₦airaland Forum

In all honesty, Aluko should have just payed his  respect to his 'good friend' Ojukwu, rather than emerging in Ojukwu's death to make all sorts of declarations. All these years that Ojukwu lived, he never took credit.for the Aburi meeting, so that we could confirm his claims from Ikemba. As soon as he passes, oh ' I taught Ojukwu how to tie his shoe laces, I taught him how to ride a bicycle'. How do we corroborate his tales now that he conveniently waited for Ojukwu to pass before making his revealations? Who told him he was the only one Ojukwu respected and consulted during those trying times?  I believe they were friendly but Prof seems to be a master of exaggerations.

Wow this is so sad. RIP to the departed.

I often wonder why the same people waste time arguing and  writing passages on the very same nonsense. It should be obvious by now that no amount of persuasion can change the truth, or your perceptions of the truth. Would Bluetooth, Seanete02, alj harem, Ileke-idi, Katsumoto or the likes ever have a favourable opinion of Ojukwu, no matter the evidence presented? NEVER. Would Abagworo, Dede-1, Chyz* etc see any justification for Nigeria's genocide against the Igbo? NOT IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT. So, why the exercise in futility?

Wow!

What a personality! The Ikemba would be surely missed. Just reading through the second post by nolongtin, contemplating Ojukwu's take on some of Nigeria's historical figures, my admiration of this stalwart of a man is strongly reaffirmed. The clarity of his thoughts, the honesty of his opinions and convictions, his uncanny intelligence ever on display, and armed with an unassuming but confident understanding of his his place in African history, Ikemba, even in death continues to tower above his contemporaries. Indeed, a huge void has been left in the space occupied by the rarest of men, and a great son of Africa has gone to meet his creator. He sure left his mark in the sands of time.

@kobojunkie, lol, calm your nerves! Ok I see on the second link, tucked away somewhere there, they did pledge to help in developing the centers. My bad on that. But how much was their financial contribution to the project. I believe the state government footed the bill for this, and deservedly should be commended.

@kobojunkie,

I really don't know what u are raving and ranting about, the link you provided DID NOT say anything about a Diagnostic Center. . .you manufactured that bit about cooperating with the government to develop the center. Very devious of you, I must say.The U.S group you reference takes no credit for providing the Digital X-ray, CT or MRI equipment that are currently being used in either Umuahia or Aba. CT scan machines would definitely cost some six figures in dollars, and an MRI machine cost an upward of a million dollars(could even be up to 3 million dollars). Multiply these figures by two( for the Aba and Umuahia centers), and factor in the price of getting the centers running. From what I saw on the video, these centers are very well furnished.
    I am not an Orji apologist by any stretch, but a job well done is a job well done. Dr. Mbanaso and Dr. Ezeikpe(whose hospital was acquired for the center in Umuahia) are two of the most reputable individuals in the state, and with their direct involvement in the project, I'll take their words as stated in the video. President  Goodluck Jonathan came in person to commision both centers and to congratulate the state government for a job well done. The state government gets credit for this welcomed development, and I see no reason to think otherwise.

@Kobojunkie,

-Please watch the video, u would see that what u are talking about is quite different from what is being presented here.

- The OP posted the link with the video for all to see. . . there should be no need for debate here. TA Orji has done an incredible job here. For the first time, I'm proud of him.

^^^^Just like this thread, most civil war posts are not started by Ndigbo. . . on the contrary, its mostly Yorubas trying to stire up these kind of topics. I don't know what they intend to achieve, or maybe they want to gloat or something, but Ndigbo have an obligation to debunk any fallacies being dispensed by these demented souls. The garbage they spew about their hero Adekunle, whose 3rd Marine divison was the most devastated by Biafran forces, is completely baseless. That formation was in complete ruins by the time Obasanjo took over, according to Nigerian accounts. Col. Shuwa's 1st Divison was by far the most succesful of all the Nigerian forces involved in the war, which is common knowledge, but instead of ascertaining the true facts of the events, these hopeless glory hunters run around spewing rubbish. They are the true sore losers, obviously whatever they hoped for Ndigbo did not materialize. . . hence all the pent up bitterness and frustration.

Stay strong bro. Some very good suggestions have been made here already, and do not hesitate to seek the help of other relatives. . .that's what families are there for.

Well done Tryxo!!!! Voted already.

