₦airaland Forum

Odkosh:
may I never be ojukwu in my life and next life. fight and run. I spit it out.

What about those who ran without fighting? Do you want to be them too?

Nice one IPOB. To think that a highly discredited party like APC wants to show their face in Anambra is despicable.

I urge my fellow Ndi Anambra to embarass this party of Lucifer himself called APC by not coming out to join them in their show of shame.

laudate:
So what NU Akpan a well-respected leader who was part of the inner caucus of the Biafran govt said is now 'irrelevant'? Simply because it does not conform to your warped perspective?

Can you just read the drivel you wrote up there? What kind of leader sends unarmed civilians out against an armed contingent of soldiers that are trained to kill? Isn't it the job of any leader to protect his own people? So you do not see anything wrong in what Ojukwu did??!

What the Nigerian Army did or did not do, does not change the fact that it is morally wrong, totally reprehensible and unconscionable to send unarmed civilians who did not know what was going on, to the battlefield,unarmed and unprotected. What kind of a leader does that??!

Stop twisting what I said. I didnt say Mr Apkan was irrelevant, I said what he said in his book about the unarmed civilians is irrelevant.What knd of Army shoots unarmed people? There is no Army in the world trained or authorised to kill unarmed people, they are trained to kill armed combatant enemies. The rules of engagement prevent the Army from shooting unarmed people.

So it doesnt matter if it was Mickey Mouse or Ojukwu who sent the unarmed civilians against the Nigerian Army. If the unarmed civilians were killed, it is murder.

In civilised countries, any member of the armed forces who shoots or kills an unarmed person without good reason will face a tribunal and if found guilty, will face anything from a death sentence to years of jail time or dismissal.

So Akpan actually destroyed the reputation of the Nigerian Army, exposing them as terrorists from 50 years ago.

Funny thing is that the Nigerian Army is still denying killing unarmed civilians to this day.

I think the Nigerian Army should hold a press conference and let the world know that they support the killing of unarmed civilians, that way, the international community, IPOB and other civil liberty organisation can know what they are up against

laudate:
Nah, all I quoted to you are facts which are already in public domain. If Gowon gave at least 80% of what was agreed upon at Aburi, and Ojukwu had accepted it then, it would have shown that Ojukwu was a man of peace who was ready to do everything to avert a war.

You cannot second-guess Gowon by claiming he would have offered 60%. Were you in his mind?

Gowon did not just wake up and decide to abolish the 4 regions. Ojukwu had contravened various laws, and in blatant disregard of the authorities, had seized federal govt assets in the East and started stockpiling weapons! He ignored all their warnings. Sanctions were imposed on his region to force him to see reason. He disregarded them. Did he expect Gowon and the members of the SMC to clap for him after that? Gowon had to use other means to weaken Ojukwu's position, hence the creation of states.

If Ojukwu had not been intransigent, the creation of states would not have happened!

Nigerians are funny people. It is only a Nigerian that will see red and call it orange.

There is a binding agreement that was signed sealed. You have not yet called out Gowon for not living up to his end of the deal, you are calling out Ojukwu for not accepting a reduced version of the deal? I laugh in Igbo


So if you sign a contract with a contractor to build you a house, the contractor later comes back to tell you that he can only build 80% of the house despite a signed agreement being in place, what happens?

You will accept a house built 80%?

Well thats what you expected Ojukwu to do

I wonder what you would have said if it was Ojukwu who said he could only implement 80% of his end of the Aburi deal? You would have been shouting and blaming Ojukwu for causing war by going back on a signed deal.

The simple truth of the matter is that the North wanted political and economic control of Nigeria and they were not about to let Aburi or anything stop them from from implementing 'divide and rule' that would give them what they want.

