₦airaland Forum

MrBONE2:
And shall be trialed by Gandollar and his Babanrigar Syndicates

babyfaceafrica:
I disagree

babyfaceafrica:
all politicians do that sir...I mean his high-handedness

babyfaceafrica:
you may not like his tactics but Adams is very capable at least better than secondus and oyegun

LegendHero:
"I asked a question if Gowon had such powers then there would have been no need for that war "

This word is not intelligent but shows the author has little knowldge about the history of his country and people. I will take the time to lecture you and try to redeem you guys.

Please take note of the timeline of events:
On 15 January 1966, Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna and other junior Army officers (mostly majors and captains) attempted a coup d'état and Killed other tribe leaders.

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo and loyalist head of the Nigerian Army, suppressed coup operations in the South and he was declared head of state on 16 January after the surrender of the majors.

Aguyi-Ironsi suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament. He then abolished the regional confederated form of government and pursued unitary like policies favored by the NCNC, having apparently been influenced by some NCNC political philosophy.

Ironsi fatally did not bring the failed plotters to trial as required by then-military law and as advised by most northern and western officers, rather, coup plotters were maintained in the military on full pay and some were even promoted while apparently awaiting trial.

Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu became military governor of the Eastern Region at this time. On 24 May 1966, the military government issued Unification Decree #34, which would have replaced the federation with a more centralised system. The Northern bloc found this decree intolerable.

On the night of 29 July 1966, northern soldiers at Abeokuta barracks mutinied, thus precipitating a counter-coup, which had already been in the planning stages. Ironsi was on a visit to Ibadan during their mutiny and there he was killed.

The counter-coup led to the installation of Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon as Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

From June through October 1966, pogroms in the North killed an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Igbo, half of them children, and caused more than a million to two million to flee to the Eastern Region. 29 September 1966, was considered the worst day; because of massacres, it was called 'Black Thursday'

On 27 May 1967, Gowon proclaimed the division of Nigeria into twelve states. This decree carved the Eastern Region in three parts: South Eastern State, Rivers State, and East Central State.

On 30 May 1967, Ojukwu declared independence of the Republic of Biafra.

Back to our business, Awo was released in August 4 1966, just 6 days after the counter coup that killed Ironsi. How in the world will Ojukwu have control over the eastern region when Gowon even held power over Nigeria including the Eastern region up till 1967 when he proclaimed division of state into twelve.

I am tired of trying to let people like you reason with a rational mind. I will just leave this here for other people to judge.

adarayz:
Let me not see any igbo amaka here ooo

Am also an igbo girl, but you guys are pissing me off with your unwarranted competition

Please lets be guided

Let's drop the Tribal war embrace peace.

Even if you are not cool with other ethnic groups just walk away, and not to comment stamens that promotes hate

#be_guided

Oshigun:
When will you people stop this redundant noise we know is due to bad belle and envy? Trying to taint Tinubu as some mindless embezzler is so beneath you and so disgraceful to what the man is about and you lot know it. Same way, in 2014 -2015, you screamed Buhari must never become President because he will "Islamise" Nigeria and turn it into a Jihadist caliphate. 5 years of PMB Presidency and we are not being forced into any mosque and our wives and girlfriends are not in Hijabs.

It would have been better to just admit you hate Buhari rather than concoct all that scaremongering lies about the man that never came to pass. You are doing same with Tinubu now. What has the Atiku you supported done out of power, since 2007, for his region, Political Party or even State of origin yet you deem him fit to be President. Yet, should I tell you what Tinubu has done out of power to make him the most respected politician in Nigeria and even Africa? You people are just wicked. Inhumanly so.

Yhukay00:
Nawaoh
Everyday na yeye news for this country.

Equal2DeTask:
You mean Joe YorobaKwe

wingmanIII:
If possible I wish they threw you out midair.
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