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blues2022:
[s]@laudate, you‘ll soon meet your waterloo, oh two-faced Janus. Cloaking behind innocent postulation, and pushing your anti-Igbo agenda, will not shield you…. Your obsession will lead to your deserved end[/s].

Newmanluckyman:
.... I engaged you in a friendly and educative discourse thinking that you are matured enough for it but alas, I was HUGELY DISAPPOINTED.

nku5:
I have never seen a grown man do this..

So when you claim that Gowon won the war do you mean that Gowon singlehandedly defeated Biafra?

So because Igbos are now involved the military chain of command suddenly doesnt matter and a commander is suddenly not relevant? Same way 1976 coup is not "Plateau coup" but the 1966 coup is "Igbo coup"?

Besides shamelessly dribbling and denying what you typed for the world to see you now want to contest Ademoyega's account that the plotters because it easily crushes your propaganda and lies. Even if I upload another account regarding Sardauna's resistance to Nzeogwu's men you will still look for a cockroach hole to hide from the truth

My goodness...

nku5:
This gets more childish with each reply you type. Stop scurrying around and dribbling yourself, you are smarter than this! Let me spell your 50 kobo sense out for you -

You typed some unbelievable jagbajantis in your post -

1. That Fani-Kayode escaped while Nwobosi's men were trying to get Akintola in Ibadan

2. That the same Fani-Kayode who "escaped" in Ibadan was freed in Officer Mess, Ikoyi, Lagos

3. That Ironsi cannot be given credit for the release of Fani-Kayode by the troops that he (Ironsi) commanded because he didnt do it personally Chai!!

Its as if you are playing dumb to save face and it wont work. Stand by your words like a man and stop looking for silly, shallow holes to hide...

Newmanluckyman:
.... But why the insult? Is this not supposed to be a friendly discourse? So your lies and hypocrisy have been punctured. Desist from outright falsehood. From the bolded, please who are the 'people'? So I can rightly say that ' people 'said that you are from Togo. Truth is the oxygen of the soul.

nku5:


This is shameful. Jokes apart.

The accurate half of your confused post states that Fani Power was FREED AT THE MESS. Why are you still asking k-legged questions? Ironsi's troops were AT the mess when Nwobosi's group arrived. IRONSI'S men arrested them and freed Fani-Kayode

nku5:
Watching you dribble yourself, split hairs and score own goals is sad to watch

Newmanluckyman:
... In your deliberate bid to buttress your points that 1966 coup was an 'igbo coup', you have unwittingly let the cat out of the bag. So you have finally believed that there are indigenous igbos in Midwest now South South? Also, that Osadebe Dennis the former premier of the Midwest is also an igbo man? So you won't deny anymore that there wasn't any indigenous igbos in Niger Delta? If you answer yes to those questions objectively, do you now see why igbos referred to themselves as SE/SS? Hope you won't continue making caricature of igbos or saying that they are attaching themselves to SS. It is only the truth that will set us free and it begins with you now. Goodluck bro.

nku5:
All this twisting of grammar is pointless. Were the plotters of the 1976 coup mainly of Angas/Plateau stock? Simple yes or no. If yes why did you and yours not label it as "Plateau coup"?

After all despite concrete statements in Ademoyega's 35 year old, unchallenged,authoritative book to the contrary, you and people like you are still contorting yourselves into odd shapes to insist that the 1966 coup was an "Igbo coup".

The main plank of this thread is an article which alleges that Igbos as a group somehow deserve blame for Nzeogwu and co. So relax, we will examine every angle to this discussion.

nku5:
In line with your logic, the officers that overthrew and shot Murtala and others in 1976 were predominantly from Plateau State so why was the 1976 coup not branded a Plateau/Angas Coup? You dont harbour hatred for them so automatically the ethnic angle should not stand abi? Abeg park well you cannot bring case and judge yourself winner in your own case Thats for kids...

escapefromusa:
Your base you entire argument on Fajuyi . Your logic is as follows:

Since Fajuyi is Yoruba and supported a largely Ibo coup plotist, the coup could have never been an Ibo thing.

However, if it were not an Ibo coup an eastern leader would not have emerged. Neither would a majority of the post be given to easterners

nku5:
You just shot your argument in the foot.On one hand you say Fani-Kayode escaped from his captors while Akintola was being shot at, on the other hand you quote Akinjide's account which states that Fani-Kayode was taken from Ibadan to Federal Guards Mess, Ikoyi, Lagos! There he was released by "Loyal Troops". Who was in charge of the loyal troops in Lagos that morning?