@Dede1, I would say that with the shortage of manpower and weapons, especially, the size of a Division in Biafra, might not have been similar to what you would find in a standard Army. I would not be surprised if a Brigade consisted of 500 men, given the circumstances in Biafra. I believe Nowa Omoigui alluded to this possibility in his narrative of the tussle for Owerri between Biafran and Nigerian forces. Besides, conventional military doctrine suggests that one engages an enemy force with a larger force, whenever possible, and this would even be more of a necessity with an Army that was not nearly as well equiped as the enemy, as was the case in Biafra. My point is that engaging a Brigade with an entire Divison, in normal circumstances would be excessive and cumbersome, but in this situation that might not be the case. Gen. Madiebo might be right in his recollection.

As fate would permit, Obasanjo did nullify some of the power that the north was wielding. I'm disinclined at the moment to expound on how the North came to enjoy such power in the first place, but I believe people like Obasanjo played into their hands and served as enablers. However, Obasanjo faltered like many before him, in the sense that he was extremely corrupt. . .he left office as one of the wealthiest individuals in Nigeria. Certainly one of The Greatest Thieving Nigerians

About time we grew a pair. . . in diplomatic rows, an eagerness to retaliate garners respect.

The people.
- why have we not revolted, given all that we have been through.

Chinenye, as a fellow proud Ngwa man,  I would advice that you deviate from this your imagined Southern vs Northern Igbo dichotomy that you are constantly peddling. There's a north, south, east and west in everything, even in Ngwaland there's a northern(Isialangwa) and a southern(Obiomangwa) axis. I simply don't understand why you are so keen to establish this division in every Igbo thread. Ndi-Ngwa fiercly protect our identity, but we are genuinly as Igbo as it gets, and we are not a group that somehow fell under Igbo influence. We are not some people with identity crisis, so please lets act like it. Thank you.

Bro!!!!!!! Listen very carefully, I've seen this movie many times and what I'm about to tell u might sound harsh, but deep inside, most women know that it is true(but they'll never admit it). This is your problem;  U ARE A NICE GUY, u pander to her every need, when she sneezes u are there, at the snap of her fingers u come running down, u are never late and u never stand her up,,,,,,u are like a lap dog! Women need a challenge, they need to feel like they are fighting to keep your attention. Of course, she is bored!!!! She is not lying.
   To salvage your situation, here comes another harsh truth. Stop with all the niceness, lovey-dovey cra.p. U are boring her to death. She wants a man and not a lap dog. Right now, she needs to see your bad side. In fact, u need to become an as.sh.ole for lack of a better word, and do whatever U want to do whenever u want to do it. It sounds extreme, but it never fails. The moment u show that she is not that important in your life, then she regains interest and starts fighting to gain that status in your life, but u never let her have it. If u give her that impression that she can do no wrong, THEN SHE BECOMES BORED AGAIN. Of course, every now and then, u throw her a bone just to keep her honest. Of course, she must still know that u love her, but u just have to express it differently.
    Remember, we are talking about women here, logic does not apply. Ever wonder why women love as.shol.es or 'bad guys? Because they NEED that challenge.  I'm not bashing women, I'm just letting this guy in on the truth on how not to bore the cra.p out of women. Just speaking for myself and all the other 'badguys' out there that women can't get enough of. Bro, thank me later.

@Kwezbaba yes o, I just found out about CELESTINE UKWU a few years ago . What a gem! Too bad he died at such an early age,but I really love his music. Good choice.

What gave him the audacity to approach u with such a request in the first place? How did u get to the point that your boss just confidently asked you to bleep him? The guy no dey look face? I believe u have not given us the full gist, but u can't let another human being harass u like this. There's a line and the guy crossed it long ago.

I don't know about Ojukwu and Gadhaffi, both are definitely strong fellows. But I'm a 100000% sure Ojukwu is more of a man than the following people all put together:

Awolowo - actually tried to plan the first coup in nigeria, failed miserably as his plan never got off the ground, and ended up in federal prison. Sold his soul and that of all his relatives just to bear the title 'president of nigeria' even if it was for one day. Alas, the best he ever amounted to was FINANCE MINISTER under a 30-something year old army general. The stench of the embarrassment was too much that he did what all cowards do; committed suicide.

