The recent wave of pro-Biafran agitations that started in 2001 by Ralph Uwazurike and then culminated to this day by Namadi Kanu can be linked to the soft landing accorded to Emeka Ojukwu, by the late president Shehu Shagari.
Ojukwu may be a hero to some, but to logical minds, he was a disaster in terms of accepting reality. In addition to the pogrom in the north, his grouse was that Gowon was not qualified to lead the country, because he wasn’t the most senior in the army. Ojukwu could not come to terms that the rest of the regions (western, Midwest and northern regions) have agreed to come under British-backed Gowon’s rule. Ojukwu failed to accept that the reality now was three against one, as demonstrated at the Aburi conference, where Gowon had in his delegation, people from western, Midwest and northern regions in his team, as opposed to Ojukwu, whose delegation was only from eastern region. He had the opportunity to avoid that war, because the east was outmanned and outgunned. As a military officer, a high ranking one at that, he ought to have known better. Thus, his judgement stinks and should have been allowed to remain and die in exile, to send a lesson to any would-be agitator. Uganda never allowed Idi Amin to return to Uganda and he died in Saudi Arabia, and buried there.
Nigeria already made the mistake of pardoning Ojukwu and history must not be allowed to repeat itself. Not that I’m comparing Ojukwu to the likes of criminals and illiterates like Uwazurike and Namadi kanu,,,,far from it. What I’m reiterating here is that Nnamdi kanu has crossed the line with his agitation by killing police, army, airforce and navy personnel. He even encouraged mutiny in the army by asking for those in the police and military to overthrow the civilian government and join his non-existent ‘Biafran army’. Kanu must be used as an example. He must be tried and face justice. The army must also request for custody of him, so he can face a military tribunal as an enemy combatant.
This will send a clear message to any would-be agitator who will not go about their agitation the right way, which is through the National Assembly.

Go bless president Muhammadu Buhari for speaking to Ipob/ESN terrorists in the language they understand.

E pain am very well

you are right....now we see the consequence....

ojukwu was never punished for his crimes....

Ok. Let them pardon your father then

Igbo presidency is looking more realistic hence the grunts from Tinubu pigs upandan nairaland these days
They can't bear the pain of watching an Igbo man be their Commander-in-Chief
The tears never start. Make una just reserve am. Jonathan was soft on you guys. I won't talk more

Mods, Front page please. This will help the naive generation to learn the truth and accept reality

colorsofrainbow:
Igbo presidency is looking more realistic hence the grunts from Tinubu pigs upandan nairaland

you can say that again.
An Igbo man will be president whether they like it or not.

colorsofrainbow:
Igbo presidency is looking more realistic hence the grunts from Tinubu pigs upandan nairaland

The leader of boko haram has a better chance at the presidency than Jesus Christ (if he’s Igbo). Namadi kanu and Ipob/ESN cannibals have completely destroyed Igbo political capital. No political party would ever risk giving their ticket to any Igbo.
The best Ndigbo can negotiate for now is control of the legislative arm of government.

colorsofrainbow:
Igbo presidency is looking more realistic hence the grunts from Tinubu pigs upandan nairaland these days
They can't bear the pain of watching an Igbo man be their Commander-in-Chief
The tears never start. Make una just reserve am. Jonathan was soft on you guys. I won't take more

Didn't they run to the USA to lobby and cry that Jonathan was avenging the crimes against the Biafrans?
Guilty conscience kee them.