Was it not General Ironsi, a confirmed Onye Igbo?
Stop weaving stories you cant defend

You have easily confirmed what Ademoyega said in his book and on the page I uploaded. Like I said you are welcome to your prejudice but your narratives are dropping dead faster than flies in a baygon factory. Just accept you are driven by hate not facts stop stressing yourself

blues2022:
[s]Niga, if you got the balls, face me directly and stop acting bitchy. Who is raised on a diet of propaganda other than you that derived orgasm in spreading falsehood against Indi'Igbo? On every Igbo thread, you must be there, either to cheer your cohorts up, or throw in your skeletal jabs. I've ignored you for too long, I don't mind loosing my moniker, but I'll make sure you get it dirty right here. Anufia.[/s]

omenkaLives:
Okada, abeg park here..

#Climbs down, spreads mat, brings out pop corn and zobo...

Oya, let the show begin!

obaaderemi:
I saw your update.That is actually the general version;that fanikayode was taken to lagos;even if your earlier version is incorrect,that illiterate specimen was also wrong by saying fani was rescued by an igbo army officer.On another note,it seems everyone who had written a book about the events of that period has been economical with the truth.we will never know everything about that time.

BabaRamota1980:
Everybody spit on Igbo, everybody! Even the smallest minority in Nigeria make fun of Igbo and mock you. You are the rug underfoot, every ethnic group wipe feet on you.

Mimi525:
That is so stupid. How do people think that we are not better together. Whether or not you understand it the bigger the country's land mass, the better chances a country can succeed. The Hausa's have vast land for farming. Igbo's have oil, and the yoruba's have infrastructure and technology. How do you not realize the beautiful things the three cultures can do for the country. Only older folks are stuck with this stupid mentality. The younger Igbo's, yoruba's and Hausa's dont engage in this petty nonsense. We have found a way to live peacefully in Lagos and become productive with the help of everyone. What is wrong with Your generation. If White people can get along with black people in ghettos in the USA. What excuse do you have. Lets stop this ridiculous infighting and and find a way to get rid of our corrupt leaders of every tribe, and move foward.

obaaderemi:
He can't.u are gonna wait a long time.u have the boy cornered already like the mouse he is.

nku5:
Na wa o. I uploaded page 115 of Ademoyega's book and instead of confirming you are asking for links?

Ademoyega totally does justice to your questions but you want links from NL and Gamji? Haba come up with a counter thats based on facts bro. Simply denying reality can't cut it in a discussion of this level.

Corroborating Akinjide’s account, according to Shehu Shagari, in his Book “Beckoned to Serve”,

“…....….At about 7.00 am, I returned to Dipcharima’s residence to meet with some NPC ministers who had gathered there. Dipcharima was then the most senior NPC minister available. We received the latest reports on the situation, first from Alhaji Maitama Sule, Minister of Mines and Power, who had visited the PM’s residence by bicycle! We then heard from Alhaji Ibrahim Tako Galadima, the acting Minister of Defence, who had brought along with him Chief Fani-Kayode.

Chief Fani-Kayode said he had been fetched from Ibadan early that morning by rebels and locked up at the Federal Guard Officers Mess in Dodan Barracks, where the mutineers initially made their headquarters. Disguised in army uniform, loyal troops handed him over to Alhaji Galadima, who had called in at the barracks, which was a stone’s throw of his residence. http://www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Nigeria_Facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/NorthCounterCoup.htm

nku5:
Oga. Your facts do not tally. Yes Sardauna's guards were doing their job but at least you can agree that the coup plotters agreed they would do it. It was NOT something few Igbo soldiers agreed to on their own.

Akintola opened fire and was killed by returned fire. Fani Power was abducted and largely unharmed because he did not resist and was eventually rescued by the soldiers controlled by an Igbo man!!

nku5:
Sardauna's security resisted and Aare Ona Kakanfo opened submachine gun fire on the plotters. Fani Kayode didnt resist and was spared. True or false?

What happened in the case of Okpara?

nku5:
Ademoyega sheds light on this. Could you shed some light on how Igbo political leaders were allowed to "escape". Where are your facts?

