with all this crap and epistles..So Nigeria was working before Ironsi?

So you couldn't see where it is clearly stated in the story that Zik was the leader of the NCNC which spearheaded all that negative activities? You didn't see whete Okpara, the foremost Zik loyalist, decided to draw back? You are simply beyond salvage.

And I have asked you why Zik decided to team up with Balewa to start violating a constitution which kept Nigeria working. Before independence we were even already operating that system. So why wasn't there operation wetie before Zik and Balewa combo and Ironsi's onslaught on that constitution?
That source I have provided put to bed all your revisionist tales.

[quote author=Deadlytruth post=108902958[/quote]

Calm down so you can post properly

You claimed that operation wetie was a form "resistance" to Okpara and Zik?

All this awada keri-keri is amusing to be honest but back to the basics.....So Nigeria was working with Operation Wetie and All the chaos? Very soon you will say operation wetie was caused by Ironsi smh

[quote author=joeyfire post=108903020][/quote]

I said it was a resistance to the Zik's and Balewa's violations of the independence constitution through which Nigeria was making progress.
Is it too difficult for you to understand?
I already said it that you will only return to dismiss the hard evidence without providing any contrary facts. Aren't I vindicated now?

You said Nzeogwu planned a coup right? Why was Zik's name number 1 on the hit list of Nzeogwu? Recall that the coup was inspired by the unlawfulness of the Zik-Balewa government which used the army to kil peacefully demonstrating Tiv and Okrika people. Where in that constitution was the army given the power to quell demonstration where the police was?

joeyfire:
All this awada keri-keri is amusing to be honest but back to the basics.....So Nigeria was working with Operation Wetie and All the chaos? Very soon you will say operation wetie was caused by Ironsi smh

You are now suffering from the agony of defeat. We all believe that America is working even though there are frequent uprisings there, for example the case of George Floyd, the Marthin Luther King protest, the, American civil war which saw deaths of thousands of civilians, the 1961 invasion of a university by the American police which left many students dead on campus, the Herbert Hoover protests that nearly set the country on fire, the recent invasion of Capitol complex by protesters in support of Donald Trump, the Watergate Scandal, the bombings of WTC which recorded over 3000 deaths, etc. Going by your silly idea of a working society we can say America has never worked because all the following happened there right? You are simply a dunce!

Deadlytruth:

Have you ever noticed that despite their claims that Yorubas are evil, deceptive, etc, etc and that they hate Yorubas on account of that, they however love Obasanjo far more than all their heroes combined. What Obasanjo would say or do and they would gloss over it, another figure from even among their Igbo nation would say it and they would take him to the cleaners. In one debate with one of them here over the state by state results of the 2015 election, he insulted Edo State people with unprintable names for on the complaint that the 40% Buhari got there was too much from a SS state. I reminded him that Buhari got almost 30% too in Imo but all that fell on his deaf ears, then he continued ranting that Edos are evil, sellouts, black sheeps, willing slaves to Buhari, blah blah blah. Then somehow the debate digressed into Obasanjo's administration. I was shocked when this guy began to label Obasanjo as a patriot, a bridge builder, a defender of SE and SS interests, etc. Then I reminded him that the same Obasanjo supported Buhari for 2015 so how does that make him a defender of SE and SS interests and a far lesser support from Edo State for Buhari made Edo people sell outs to the SS and SE interests. He was short of words and cleverly left that thread. This left me wondering why these people harbour such a blind and self destructive love for Obasanjo. It was later I discovered that Obasanjo wrote a book on Nigeria's political history in which he distorted many facts to please them.
In my entire life I have never seen any other people who are so emotional and so much love lies and revisionism.

Imagine Wellington Bassey who was already a Major in 1954 , 3 years before Ojukwu joined the Army in 1957 was still on the same Lt Col Rank as Ojukwu in Jan of 1966 !!!

What did Azikiwe and Ironsi do to Correct this alarming atrocity and injustice against Wellington Bassey of Calabar

Gen Ironsi rubbed more salt into his wounds by making Ojukwu who was 11 years Wellington Bassey's Junior Premier of the Eastern Region

Ironsi get mind O !

Imagine!

Wellington Bassey who was Ironsi's own Senior Officer by more than 3 years !!

Azikiwe,Ironsi and Ojukwu walked all over Bassey like he was a Carpet

So why exactly was Ojukwu Screaming Seniority at Gowon while he himself was Standing on Bassey's head who was his Father as an Army Officer


Gen Adebayo said in an interview that the Jan 1966 Coup was the Work of over ambitious boys who wanted to reach the Top of their Army Careers before their forefathers