ipobcannibals:
The recent wave of pro-Biafran agitations that started in 2001 by Ralph Uwazurike and then culminated to this day by Namadi Kanu can be linked to the soft landing accorded to Emeka Ojukwu, by the late president Shehu Shagari.
Ojukwu may be a hero to some, but to logical minds, he was a disaster in terms of accepting reality. In addition to the pogrom in the north, his grouse was that Gowon was not qualified to lead the country, because he wasn’t the most senior in the army. Ojukwu could not come to terms that the rest of the regions (western, Midwest and northern regions) have agreed to come under British-backed Gowon’s rule. Ojukwu failed to accept that the reality now was three against one, as demonstrated at the Aburi conference, where Gowon had in his delegation, people from western, Midwest and northern regions in his team, as opposed to Ojukwu, whose delegation was only from eastern region. He had the opportunity to avoid that war, because the east was outmanned and outgunned. As a military officer, a high ranking one at that, he ought to have known better. Thus, his judgement stinks and should have been allowed to remain and die in exile, to send a lesson to any would-be agitator. Uganda never allowed Idi Amin to return to Uganda and he died in Saudi Arabia, and buried there.
Nigeria already made the mistake of pardoning Ojukwu and history must not be allowed to repeat itself. Not that I’m comparing Ojukwu to the likes of criminals and illiterates like Uwazurike and Namadi kanu,,,,far from it. What I’m reiterating here is that Nnamdi kanu has crossed the line with his agitation by killing police, army, airforce and navy personnel. He even encouraged mutiny in the army by asking for those in the police and military to overthrow the civilian government and join his non-existent ‘Biafran army’. Kanu must be used as an example. He must be tried and face justice. The army must also request for custody of him, so he can face a military tribunal as an enemy combatant.
This will send a clear message to any would-be agitator who will not go about their agitation the right way, which is through the National Assembly.

Go bless president Muhammadu Buhari for speaking to Ipob/ESN terrorists in the language they understand.

You are a poor student of Nigerian history and I don't blame you because they dont want people like you to know the truth so you can continue in ignorance. You said that Ojukwus grouse with Gowon was seniority. Lets assume you're right, is that grouse not legitimate? Which military officer wants to serve under his Junior? The military Governor of the Western Region, Colonel Adebayo, and his counterpart in the Midwest Region, Lt Col Ejoor, as well as Ojukwu, were all senior to Gowon. Yet Gowon assumed power just because he is a Northerner. That bowing down to the North is what Ojukwu hated, and it is still what a lot of Igbos hate to this day. This preferential treatment of Northerners, compared to th rest of Nigeria is very bad. Nobody is slave to another

However, Ojukwu still took the risk of going to Aburi in the interest of peace. At Aburi, an agreement was reached. Who broke the agreement? Gowon and his Northern cohorts. It was the breaking of the Aburi agreement that directly led to war and the blame is with Gowon.

It was in recognition that the war was not Ojukwus fault that Shagari granted Ojukwu pardon.

Why did Uwazurike and Nnamdi Kanu start their agitation? The same Nigeria characterised by injustice still exists. The same injustice perpetrated by Gowon and his Northern cohorts that made Ojukwu declare Biafra.

Self determination is recognised by international and domestic law, and no law bars anyone, be it Uwazurike or Nnamdi Kanu, from agitating for Biafra

Uwazurike was agitating for Biafra with MASSOB peacefully, they invaded his house, killed many people, and locked him up for years without trial

Sunday Igboho was agitating for Oduduwa Republic peacefully, they invaded his house, killed people, and he is locked up today in another country

In 2017, despite the fact that IPOB was unarmed, peaceful and touched nobody, the Nigerian Army invaded Nnamdi Kanu's house, killed people, declared IPOB a terrorist group , and Nnamdi Kanu is today locked up

Why is the Nigerian government using unnecessary force with peaceful movements? Then they cry when the movement turns violent? Every peaceful agitation, the government will bring violence into it.

They did it with ENDSARS

They did it with MASSOB

The did it with IPOB

They did it with Oduduwa Nation

They did it to IMN

They even did it with Boko haram

Rather than engage a group that is peaceful, the government will send in the security forces to kill them. Then when the group pick up arms, the same government that made then pick up arms will start crying terrorism.

Biafra agitation today exists for the same reason it existed in 1967, a Nigerian state characterised by injustice and under the control of the North

Where there is injustice, there is never peace

Those who make peaceful agitation impossible, will make violent agitation inevitable~ JFK

ipobcannibals:
The leader of boko haram has a better chance at the presidency than Jesus Christ (if he’s Igbo). Namadi kanu and Ipob/ESN cannibals have completely destroyed Igbo political capital. No political party would ever risk giving their ticket to any Igbo.
The best Ndigbo can negotiate for now in control of the legislative arm of government.

