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Of course, Gowon should be happy Ojukwu died a Nigerian. It was a case of winning the battle because One-Nigeria Gowon envisaged never materialized as evidenced in the perpetual massacre of innocent citizens at Gowon’s neck of the wood.

[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=813395.msg9655460#msg9655460 date=1322568555]He started a war[/quote]This is a moronic response.

chino11:
Kasie kedu ije? Isreal should be on that list because of Igbo descendancy factor, but we are more interested on those countries that had direct positive impacts on the Biafran nation. I don't think Zambia played any role on the Republic of Biafra. Please enlighten me. Tx

Zambia is one of the four African countries that publicly and politically recognized Biafra as a nation.

@POST

Patriotism strong enough to engender socio-politico-economic revolution in present day Nigeria died in 1966. There shall never be a revolution of any sort in Nigeria without total disintegration of the cesspit called Nigeria period.

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=812669.msg9652608#msg9652608 date=1322525602]so Baifra was about Igbos and not the so called eastern region ?

Let me remained you, the so called Oil producers back then are not in Igbo land and never was

the war was not about OIL. far from it
It was about arrogance and fight for power and domination.

Did you know of the Aburi meeting ?

What happened after that ?

Did you know of how baifra aka Ojukwu sent bombs to kill the westerners ?

Did you know of the mid-west massacre ?

I guess not[/quote]You are a backbencher when subject of historic facts are debated. I suggest you stick to Nairaland propagation of innuendos and fallacies. Please stay away from issues beyond your intellectual pedigree.

@OP

Please tell the organizing committee to include Zambia.

zomby:
Governor Obi did not approve the transferring of Ojukwu to London hospital until he heard that Mike Adenuga has already placed an order for an emergency airplane to transfer the Biafra Warrior for necessary medical treatments in UK.
When Governor Obi and other Igbo people heard the news, they realized how bad it was going to look, so they immediately jumped into action.

MUCH ADO FOR THE PROUD IGBO NATION.

More and link on this information to come soon.

Ikemba spent several days at UNTH without receiving CAT scan. Meanwhile, our sources revealed that Gov. Peter Obi did everything to try to avoid the expenses of securing a foreign hospital and an ambulance jet to take Ikemba abroad. Gov. Obi finally agreed to bring an ambulance jet when he was informed that Lagos-based businessman, Mike Adenuga was ready to foot the bill for Ikemba’s treatment abroad.


Please explain how the above bolded statement cull from the article became placing an order for Air Ambulance by Mike Adenuga?

Onlytruth:
I wouldn't even be comfortable with any attempts to make Ojukwu a Nigerian hero. He was a BIAFRAN hero.
You can name your Nigerian places after Nigerians.
Ojukwu's monument should be somewhere in Enugu, Owerri, Umuahia( all past Biafran capital cities), or Nnewi(his home town).
We can also build his monuments in all parts of Igboland and the East (if non-Igbos want that). Nothing more nothing less.

The sentiment couldn’t have been better expressed than the above post, bros.

jason123:
There is nothing wrong with it.

. . .And why is that? You must be joking. It's only in Nigeria were such things happen, whether his fight was just or not, a secessionist cannot be a national hero not to talk of a multiethnic country like Nigeria. Why aren't "several places of massive importance" named after Okotie-eboh or Ken wiwa or Akintola, even Fajuyi?

I suggest you read up widely in order to stop committing blunders by comparing infinite jokers such as Okotie-eboh, Ken Saro-wiwa or Akintola with the caliber of a man such as Ojukwu. Must you be informed there is a marked difference between wars, even if it is a tug of war, and street demonstrations or seat tight?

In a country such as USA, the civil war personalities have been memorialized by naming federal and state roads after them. Even army barracks were named after some of the confederate generals.

@POST

Nigerians are very funny people indeed. The title of the thread did not leave any undiscerning onlooker in doubts. It is foolhardy to attempt to construe a different meaning to the statements which had been reiterated in more ways than one in the essay. A sentence, they say, conveys one thought.