The only thing the North never counted on was that Igbos were not going to take it laying down.

laudate:
What a contradiction! In one breath you said that the "Nigerian Army never shoots unarmed people." In the next breath, you claimed that "Nigerian Army are still shooting people up to this day." Which one is it? What do you want us to believe? Are you saying that Ntieyong Udo Akpan who was Chief Secretary and Head of Service in the Government of Biafra, then later became the Pro Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, and finally, Pro-chancellor of the University of Benin in 1980, was lying??

Dont change what I said. I said that the Nigerian Army "should" never shoot unarmed people.

It is irrelevant what My NU Akpan said in his book about Ojukwu sendig unarmed people to face the Nigerian Army.

Lets take the worst case scenario. Lets assume that indeed Ojukwu did send unarmed civilians to face the Nigerian Army. Did anyone tell you it is the job of the Army to shoot unarmed people? There is no National Army or Soldier that is mandated to shoot unarmed people, infact, they are not even allowed to shoot unarmed enemy soldiers. This is what separates the Army and a terrorist organisation. Terrorist organisations dont care who the kill, the Army should care.

So if indeed what Mr Apkan said is true, it only goes to show that the Nigerian Army commited murder and that the Biafrans were right to defend themselves from such an uncivilised Army.

It also goes to show the Nigerian Army and its long history of killing unarmed people, something they are not allowed to do.

laudate:
Read that book before you come back here to tell me that Ojukwu was a man of peace. Would a man of peace use his own people as cannon fodder, for the enemy?

In Madiebos book, he debunks all that. But lets assume it did happen.


The Nigerian Army should never shoot unarmed people. Anyone telling you that Soldiers are allowed to shoot unarmed people isnt telling you the truth. It is actually murder.

To this day, the Nigerian Army are still shooting unarmed IPOB anyway so nothing has changed.

laudate:
You like arguing blindly, sha. Er...point of correction. Ojukwu was definitely not a man of peace. After Aburi, there was a need to translate the agreements reached at Aburi, into law. So Gowon promulgated Decree 8 which gave Ojukwu over 80% of his demands, despite opposition from high-ranking technocrats in the civil service. Gowon in fact, tried to give legal backing to most of the agreements reached at Aburi, by enacting Decree 8.

If Ojukwu had been a man of peace, he would have accepted that agreement to prevent further conflict, and gone back at a later date to negotiate for more, like the Israelis did, when they wanted their own home state.

If Ojukwu was a man of peace, he would have prevented further bloodshed by listening to Zik, Adebayo and other African leaders. If Ojukwu was a man of peace, he would not have led his people to a war he could not win, knowing fully well he did not have enough weapons to prosecute that war.

If Ojukwu was a man of peace, he would not have sent unarmed civilians to their death on the battlefield, against heavily armed federal soldiers, in Enugu. Don't take my word for it though. Read pg 95 - 96 of The Struggle for Secession, 1966-1970: A Personal Account of the Nigerian Civil War, written by Ntieyong U. Akpan, the former Chief Secretary to the defunct Government of Biafra who later became the Pro Chancellor of the University of Nigeria. in it, he said;



Read that book before you come back here to tell me that Ojukwu was a man of peace. Would a man of peace use his own people as cannon fodder, for the enemy?

You are listening to too much Yoruba propaganda. If Ojukwu was not a man of peace, he would not have gone to Aburi in the first place.

But he went. An agreement was reach and signed. When they went back home, Gowon started deciding which percentage to give Ojukwu? What is that? How can someone sign an agreement then decide what percentage to implement? When you sign an agreement, you implement it 100% or dont sign at all!

If Gowon felt that Aburi should be renegotiated, he should have recovened another meeting with all parties to ammend the existing contract. But to sign an agreement and start deciding the percentage to implement was pure foolishness on the part of Gowon and an insult to Ojukwu.

If Ojukwu had accepted 80% like you said, what would have stopped Gowon coming back next week to say it is now 60%?

No matter what percentage Ojukwu accepted or didnt accept, the fact that Gowon was going to abolish the 4 Regions and creste 12 states anyway made peace impossible. That singular act by Gowon is what led to war.