The exact mindset awolowo had about igbos in 1979 untill an igbo was elected vice president and he was forced to take his life by drinking SNIPER .

@Op,

Sniper awaits...

Op please do the needful.....no time to waste .
I don't think sniper is costly

Sergio104:
Op please do the needful.....no time to waste .

I don't think sniper is costly

Your suplim reader was caught trying to commit suicide in DSS custody via otapiapia, but it failed. May be sniper will work for him so he can reunited with his useless parents in hell

ipobcannibals:
I know you’re a brainless Ipob bingo, one that is eternally doomed to reason via his ‘anular cavity’.
I don’t have time to read all the gibberish you typed here. The fact that you’re right doesn’t mean or translate that you will win a fight,,,, this was what cardinal Arinze told some brainless Ipob members in Rome.
Yes, Ojukwu was right in asking for the maintenance of the military hierarchy, but the reality was that the other three regions have agreed to come under the command of British-backed-Gowon government and Ojukwu could have seen the reality and save the lives of easterners, by extension, Igbo lives, by avoiding that war.
Today, your suplim reader is begging for his life after shouting biaflaud or death and wasting Igbo lives again. When are you going to join the ESN cannibals in the bush and fight for biaflaud?

Nigerians are the only people in the world who expect peace to come from a mountain of injustice.

Why should the British be backing Gowon, an illegitimate military ruler of an independent country?

Gowon and Ojukwu signed an agreement in front of the then President of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah.

The Aburi agreement made the centre weak, and the 4 Regions autonomous so that no Region could dominate the other or feel marginalised

Gowon returned to Nigeria and broke the very agreement he signed. Who will accept that? That is why there was war.

Gowon broke the Aburi agreement because it prevented him and his Northern cohorts from getting that which they wanted the most, the economic and political control of Nigeria

Unfortunately for them, Ojukwu and his people were not going to take that lying down. It was bow down to the North, or fight for your freedom and Ojukwu chose the latter option while the rest of Nigeria chose the Easy option of becoming slaves without a fight

As long as Nigeria is characterized by injustice, there will never be peace. This is not about Ojukwu, Uwazurike or Nnamdi Kanu. If Nigeria was a country built on justice, equity and fairness, there would never have been any Ojukwu, Uwazurike or Kanu

But if we choose to operate this Nigeria we have today the way we are operating it, much worse than Ojukwu, Uwazurike and Kanu will come in the future and there will never be peace

gidgiddy:



But if we choose to operate this Nigeria we have today the way we are operating it, much worse than Ojukwu, Uwazurike and Kanu will come in the future and there will never be peace

I know how deceptive most of you Ipob bingos are when making your statements. You either cloak your criminality by hiding under the name Ojukwu or masking your crimes with Igbo identity. Your actions puts Ndigbo at greater risk, just like the actions of those naive Igbo officers of Jan 15, 1966.
First of all, I can’t place Ojukwu’s name alongside criminals like Uwazurike and cownu, whose agitation were for making money, and not Biafra.
Now, to the contention of the day, you say more agitation will come up. Well after the government recycles your suplim reader, no clown will ever risk shouting biafla again, because they would know what awaits them.
And when you say no peace without Biafra, that violence will only be felt in the SE. Your madness can’t even cross Asaba, as any future war will be fought within the SE region. You lack the capacity to fight outside your region, as demonstrated by the current sit-at-home. Why are there no sit-at-home in the SS, since the SS is also part of Biafra?

Zukwanu ike!

This skull miner is in deep pain... but it is too late.

ipobcannibals:
I know how deceptive most of you Ipob bingos are when making your statements. You either cloak your criminality by hiding under the name Ojukwu or masking your crimes with Igbo identity. Your actions puts Ndigbo at greater risk, just like the actions of those naive Igbo officers of Jan 15, 1966.
First of all, I can’t place Ojukwu’s name alongside criminals like Uwazurike and cownu, whose agitation were for making money, and not Biafra.
Now, to the contention of the day, you say more agitation will come up. Well after the government recycles your suplim reader, no clown will ever risk shouting biafla again, because they would know what awaits them.
And when you say no peace without Biafra, that violence will only be felt in the SE. Your madness can’t even cross Asaba, as any future war will be fought within the SE region. You lack the capacity to fight outside your region, as demonstrated by the current sit-at-home. Why are there no sit-at-home in the SS, since the SS is also part of Biafra?