This is not first time EDO State and some part of Delta State will be subjugated by educational system that emphasizes the dominance of Yoruba language or culture.

lagcity:
Ndigbo wanted to exchange Biafran money for Naija money b4 they were told it was unacceptable. Few ppl who had proof got all their money back, only the ones who didn't have proof were screwed. It is possible that even those who had proof didn't get their money back in Northern Nigeria but how is that Awo's fault, a mere commissioner from the west?

It is good to read from you on the platform of intellectual pedigree. May I ask you proof of what? You should be ashamed of your self in attempt to bring sense of sectionalism into this debate. Nigeria did not have different monetary policy for each section of the country. So it is futile to inject northern Nigeria as a place Ndigbo or Biafrans did not get back their money.

CyberG:
There you go again! Have you ever been a class rep of your university class before? Yet, your shameless and biased hatred for a tribe makes you to denigrate a position at a federal level as "Mere"? Well, any neutral observer can see through your tribally destroyed soul because the position of "Commissioner" was not his creation. The could have called the same position "XYZ" but he discharged the duties of his position without any question - something you and possibly any in your generation will ever do. Stick to the issues and debate objectively. You can't win in a physical fight. Even in a fair intellectual fight, you are doing far worse! Acquit yourself as a boy for goodness sake! In the end Ojukwu, the leader of the Biafra, did not and NEVER blamed Awolowo. Do you know better than him?

Awo once said that “Nigeria is a mere geographical expression”. If the country is “mere” by Awo’s intellectual standard, he must agree with me if I refer to his position of commissioner for finance as grade II mere position.

You are being parochially tribal in this debate. Awo voluntarily gave the alleged interview laden with falsehood and it is my part to highlight such inaccuracies in the interview designed to win cheap political point.

I really do not give a ratarse about Awo or his achievements. You must be swimming against intellectual current to infer I blame Awo for anything. I am of the opinion that Ojukwu knew as much and I too.

lagcity:
There were central banks full of Nigerian money in the east. The money was used to buy weapons by the Biafrans. Ask Ojukwu what he did with the money. Everything dissapeared. The only money Biafrans brought back to Nigeria was Biafran notes, which they wanted to exchange for Naija notes . Mehn Igbo ppl, una too much.

You are as aloof as Awo in the alleged interview. Ndigbo did not come to Nigeria with Biafran paper money because if the vandals saw any Biafran with such paper money at time in question, the aforementioned Igbo person or Biafran with money notes issued by Biafra will be shot.

Ndigbo came with bank books that detailed the numerous accounts opened in the Nigerian banks operating in Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Jos, Ilorin, Zaria etc.
   
I guess the first Asiwaju of Yoruba land forgot Biafran money notes were illegal in Nigeria. 

lagcity:
mehn, what do you want? today you say he was mere commisioner. tomorrow you say, he was the alpha and omega. get your line straight bro. which one is it? No one has come out to claim Awo lied when he said he was responsible for returning property. He definitely didn't have control over northern areas and some parts of the old east. But he did it in Lagos and SW. Ask yourself why nobody complained of abandoned property in Awo''s Odualand. Was it Gowon and Murtala who made sure property were returned?

Of course, Awo was a mere Nigeria’s commissioner for finance during civil war debacle between Nigeria and Biafra. However in the alleged interview granted by Awo, undiscerning onlookers would think Awo was the head of state.

Anyway, I am not surprise from his utterances since trait of loudmouth is inherent from the section of the country that produced Awo.

Nchara:
Were Calabar and  PH not in Biafra land? Can Biafra loot what belonged to it? Any account of Biafrans looting in Benin? What I know is of Muhammed and the Nigerian soldiers looting in Benin. I will admit this one if proven wrong.