When people say Ojukwu led his people in a war he could not win, I laugh. Ojukwu was in the best position to win the war. He had the man power and the Oil money. Had British Warships not blockaded Biafra preventing Ojukwu from selling Oil and importing arms, Ojukwu would have won. Britain won the war for Nigeria by blockading Biafra.

Ojukwu fought a war to liberate his people from Hausa-Fulani controlled Nigeria. He may not have succeded but the fact that he tried where all other gave up is why his people respect him. Nobody said freedom is cheap, it costs a lot of lives to achieve

allrightsir:
I'm not going to argue with you as your mind is made up and nothing anyone can say will make a difference. Nobody is arguing with a people's right to self determination but sometimes you have to accept when you made a bad strategic decision. if Gowon was just going to allow Biafra to leave without firing a shot, why bother with Aburi accord? Get real!!!!! if you want to blame someone, blame Ojukwu. There are 2 ways to seceede, by peacefully by negotiation of forcefully, Ojukwu chose the forceful route and your people paid for it, it was reckless of him. Please stop hiding behind this he fired 1st shot nonsense, why was he stockpiling weapons if he didn't expect a war?

Make up your mind, you are the same people that complained when Obasanjo peacefully ceded Bakassi to Cameroon but forget Cameroun spent years fighting peacefully for it through established legal channels, if they declared war on Nigeria or tried to annexxe it forcefully they would have lost and people will have died, because their army is no match for Nigeria's. There are ways to do things!!!!!

The reason why people sometimes find it difficult at times to sympathize with the East is the blame game, at least accept responsibility for your tactical errors!!!! The same mostakes you made in 1967 is the same mistakes you are making now with IPOB and the result will be the same, people will die and nothing will happen, you will still be in Nigeria. If you don't accept your mistakes, you will continue repeating them.


if you had declared Biafra and South South decided to seceede, would you have just allowed them to just go? Stop all the hypocrisy!!!

This isnt about argument, this is about what the history books tell us. History cant be twisted because all of it has already happend.

Starting with the overthrow of Ironsi, there was a 6 months period where thousands of Easterners, men, wimen and Children were being massacred all over Nigeria particularly in the North. With the disappearance of Ironsi, Ojukwu supported that the next highest ranking officer of the time, Brigadier Ogundipe should take over. The Northerners refused and installed Gowon who was junior to Ojukwu as head of state. Over 50,000 Easterners were killed, millions fled back home. The people of Eastern Nigeria besieged Ojukwu to pull them out of Nigeria since they were no longer safe in that country. With tensions mounting, a meeting was arranged on neutral grounds in Aburi Ghana. After 2 days of negotiations, Ojukwu and gowon signed the documents. The agreement provided that Ojukwu would recognise Gowon as head of state and accept 'one Nigeria'. But in return, Gowon was not allowed to change or make any far reaching decision on the 4 Regional structure of Nigeria unless all 4 Regional Military Governors agreed.

Barely 5 months after this agreement was signed, Gowon broke this agreement by abolishing the 4 Regions and creating 12 states without informing anyone. This was the start of 'divide and rule' the Northerners have used to dominate Nigeria to this day

With the Aburi agreement broken and the Eastern Region abolished, Ojukwu had only two choices. Accept Northern domination or seek independence. Ojukwu chose the latter. There was nothing like negotiating secession, not with Nothern Nigeria.

If you must blame Ojukwu for causing the war by seceding, then you must first blame Gowon for breaking the Aburi agreement that forced Ojukwu to secede. You have to be fair to Ojukwu, he didnt get up one morning and declare Biafra for no reason. Ojukwu only started stockpiling weapons after he had declared Biafra. Ojukwu never declared war on anybody. Gowon felt it was his duty to keep Nigeria one and Ojukwu felt it was his duty to protect his people.

