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pazienza:
5.) That Ojukwu in his military
'calculations and strategy', tried to force
Yorubas into the war, thinking he was
trying to open a second front and thereby
'stretch' the Nigerian Army. He also
wanted a psychological blow on the
federal govt by attacking Lagos. As a kid,
l remember him attacking and bombing
the Casino Cinema, at Alagomeji, in Lagos
mainland.

I have always heard Yorubas speak of Biafrans attacking Lagos, I wish Biafrans were able to attack Lagos, but the fact remains that that never happened, Biafran led Army was stopped at Ore by Nigerians, sabotaged by Banjo, probably because the Yorubas were not eager for the Northerners to be eliminated from Lagos after all. Awo was only bluffing.

Ojukwu match to Lagos was obviously and prompted by Awo's posture of being inability to eliminate the Northern soldiers from the West being the reason why he couldn't declare Odua republic, and the fact that the Northerners were headquartered at Lagos.

pazienza:
2.) That the Yorubas made it known to
Ojukwu that they were not ready to go
into a secession war as at that time
because they were not ready militarily,
were already surrounded by Northern
populated military garrisons and to go to
war at that point will be sheer suicide
Every leader has a 'right and duty' to
protect the survival of its people, you will
agree. Awolowo did just that





Awo said should Biafra secede that the West will do the same, he did make mention of Northern soldiers stationed in Lagos.The west wasn't ready to join the East to liberate Lagos of Northern soldiers, but it was well ready to join Arewa in her match to the East. ( Of course this is the point you tell me the clock and bull story of the west remaining neutral until Banjo match to Ore leading Biafran forces, right?)

Awo not only didn't secede when the East seceded, he teamed up with the North to fight against the East, and would even suggest the use of starvation as a weapon of war. Awo didn't stop there, he would go on to suggest the 20 pounds policy against Ndiigbo after the war.
For a man who never believed in one Nigeria, Awo broke so many records to keep Nigeria one.

Of course, Awo's duty is the safety of Yorubas first, but if you achieve that safety on the blood of another, you shouldn't expect anything short of eternal enemity from such group.

Largas:
NO

It must be stated clearly and openly that Ironsi was never part of the coup plotting. Even professional investigations carried out after the January coup indicted many professional soldiers but Ironsi.

Ironsi got wind of a coup, and gathered trust-worthy soldiers to block Nzeogwu act lagos after Ifeajuna had fled to Ghana. Nzeogwu was outnumbered so he smartly surrendered.

Ironsi quenched the coup attends the most senior professional Nigerian soldier.

It's never the fault of Igbos that they dominated every Nigerian institution even the military during the first Republic between 1960-1966. From the most decorated military official to the least decorated military official. No wonder majority of the January '66 coup plotters plotters were Igbo, majority if not all the January '66 coup quenchers led by General Ironsi were Igbo.



I repeat the truth, Ironsi had no hand in the January 15 1966 coup, as the most most senior most senior military official, he only tried to use the military to restore calm following the sham and corruption called elections held in 1965 which led led to January 1966 coup. IRONSI WAS NOT MADE HEAD OF STATE.

DuBLINGreenb:
I wish lyf as a Nigerian wasn't all about exams and a lousy certificate which ties you down to a measly $50 job where you have to sweat out your youth. I'd be doing more with my lyf.

aminho:
what of the one in kaduna and yola

scholes0:
Sure.
Ondo is the already the no 5 or 4 largest oil producing state in Nigeria.
Akwa Ibom is 1st,
Delta is 2 or 3
Rivers is 3 or 2
Ondo or Bayelss is currently 4th or 5th.

scholes0:
Bwahahahahaha.....
E dey pain you o... gen gen .
You said MENTION ANYTHING produced in Yoruba land..... and I am giving you a non exhaustive list.... now, you want to start placing geographical restrictions on me ....

Dude.... I dont want to have to have to force it down your guts, but the South-West is Nigeria's epicenter..... Lagos has tried, and the baton is being slowly but surely handing over to ogun.
Lagos will focus on services, while Ogun will focus on Industry, Oyo will focus on Commerce (Ibadan comes to mind), Ondo will provide Oil and gas (as it will soon be the No4 largest Oil producer in Nigeria), Ekiti will be a scenic hinterland laden with beautiful hills, and lush countryside ideal for Tourism, and business conferencing, Osun is our Spiritual homeland... ... Allocate function the SE states how it pleases you, Anambra can be your commercial centre while Ebonyi can be your food basket, but that is none of my business.

Bollove:
Who told you Tinubu and Buhari share the same course ?

If Tinubu share the course as Buhari , he would have played neutral and never interfere in the election of Independent Institution NASS the same way Buhari did.

Tinubu is the over ambitious man here :

Tinubu singlehandedly brought Ayegun , the National Chairman of APC
Tinubu singlehandedly brought Osinbajo, the vice President elect
Tinubu singlehandedly backed Gbajabiamala
Tinubu in Lawan/Akume

Haba , in a party of many leaders where Opposition parties merged.

Tinubu over ambitious is the cause of APC problem ...... He planted Oyegun as Chairman so nobody does anything in the party without Tinubu ... with Osinbajo Tinubu know what is happening in Presidency ..... With Akume/Gbajabiamala Tinubu knows the nitty gritty of NASS ......

Is that not over ambitious

babyhrt:
Buhari's emergence to me was a collective decision rather than a one man show.this is because Tinubu knows that neither of the other candidates has enof national acceptance to win Jonathan so he had no choice.nevertheless we cannot say dat Buhari did nt get the support of Tinubu and thats why Buhari after his nomination willingly relinquish his right to pick his running mate to Tinubu.The Name Osibanjo came to the scene. a man Buhari never knew.

scholes0:
Hey there, Nice presentation, but this is inaccurate
I took the screenshot, as at the time you declared this thread closed to voting.
And these were the figures as at then:

Anambra: 721 likes
Ogun: 562 likes
Osun: 530 likes
Imo: 520 likes
Oyo: 450 likes
Delta: 404 likes
Lagos: 388 likes
And so forth.......

It was for example ..... after the thread was locked that Imo got up to 534
So pls, do the needful.