Of course, both cities were in Biafra or eastern region. But tribal bigots would want us to think otherwise. Based on the ill-induced fabricated fallacies as evidenced on the alleged interview given by Awo, you can deduce there were no central banks in Enugu, Onitsha, Aba, Owerri or Orlu. Awolowo never shied away from his usual slimy and conniving ways by ringing the alleged looting of central bank with Benin City, Calabar and Port Harcourt.

Yinkay: CIVIL WAR

Moderator: Yes Mr…….Mr. Oparadike.

Question: Chief Awolowo, your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafran people…Your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten the war. Today, you’re being cast as the sole enemy of the Ibo people because of that stand, by among others, some of the people who as members of the federal military government at that time, were party to that decision and are today, in some cases, inheritors of power in one Nigeria which that decision of yours helped to save. How do you feel being cast in this role, and what steps are you taking to endear yourself once again to that large chunk of Nigerians who feels embittered.

Awolowo: As far as I know, the Ibo masses are friendly to me, towards me. In fact, whenever I visit Iboland, either Anambra or Imo, and there’s no campaigning for elections on, the Ibo people receive me warmly and affectionately. But there are some elements in Iboland who believe that they can maintain their popularity only by denigrating me, and so they keep on telling lies against me. Ojukwu is one of them. I don’t want to mention the names of the others because they are still redeemable, but ….Ojukwu is irredeemable so I mention his name, and my attitude to these lies is one of indifference, I must confess to you.


ABANDONED PROPERTY

And then finally, I saw to it that the houses owned by the Ibos in Lagos and on this side, were kept for them. I had an estate agent friend who told me that one of them collected half a million pounds rent which has been kept for him. All his rent were collected, but since we didn’t seize their houses, he came back and collected half a million pounds.

So that is the position. I’m a friend of the Ibos and the mass of the Ibos are my friends, but there are certain elements who want to continue to deceive the Ibos by telling lies against me, and one day, they’ll discover and then that day will be terrible for those who have been lies.

It is very funny to read one of the excerpts of the alleged interview given by Awolowo. I must say it reminds me some of the goofy stuffs parroted by ill-informed trolls of Yoruba extraction on this forum. Is it not laughable that Awolowo arrogated to himself the truncated spread of abandon property policy to Lagos, Calabar, Ilorin, Abeokwuta, Ibadan, Benin City, Warri, Sapele, Kaduna, Kano, Jos, Makurdi, Zaria, Bauchi and Maiduguri? I guess Awolowo was the head of state and executive council of Nigeria during the civil war.

CyberG:
Dede, you are the TRIBAL SUPREMACIST and FUNDAMENTALIST here. Do you know that even Ojukwu said he does and did not blame Awolowo for whatever happened in the war? But you a little kid knows more than Ojukwu? Either you are born silly or grew silly because it is very annoying that me I can see through your stupidity! Respect your age and stop for goodness sake! The person you are defending says I don't blame the person you think or been lied to as guilty or do you know more than Ojukwu now?

You are just hyperventilating because of none issue. The first Asiwaju of Yoruba might have forgotten there were central banks in Enugu, Aba, Onitsha and Owerri. It was a mark of dubious character on the part of Awolowo to hedge his allegation on looting of the banks limited to Benin City, Calabar and Port Harcourt. Maybe there was no looting of central banks or Biafrans were selective or Awolowo was delusional.

Yinkay: CIVIL WAR

Moderator: Yes Mr…….Mr. Oparadike.

Question: Chief Awolowo, your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafran people…Your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten the war. Today, you’re being cast as the sole enemy of the Ibo people because of that stand, by among others, some of the people who as members of the federal military government at that time, were party to that decision and are today, in some cases, inheritors of power in one Nigeria which that decision of yours helped to save. How do you feel being cast in this role, and what steps are you taking to endear yourself once again to that large chunk of Nigerians who feels embittered.