At the end of the day, Nigeria is still the illegal colonial creation of the white man. Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba never agreed to come together for 'one Nigeria'. We were all forced together against our will by the British. That unholy union is still what Igbos have been fighting to get out of to this day.

Why should an Igbo man be negotiating or asking for his freedom frim Nigeria if he never agreed to be part of Nigeria in the first place? Makes no sense.

Thats why IPOB are right in what they are doing, they are protesting their illegal inclusion into Nigeria by Lugard in 1914.


Any union kept together by the barrel of gun rather than the free will of the people is bound to end in disaster. That is the story of Nigeria so far.


By the way, if Igbos achieve Biafra and any.of the minorities which to secede tomorow, they are free to do so. Igbos have no historical record of holding anyone against their will like Nigeria has

Olu317:
OJUKWU WAS AUTOCRATIC AND TEMPERAMENTAL. THIS WAS A GOOD QUALITY OF A GREAT LEADER .LATE CHIEF NNMADI AZIKWE SAW THE MOTIVE OF OJUKWU AND THE MAN WENT TO THE WINNING SIDE . LEARN FROM THAT MY DEAR. THERE IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME TO STRIKE ONE'S ENEMY. AND NOT TAKING A RISK GLARINGLY LEADING TO A DEAD END.... I HOPE YOU PEOPLE ARE READY FOR YOUR AGITATION.... I HOPE INDEED

Ojukwu was authocratic and tempermental? All Military rulers are that way, thats the nature if their training. Its what they stand for that matters. Ojukwu stood for the independence of his people from the colonial creation called Nigeria and just that alone endeared him to his people.There is no winning side in Nigeria, the country is still as divided and messed up as the day Ojukwu declared Biafra which proves that Ojukwu was right to try and take his people in a different direction away from the failed state if Nigeria.

allrightsir:
this is where you get it wrong, there is a difference between being "cornered by 5 guys" and "taking a fight to 5 guys". Ojukwu wasn't in that position, he was driven by ego and pride, he may have been cornered by 5 guys, but they weren't fighting him...he decided to fight them, please do not rewrite history. Like I said, his own generals warned him the time wasn't right and he couldn't win....please for God's sake...read your history!!!

As far as Nigeria being better, I never said we were but Nigeria and the east are more divided as a result of the war. It was a foolhardy war that acheived nothing and set both sides back. A smart man would have waited, put his people in strategic positions, make sure you can achieve the aims then strike out. It is the same thing kanu is doing now.


I have no problem with Biafra trying to seceede, but if you fail, please don't blame others, your leaders knew the risks. Awolowo knew the risks and determined the odds of success wasn't worth the potential lives lost. You say he was a coward, I say he was a responsible leader who cared for his people and 40 years later we can see the result....his people are not the ones bearing lasting physchological scars that losing 3 million of your brothers and sisters will do to any tribe!!!!

Ojukwu was cornered. The man has already gone to Aburi to sign a peace deal. When that deal was abandoned by Gowon, what did people expect him to do?

The war can be blamed squarely on Gowon. It was Gowon who broke the Aburi agreement, it was Gowon who declared war and it was Gowon who fired first on Biafra.

Olu317:
Have you forgotten that LATE CHIEF NNAMDI AZIKWE SIDED WITH THE MILITARY JUNTA DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF 1967-1970? IBOS ARE QUITE FUNNY. WHY DO YOU IBOS ALWAYS SKIP THE DARK PART OF YOUR HISTORY DURING THE NIGERIA'S CIVIL WAR? EHN?

Azikiwe initially supported Biafra wholeheartedly at first. It was only in the later part that he switched sides, typical politician

allrightsir:
Try and read your history instead of half education by propaganda.

"Ojukwu's stage" as you call it is 3 million dead and enduring pyschological damage that endures 50 years after the last bullet was fired!

Ojukwu was warned by his own generals that he couldn't win the war, he went ahead and 3 million died.....in vain!!

