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MarcAnthon:
^^^ @dayo, these your anti-ojukwu and anti Igbo attacks are beginning to get boring. Let the dead man rest in peace nah. Na wa o

When Biafra's military resistance collapsed, [size=28pt]Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire[/size].

Efiong assumed leadership in this situation of turmoil, starvation, and collapse. He became Head of State of Biafra on 8 January 1970 and on 12 January announced surrender.[1]

At the time of the surrender, Efiong believed that the situation was hopeless and that prolonging the conflict would have led only to the further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra. At that time Effiong said, "I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of the war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end."[1]

Nnaemeka L. Aneke wrote, "General Efiong’s handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not appreciate the depth of it may not have appreciated what was at stake as Biafra capitulated."[2] Many observers had expected wholesale retribution at war's end.
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Later life


In a 1996 interview, Efiong reflected on those events:

I have no regrets whatsoever of my involvement in Biafra or the role I played. The war deprived me of my property, dignity, my name. Yet, I saved so many souls on both sides and by this, I mean Biafra and Nigeria. . . .

I felt that I played a role which has kept this country united till today. . . .

At the end of it all when I saw they (Biafran soldiers) could no longer continue and [size=28pt]Ojukwu had fled[/size], I did what was ideal after wide consultation . . . [2]

Efiong died 6 November 2003, at the age of 78 less than two weeks before his 79th birthday.

ak47mann:
Dont mind those Yoruba cowards they are like drowning man

[size=18pt]Outright molestation, harassment and killing of non-Ibo civilians occurred on a daily basis. At night "suspected saboteurs" were fished out of their homes and arrested. The Hausa community in the Lagos street area of Benin and other parts of the state were targeted for particularly savage treatment, in part a reprisal for the pogroms of 1966[/size], but also out of security concerns that they would naturally harbor sympathies for the regime in Lagos. But non-Hausas were just as badly treated. And as the hostility of the local population became more intense, so did the degree of indiscrete brutality for "internal security". Non-Ibo alumni of St. Patrick's College, Asaba and Government College, Ughelli, found to their chagrin that old school ties meant nothing in the new dispensation (17).

Wed August 3rd, 2011 - Nigerian Gay Chika Nwafor Divorces German Husband

Two years old gay union involving a Nigerian Chika Nwafor as well as his German born husband Marc Schwarz is finally over. Bold Chika informs a popular blogger facts about it.

Pongo:
ANOTHER HAPLESS IBO GUY, PEDDLING HIS DANGEROUS WARES AND BRINGING NIGERIA'S NAME TO SHAME, YORUBA'S WILL NOT LOOK FOR MONEY TO THIS EXTENT, THE GUY WAS AWARE THERE IS A DEATH PENALTY FOR THIS CRIME, AND HE STILL WENT AHEAD SELLING DRUGS IN AN ASIAN COUNTRY, WHEN WILL THESE SO CALLED NDIGBO'S LISTEN, GOD HELP US,

coogar:
luiz is not a full back. he's a centre-back.

would that have happened if torres is designated to take penalties/free-kicks?
he's £50m but his teammates treat him like he's bought for £1m. let's assume for a second cristiano ronaldo does not take penalties/freekicks for real madrid.
would he have scored as many as he has copped. goals help strikers to find their form. when the form is bad - all a striker needs is to step up and score a penalty and his confidence gets a boost. how would torres get such when you have lobotomized apes like lampard and drogba hugging the media attention all the time?

they helped his goal-tally in 2008 euros and 2006 world cup.
if you don't know something, keep quiet.

torres form became shyte when del bosque took over and the spanish side embraced 100% tiki-taka.
before then, torres benefited a lot from his spanish midfielders and he scored goals for fun.

drogba is a battler. whether he gets passes late or early, his physicality allows him to bully his markers n score.
he's a veteran, used to chelsea's style of play and he has the penalty/freekick option at all times to boost his confidence when the goal dries up. a credit facility torres does not have.

sturridge is selfish. . . .he plays as a wing forward but whenever he gets the ball on the flank, his only option is to cut in and shoot.
other players would try and deliver a cross on the head of the strikers. . . .sturridge touches the ball more than torres and it should be so.
without the delivery from the wingers and midfielders, how's torres supposed to take the ball from cech and dribble past 11 markers and score?

xynerise:
If you have lived in Lagos for a long time, you can live in every part of the country and even the world without regret.

Dede1:
Dayolodo the monkey.

Were you thinking Yoruba land was part of Republic of Dahomey, agbaya? There was logical base of fighting back to protect their land against Biafrans when the Yoruba did not muster intestinal fortitude to kick Gowon and Nigerian soldiers from northern region out of the so-called Yoruba land. Yoruba shall remain the enemy of Biafra forever.

afam4eva:
Nice write but I have to disagree on the point that has been hammered by. Yoruibas on why they joined the northerners to fight Biafra. First and foremost, the war was not between Biafra and the Hausa/fulani ologarchy, rather it was between Biafra and Nigeria which included all tribes except Igbos and other eastern minority groups. Biafran soldiers invaded the west enroute lagos because that where the capital was situated. Will you go to Kano when the head of what you're fighting is in Lagos? If the capital were to be in the north then I would have faulted the biafran soldier but it was in Lagos. I

Johnpaul2k2:
you have always been a good Moro.n urself, don't talking harsh beef