Awolowo: As far as I know, the Ibo masses are friendly to me, towards me. In fact, whenever I visit Iboland, either Anambra or Imo, and there’s no campaigning for elections on, the Ibo people receive me warmly and affectionately. But there are some elements in Iboland who believe that they can maintain their popularity only by denigrating me, and so they keep on telling lies against me. Ojukwu is one of them. I don’t want to mention the names of the others because they are still redeemable, but ….Ojukwu is irredeemable so I mention his name, and my attitude to these lies is one of indifference, I must confess to you.


[b]CHANGE OF CURRENCY

And it is on record that Ojukwu admitted that two things defeated him in this war, that’s as at the day he left Biafra. He said one, the change of currency, he said that was the first thing that defeated him, and we did that to prevent Ojukwu taking the money which his soldiers has stolen from our Central bank for sale abroad to buy arms. We discovered he looted our Central bank in Benin, he looted the one in Port Harcourt, looted the one in Calabar and he was taking the currency notes abroad to sell to earn foreign exchange to buy arms.

So I decided to change the currency, and for your benefit, it can now be told the whole world, only Gowon knew the day before, the day before the change took place. I decided, only three of us knew before then- Isong now governor of Cross River, Attah and myself. It was a closely guarded secret, if any commissioner at the time say that he knew about it, he’s only boosting his own ego. Because once you tell someone, he’ll tell another person. So we refused to tell them and we changed the currency notes. So Ojukwu said the change in currency defeated him, and starvation of his soldiers also defeated him.

These were the two things that defeated Ojukwu. And, he reminds me, when you saw Ojukwu’s picture after the war, did he look like someone who’s not well fed? But he has been taking the food which we send to civilians, and so we stopped the food.[/b]

Someone should have informed the tribal irredentist that the war was over and needless to continue the fight on the pages of news media. The so-called minorities in Nigeria have seen the devil in human form since the war ended. Even a dunce will figure out the disingenuous code statement of looting central banks in Calaber, Benin City and Port Harcourt. May I ask the first Asiwaju of Yoruba land what happened to central banks in Enugu, Onitsha, Aba and Owerri? At least, the learned figure, Awolowo, knew that some of these cities were once a provincial capital if not regional.

Yinkay: CIVIL WAR

Moderator: Yes Mr…….Mr. Oparadike.

Question: Chief Awolowo, your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafran people…Your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten the war. Today, you’re being cast as the sole enemy of the Ibo people because of that stand, by among others, some of the people who as members of the federal military government at that time, were party to that decision and are today, in some cases, inheritors of power in one Nigeria which that decision of yours helped to save. How do you feel being cast in this role, and what steps are you taking to endear yourself once again to that large chunk of Nigerians who feels embittered.

Awolowo: As far as I know, the Ibo masses are friendly to me, towards me. In fact, whenever I visit Iboland, either Anambra or Imo, and there’s no campaigning for elections on, the Ibo people receive me warmly and affectionately. But there are some elements in Iboland who believe that they can maintain their popularity only by denigrating me, and so they keep on telling lies against me. Ojukwu is one of them. I don’t want to mention the names of the others because they are still redeemable, but ….Ojukwu is irredeemable so I mention his name, and my attitude to these lies is one of indifference, I must confess to you.


[b]TWENTY POUNDS POLICY

That’s what I did, and the case of the money they said was not given back to them, you know during the war all the pounds were looted, they printed Biafran currency notes, which they circulated, at the close of the war some people wanted their Biafran notes to be exchanged for them. Of course I couldn’t do that, if I did that the whole country would be bankrupt. We didn’t know about Biafran notes and we didn’t know on what basis they have printed them, so we refused the Biafran note, but I laid down the principle that all those who had savings in the banks on the eve of the declaration of the Biafran war or Biafra, will get their money back if they could satisfy us that they had the savings there, or the money there. Unfortunately, all the banks’s books had been burnt, and many of the people who had savings there didn’t have their saving books or their last statement of account, so a panel had to be set up.

I didn’t take part in setting up the panel, it was done by the Central bank and the pertinent officials of the ministry of finance, to look into the matter, and they went carefully into the matter, they took some months to do so, and then make some recommendation which I approved. Go to the archives, all I did was approve, I didn’t write anything more than that, I don’t even remember the name of any of them who took part. So I did everything in this world to assist our Ibo brothers and sisters during and after the war.

