₦airaland Forum

LegendHero:
This is the logic. Azikiwe and the Northerners had the first alliance in those days and the Western Region (Awolowo) were the opposition.

--Now think about it like this. At that time the Northerners are not educated with few people to have the capacity to head agencies and the Ibos on the other hand have far more educated people than the North. Hence, their alliance made sure the major post goes to them since that is the nature of politcs and so since the Igbos are the most educated among the allies, they turned out to be the major benefactor of the posts.

--Lets use today analogy. APC is the ruling party and we have Yoruba and Northernes as main actors. APC will appoint most of all political appointments which include federal universities VC, custom leader, and etc. If the Northerners has less qualified people to attain those position, then the Yorubas will majorly occupy those position because of the alliance. That is exactly the analogy of that time.

Infact that is one of the reasons why Azikiwe preffered to ally with the North than the Yorubas. Because he can take enough chunk with allying with the North THAN allying with the educated Yorubas who will want to share it 50/50. In politics, why should I settle for 50/50 when I can have 80/20?

PrinceOfLagos:
The Ibarapa people that took to their heels to Benin republic refugees camp ain't back yet

LegendHero:
Many things led to the civil war Chief Osoba, do you want to say you don’t know history or you’re just trying to be politically correct?

Often many people believed the killing of Saraduana and Balewa are what led to the North uprising against the Ibos in the North but this is half truth. The Unitary decree of Aguiyi Ironsi caused as much harm as the coup. Infact, it was what led to the initial killing of Ibos in the North, and gave the fertile ground for the counter-coup.

I will give timelines of events below, if anyone need proof of any of the point I raise I will provide it.

Besides the killings of other tribesleader by the majorly coupist of Jan 1966 which everyone knows, the below are some other side of the story.

Decree of 1966:
--May 1966, Ironsi announced that the regions are dissolved and there will be unification of the Public Service.
-- Note: The Ibos have the highest number of civil service candidates then and they are more itinerant than other group, which implies that decree will favor them.
--That decree was popular in the East and the Northerners received it as a blow on them and an act of marginalization against them because they have low number of civil servant. Remember Saraduana video that was trendy then.
--To crown the fears of the Northerers, General Ironsi announced the unification decree while the constitutional report group he set up under the chairmanship of Chief Rotimi Williams haven't concluded their report yet. So he acted on this own.

Riots due to the Decree:
--May 28,1966, A massive demonstration of about 20,000 people held against Ironsi decree in Kano which was organized to present a petition by the military authorities through the Emir of Kano. Slogans used were "Pure Federalism or We Bust", "We denounce abuse of power", We Separate Clearly". Infact that was when the North preached secession. 7 people were reportedly killed that day

Kano, Kaduna, and mining centers of Jos and Bukuru again protested with violence with placards saying "Let there be seccession". Infact over 92 people were killed in that weekend demonstration. They burnt Southerners quarter, houses and over-turned cars. Ironsi replied to the protest by saying he will declare certain area military areas, replace civil court with military court, and death penalty to anyone causing destruction in the North. He also accused the Arab world of being behind the protesters coz they are friends to Saraduana.

In June 1966, The government declared Dusk to Dawn curfew and these riots and killing still continued with rumors in the North that the Ibos will counter-attack. I don't know if Chief Osoba is referring to this.

--Over 100 emirs and Chiefs in the North gave an ultimatum to the Ironsi government to reject the decree. The resolution was presented by the 65-year old Sultan of Sokoto then who is also the uncle of Saraduana where they demanded Nigeria should stay Federal, and old boundaries should remain as before.

--The progom continues with several Ibos being killed across the North. The North sensed domination of the Ibos because the constitutional study group haven't submitted their report yet but Ironsi still abolished the system. Then the sentiment is that Ironis is running a Ibo regime just like people are talking about Fulani regime now. Gombe, Katsina, Bauchi also joined in the attacks mainly against the Ibos.

Counter Coup:
--July 1966, the mutineers arrested Ironsi and later killed him which set the ball rolling for more violent attacks here and there. Brigadier Ogundipe who is the Chief of Staff to Ironsi made a broadcast saying the military is still in control with but what happened in few days after showed that the mutineers want none of Ironsi regime and are all out for revenge. Cut story short, Gowon took power.

--Aug 1966, Gowon took power as a Northerner, first it is decisive, he is a Christian and he is from the minority so he is seen as a great asset not only in Uniting the North as a common force but also to appear to the South as being relatively acceptable. Then he ordered the release of Awolowo, Enahoro and other political prisoners which was a masterstroke, now you have the buy-in of some Awo symphatizers who are by far the vast majority of the Yorubas and some of the Edo areas.

All these contributed to other riots, killings, thousand Ibos killed in the North, Ibos retaliated in Port Hacourt killing 25 Hausas, plane evacuating Ibos, and eventually the civil war as the ending game.