Awolowo knew he couldn't fight a war because there were very few Yorubas in the army at the time so he reluctantly agreed to partner with Gowon rather than kill his people for a war he can't win.


A smart man knows when to pick his battles. A light weight does not go to the ring with a heavy weight just to prove he is brave, the result is brain damage.

What is this 'cant win the war' thing you people keep chanting?

If you are conered by 5 guys who want to fight you, do you say ' I cant win against 5 guys' and surrender so that they can do whatever they like to you or do say 'if Im going to go down, I go down fighting'..

Thats the position Ojukwu was in.

3 million souls may have been lost but Nigeria is not better for it. We are still as divided as ever and Nigeria has not progressed an inch as a nation

Why was he picked up? Did he do something or is it just because he is IPOB?

lx3as:
Boy, when did Adebayo run away from Government house? Do you know what it take to loose dear brother? Fajuyi, his brother from Ado-Ekiti (Iyin-Ekiti and Ado are brothers) just died because of an Igbo man, Ironsi. So you expected another Ekiti man to lay down his life for Ojukwu? When it was not a curse.
I would not like to say Igbos are ingrates but you. This man was the first Nigerian Chief of Army Staff. He loved Ojukwu so much that he encouraged him to join the Army. He was abroad on course when the coups of 1966 took place.
He refused to join the war initially because of his love for Ojukwu and Igbos; he withdrew all Western soldiers to 2nd Div, Ibadan until Ojukwu invaded Western region. What did you want him to do? Even Banjo and several Yoruba soldiers that were friends to Ojukwu and Nzeogu fought and died for Biafra; you made their death and that of Adekunle Fajuyi seemed in vain.
Some of you will come online and start crying, 'Yorubas hate Biafra dream' but not at all, majority of Yorubas support self-determination and you going your own way; however they will never take the path of Fajuyi, Banjo, etc again no matter your anger and pains!

Sunre o Baba Adeyinka Adebayo!

I didnt say Adebayo ran From Govt House, I said he didnt sleep there because he thought the Northerners might kill him like they did Fajuyi.

As for Fajuyi, wether he was killed because of Ironsi or not, the point is that he should have never been killed. I want see more Yorubas condemn the Northerners for killing their Governor rather than make excuses for them that it was because of Ironsi.

As I said before, Adebayo was a good man and officer, I just wish he had stood up to the north on behalf of his Yoruba people.

laudate:
I will forgive you for rambling, because I know you are ill-informed. Ojukwu as a military officer was duty bound to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria. Instead of seeking a peaceful approach to the problem confronting his people, he chose to secede, seize federal govt assets in the Eastern region, ask for oil royalties to be paid into his purse and argued that the case of Biafra would be settled on the battlefield instead of listening to the voice of reason from Zik, Adebayo and other African leaders. If that is not a prelude to war, then I do not know what it is. Maybe you can enlighten us.

I really don't have time for you so please make use of the internet. Everything I have told you is in public domain. As for Adebayo, he had the foresight to reject a poisoned chalice. He was not a megalomaniac, or a power-hungry officer, who wanted to push himself to the forefront. Adebayo did not (and still does not) need your endorsement. His people respected his views, and what he stood for. Your opinion about him, therefore remains inconsequential.

Ojukwu was a man of peace. Despite being senior to Gowon and great risk to his life, he went to Aburi to get peace. Gowon made peace impossible by breaking the agreement he signed in Ghana. By announcing the dissolution of the 4 Regions, Gowon destroyed the structural arrangement of Nigeria, forcing Ojukwu to secede. Ojukwu did all he could do for peace. The reality is that there were only two choices, 'accept domination or war'. Everybody except Ojukwu chose northern domination. As an Igbo man, Im proud of Ojukwu for not going down without a fight .

