T9ksy: Geez! Why are you folks so full of mischief? Every fibre of your being just oozes tomfoolery, effortlessly.
Why was ojukwu so concerned with the plight of the yorubas who at no time solicited for his aid?
So according to your deduction, yorubas were happy been slaves but why then did Ojukwu insisted on freeing them by fire by force?
Unless of course, he had his own ulterior motive which evidently and as you have just concurred with, was to enslave us.
No be today you guys don dey beef us simply because we refused to bow to your domineering propensity in our land.
Last time, you called it "carpet crossing"
Who can blame Ojukwu? The Northerners had overrun the West, reduced Yorubas to slaves and taken over Lagos from where they were going to oversee the war and total take over all of Southern Nigeria. It was a gamble to send Banjo to Lagos to dislodge the Northerners. What Ojukwu never knew until much later was that Yorubas had embraced the slave status to the North. Thats how Yorubas idly stood in Lagos, which they claim to own, and a small boy like Gowon came and chased away a whole Brigadier Ogundipe, a Yoruba man who should have been president, then took over.
Ojukwu wasted vital resources that could have been used elsewhere, trying to save Yorubas who had embraced slavery to the North with open arms
sesan85: If you had any sense at all, you wouldn't have posted this letter which only shows the megalomaniacal, domineering, narcissistic, paranoid asshats the idiot Ojukwu and by and large Igbos were. You wanted to "Liberate" people who didn't tell you to "Liberate" them? Are you guys okay at all? The ugly hippopotamus Ojukwu and his fellow Igbosk even wanted to occupy Yorubaland as long as you wished? What arrogant buffoons! Bleep Ojukwu and Bleep Biafra! You guys fully deserved everything that happened to you during the war!
Oh let me get what you mean. Yorubas were so happy that the Northerners slaughtered their Military Governor, Fajuyi, in Ibadan
Yorubas were so happy that their son, Brigadier Ogundipe, who should have been president, was chased out of Lagos
Yorubas were so happy that the Northerners had occupied their land and enslaved them
So when Ojukwu sent Victor Banjo, the same Yorubas who had already been enslaved suddenly got apprehensive that Ojukwu was coming to do to them what the North was already doing to them? Lol
That means that Yorubas did not really care about being slaves, they only cared about who their slave master would be lol. Very unfortunate
Jeferious: My dear, this is war. You talk about giving Yorubas time to consolidate, something another would misinterprete as military occupation and annexation. See bros, wetin you dey think and how you think am dey your head alone. You no dey inside another person head to control im thinking. Abi you are new to the stories of liberators who later turned to slave-masters? Or you never hear about "from frying pan to fire" before?
If Ojukwu was fair and transparent towards the liberation of the Yorubas, then his every action and intent in this regard must leave no doubt at all. Forget the Hausas and the Fulanis. Those people no pure one bit, and I no plan reason their matter for this my opinion. The "consolidation" of Lagos by Biafran forces was unnecessary, except you can convince me that Lagos is the border-town between Biafra and Nigeria
In other words, Yorubas had no problem problem with the Northerners slaughtering the Military Governor of the West, chasing Ogundipe who was supposed to be the next president, out of Lagos and occupying Western Region? But the same Yorubas were suspicious and annoyed that Ojukwu was coming to occupy their land? Lol
The man in the video has the mentality of someone who is here today but is stuck in yesterday. So Nnamdi Kanu must have investments in the SE before he agitates for independence? That is like saying that Zik and Awolowo should have had investments all over Nigeria before they started agitating for Nigerias independence from Britain. What amount of investment can be worth a persons freedom?
Another thing the man said that exposes him as a fool is that he said that Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB might do something that will cause Northerners to massacre Igbos. So this man knows that Igbos are prone to massacre in Nigeria but he is talking about investments? Igbos are in a country where they can be massacred over what IPOB or some other group might do tomorrow but this foolish man wants Kanu to show his investments before Kanu can encourage his people to opt of a country where they can be massacred.
How can someone make a video to display their foolishness?
