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Wow mehn, this is the most convoluted attempt at revisionism I have ever seen in my entire life. You said clearly that Charles Taylor was convicted only because he was physically in the war front. Those were your exact words.

Ok

Na lie

Na lie

Na wa, as it were

Lie muhammed

First to comment.
What's the topic again

Isaac Adaka Boro arrested 1966

Back to topic: if Isaac Adaka Boro could do it with practically nothing, why couldn't Awo with all he had.
See bolded.

Wiki on Adams Boro:

He formed the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, an armed militia with members consisting mainly of his fellow Ijaw ethnic group.
They declared the Niger Delta Republic on February 23, 1966 and gallantly battled the Federal forces for twelve days but were finally routed by the far superior Federal firepower.
Boro and his compatriots were jailed for treason. However, the federal regime of General Yakubu Gowon granted him amnesty on the eve of the Nigerian civil war in May 1967. He then enlisted and was commissioned as a major in the Nigerian army. He fought on the side of the Federal Government but was killed under mysterious circumstances in active service in 1968 at Ogu (near Okrika) in Rivers State.

PrecisionFx:
He wasn't on the war front sir, the bold part of ur post says it all. He was found guilty for doing and abetting and planning.

Of course u are right.
His own post proved him wrong.
How ironic.

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Marvel1206:
Without the use of strong language, rooting is basically getting additional access to by pass certain restrictions on your phone

Please explain further

Dirkcoyt:
what is 9jadoc? you must first define such terms when addressing non medical guys

9jaDoc is short for "Nigerian Doctor"
Over to you

What is "rooting".
You much first define such terms when addressing non-techies

PrecisionFx:
OK bro. Sorry I got u now clearly.

Quite ok. Crossed wires, as it were.

xtianh:
I would like to be a member of this noble group.

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Ojukwu and Gowon at Ojukwu's residence in Enugu in 2010. A year later Ojukwu was dead.

As you can see from the below, even the man on the street knew Awo could have seceded.

This is from "America's secret files on Ojukwu"
Note the bolded.

...On the other hand, Strong continued: “AG (Action Group) activists and the man in the street are convinced Awolowo made the statement under duress… They say Awolowo’s true position was indicated in the Leaders of Thought resolution in May, which said if any region seceded or forced out, the West would automatically become independent.
The activists feel that Awolowo missed the opportunity to bring the present conflict to close by coming to Ibadan and make a Western Declaration of Independence speech supported by Victor Banjo and his National Liberation Army.”

WetinConsignMe:
As some saw it:
WHY AWO DID NOT MAKE WEST SECEDE

(Note the bolded)

Why Awo did not make West to Secede
VANGUARD
26 SEP 2017
By Eric Teniola
ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations:
“I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional:

(1) Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy.

(2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation

(3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.

(4) The people of Western Nigeria or Lagos would participate in the Ad hoc Constitutional Committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with other Region of the Federations”.

It was the gravest statement made by any leader in Nigeria at a crucial time.
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The question is why did the Western Region not follow the Eastern Region when it seceded on May 30, 1967?

The Daily Sketch which published in full Chief Awolowo’s speech on May 2, 1967 sold in Enugu at two shillings per copy which is more equivalent of today’s six hundred naira. The speech was a hot cake.

Then there was the argument that the fate of the Yorubas in Ilorin and Kabba provinces at that time was not properly addressed in that speech considering the political influence of Chief Josiah Sunday Olawoyin (1935-2000) and later leaders like Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo (76), my friend Chief Ayo Opadokun and Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki (1933-2012).

It is a pity that Chief Awolowo did not publish his memoirs before he died in a domestic accident in his hometown of Ikenne in Ogun state in the early hours of May 9, 1987. Maybe he would have shed more light on why he made those declarations.

I personally believe till today that it was that speech that took the Federal Capital from Lagos, although events have proved later that taking the Federal Capital out of Lagos does not equate with taking commerce out of Lagos- thanks to Chief Bola Tinubu and his successors.

Chief Awolowo’s speech stunned the nation. It was a wakeup call on General Yakubu Dan-Yuuma Gowon (83), the Head of State at that time to prepare for war and save Nigeria. If Chief Awolowo had taken Western Region and Lagos out of Nigeria, it would have been suicidal...

If Chief Awolowo had taken Western Region and Lagos out of the Federation at that time definitely Western Region and Lagos would have been the battle ground. And where were the troops and how prepared was he for a major war. At the time he made those declarations, officers of the Western Region in the Nigerian Army were less than 7%. At that time Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta garrisons were occupied by ‘northern troops’. Even the then Governor of Western Region, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo was not prepared for war. Chief Awolowo admitted on May 1, 1967 speech, that ‘We have neither the military might, nor the overwhelming advantage of numbers here in Western Nigeria and Lagos...'

This is pure nonsense. Contrived excuse after the fact. I mean, a few weeks after this talk, far from talk of possible secession, the man was drumming up the Yorubas for all out war. He was more enthusiastic about the war than Gowon. Why did he not even try to negotiate conditional secession with the North? Later on, why didn't he use the opportunity presented by Banjo's Army as stated below?

PrecisionFx:
Sincerely I don't understand ur post.

See my earlier post:

"9jaDoc:


Well, that's your opinion. My opinion is Awo could have led the West out of 9ja but Gowon showed him that all the oil money was located in the East and also promised him 9ja presidency after the war"

Just saying we r on the same side

PrecisionFx:
Sincerely I don't understand ur post.

We are actually agreeing with each other. I simply posted what Awo said. Which is this:

"If any region should opt out of the Federation of Nigeria, then the Federation should be considered to be at an end, and that the Western Region and Lagos should also opt out of it."

And this:

"We have neither military might nor the overwhelming advantage of numbers here in Western Nigeria and Lagos. But we have justice of a noble and imperishable cause on our side, namely: the right of a people to unfettered self-determination."

Then I posted:
"Na wa o. Forcing someone to associate with u. Never seen anything like that"

Which is same as what u r saying: they were forcing Biafra to be in a union they don't want to be in.

VillageWinch:
So how come Charles Taylor is in jail for war crimes?

He was physically in the war front

VillageWinch:
Which history. The C in C is always blamed for atrocities of those within his command

Except durring war time. Otherwise some US Presidents would have gone to jail for war crimes

VillageWinch:
Says who?

Says history

VillageWinch:
What's the difference

Durring war time the field commanders have the final say

VillageWinch:
In that case why is Murtala considered responsible
for Asaba massacre and not Gowon

That was durring war time.

VillageWinch:
Doesn't mean he gave the order

He was the ultimate commander. He bears responsibility