alj_harem:

Not really for likes of you that your heart is already harden and cannot listen to the voice of reasoning. I am trying to get across to the younger generations on the actual facts that happened and how to resolve issues before it escalates to that of the 60's. Of course I know you to be an Ojukwu die hard fan just like many Igbos today and even the diaspora.

If one thing at all, the fact, I repeat the fact remains Ojukwu was no Hero and would NEVER be.

neither was he a bad person but he had ego and pride and it lead to his down fall.

bayooooooo:

Ojukwu was a spectacular failure in life and death.  He failed more than failure. He failed where even the weak succeeded.
His actions in life portrayed him as someone who lacked in depth thinking.

manny4life:

A great leader and front runner has fallen; God will grant you eternal peace,


Please people, you guys should ignore derogatory comments; such comments are meant to spur anger and spite so the thread can be a battle ground for insults. Respect the thread and ignore silly comments. They say, the best answer to a fool is SILENCE.

bayooooooo:

"Okay," he beamed, "the Germans just know how war works. Tonight there is a front-party in my headquarters. You will come! An order is an order!"

This interview with the most important man in the Nigerian war took place at night. Whisky and beer were abundant, uniformed go-go girls played DJ, Adekunle danced and petted his mascot, a small mountain goat named "Ojukwu".

STERN: Your friends in the federal government of Lagos call you the "bloodhound of Nigeria". You are chasing a whole people. You kill everything.

ADEKUNLE: Europeans are awful. They always generalize. My troops have kept prisoners. You have had a chance to convince yourself of this.

STERN: I only saw one prisoner, a fifteen-year old boy.

ADEKUNLE: There you are! In addition I want to emphasize that we do not murder all people who no longer want to remain members of the Nigeria Federation.

STERN: Does that mean that you do not want the extinction of the Ibos?

ADEKUNLE: The nation which the Ibos founded under the name of Biafra on May 30, 1967 is not a pure Ibo-federation. You Europeans should really know that by now. Seven million Ibos and five million other population groups are living now in the 80% overpopulated Biafra: Ibibios, Ijaws, Kalabaris, Ekios, Efiks, and Annangs. These minority populations in the Ibo nation have always hated the Ibos. Therefore they jubilantly welcome the liberation of their areas through federal troops.

STERN: What are your troops doing when they march into a town around Port Harcourt, an area where most of the farmers are not Ibos?

ADEKUNLE: We aim at everything that moves.

STERN: Small children tend not to stay put for very long.

ADEKUNLE: I know. I have two myself.

STERN: What will your troops do when you get to the Ibo heartland, that is, to the place populated by Ibos only?

ADEKUNLE: [b]There we will aim at everything even if it is not moving.

STERN: Are you racist?

ADEKUNLE: You should know exactly where racists are. There is no such thing as racism in Nigeria.

STERN: But why are you refusing to discuss this war with a European?

ADEKUNLE: Let me tell you something: When the Russians surrounded Stalingrad did you request a land corridor from them so as to better feed your soldiers who were stuck in the pot there? Of course you didn’t and I can tell from your face that you think the thought of a land corridor to bring in food for the captured German soldiers in Stalingrad is a bad joke. Me too. Where and when, …………., was there a war in which the loser was re-nourished one more time before the final loss? Why are you just calling for a land corridor for Biafra? Why aren’t you calling for a land corridor for the Viet Kong? I have to declare: You Europeans are simply not competent!
STERN: What is happening to the European Humanitarian Assistance programs which were authorized through your government?

ADEKUNLE: In the section of the front that I rule—and that is the whole south front from Lagos to the border of Kamerun—I do not want to see the Red Cross, Caritas Aid, World Church delegation, Pope, Missionary, or UN delegation.

STERN: Does that mean that the many thousands of tons of food that are stored in Lagos will never get to the refugee camps in your section of the country?

ADEKUNLE: You are a sharp one, my friend. That’s exactly what I am saying.

STERN: But you said yourself that most of the refugees in the part you captured are not Ibos.

ADEKUNLE: But there could be Ibos among them. I want to avoid feeding a single Ibo as long as this whole people have not given up yet.
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STERN: Do you sometimes feel sympathy for the Ibos?