And anyone who goes back to look at my broadcast in August 1967, which dealt with post-war reconstruction would see what I said there.[/b]

I guess the tribal icon thought he was vomiting this nonsense for sole consumption of his tribe’s men. If we follow his assumption of looting of pounds, it is fair to say pounds were looted in Lagos, Kaduna, Ibadan, Akure, Abeokuta, Kafancha, Kano, Zaria, Bauchi, Kano, Sokoto etc because the issue of the pay back money to Ndigbo was centered on the money Ndigbo deposited in Nigerian banks all over the cities in the country before the war started and never limited to cities in Biafra. This is another attempt to willingly display idiocy.

YinKay: CIVIL WAR

Moderator: Yes Mr…….Mr. Oparadike.

Question: Chief Awolowo, your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafran people…Your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it may have been to the Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten the war. Today, you’re being cast as the sole enemy of the Ibo people because of that stand, by among others, some of the people who as members of the federal military government at that time, were party to that decision and are today, in some cases, inheritors of power in one Nigeria which that decision of yours helped to save. How do you feel being cast in this role, and what steps are you taking to endear yourself once again to that large chunk of Nigerians who feels embittered.

Awolowo: As far as I know, the Ibo masses are friendly to me, towards me. In fact, whenever I visit Iboland, either Anambra or Imo, and there’s no campaigning for elections on, the Ibo people receive me warmly and affectionately. But there are some elements in Iboland who believe that they can maintain their popularity only by denigrating me, and so they keep on telling lies against me. Ojukwu is one of them. I don’t want to mention the names of the others because they are still redeemable, but ….Ojukwu is irredeemable so I mention his name, and my attitude to these lies is one of indifference, I must confess to you.


[b]During the war I saw to it that the revenue which was due to the Iboland- South Eastern states they call it, at that time, east central state, I kept it, I saved the money for them. And when they ….was librated I handed over the money to them- millions. If I’d decided to do so, I could have kept the money away from them and then when they took over I saw to it that subvention was given to them at the rate of 990,000 pounds every month. I didn’t go to the executive council to ask for support, or for approval because I knew if I went to the executive council at that time the subvention would not be approved because there were more enemies in the executive council for the Ibos than friends. And since I wasn’t going to take a percentage from what I was going to give them, and I knew I was doing what was right, I wanted the state to survive, I kept on giving the subvention - 990,000 almost a million, every month, and I did that for other states of course- South eastern state, North central state, Kwara and so on.

But I did that for the Ibos, and when the war was over, I saw to it that the ACB got three and a half million pounds to start with. This was distributed  immediately and I gave another sum of money. The attitude of the experts, officials at the time of the ACB was that ACB should be closed down, and I held the view you couldn’t close the ACB down because that is the bank that gives finance to the Ibo traders, and if you close it down they’ll find it difficult to revive or to survive. So it was given. I did the same thing for the Cooperative Bank of Eastern Nigeria, to rehabilitate all these places, and I saw to it as commissioner for finance that no obstacle was placed in the way of the ministry of economic planning in planning for rehabilitation of the war affected areas.[/b]

This is a tale out of idiocy. Even if Awolowo was the King of Nigeria, he could not have personally performed the nonsense he vomited. He was a mere commissioner for finance and not head of state. Based on his position, he does not have the leverage to single-handedly indulge in subvention of funds or monetary assistance or engage in subsidy by the state on behalf of federal government of Nigeria to Biafrans. So statement of subvention by Awolowo is pure delusional at best.

@OP

It is very amazing most Nigerians are very gullible and readily fall prey to hack writers. It is a mark of mental deficiency and intellectual anemia on the posters not to figure out disconnect in junk him or her posted. Anybody who has organized social order would have question the lapse in memory of the author. For example, the author seemed to know for fact EDE and his wife, IYE migrated to Umunede but could not fathom the exact date of this migration and moment of settlement. Yet the goofy author was able to remember the reign of Oba Ewedo the Great (1250-1280AD). What a fallacy.