Abiola- This character was an accomplice in the looting of Nigeria's treasury for many years, and then turned around and tried to demand power from his partners in crime. At the end of the day, he was offed silently, along with some of his family and nothing really happened. Neither he, nor his army of noise-makers exacted any retribution.

The weeping Generals- The[b] most shameless display of cowardice[/b] ever recorded in the history of the Nigerian military, played out when[b] Generals Diya, Adisa, Olarenwaju, and a bunch of other yorubas[/b] decided it was their own turn to man up and plan a coup in Nigeria, since everyone else had done so. Unlike other coups before this one, be it succesful or not, we were confronted by the spectacle of so called Generals crying like little girls, and prostrating before junior officers like Captains and Majors. The cowards completely lost their military bearing and whatever little respect they had, and I could not believe my eyes. The images of Diya and Adisa face down and crying at the feet of a common Major(mustapha) is forever etched in our memories. From the first coup of 1966, up till this point, all apprehended coupist faced the music with courage and some even with defiance in the face of torture. But these 'gentlemen' clearly lacked the intestinal fortitude for the adventure they got involved in. My grandmother has more balls than this bunch.
Just like Awolowo's coup, this nonsense never saw the light of day. SNITCHING like little girls while trying to play a grown man's game.

I don't know about Ojukwu and Gadhaffi, both are definitely strong fellows. But I'm a 100000% sure Ojukwu is more of a man than the following people all put together:

Awolowo - actually tried to plan the first coup in nigeria, failed miserably as his plan never got off the ground, and ended up in federal prison. Sold his soul and that of all his relatives just to bear the title 'president of nigeria' even if it was for one day. Alas, the best he ever amounted to was FINANCE MINISTER under a 30-something year old army general. The stench of the embarrassment was too much that he did what all cowards do; committed suicide.

Abiola- This character was an accomplice in the looting of Nigeria's treasury for many years, and then turned around and tried to demand power from his partners in crime. At the end of the day, he was offed silently, along with some of his family and nothing really happened. Neither he, nor his army of noise-makers exacted any retribution.

The weeping Generals- The[b] most shameless display of cowardice[/b] ever recorded in the history of the Nigerian military, played out when[b] Generals Diya, Adisa, Olarenwaju, and a bunch of other yorubas[/b] decided it was their own turn to man up and plan a coup in Nigeria, since everyone else had done so. Unlike other coups before this one, be it succesful or not, we were confronted by the spectacle of so called Generals crying like little girls, and prostrating before junior officers like Captains and Majors. The cowards completely lost their military bearing and whatever little respect they had, and I could not believe my eyes. The images of Diya and Adisa face down and crying at the feet of a common Major(mustapha) is forever etched in our memories. From the first coup of 1966, up till this point, all apprehended coupist faced the music with courage and some even with defiance in the face of torture. But these 'gentlemen' clearly lacked the intestinal fortitude for the adventure they got involved in. My grandmother has more balls than this bunch.
Just like Awolowo's coup, this nonsense never saw the light of day. SNITCHING like little girls while trying to play a grown man's game.

I don't know about Ojukwu and Gadhaffi, both are definitely strong fellows. But I'm a 100000% sure Ojukwu is more of a man than the following people all put together:

Awolowo - actually tried to plan the first coup in nigeria, failed miserably as his plan never got off the ground, and ended up in federal prison. Sold his soul and that of all his relatives just to bear the title 'president of nigeria' even if it was for one day. Alas, the best he ever amounted to was FINANCE MINISTER under a 30-something year old army general. The stench of the embarrassment was too much that he did what all cowards do; committed suicide.

Abiola- This character was an accomplice in the looting of Nigeria's treasury for many years, and then turned around and tried to demand power from his partners in crime. At the end of the day, he was offed silently, along with some of his family and nothing really happened. Neither he, nor his army of noise-makers exacted any retribution.

The weeping Generals- The[b] most shameless display of cowardice[/b] ever recorded in the history of the Nigerian military, played out when[b] Generals Diya, Adisa, Olarenwaju, and a bunch of other yorubas[/b] decided it was their own turn to man up and plan a coup in Nigeria, since everyone else had done so. Unlike other coups before this one, be it succesful or not, we were confronted by the spectacle of so called Generals crying like little girls, and prostrating before junior officers like Captains and Majors. The cowards completely lost their military bearing and whatever little respect they had, and I could not believe my eyes. The images of Diya and Adisa face down and crying at the feet of a common Major(mustapha) is forever etched in our memories. From the first coup of 1966, up till this point, all apprehended coupist faced the music with courage and some even with defiance in the face of torture. But these 'gentlemen' clearly lacked the intestinal fortitude for the adventure they got involved in. My grandmother has more balls than this bunch.
Just like Awolowo's coup, this nonsense never saw the light of day. SNITCHING like little girls while trying to play a grown man's game.

