₦airaland Forum

kobojonkie:
Just look at revolutions happening in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, and even Kuwait recently. It is just a pity that Nigerians cannot copy the game. We prefer to fight out dirty tribal and religious politics while the wolves at the top have a field day.

They are busy keeping us preoccupied with boko haram, mend, armed robbery and political thuggery while they enjoy their loots in peace. If none of these problems exist they know that one day people will unite and fight them.

Most of those countries doing revolution are far better than Nigeria in terms of standard of living but the people are not satisfied with the corruption in high places going on. They want freedom from corruption, dictatorship, censorship, oppression and slavery.

But just look at how igbo and yoruba 'warriors' on nairaland abuse each others fathers and forefathers in the morning. Then in the afternoon they combine to take out their anger and frustrations on hausa/fulani. which way Nigeria?

Uchek:
Volasunkan: How can Ibos be scared on Tinubu. Tinubu is correct in advocating for Sovereign National Conference because we need to discuss the basis of our existense as one Nigeria.

If Tinubu is calling for Sovereign National Conference in 2011, that means that Ojukwu was wiser and ahead of his time and contemporaries because Nigeria had a SNC over 40 years ago: ABURI ACCORD which Gowon rejected with the solid support of a lot of Nigerians who fought against ABURI ACCORD and Biafra but today are calling for the ideals contained in ABURI ACCORD.

So how can the IBOS be scared of Tinubu or Awolowo?

Please educate me.

Katsumoto:
That s another lie you tell yourselves. Contentment with one's lot in life is the basis of happiness and not material wealth.

Secondly, the migration pattern is the true indication of economic prosperity.

aribisala0:
you have made my point perfectly for me.
this is what the victims needed to believe in order to move on . that is what they told themselves ,repeatedly, and their children.
i do not comment on whether that is true or not but psychologically evolved people must see the purpose/function of narratives in general and that one specifically.

if indeed it is true that the outcome of a war would be different without"evil policies" most rational humans will pursue "evil" policies and we should not be sentimental about it
war can be evil and there is no creature more evil that the human

aribisala0:
immediately after the war ended there was a sense of deep hurt in the east .
sadly they had lost the war and quite painfully too with lots of lives lost BUT
none of the post war narratives dared to villify any characters from the North
NOT ONE
e.g. Yakubu Gowon
    Hassan Katsina
    Murtala Muhammad
     T. Danjuma to name a few

even from the west Olusegun Obasanjo and
  the so-called Black Scorpion were all spared any
popular criticism


These were after all principal actors in the whole debacle. why does no one point the accusing finger at these lot.

The answer is quite simple really they were all military figures and in the prevailing mood the Nigerian military were greatly feared as such coming to terms with the psychological trauma has entailed transference of angst and so we observe the  casting of  Awolowo as the villain in chief. He was civilian and was a readily available scapegoat for all evils.
i will not come to his defence but whatever he did there were others who did a lot worse
what is striking is that the victims cannot even name them much less or more confront them or villify them . a very complex, psychology not dissimilar to that observed in victims of intimate abuse. fascinating

LFJ:
What is the different, if you are in his position, I am very sure you will do more than that. War is war, you use all strategies to defeat enemies, and Awolowo, removing all sentiments do no wrong in thinking ahead of opponent. Any reasonable leader will do what Awolowo did; block all the venue that will give the enemies the strength to fight.

alj_harem:
People lost there money outsaid baifra, and so

Was it there money or was the currency not changed ?

Did Ojukwu tell you the truth or not ?

Did ojukwu not tell u that he was importing weapons from the aids ?

STOP LYING TO URSELF IT IS 2011 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

stop being gullible it is sad

Ileke-IdI:
Because in war. . . . you shoot at anything and everything.

Did you expect him to start passing out candy canes and roses in "no man's land"?

alj_harem:
[size=16pt] VIDEO EVIDENCE REFUGEES FROM BIAFRA ARRIVE LAGOS for them to be kept from Ojukwu's war. thanks to awolowo[/size]



http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1967/07/22/FS220767100/?s=baifra+ojukwu+lagos&st=0&pn=3

another question. HARD FACTS

WHY DID OJUKWU NOT DO A MEMO ABOUT THE WAR BEFORE HE DIED ?

WHY DID HE NOT TELL US WHAT CONSPIRE BETWEEN HIM AND AWOLOWO AND DISCLAIM AWOLOWO'S FACTS ?

HE was alive then wasn't he

WHY DID NOT NOT DISCLAIM AWOLOWO'S INTERVIEW ?

WHY DID NOT TELL THE IGBOS ABOUT THE CONFLICT HIM AND EFIONG ?

WHY DID NOT TELL IGBOS WHERE THE MILLIONS OF BIAFRA POUNDS ARE ?

WHY CAN'T IGBOS THINK AND SEEK OUT THE TRUTH ?

LFJ:
I have heard this story over and over again; the allegation against Awolowo was always center around these two issues of food and 20 pounds. If this is the case, what do we expect the man to do? Do we expect him to continue to supply food to the enemies? I don’t want us to be sentimental on this issue; what happen during the civil war are not strange; those are the consequence of war.