Jeferious: I'm Igbo, and certainly admire Late Ojukwu, but this letter to Banjo reeks of arrogance and a desire to dominate the western region. He completely missed it here. Why would Biafran soldiers occupy Lagos after anticipated victory? Is Lagos the citadel of the enemy? Why would a fellow liberator like you take orders from you on how to govern his own land?
Looking at this letter, one thing is visible. Ojukwu wanted Biafra, with Lagos and probably all Yorubaland as part of it. Another astute warlord would have stopped at the River Niger, and then stamp his authority from there. He would have liberated his own tribesmen- other parts of Nigeria not comfortable with Hausa/Fulani domination can then start their own secession project.
Nevertheless, the war has been fought, and we have learnt our lessons
Yoruba land was already occupied territory. The Military Governor of Western Nigeria, Lt Colonel Fajuyi, had been murdered by Northerners and the next substansive head of state, Brigadier Ogundipe, was hounded out of Lagos. In the letter, Ojukwu stressed that Biafran troops would only remain to allow Yorubas to consolidate. Ojukwu also stressed in the letter that after Banjo became leader of the West, they would meet to discuss how long Biafran troops would remain.
What I find amusing are Yorubas who say that Ojukwu was coming to take over the West. The same Yorubas never like to admit that the North had already taken over the West.
People have been wishing for a restructured Nigeria since 1970 the war ended and the North said no to it. Even if you come back in 50 years time, the same people will still be wishing for restructuring and the North will still be saying no
Restructuring is a waste to time, it will never happen
Heavensent01: Ojukwu letter expose Why south south are distancing themselves from Biafra
so Biafra will appoint military Governor in Yoruba land? but this Hausa/Fulani you called Yoruba master appoint military Governor in directive with federal republic of Nigeria constitution
on what documentary ground does Ojukwu want to appoint governor for the Yoruba people
thunder continue to strike Banjo for being dumb and God bless all the Yoruba and Hausa combinations for stopping Banjo and his shortsighted Yoruba gang of soldiers
Yoruba and Hausa political relationship had place them high on national political ground, how did Hausa appoint OBJ as president? Obj presidency was an atonement for the annulment of June 12, 1993.
you need to get your fact right kids, not everyone here are jambites
Ojukwu never said anything about appointing an administrator in Yoruba land. What he said was appointing an administrator for Lagos, which was at the time the federal capital territory and separate administrative unit from the Western Region. He also went to say that it was temporary until Lagos was merged with the Western Region.
Compare that to the Northerners who went to Ibadan and murdered the Governor of the Western Region, Lt Col Fajuyi, the went to Lagos where they drove away Brigadier Ogundipe who should have been the next President of Nigeria after Ironsi. Fajuyi and Ogundipe were both Yoruba men. The North literally imprisoned Yorubas in their own land and Yorubas did absolutely nothing but bow to them in slavery. So when Victor Banjo was leading a liberation force to rescue them fr9m the clutches of the North , Yorubas fought that liberation force at Ore so as to solidify their position as Northern slaves, very unfortunate.
Salewa95: A Yoruba man have been president before on two occasions and one was voted through the ballot the other time but got annuled.
The Igbos have sucked Fulani rectum all to no good and behaved like true slaves to the caliphate. Azikwe-Ekwueme-Sylvester Ugoh to name a few all slavishly served the North without no benefit even after the North killed 3million of their kinsmen.
Ojukwu of unblessed memory had to go on the podium to campaign openly for Shagari, a Fulani hegemony that slaughtered his people not too long ago. Check the video below for you to know the Igbos and their slavish servitude to the North.
And yet when an Igbo man was fighting for an independent home land, the Yoruba man was fighting to be a slave of the North. Nothing can top that. Can a Yoruba man fight for an independent homeland? Not in a million years.
oglalasioux: This man is an intellectual and a great man. I tell people that Biafra is a mirage.
To achieve Biafra, South East politicians should advocate for laws that will push us towards that goal.
Or
IPOB and MASSOB should form political parties and test their real popularity during elections. They can thereafter go to the national level to achieve Biafra for us.