I don't know about Ojukwu and Gadhaffi, both are definitely strong fellows. But I'm a 100000% sure Ojukwu is more of a man than the following people all put together:

Awolowo - actually tried to plan the first coup in nigeria, failed miserably as his plan never got off the ground, and ended up in federal prison. Sold his soul and that of all his relatives just to bear the title 'president of nigeria' even if it was for one day. Alas, the best he ever amounted to was FINANCE MINISTER under a 30-something year old army general. The stench of the embarrassment was too much that he did what all cowards do; committed suicide.

Abiola- This character was an accomplice in the looting of Nigeria's treasury for many years, and then turned around and tried to demand power from his partners in crime. At the end of the day, he was offed silently, along with some of his family and nothing really happened. Neither he, nor his army of noise-makers exacted any retribution.

The weeping Generals- The[b] most shameless display of cowardice[/b] ever recorded in the history of the Nigerian military, played out when[b] Generals Diya, Adisa, Olarenwaju, and a bunch of other yorubas[/b] decided it was their own turn to man up and plan a coup in Nigeria, since everyone else had done so. Unlike other coups before this one, be it succesful or not, we were confronted by the spectacle of so called Generals crying like little girls, and prostrating before junior officers like Captains and Majors. The cowards completely lost their military bearing and whatever little respect they had, and I could not believe my eyes. The images of Diya and Adisa face down and crying at the feet of a common Major(mustapha) is forever etched in our memories. From the first coup of 1966, up till this point, all apprehended coupist faced the music with courage and some even with defiance in the face of torture. But these 'gentlemen' clearly lacked the intestinal fortitude for the adventure they got involved in. My grandmother has more balls than this bunch.
Just like Awolowo's coup, this nonsense never saw the light of day. SNITCHING like little girls while trying to play a grown man's game.

I don't know about Ojukwu and Gadhaffi, both are definitely strong fellows. But I'm a 100000% sure Ojukwu is more of a man than the following people all put together:

Awolowo - actually tried to plan the first coup in nigeria, failed miserably as his plan never got off the ground, and ended up in federal prison. Sold his soul and that of all his relatives just to bear the title 'president of nigeria' even if it was for one day. Alas, the best he ever amounted to was FINANCE MINISTER under a 30-something year old army general. The stench of the embarrassment was too much that he did what all cowards do; committed suicide.

Abiola- This character was an accomplice in the looting of Nigeria's treasury for many years, and then turned around and tried to demand power from his partners in crime. At the end of the day, he was offed silently, along with some of his family and nothing really happened. Neither he, nor his army of noise-makers exacted any retribution.

The weeping Generals- The[b] most shameless display of cowardice[/b] ever recorded in the history of the Nigerian military, played out when[b] Generals Diya, Adisa, Olarenwaju, and a bunch of other yorubas[/b] decided it was their own turn to man up and plan a coup in Nigeria, since everyone else had done so. Unlike other coups before this one, be it succesful or not, we were confronted by the spectacle of so called Generals crying like little girls, and prostrating before junior officers like Captains and Majors. The cowards completely lost their military bearing and whatever little respect they had, and I could not believe my eyes. The images of Diya and Adisa face down and crying at the feet of a common Major(mustapha) is forever etched in our memories.  From the first coup of 1966, up till this point, all apprehended coupist faced the music with courage and some even with defiance in the face of torture. But these 'gentlemen' clearly lacked the intestinal fortitude for the adventure they got involved in. My grandmother has more balls than this bunch.
   Just like Awolowo's coup, this nonsense never saw the light of day. SNITCHING like little girls while trying to play a grown man's game.

During an attempt to reconcile Akintola and Awolowo, Bros Akin took the high road and prostrated, when Pa Awo allegedly KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD. Guys, when una dey prostrate, try use one eye dey watch the chairman for your front sha, make dey no use person head dey play freekick!!!!!!!

BAD GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!