If I were you, its not Biafra or Nnamdi Kanu you should be worried about. Those you should really be worried about are ISWAP, Boko haram, killer herdsmen and bandits. Those ones dont even have time to protest or ask for referendum like IPOB. They are armed, killing people daily and taking over territory. 200 killed in Zamfara, I20 killed in a Sokoto market, 500 killed Agatu LGA, Benue, 30 murdered in Southern Kaduna, 12 slaughtered in Jos. The list grows every day.

The North is already gone and the Nigerian project is going with it. When things finally collapse, the indigenous people in the South will create their own countries

You don't have to post on issues above your paygrade. Silence can be golden!

ipobcannibals:
I know you’re a brainless Ipob bingo, one that is eternally doomed to reason via his ‘anular cavity’.
I don’t have time to read all the gibberish you typed here. The fact that you’re right doesn’t mean or translate that you will win a fight,,,, this was what cardinal Arinze told some brainless Ipob members in Rome.
Yes, Ojukwu was right in asking for the maintenance of the military hierarchy, but the reality was that the other three regions have agreed to come under the command of British-backed-Gowon government and Ojukwu could have seen the reality and save the lives of easterners, by extension, Igbo lives, by avoiding that war.
Today, your suplim reader is begging for his life after shouting biaflaud or death and wasting Igbo lives again. When are you going to join the ESN cannibals in the bush and fight for biaflaud?

tsdarkside:
you are right....now we see the consequence....

ojukwu was never punished for his crimes....

What were Ojukwu's crimes?

Idiko1:


What were Ojukwu's crimes?

what type of question is this....??

The problem is you believe as a Fulani you can say anything and go Scot free. Ojukwu was on a defensive side, that means he has no questions to answer.
What caused the was wasn't because Gowon became a president, it is because of massacre of igbos in the north. look at venom coming out of your mouth just because we are blessed as a people.

tsdarkside:


what type of question is this....??

It is a simple question?

ipobcannibals:


Go bless president Muhammadu Buhari for speaking to Ipob/ESN terrorists in the language they understand.

God bless you.
You are a patriot.

gidgiddy:


If I were you, its not Biafra or Nnamdi Kanu you should be worried about. Those you should really be worried about are ISWAP, Boko haram, killer herdsmen and bandits. Those ones dont even have time to protest or ask for referendum like IPOB. They are armed, killing people daily and taking over territory. 200 killed in Zamfara, I20 killed in a Sokoto market, 500 killed Agatu LGA, Benue, 30 murdered in Southern Kaduna, 12 slaughtered in Jos. The list grows every day.

The North is already gone and the Nigerian project is going with it. When things finally collapse, the indigenous people in the South will create their own countries

Why are you concerned about the north, rather than worry about the destruction of Igboland by Ipob/ESN cannibals? I thought you claim that you’re Igbo and yet not concerned about children not going to school every Monday, children not writing their WAEC, business destroyed in the SE, traditional rulers killed and cannibalized by Ipob/ESN, women raped by Ipob/ESN? In light of these sacrilege happening in your land, it’s far away north that is your priority?
I have said it that Ipob/ESN cannibals remains an existential threat to Ndigbo and Ndigbo must rise to destroy Ipob/ESN……else, Ipob/ESN cannibals will destroy Ndigbo.
“The north is already gone and the Nigerian project gone with it” you said. If you believe that the ‘Zoo’ has fallen, then wonke, ti yen ishi dia? Okwa unu di formidable? You all and your suplim reader will be ikonsonized and recycled

Idiko1:


What were Ojukwu's crimes?