I say, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, may your soul rest in perfect peace.
As untied time winds, history shall stand by Ojukwu’s side to hand down damnable indictments on the federal republic of Nigeria.

@POST


This act of silly desperation is approaching lunatic level. Ojukwu, then military governor of eastern region of Nigeria, had no need to even have a personal phone discussion with Banjo who was either a fugitive languishing in one of the prisons in eastern region of Nigeria or had been released by Ojukwu talk less a personal letter. What an inconsiderate insult to Ojukwu? The veracity of this forged letters sucks. Ojukwu could have chosen to keep Banjo in jail for duration of the war.

Any letter written by or on behalf of Ojukwu, as the military governor of eastern region of Nigeria, must bear the coat of arms of the region and must be signed by the secretary to government of eastern region, Mr. A U Akpan.


Please peeps from eastern region of Nigeria or Biafra, I urge you not to pay any mind to this fraudulent letter purported to have been written by Ojukwu. After all, it is sourced by the same people who openly claimed Fajuiyi opted to die with Ironsi as if the coup plotters give their targets option to live or die.

Katsumoto:
Some of you folks are just plain dishonest and myopic. Do the Biafrans have a different fate to that of other Nigerians? Are there no problems in the East? What condition is Ojukwu in? Is he running around playing football like a teenager? No, he has grown frail and older like everyone else. What 4 regions did Ojukwu advocate for? The same Ojukwu that said the Igbo would export civil servants to other parts of Nigeria, in a manner similar to colonisation after Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu had killed leaders from other regions and Ironsi, another Igbo man, profited from the political logjam After that plan failed and was rejected by others, Ojukwu would then declare secession.

When you attempt to tell the story about Nigeria, don't start from where the Igbo became victims; make sure to start from the very beginning when every region had a chance to become independent but Zik chose Nigeria when he had the deciding vote. Also include that the same Zik voted against a secession clause being inserted into the Constitutioneven when he was warned by Awo. Don't forget to also tell the story about how young Igbo officers proceeded to murder political and military leaders from other regions in a move that even a daft 7 year old would interpret as ethnic and barbaric Nigeria is not in a mess because the Igbos lost the civil war, Nigeria is in a mess because it was built on shaky foundations. If blame is to be apportioned, the Igbo would get a lion share. You continue to assume that others are fools.

Did a certain Biafran officer (who shall remain nameless for now) not utter these words to St. Jorre

“If you gave us the choice of 1000 rifles or milk for 50,000 starving children, we’d take the guns.”

This victim mentality is getting tiring.

This is a typical tale by the moonlight meant to caress personal ego. Throughout the constitutional conferences which served as precursors to granting independent status or sovereignty to Nigeria, there was no region that boycotted the conferences to agitate independence for the region.

Katsumoto:
I don't get the point you are trying to make. Whether there were or weren't enough Yoruba soldiers, Lagos was still a part of Nigeria and Gowon as Head of State was entitled to be located anywhere he chose within the walls of Nigeria. The decision to secede by Biafra had no bearing whatsoever, on what happened elsewhere in Nigeria.

It is clear to me that you suffer from what psychologists call the 'Stockholm Syndrome' where a kidnappee fails to find fault in the actions of the kidnapper. Why are you so obsessed with Yoruba? Why is it that you remember the names of Yoruba officers who served in that war and in what sectors they served in? Why do you never mention the names of the Northern officers who participated in that war? The war started has a straight fight between North and East while the West and mid-west were bystanders. But of course, only a fool would expect them to remain on the sidelines after their territories were invaded by Biafrans.