Coronavirus1:
It's not Awolowo that ask Gowon to Abolish Aburi Accord it was oba Erediawa of Benin that advised Gowon .But during the civil war it was Awolowo that advised Gowon to block food from reaching the biafra land that is the crime of Awo

princewarri1985:
How do acheologist able to tell when object excavated were actually made? Its really mind bogling! I did my research and found out they use a procedure called carbon dating. And its like 95 percent accuracy, it usually fun placing your hands on things made thousands of years back. Right now am just sitting down here thinking because in lets say in about 130 years from now we all will be dead and history and the world will be occupied by another set of humans and like shakespear said "life is like a stage, we play our part and leave the stage for others"

gaventa:
So funny how african Christians see nothing wrong in this. Their mentors also believed in using materials to wade off evil but they will chastise the Babalawo who uses same to protect himself. Bunch of gullible enslaved followers. Praying to Yahweh For protection while the real owners of Yahweh have other ways to protect themself.

Amotolongbo:
Someone is setting the Ndigbo up for a genocide.

Either the Federal Government or Nnamdi Kanu is suspected.

I don’t trust the Federal Government on this killing. It may be their handwork

Angelfrost:
So, Kurt Zouma, Kante, Pulisic, Mason Mount, and Timo "Miss" Werner won the exalted Champions League before Rashford, Vardy, Lukaku, Immobile, Harry Kane, Son, Haaland, Mbappe...

Chai... This life will never be balanced!!!

EmekaBlue:
See all these haters collecting Chelsea give away.

Una dey mad

excel1960:
Bros remember me ooh
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Access bank
Faith O

Emmanuel226:
Congrats to all Chelsea fans out there, and to Tomas Tuchel on his UCL triumph on his second attempt,
The second manage to do it after Klopp, in this modern Era.
Imma join u guyz(Chelsea fans)
Next season.
Home am welcome?

quickly:
With a 5-4-1 formation , Chelsea packed the bus
And also the tactics of Pep

ominilongest:
Rudiger *Sergio Ramos* debruyne

LesbianBoy:
That referee na scam

He pulled Rudiger up like he cares and gave him yellow card

Chanchet:
I don't like man city their coach does not like players of African origin

fitzmayowa:
James no dey give sterling breathing space at all....

Chibabe005:
pride killed pep, tonight!! stupid pride stopped him from playing aguero at the right time


I'm happy for Chelsea!

thank you kante!! he was phenomenonal!!

Chelsea was the more disciplined side,and won!

na foolish tactics killed pep tonight!

doctore212:
Should I use condom for this olosho wey say na 500 for two rounds

TheFacelessMan:


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Years back, at Ijebu Ode, I and my friends decided to do money rituals...

The herbalist asked us to meet him at the OkuOrun Cemetery at midnight.

4 of us went to the cemetery that night and i shiver recalling the unspeakable things that happened that night...

It was dark and so silent we could all hear our hearts beating fast.

Halfway through our walk, we heard a horrible guttural sound

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A hyena was snacking on a fresh corpse

We interrupted him eating dinner!

Have you ever heard a hyena laugh ? It sounds like music Satan would dance to in Hell

After a long walk through a maze of grave stones... we got there.

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The Babalawo instructed us to all strip naked and choose a tomb to stand in front of...

We each carried a calabash on our heads containing the offering and Baba started chanting.


"NO MATTER WHAT, you MUST NOT LOOK BACK" no matter what! Baba said.

"Eyin oku ati eyin alijanu, omo ni momo eworks, eworks yeeee!"

After 20 minutes of incantations, his words started twisting and became strange and...

I clearly heard the concrete slab shift beneath me

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What happened next is difficult to describe...

You know the chill felt against your legs when you open the fridge ?

The temperature dropped to subzero... i am not ashamed to say this, i felt something warm trickling down my legs as i peed on myself

The cold crept up my ankles... to my calves...my buttocks... waist.... back

I felt a presence practically inches behind me and then cold hands of bone on either side of my neck...

My hands started trembling with my eyes screwed shut!

" AHHHHHHHHHHH" .... and i heard a sound of calabash crashing down and breaking, approximately 2 graves away!

That sounded very much like Shola, his nerve must have broken!

I heard what seemed like a woman's high pitched evil laughter.


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And Shola started making gurgling terrible sounds like he was being strangled...

I ran forward without daring to look back chanting " Jesus, Jesus, Jesus" zeetee

To be continued .....



Culled from "The Memoirs of The Faceless Man"

habsydiamond:
Una don start again abi..... Why some chelsea fans dey do like this self... Gragra don too much... I no pray make them lose oo.. But mancity no even use their starting line up in both matches chelsea won.. I won't be surprised if city wins oo.. Them go sell the cow if the result no favor

Racoon:
Imagine! When a married woman's reporting relationship is to her husband? Thuggish husband and wife.So this is how they wish to continue to spurn Nigerians?

This Remi Tinubu of a woman is very uncouth.Too bad for her as a woman. The RCCG as a church should quickly derobe her as a so called Pastor.

fuckingAyaya:
This one too na ordained pastor in RCCG,I laugh in ancient hebrew

hakeem4:
The son looks like him. I wonder how his NURTW boys would look at Oluomo children bagging academic degrees, while they are bagging various degrees of injuries