You are just as naive as this man talking this video. The man says that Jonathan was a Biafran who was once President of Nigeria. Im sure the same man will shout when it suits him that Biafra is just about Igbos and does not include Bayelsa where Jonathan is from. But lets go with him that Jonathan is a Biafran and that Jonathan's administration had many Biafrans like Okonjo Iweala, Ekweremadu, Ihedioha and many others in high office. Jonathan was in power for 5 years out of Nigerias 60 years of independence. That means that Biafrans have been incharge of Nigeria for 3% since independence, who has had the other 97%? This man is so concerned about what happened with 3% of the time of Biafrans but says nothing about what happened with the other 97% of Nigerians?
Nigerians keep giving Biafrans the advice to form political parties, win elections and push their agenda at the national level
The same Nigerians have been forming different political parties since 1960, tested their popularity at elections and achieved nothing at the national level when they got there. I laugh in Chinese
Nigerian Army have nothing better to do with all the armed bandits killing Nigerians daily, than to chase after unarmed IPOB going for the burial of one of their members.
HomerTimpson: Look for the video of when he went to ghana with some idiot from south west(can't actualise thou) for peace talk,he didn't smile nor taste anything while other leaders were lost in the moment forgeting there is war at home,and when he was asked he ojukwu said "he cannot be happy eating in ghana while his people were dying at home cos of war". "HE'S A HERO but he was alone"
Ojukwu saw Nigeria for what it truly was, and would forever be. One country under one Region, the North. He did his best to liberate Southern Nigeria. He declared Biafra, he declared an independent Midwest. Probably him or Banjo would have declared an independent Western Region or Oduduwa Republic. Unfortunately, Yorubas were too wrapped up in their slavery to the North that the idea of being their own masters was not something they could even think about. A typical example of this is that June 12th is more important to the average Yoruba man than Oduduwa Republic. Ojukwu meant well, he meant freedom. All others preferred slavery
J111333: So it's true that Ojukwu did fight for the Yorubas too. What a selfless legend.
Ojukwu fought for everyone to be free including Yorubas. So unfortunate for Ojukwu that Yorubas and some of those who call themselves Niger Delta loved slavery too much
Brigadier Victor Banjo was given a Brigade of Biafran Soldiers and he overran the Midwest and reached as far as Ore. Unfortunately, a combination of Yoruba elements and Nigerian Soldiers of Northern extraction halted their advance and pushed them back. Banjo eventually lost all the territory he gained and returned to Enugu where he along with Ifeajuna, Alale and Agbam attempted to stage a coup and remove Ojukwu. All 4 men were arrested, faced a military tribunal, sentenced to death and executed. Ore was a tragedy because it is clear from the letter above that what Ojukwu wanted was a situation where Southern Nigeria would be free of Northern domination. He wanted Western Nigeria to become and independent country. Rather than fight for their sovereignty, Yorubas fought to remain slaves of the North. Even with Victor Banjo leading a liberation force to free them from Gowon and his Northern cabal in Lagos, Yorubas still opted for slavery under the North rather join Banjo to achieve freedom
Today, a Yoruba man cannot be President unless the North says so
Yorubas cannot make any laws the North does not agree with as the North has majority of the National Assembly by far
Today, the Yorubas cannot control any resource on their land unless the North agrees to restructuring
Yorubas fought to be slaves to the North when Ojukwu was fighting for his people to be free from Northern domination
Many people dont know who Brigadier General Hillary Njoku is but he was the first GOC of the Biafran Army until he fell out with Ojukwu and was replaced by General Madiebo. After the war ended, Njoku wrote a book called "Tragedy without heroes" in which he wrote about his military career and time as commander of the Biafran Army. He also attached to his book the appointment letter Ojukwu wrote to late Victor Banjo giving him control of Biafran forces to liberate Western Nigeria from the North. The explosive letter is below:
22nd August 1967
My dear Victor
(1) For sometime now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances Which have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria. We have been fully convinced that the aim of the Hausa/Fulani complex has ever been, and will ever remain the total domination of every other part of what was known as the Federation of Nigeria. It is impossible to forget that the crisis which led to the army takeover in January 1966, the coup of the Northern Soldiers Ied by Gowon in July 1966, the wholesale and indiscriminate massacre of the people of what is now Biafra and to a less degree, the people of the Mid-west and West, including the Yorubas - were all the direct result of the Hausa/Fulani attempt to subjugate and use us as tools, the gallant people of Western Nigeria, namely the Yorubas. We do not need to remind ourselves of the heavy losses in life and property suffered by the Yoruba people in their fight for justice and freedom during 1965.