Aigbofa:
How would you know who sent the food? And if no food came from Nigeria, then the reports of babies dying from food poisoning was fabricated. Lies, one of many told by the Ikemba.

Aigbofa:
So there was some food coming through Nigerian territory? And there was fear some may be poisoned. The question then is not whether food was coming from Nigeria, but the real origin of the food, which Ojukwu or any Biafran had no way of confirming.

How then can you say with all certainty that Awo did not send any food.

Perhaps Ojukwu was taking the food, divert it to the war front and then tell Biafrans the food was poisoned and therefore destroyed.

lagcity:
there you go with the lies. you ppl are really pushing it. the money and property were given back to them, including the allocation of eastern state. still your ppl want to exchange biafran note for Nigerian money. na wa 4 u ooo. anyway, i have said my piece. it is up to u to look inwards and know where things went wrong. look inward.

Aigbofa:
So there was some food coming through Nigerian territory? And there was fear some may be poisoned. The question then is not whether food was coming from Nigeria, but the real origin of the food, which Ojukwu or any Biafran had no way of confirming.

How then can you say with all certainty that Awo did not send any food.

Nchara:
Okay!!! Enough of old history that will only keep going in circles. In retrospect can we say that Awo would be happy today for the Nigeria he fought to keep together? Tinubu can be easily said to be the Awo of today. What does he think about Nigeria's current situation in relation to Ojukwu and the biafra war?

lagcity:
A word is enough for the wise. Papa Awo was telling Igbos that they have enemies within but they are not listening. Igbo ronu ooo.

dayokanu:
I prefer the Benjamin Adekunle way

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These people who think in warfare you have to feed your enemies? Is this Mortal kombat?

Aigbofa:
The Federal Government gets its money from all parts of Nigeria, some do contribute more than the other, but that is not a reason to declare secession and loot the central bank.

Aigbofa:
He didn't have to. You should have cried to the guy who convinced you all to embark on a suicide misssion.

Eko Ile:
Dude, we are talking about a freeking war. Awolow was on the other side, not on your side and he had no obligation to feed you, ojukwu too you to war, he declared his biafra state and you were under him and the biafra flag, not Nigerian flag.

You anger is misplaced, take your case to ojukwu. He not only failed to feed and protect you, he denied you food and that's a fact.

All your Awolow rubbish means nothing, it's even ridiculous entertaining such nonsense.

You people are acting as if WAR is some kind of tales by the moonlight gig. Very simple and naive people.


Isn't it moronic to be whining that your enemy didn't feed you and your army? Food is a matter of national security and your war leader should have formulated a safe and secure source of food that has nothing to do with your enemy.

Your war leaders not only goof, they deny you food, that was criminal and unconscionable.

Nchara:
Just wondering:

Is there any non-Awo evidence that Nigeria sent food to Biafra? I would like to read this. I know a lot of foreign agencies did. I did not know that Nigeria also did, as claimed by Awo. Can anyone corroborate this?

Aigbofa:
You are the dummy here my friend, this is probably too complicated for your little brain. Biafra ceased to be part of Nigeria the moment secession was declared.
But secession did not gaurantee everything in Biafra belonged to Biafrans. Olodo

Eko Ile:
1.It's absolutely irrelevant what claims you spew about Awolowo because Awolowo was not responsible for biafra, ojukqu was

2. It's on record that Ojukwu and the man responsible for the people of biafra denied food to the people of biafra


3. It was foolish to go to war and end up depending on your enemy for food to feed your people and and your soldiers



Please stop the pointless argument, Awolowo didn't own you anything, Ojukwu owed you and he sold you out.

Aigbofa:
Did Biafra give back any of this money? The answer is obviously no. So Nigerian banks in the East were indeed looted.

9ja voice:
Awolowo interview claims that all the eastern nigerian last statements of account was lost or burnt?
did he think we are silly? how come no body ever has his statement of account?
if he is talking about banks last statement of account,how about igbos that have accounts in lagos kaduna and kano?
why they didn't give them their money?

i see clearly what he is trying to do, he is trying to vindicate himself thereby lying in an issue like this.

he said that igbo's will later know who there true enemies are?
pls awolowo since u know it and your pple says you are a realist,can you pls tell the igbos whom there enemy are?

am not your enemy, they are.  " who are the they? "

Aigbofa:
Well, I have never seen any picture of a scrawny looking Biafran soldier yet, or one with a distended belly.

Aigbofa:
What happened to the Nigerian money in the East after the war started? Burnt?

ekt_bear:
Is there anyone who can have beef with his remarks?

Also, what is the deal with this bank looting by Biafra?

How can they do that then turn around and be angry at anyone else for changing money? Or not accepting the currency they printed as good??

Anyway, very interesting article.

So the food aid that was sent by internationals and meant for civilians was stolen by the army.

All those starvation victims were victims of their own side  

ekt_bear:
Is there anyone who can have beef with his remarks?

Also, what is the deal with this bank looting by Biafra?

How can they do that then turn around and be angry at anyone else for changing money? Or not accepting the currency they printed as good??

Anyway, very interesting article.

So the food aid that was sent by internationals and meant for civilians was stolen by the army.

All those starvation victims were victims of their own side