AkinPhysicist:
You are confusing corruption with slavery. Now, I see through your ramblings. Orji Uzor Kalu (a proud 'Northerner' ) robbed Abia State - thereby enslaving thousands of Abians in the process. For Abians, OUK, is worse than a thousand Hausa-Fulani slave masters. The name Biafra was coined by the Portuguese - so even Biafra is a colonial name. Ojukwu did not create the name Biafra. Yes. Ojukwu was not only a fool and a coward, he was a socio-pathetic mediocre officer. Who lead 3 millions souls to hades. WE YORUBAS ARE FREEBORN SOULS. YOU IBOS HOWEVER MIGHT BE OSUS. GET SENSE. IF NOT SHATAP.

Go and find your country instead of claiming the one a white man created as your own. Go and learn what the concept of self determination is instead of parading your self as a mere British colonial product called 'Nigerian'.

Go and get your sovereignty and develop your land instead of running around looking for who you will do 'one Nigeria' with

Finally, develop the backbone to confront the Northerners when they mess up. Not that they will come to your Region, kill your Governor (Fajuyi ), chase away your most senior officer (Ogundipe) and later slaughter your brightest political star (MKO Abiola) and all you people could do is clap your hands.

AkinPhysicist:
Who is the slave? Who is leaving their region en masse to look for daily bread in other regions? Not a single day pass without tens thousands of JJC Igbos trooping into the SW to come and survive. .

Your people are found in larrge numbers in Western countries like America and Britain. What are they doing there when they have Nigeria. You should encourage them to return

AkinPhysicist:
Who is the slave? Who is leaving their region en masse to look for daily bread in other regions? Not a single day pass without tens thousands of JJC Igbos trooping into the SW to come and survive. We Yorubas are already free. A free man makes use of his brain. And plans and moves towards his goals. As long as you Igbo see yourselves as slaves - you will forever be at the mercy of narcissistic/egotistic charlatans like Ojukwu (the coward) and the onikuje of kuje (his fraudulent highness Cownu).

Oh! You dont know you are a slave? You are answering the colonial name the white man gave you, claming the country Lugard created as your own but you dont know you are a slave. But when someone like Ojukwu created his own name and country, yoy will think he is a fool.

Nigeria is country that the Notherners control 64% of the National Assembly, they control the Military, the Politics and the economy. So how are you not a slave?

AkinPhysicist:
1. What a useless narrative. Biafra was NEVER about freedom. Rather Biafra was the 'military' pet project of a narcissistic mediocre military officer who felt he was better than everybody else.

2. And even if I grant you this nonsensical/naive narrative - tell me: After wasting 3 million souls are you still in slavery?

Then you better go back and read hisory of the time because Biafra was all about freeing the people of Eastern Nigeria from "Northern controlled Nigeria'.

The second world war cost 50 million to fight Nazi/German domination. That was the price of freedom

The Biafran war was about fighting Northern domination, millions of lives lost was the attempt to be fee, one which Im proud of my people.

Surrendering without a fight is a cowards way out of problems

But fighting like a man despite all odds, thats for warriors.

AkinPhysicist:
Now, I see you are a fool. Only a fool will take a knife to a gun-fight. Only a fool will dive head-first down a high cliff and still hopes to survive. Only a fool will start a war that he can't win. This is the story of you Igbos. Head-strong fools, who have never learnt from their history. Keep fooling yourselves. Keep passing that foolish gene to your children - and guarantee that they will indeed continue to be slaves. Ndi ara!

A fool does not aspire to be free or to freedom. Freedom is an honourable thing to fight, and if need be, die for.

I wouldnt expect you to understand what I mean. There are some people who's brain has been conditioned to accept slavery

AkinPhysicist:
Rubbish. Now, let me grant you that this rubbish you posted is true. Now, why would Ojukwu be so stupid to go into a war that would result in the death of 3 million of his own people? If the war ONLY benefited the colonial masters wishes, why would he be so willing to sacrifice 3 million souls?