2. Sharing our belief that the people of Yorubaland have a right to live a life of equality, self-respect and justice, free of domination and dictatorship from any quarter, you have both identified yourself with the cause of the Biafran struggle for survival and expressed your determination to see the people of Yorubaland freed from Hausa/Fulani domination. We, the people of Biafra, for our part are willing and have decided to give you and the people of Yorubaland every assistance to achieve your aim.
3. After clearing the whole question with my Executive Council, I, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Biafra Armed Forces, have decided to place at your disposal Biafran forces for the liberation of Yorubaland on the following clear conditions:-
(i)You will have nothing to do with the Military Administration of the Mid-west Territory during your sojourn there prior to your move to the West.
(ii) The willingness and preparedness of Biafra to assist any part of the former Federation of Nigeria wishing and willing to liberate itself from the Hausa/Fulani domination, does not in any way whatever imply any inclination on her part to compromise her sovereignty or preserve what remains of the defunct Federation of Nigeria. In other words, our sovereignty and break with what used to be known as Nigeria are complete and irrevocable. Nothing must, therefore, be said or done by you or any member of the Liberation Army to give a contrary impression.
(iii) Biafra is determined to maintain and safeguard her sovereignty, and ensure that her integrity are never again threatend.
(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.
(v) On the liberation of Yorubaland, you will be appointed Military Governor of that territory.
(vi) The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.
(Vii) during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.
(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.
(ix) As soon as possible after your appointment as the Military Governor of Western Nigeria and the separation of that territory from Nigeria, you and I must meet to discuss:
(a) The duration of stay by Biafran troops in your territory.
(b) The areas and subjects of co-operation between the liberated state of Western Nigeria, or by what name it may call itself, and Biafra.
(4) I do not need to remind you that Biafra regards all Yorubas as friends. As such, everything must be done, to ensure that the minimum force and loss of life are involved in achieving the objective of liberation.
(5) It is essential, in order to avoid misunderstanding or confusion, that all subsequent requests for support be formally made to me by you in writing.
(6) Will you please signify, in writing, your acceptance of the above conditions so that you may leave for Western Nigeria and lead the Army of Liberation.
Yours very sincerely Sigd: Lt. Col. C. Odumegwu Ojukwu Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Biafran Armed Forces.
Brigadier Victor Banjo Enugu,
Copy to: The Senior Biafra Army Officer Liberation Army to the West
Grayoso: And the APC will win with an Igbo candidate when the ethnic group is the most despised and most unelectable in Nigeria?
Igbos will not get the ticket of either the APC or PDP for the 2023 Presidential race. That is a sure thing I can bet everything I own on.
It doesnt matter if APC and PDP field Igbo candidates or not. Either way, the North and South West will never vote for an Igbo man to be President of Nigeria. They dont trust Igbos with power but they want to be with Igbos in one country because they need slaves.
How We Got to this Sorry State by The Greed Of a Few*
From the Archives of Intelligence Gathering Vault*
A must read piece to the end.
Igbo political leaders and their past misadventures resulting in current national political problems*
Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;
Chief of Army Staff was from SE Chief of Naval Staff was from SE IG of Police was from SE Chief of Defence staff was fron SE Internal Affairs Minister SE External Affairs Minister SE Education Minister South SE Many other key ministries to SE Parliament President SE Unilag VC from SE University of Ibadan VC from SE North resisted same at ABU!
Still there was dissatisfaction by easterners; the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!
Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.
Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!
We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets. There is the tendency to think those are truths and facts.
What follows are documented facts that can be cross checked for authenticity!
Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central govt because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.
Let those who have ears hear. *What Biafrans will never tell you about the real cause of their woes in Nigeria today* The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa-fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria.
In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation.
The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating. However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914.
I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.
Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300.
This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended. To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as:
"The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.
But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.
After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future.
According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance.
But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria.
At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution.
While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe
Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in.
But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.
For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.
It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.
Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).
As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:
"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).
"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949)
As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate.
Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria. With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.
But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region.