As a military officer, a high ranking one at that time, Ojukwu should have weighed his options and going to war should never have been one.
Saving the lives of easterners/Igbo should have superseded whatever options he had, especially when he knew the east was outmanned and outgunned, with no foreign allies.
There’s nothing wrong with him telling the Gowon led administration that he was prepared to resign as long as further bloodshed of easterners will be avoided, since he doesn’t want to serve under Gowon.
Now, does his going to war amounts/translates into crimes? I think to Nigeria, yes it’s a crime.
Now to Ndigbo, did Ojukwu going to war amounts to crime as it led to millions of avoidable deaths? I think it’s a debate that the Igbo would have to hold with an open mind. For me personally as an Igbo, it amounts to crime against Ndigbo because Ojukwu failed to secure foreign support which could had balanced the force of arms against Nigeria. He could have just drop the idea and play like the other military governors of other regions. Perhaps, we could have still have the Igbo parts of SS embedded in the SE.

You won't find a bigger opponent of the present day fraudulent IPOB agitation for Biafra, than me.
Anybody who believes IPOB would give them an independent country is on a long thing.

I am old enough to remember living through Ojukwu's Biafra which start when I was an infant 3 years old.

I consider Ojukwu to be an eternal father and hero of the Igbo people for his role in Biafran war. Yes the war was lost but we that experienced the war would forever be grateful for his strong leadership.

First of Ojukwu gave Gowon an ultimatum to implement the Aburi Accord that they signed to resolve crisis of thousands of Igbos being massacred and chased home from all regions country, or the Igbos would declare independence from Nigeria.

Gowon failed to implement their agreement so Ojukwu, consulted with Igbo elders including state men, traditional rulers and chief justice who gave him the go ahead to declare independence. So he declared independence.

No hate speeches , no kidnappings, no sit at homes, no monthly levies, no war mongering , war cries and no fake stories of having UN backing, No killing police men, no burning police stations and police vehicles, no lynching of so called sabos, no beheading .

He simply behaved like a man is supposed to and did what he had threatened to do to end the incessant massacring of Igbos that was on-going at that time.

In his Biafra independence speech on 30th May 1967 he addressed the Igbos that were still running back home: " If you can cross this line on the ground you need not run anymore, for you would be home safe"

Many years later just a few years before his death he said in a documentary about the civil war: "There can be no greater honour than to face the impossible odds for the land of our fathers and the temples of our gods, I think I did that and I am proud!"

https://www.nairaland.com/693700/gen-gowon-interviewed-hours-after

ipobcannibals:
Why are you concerned about the north, rather than worry about the destruction of Igboland by Ipob/ESN cannibals? I thought you claim that you’re Igbo and yet not concerned about children not going to school every Monday, children not writing their WAEC, business destroyed in the SE, traditional rulers killed and cannibalized by Ipob/ESN, women raped by Ipob/ESN? In light of these sacrilege happening in your land, it’s far away north that is your priority?
I have said it that Ipob/ESN cannibals remains an existential threat to Ndigbo and Ndigbo must rise to destroy Ipob/ESN……else, Ipob/ESN cannibals will destroy Ndigbo.
“The north is already gone and the Nigerian project gone with it” you said. If you believe that the ‘Zoo’ has fallen, then wonke, ti yen ishi dia? Okwa unu di formidable? You all and your suplim reader will be ikonsonized and recycled

And that us showing you that that there is no "one Nigeria", same thing IPOB is preaching. If should have no concern about what is happening in the North, if I should only concentrate on my own area, then why are we pretending there is anything like "one Nigeria"?

Let everyone go their own way and stop deceiving ourselves that we care about each other or that we will build a united country. Let us go our different ways and admit that it was a big mistake the British made by bringing us together

If the North East has a problem of Boko haram, let them go and declare their caliphate and deal with their own problems

If the East has problem of IPOB, let them have Biafra and deal with that problem

If North west has ISWAP, they can go their way and deal with that

But to stay together in a Nigeria that cannot deal with the problems that the union of Nigeria cannot solve, makes no sense

Its time for us to break up this failed British colonial contraption called Nigeria, and go manage our individual problems our own individual ways

Same thing IPOB wants