January 15 1966 coup: Why they called it an Igbo coup — Mbazulike Amechi ON JANUARY 15, 2016 8:25 AM / IN NEWS, POLITICS / VANGUARD NEWSPAPER |

ON the coup: On January 15, 1966, they struck and turned the weapons which we issued to them to defend the country, on the government and the leaders that issued the weapons to them. In the process, they killed the Prime minister of the country; they killed the premier of the West; they killed the premier of the North.

They were about to kill the premier of the East but what saved Dr Michael Okpara was that Archbishop Macarious, the president of Cyprus, was his guest that night and probably they wouldn’t want war between Cyprus and Nigeria. On the other hand they could not kill Chief Dennis Osadebey because there was no Army in Benin at the time of the coup and so Osadebey managed to escape. They also killed Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, the Federal Minister of Finance. They also killed some members of their own group. For example, Brigadier Maimalari was innocently killed. My close friend, Colonel Arthur Unegbe was also killed. He was in charge of the Armoury and because he was reluctant to release the Armoury to them, they shot and killed him in his house.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/january-15-1966-coup-why-they-called-it-an-igbo-coup-mbazulike-amechi/

The Inside Story of Nigeria's First Military Coup - Part 2 By Max Siollun.

At around 2am Ifeajuna and some lieutenants left the 2nd Brigade HQ and made their way to Prime Minister Abubakar Tafewa Balewa’s residence. They overpowered (but did not kill) the police officers standing guard there, and Ifeajuna kicked down the door of the Prime Minister’s bedroom before leading him out at gunpoint. It appears that while the arrest of the Prime Minister was part of the plot, his murder may not have been and Ifeajuna and some of his co-conspirators may have exceeded their orders in killing him. In the aftermath of the coup, Nzeogwu rattled off a list of names that were on the Majors hit list. He mentioned the usual unsurprising suspects such as Bello, Azikiwe, and Akintola. Balewa’s name was conspicuously absent. Balewa was not killed until it was clear that the coup was doomed to fail. Balewa asked for, and was given time to say his prayers before he was shot by Major Ifeajuna. It was clear that not all arrested persons were to be killed. Some politicians (such as Sir Kashim Ibrahim and Michael Okpara) were arrested but released unharmed. http://www.gamji.com/article6000/NEWS6574.htm

It was later learned that these young officers started planning a coup as early as August 1965 but on 15 January 1966 (now 51 years ago), they struck with devastating effect. They had planned to captured and execute the Prime Minister, President, the three Premiers and other top government officials, then take over the ruins of power. This seemed like the perfect plan.

On that day, in the North, Prime Minister Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Premier Alhaji Ahmadu Bello were killed. The Premier of the western region, Chief Ladoke Akintola was also killed but Igbo officers from the East did not carry out the plan of assassination on the President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Eastern Premier, Michael Okpara for reasons that were too good to be believed – that the President was out of the country.

Of all times, it was shortly before the coup that Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe miraculously left the country and escaped being killed? How about the Senate President, Chief Nwafor Orizu who was also an Igbo and in charge while the president was away? How about the eastern Premier? It was now evident that this was a clear case of sabotage. For whatever reasons, Igbo officers spared the leaders from region and that didn’t excite anyone. http://dailypost.ng/2017/01/05/usha-anenga-january-1966-coup-lessons-benue-youths/

Eledan:
You are right, but they subjected the man to some koboko lashes sha

nku5:
I can understand your prejudice but read carefully what Ademoyega had to say about who the plotters agreed they would use lethal force on.

Eledan:
Cowards you all are!!
The Northerners make no pretense about how they see the war judging by their response in July 1966 and don't hide it, only Ibos want us to think that the Jan coup has nothing to do with Igbos when the facts is clearly otherwise.
Go and convince Brig Maimalari, FFK father, Sardauna, Bello, Ademulegun and numerous people that your drunken ibo idiots brothers and murdered in cold blood

vanbonattel:
The beating is too much on him, confusion has set in on his afonja brain

Eledan:
Igbo traders that need Yoruba market to survive?
Is your brain working ?

vanbonattel:
You are not peaceful, we are just more determined to coexist in spite of your hate. And we always win while you simmer with hate and send agberos to go harass our people. Sometimes they fight the eze ndi igbo, sometimes you just wake up and boil with envy.