But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region.
While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.
While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.
When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts.
Here is how: In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address.
But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard.
Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government.
However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony.
Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exuberance.
On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.
Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint".
After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.
The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority of Igbo army officers.
That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.
Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day.
In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.
*In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria*
*Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes*
*This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region* *But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court*
*His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal*
*Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed*
Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.
Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers.
Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.
Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra.
But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty?
Be the judge.
Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:
After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging.
Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.
Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.
First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle.
Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit.
In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process.
Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military.
Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand.
Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel cc accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference.
Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.
In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.
That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians.
On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise.
But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft.
That was the height of irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.
So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement. Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we do for a know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.
With the Igbo’s in Yoruba land, “the hand shake has exceeded the wrist”. And as Chinua Achebe said in his book, “it has turned to a fight”
One thing I can about Yorubas is that they are liberal and broadminded. Well I believe God is on our side. We are like givers who will NEVER lack
It’s high time Yoruba nation intelligentsia go to works, see how we can relate and equitably accommodate the Igbos without undermining our own interests. Yes Nigeria is a nation but the Igbo people will not allow a fraction of what we tolerate in Lagos in Ochanja (Onitsha), Aba, Enugu and the likes.
How to know that all of the above is nonsense? No Igbo man has led Nigeria since 1966. Where is Nigeria today?
All those who said 'Igbos did this' and 'Igbos did that' are the same people who have been running and ruling Nigeria since 1966. Where is Nigeria today after their 54 years of "we can do better than Igbos"?
Where is Nigeria today after 54 years of no Igbo man governing Nigeria? No where.
They couldn't do better, they did even worse, so they have to keep going back to what happend in the 1950's and 1960's in the hope that nobody will remember that they are the ones who have messed Nigeria up since 1970 the war ended, and they have been running Nigeria straight into the ground
MinorityOpinion: This is response to Nnamdi Kanu topic. "It Is An Abomination For Anyone To Call Themself A Nigerian"
Its a pity Kanu doesn't know where the name Nigeria is coined from, he said its mean "Nigger-Area". This is shame, a question primary 6 student will answer beautifully.
Kanu said and I quote
This is not right coming out of a leader of group of outlaws that considered themselves intelligent, common sense should tell them the name is gotten from the Royal Niger Company, named after a region around the river which was generally referred to as the 'Royal Niger Company Territories'. This is simple to understand but maybe due to ignorance and hatred, IPOB failed to confirm before spreading the propaganda, this lowest I've seen IPOB trying to spoil the image of Nigeria, this one backfired though.
Now we know Nigeria is a name for Royal Niger Company but where does the name Biafra come from?
I saw a definition by a Biafran, it says - "It is a Nation. The word Biafra is coined from two IGBO WORDS 'bia' which means COME and 'fara' which means LIVE."
This definition is wrong, Biafra is foreign language, it has no meaning in igbo, it was name given by slave merchant from Portugal in year 1710 when igbos don't even have sense of identity.
Its very simple to say Biafra is a foreign name, named after Bight of Biafra named after a town in southern Portugal.
Between Nigeria and Biafra - Biafra should be the abominable name and should be condemned. It has no meaning in igbo or Nigeria.
The name Nigeria did not come from the Royal Niger Company, it came from Flora Shaw. If Nigeria is the merging of the words Nigeria and area, the question is what is "Niger". If Niger comes from the word 'Nigga' the the River Niger means 'Nigga River' and Nigeria means 'Nigga Area'. What people like you should do is go and find out what "Niger" actually means to know if Kanu is right or wrong
Shekochild: Always justifying this your Biafra which might not be in God's grand scheme of plan after all... Bro. See, what will be will be and what will never be will never be.
Well, the Nigeria that is already here is a disaster, thats all the justification for Biafra needed
richie240: Small shame like ds, walahi, una nor get! Same way d stubborn fly sacrificed over 1 million of his kinsmen over oyel, then scampered to safety in ivory coast dressed as pregnant woman!
If u'll run away at d end of d day when reality shows u ur folly, then why start what u can't finish?