ADEKUNLE: I have learned a word from the British, which is "sorry"! That’s how I want to respond to your question. I did not want this war but I want to win this war. Therefore I have to kill the Ibos. Sorry!
The End.

Relax101:

^^^^Was he normal when He said all those. There's a clear difference between a trained soldier and a tout who brandishes a gun.

bayooooooo:

He was a well trained soldier and clearly understood that in war, all is justified. He knew the key weakness of Biafra as declared and promptly worked on it.

bayooooooo:

He wasn't and couldn't have been the only one, but he led a very successful unit.

You don't have to be bitter about it. It's ok. There should not have been war in the first place. As for Adekunle role, it was just simple and straight forward. Infact, war can solely be won on propaganda alone and so there was nothing wrong giving  interview during war in as much that it would not endanger your troops.

Honestly, in a warfare, you should not expect help and to be specific food from the very enemy you are fighting. It's just logical.

bayooooooo:

He wasn't and couldn't have been the only one, but he led a very successful unit.

You don't have to be bitter about it. It's ok. There should not have been war in the first place. As for Adekunle role, it was just simple and straight forward. Infact, war can solely be won on propaganda alone and so there was nothing wrong giving  interview during war in as much that it would not endanger your troops.

Honestly, in a warfare, you should not expect help and to be specific food from the very enemy you are fighting. It's just logical.

Edmed:

D g8t warlord is gone!We shall miss u,rest in d bossom of d Lord,Amen.

akins56:

Finaly another darken rahl has shamefully left d word.go and meet d millions dat died because of your silly idea of creating an independent impossible biafran nation.

Johnpaul2k2:

you are just a failure yourself,
for sitting down at home all your freaking a$$hole life
waiting for Ojukwu's Death , not only to show how expensive stoooooooopid are you
rather the Lack of Knowledge and exposure the  teacher that taught you in History were

bayooooooo:

You are not just mentally lazy, you are equally socially unexposed and greatly lacking in well mannerisms.

What history?

bayooooooo:

You are not just mentally lazy, you are equally socially unexposed and greatly lacking in well mannerisms.

What history?

ismhab:

thank god, the bastard, devil and evil is no longer to be found on our soil.

Johnpaul2k2:

i wouldn't also blame telecom operation in Nigeria
rather NEPA for giving you  light to type nonsens.e here
who is Ojukwu under government authority to make decision,
the thousands of people killed was as result freedom struggle

~Bluetooth:

You are[b] hitiing[/b] this twerp too hard.Please take it easy on him cuz he just lost his villain.

Johnpaul2k2:

i wouldn't also blame telecom operation in Nigeria
rather NEPA for giving you  light to type nonsens.e here
who is Ojukwu under government authority to make decision,
the thousands of people killed was as result freedom struggle

bayooooooo:

I type where there is no NEPA! Your assumption is wrong. Which freedom struggle?

1. Based on geography alone, he should not have declared war without some sort of understanding with the West. He knew the whole North as constituted was not only bigger that the West and the East but they also controlled the military. Ojukwu did not have an army that was technologically superior to Nigeria's to neutralise that advantage.  An alliance between East and West would have made North land locked and could proved disastrous for the North. Besides, he arrogated the whole eastern region to Ibos. The minorities were not carried along and that proved a significant weakness during the war as the Igbo hinterlands were effectively rendered landlocked.

2.War is simply not between two parties. Read the history of the world. Nations will take side either directly or indirectly. USSR, Britain and US, the major powers of the sixties, were on the side of Nigeria. Two months into the war, he was making pan african speeches when he had not established a country. His intelligence was clearly overestimated. He was not brilliant and I am greatly pained that he passed through Oxford.

3.War is not a mario game or football where you expect a fair play. Didn't US use atomic bomb against Japan? Was it considered unfair? You can be provoked, harassed and even humiliated. But don't declare war unless you are at least 65% sure of victory or you are clearly going for suicide.
He simply wasted millions of lives of his people and made heroes out of Adekunle, Buhari and Obasanjo.

He was iconic but certainly not heroic!