You need to advice your people. Tribalism kills, of what use is your hate since all those years, has it stopped us? Have it made us to stop making our money?

Kontinuu

vanbonattel:
He must be a beneficiary of Awolowo free and useless education which deformed the south west

nku5:
Sorry to burst your bubble but I cant on account of your NL post, discard the written account by Major Adewale Ademoyega, one of the masterminds of the coup who said it was by no means a tribal matter.

It was a patrotic act by young idealistic officers. Revisionists like you turned it to a tribal matter and are the ones responsible for starting the war, setting Nigeria backwards and to a large extent are responsible for the likely coming division of this country

Eledan:
Yes, that shows you the SW is the most prosperous part of Nigeria. The best of Igbos don't succeed until they step foot into Yoruba land. Tinubu stated same in the presence of your elders, that you only succeed in Nigeria if you come to the most prosperous and peaceful part of the country.
Your survival as a race depends on the tribe you love to hate
Deal with it

Eledan:
Typical ibo, always ready to degenerate any elder that speaks what he doesn't want to hear
You are free to keep writing your trash, but the whole world have documentary evidences of the party's played by all actors, and most you won't like.

Phillip Asiodu, (CON) (born 19 February 1934) is a Nigerian Diplomat, Bureaucrat and former Minister of Petroleum, Nigeria. He studied Philosophy, in Oxford University.

Life and career
Phillip was born February 26, 1934 in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. He attended King’s College before he proceeded to Queen's College, Oxford where he obtained a master's degree in Philosophy. He joined the Nigerian Civil service in 1964 and became the Federal Permanent Secretary, and first served under General Gowon before and during the Nigeria-Biafra war....

He later became Special Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari on economic affairs. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Economic Adviser to the former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Among other leadership roles includes the planning and implementation of Nigeria’s oil and gas policies. He also took part in the negotiations for Nigeria’s admission into OPEC, 1971. Read the rest here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Asiodu

Born on 26th February, 1934. Chief Phillip Asiodu attended King’s College, Lagos with top grades before proceeding to the Queen’s College, Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE).

Chief Phillip Asiodu entered the Nigerian Foreign Service at the age of 23 and rose to be Chancellor, Nigerian Mission to the UN in New York at the dawn of Nigeria’s independence. He was also Nigerian Representative in the Provisional Secretariat of the newly formed OAU. Now a renowned diplomat and bureaucrat, he moved over to the domestic Civil Service in 1964, where he was appointed Federal Permanent Secretary, in what was to culminate in the legendary top career that earned Asiodu (and one or two others) the sobriquet, Super Permanent Secretary. In 1983, he was appointed Special Adviser to the President (Shagari) and Chairman Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, returning to the similar post of Chief Economic Adviser to the President (Obasanjo) in 1999;

In between, he was Secretary (Minister) for Petroleum and Mineral Resources in the Transitional Council of 1992/93, and in 2001-2005, he served as a member of the Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on investment. He joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998, became a Trustee of the party, and in 1999 contested nomination as the party’s Presidential candidate: he was unsuccessful. He has served as Chairman and ear Trustee at different times on the Nigerian Conservation, WWF international and the National Committee of the World Energy Council. In private business, he has also served as Director or Chairman of several corporations, subsidiaries of multinationals; mainly manufacturing, oil, and banking sub-sectors.

Asiodu exudes great knowledge and confidence: he has indeed played high profile and leadership roles in the planning and implementation of Nigeria’s oil and gas policies, beginning with negotiations for Nigeria’s admission into OPEC, 1971. His other achievements in this sector include the establishment of NNOC, the recruitment of several Nigerian graduates for training abroad in oil technology, the partial nationalization of oil exploration and production, the decision in 1975 to establish two LNG plants, to build refineries in Warri and Kaduna, establish the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Warri (with Russian help).

Asiodu, is a past President of the Nigerian Economic Society; life Honorary Vice President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute. Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management, Nigerian Institute of Directors and Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Mining & Geosciences.

He has been at different times President of the Nigerian-German Business Council, Chairman Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Board of Patrons and of its Policy and Governance Commission. He was also the recipient of the national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He is an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. http://www.nae.org.ng/fellows_profiles.asp?id=24

paramakina202:
Remember that some were fathered by Afonjas and Ewusas during the war,so op could be one of them.