That running away (esp when u were d first to throw d punch) is what's called 'cowardice'
Nigerians see it one way, Biafrans see it another way. For the Biafran agitators, Nnamdi Kanu being alive is of far more value to the Biafran cause than a Kanu who is dead and has nothing more to contribute.
hollah123: how can Niger come from d word Niger?are u that dumb?so everything Nnamdi Kanu says is right irrespective of his stupidity?
please don't quote me again Na God I take beg u,your IQ is too low abeg.....read about d history of Nigeria n forget d thrash that fool says
Im sure if I ask you the origins of the word "Niger" and how the River got that name, you probably dont know. All you know is that Nigeria got its name from the River but you dont know what 'Niger' actually means or stands for
hollah123: do u also have dual citizenship like Nnamdi Kanu?when python dance gbege happen n he ran,did u have an option to run like him?he's a million miles away enjoying his wife steady but pushing u to death here only to come back n remember only Jack again
You wanted him to stay and die? That would have been to the benefit of those who want one Nigeria and not to the benefit of the Biafrans. To the Biafran agitators, Nnamdi Kanu escaping when they came to kill him is a good thing because a Kanu that is alive is far better for the agitation than a Kanu who is dead
coputa: Nigga is a new slangs used by white americans to describe the blacks,Nigeria got her name from river niger.Every country's name has a meaning and a source.Nigeria is a great country,it is an indivisible entity.cow-nu can only deceive his deluded flock.In one nigeria i stand.
Nigg@ is not a new word. Its has been used by white Europeans to describe black people in a condescending way for over 500 years
hollah123: u ipob miscreants are naturally dumb ,so u don't know Nigeria is formed from d words Niger n area?so it is when Nnamdi Kanu say rubbish that u will start running around?just like Emeka will say,ipob supporters are illiterate who blame their failure on others instead of taking their destiny in their hands
Yes but Niger comes frmm the word 'Nigg@'. If the word 'Niger' comes from the term 'Nigg@' then Kanu is right, Nigeria is actually 'Nigg@ Area'
hollah123: which passport has Nnamdi Kanu been traveling d world with?
if it's Nigerian passport then he's a great fool,I think he should b traveling with Biafran passport n to u if u are still filling online forms n writing Nigeria as country of origin then u are a fool,if u still go to d market n spend Nigerian Naira then u are a great fool.
u people just talk without knowing d meaning of what u say,u hate Nigeria so much but u are still using everything Nigeria,if u have a passport I know for sure it will b Nigeria n not Biafra.
u people will never disappoint,u just keep showing ipob supporters are dingbats
If you were a British citizen like Nnamdi Kanu, would you reach for a Nigerian passport or the British one when traveling? Which of these passports will give you respect and recognition when traveling internationally? There is your answer
The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that it is an abomination for anyone to call themselves a Nigerian. In his latest broadcast on Radio Biafra on the 24th of June 2020, Kanu stated that the word 'Nigerian' was a derogatory colonial word the British gave some indigenous ethnic nationalities in West Africa, and that anyone who uses it, insults themselves. Kanu said:
"It is unfortunate that most black Africans cannot reason. Those who call themselves Nigerians never stop to ask themselves how this word came about or what it means. The word 'Nigeria' was the merging of two words, Niger and area, it was coined by the then girlfriend of Lugard, Flora Shaw, in 1897 in London when she wrote an article in the Times Newspaper about the indigenous people Britain had conquered and colonised along the River Niger. She referred to them as Nigerians. It was after the publication of her article that people heard of the word Nigeria for the first time.
"But the word Niger, which the River Niger gets its name from, actually derives from the term 'Nigg@', a derogatory word the white man used to describe black people. In effect, the word Nigeria actually means 'Nigg@ Area'. How can any sane person call themselves by such demeaning name? How can anybody answer to such an insulting colonial name? It is an abomination! They killed 5 million people to uphold an insulting colonial name a small white girl in London came up with. Every time you call your self a Nigerian, you are insulting your self"
PHAYOL81: Just my humble opinion though. It's time we stayed at peace with each other besides. Nigeria needs peace; we need cohesion and brotherliness to weather the storm warring to capsize the progress of this famous nation.
Nigeria needs peace? How do you hope to get that with Boko Haram, Killer herdsmen and Niger Delta Militants?
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