I would rather commit 3 million lives in a fight for freedom than accept slavery out of fear. Thats how important freedom is for some people

AkinPhysicist:
Answer this question mumuni: what percentage of the Nigerian Military was Northern at the time?

Doesnt matter if it was 200%. Therr is no excuse to being reduced to a slave in your own land by foreigners

AkinPhysicist:
Thrash. Adebayo's 'docility' sparred the lives of his people. Meanwhile Ojukwu (the coward)'s chestbeating resulted in the slaughter of 3 million Igbos.

Spared the lives of his people? From who? The Northerners? Is that the level you people have raised them?

No wonder

laudate:
Ojukwu was the one who declared secession, not Gowon. Secession was a prelude to war. He was warned about his actions, but chose to turn his back on such warnings. From Zik and other african leaders, to Adebayo and other people from the West, Ojukwu had no shortage of good advice, but he chose not to listen. And it cost him dearly...

I do not have time to school you today, as I am rather busy. So just conduct a search on Google and try to read up the facts.

Sorry bro but secession is not prelude to war. That a people seceded does not mean that only war can be employed to resolve the issue. Gowon could have gone for a second Aburi meeting, discussions, referendum. Of all the peaceful ways Gowon could have gone about Biafra, he chose war as his first and last resort

Adebayo was a signatory to the Aburi agreement, he signed on behalf of the the Western Nigeria. Yet he could never call Gowo out for breaking the agreement they all signed in Ghana.

Personally, I think Adebayo was a good man and a fine officer, but his docility is shocking.

Adebayo should have been the first Military President of an independent Oduduwa Republic.

Instead, he was reduced to saluting Gowon who was far his junior in the Army.

What a pity that only Ojukwu had the guts to stand up to Northern domination

laudate:
Yes. That grand, old man named Adebayo was the voice of reason. He tried to warn Ojukwu not to tread the path of war, because it would be futile. And he was right. Rest in peace sir.

Adebayo was at Aburi, why didnt he warn Gowon about threading the path of war as well? Or is it only Ojukwu who needs advice?

That is video raw video of the Nigerian Army shooting Biafran protesters in Porthacourt last year.

I wish that disgraceful Rabe Abubakar had watched this.

shukuokukobambi:
the eternal chest beating clown is here again.

If Adebayo committed a crime by not sleeping in his house, how will you categorise ojukwu for running away from a country he formed because of the fear of adekunle and obasanjo?

A whole gburugburu of the chest beaters running not just from his house, but from the country he founded? Tufiakwa!!

Keep up with your dance of shame. The joke will always be on you

At least Ojukwu fought 3 years before running away. Compare that to Adebayo, Ogundipe and Obasunjo. 3 Yoruba military leaders who surrendered to Northerners not only without a fight, but without an atom of protest.

They should have tried fighting to at least get to Ojukwus stage.

SuperS1Panther:
Is he not part of the Osus, Ojukwus and race of hateful people that are full of hatred for anything and everything.

Their part of the country has never wished the country well, what do you expect him to say apart from preaching bad news that their hateful heart will always love to hear.

Funny because they have been fighting to be on their own while the rest of Nigerians have been fighting to be with them.

Well if the Nigerian Army can shoot IPOB for waving Biafran flags, why cant Customs shoot people for possessing bags of Rice?

That is Nigeria for you.

My only criticism of him was that as a signatory to the Aburi agreement, he should have spoken up for the western Region when Gowon broke the Agreement by dissolving the 4 Regions and creating 12 states. General Adebayo was senior to Gowon. It is unfortunate that he, along with the Yoruba nation, just could never stand up to Northerners. Adebayo, as Military Governor of the Western Region did not sleep in Government House because he was scared that he might be killed like Fajuyi. A Yoruba man who could not sleep in his official residence in his own land out of fright of the Northerners!

Tufiakwa!

He took over after Fajuyi was slaughtered by the Northeners.

Who was one of the few officers of the time who came out with his intergrity intact