You are one of the propagandists alluded in my previous post bent on distorting facts to achieve biased personal ends. Every Yoruba apologist has dubiously informed undiscerning crowd that Ojukwu started Nigeria/Biafra war, a statement logically or politically far from truth. In another instance, Yoruba writers have confidently written that western region of Nigeria was under military occupation, a statement that induces hearty laughter. In addition, they went further to summarize such nonsensical conjecture with inimical utterances such Yoruba do not have enough men in uniform capable of telling Gowon to vacate Lagos.

Talking about “Stockholm Syndrome”, anybody who remotely claimed Gowon had every pedigree to sit still in any part of Nigeria, though except eastern region, to prosecute war of attrition on eastern region of Nigeria or Biafra and at the same instance claimed that certain regions of Nigeria were bystanders or neutral or sitting on the fence needs a day with a behavioral psychologist. It is a considerable low grade of lunacy for anybody to insinuate such scenario. If the western and mid-western region were goofy bystanders, what the hell were their representatives doing in Aburi, Ghana or did they not attend as representatives on Nigerian side?

In the absence of legitimate C-in-C in 1966, nitwits who were governors of northern, western and mid-western region collectively crowned a relatively junior officer as a commander in chief against the widely acceptable doctrines of military parlance due to a failed coup while Ojukwu insisted on strict observance of military parlance which calls for seniority and discipline.

My obsession with Yoruba is very personal.

The most laughable crap about Ken Saro Wiwa is that he was a real estate business mogul in Port Harcourt. I readily ask myself, do these people know what real estate is about in Nigeria. I guess these ninnies have completely forgotten about abandon property in Port Harcourt and one of the big beneficiaries of such national splitting policy.

Midas02:
- Dede1


What utter nonsense??
There were indeed two Iluyomades in the army and they were brothers! The victory achieved in Ore battle was spear-headed and valiantly fought by (the then) captain R.O Iluyomade of the newly deployed 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army. The other Iluyomade (the elder) was a military police officer who was posted to Ibadan and was not in the war front.

I did not want to honor your post with a reply but decided to clear the air. In my previous post, indication was made about two Iluyomade in Nigerian army at the moment. If there is any ethnic bias intended, I think you are the suspect.

I post my contributions without tilt. There had been two schools of thought about Yoruba and Nigeria/Biafra war both erected by propagandists of Yoruba extraction. In one instance, there was not enough Yoruba in uniform capable of telling Gowon and soldiers from northern region to leave western region in 1966. In another instance, there were many Yoruba peeps of all conquerors and leaders of men in battle. You can not eat your cake and have it.

I have told it to any Igbo person that Yoruba is number enemy of Ndigbo and Biafra as long as Nigeria/Biafra civil is concerned. By your own words, Lt Raphael Iluyoumade who was mere company commander spearheaded the battle at Ore in 1967. I wonder where such goofy stratum will place the likes of Akinriande, Taiwo, Alabi-Isama and Aisida who were brigade commanders under 2nd Division led by Murtula Mohammed with the debacle at Ore.

Where shall I start to debunk the lies and propaganda coming from western region of Nigeria about the crisis that led to Nigeria/Biafra civil war? There were such conjectures such as Fajuiyi wanted to die with Ironsi, the Igbo provocation such as “Ewu na Ebe akwa”, there was not enough Yoruba in uniform to tell Gowon to relocate to Kaduna if he, Gowon, insisted in declaring war against Biafra and Ojukwu started the war.

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If the so-called mud house dweller is the same Justice Mamman Nasir of 1976 boundary adjustment commission, the dude is as black as devil. He is worse than Obasanjo – the instigator who was not schooled on merits of social justice.

^^^ typical example of a marooned maggot

Obafemi Awolowo
Adisa M A Akinloye
Richard Akinjide
Olusegun Obasanjo
Adeleke Adedoyin
F O Awosika
S O Ighodaro
D T Akinbiyi
Timothy A Odutola
S O Lanlehin
Moyosore Aboderin
S A Akinyemi
Fani Kayode
S L Akintola

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J Tarka
Aminu Kano
Muhamadu Inua Wada