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asha 80:
An accord to keep nigeria together was agreed in aburi ghana.on coming to nigeria it was jettisoned by the federal civil service(consisting of who) why?

I do not want to even comment on Awolowo's declaration.

Why is general Akinriade regretting figthing in that civil war?Why did Lt col Ayo Ariyo refuse to fight that war?

odogwu nwoke, utilize your time for more important things rather than using them to educate SeFOOL, the yoruba boy is too young to assimilate and understand the political intrigues and nuances that led to the civil war.
As our people always say " Ukwa rue oge ya, o daa". Time shall tell.

@poster

Marrying a lady that has a kid is a no go area. . . . NEVER!!! . . . That's a lot of baggage for my fresh blood.

may she recover from the deadly ailment . . . best of luck.

SEFAGO:
take this for example- this makes sense in the context of a war- when you fight a war please understand the consequences. It is quite simple.

Then just take it that we are still at war . . . . . And thats why the cesspit called Nigeria would never know peace till it disintegrates into its different components.

At least some of you fools are now feeling the effects of the suicidal mistake made by your inept and lily-wily levered leaders.

semid:
Ojukwu should keep quiet and stop misyarning jare.
Foolish old man!!

Another son of a bitch has just escaped from his dungeon. . . Umu Anuofia Yoruba!!

platinumnk:
How I wish I can meet a man like you, after i finsh with you, you will think  10 TIMES before you strike a girl.
Villagebushman

Dirty gay!!! . . . Do you fink that wasting your ugly life in stinking Lousiana translates that you are well travelled . .  . . . , haha, you better have a second thought.  Ghetto bitch!!

FYI . . . you can never meet a man like me because I'm too hot and precious for whores like you to handle.

@poster
A man should marry whenever that pleases him . . . . . thats his personal business !!

If a man shouldnt hit a woman . .  Then why should women hit their fellow women especially their juniors . . . May be you all should remember how the so called senior girls in Nigerian boarding schools maltreat their juniors.

@poster
Hit the demons out your girl whenever she messes up or raises her hand against you. . . . Who cares!!

In defence and praise of Ojukwu
By Ayodale Eko 08084951442
Friday, November 13, 2009

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On Monday, November 2, 2009, the revered Ikemba Nnewi and ex-Biafran war lord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu stated the obvious by warning that the people of Anambra State will rise against any attempt to force Andy Uba on the state after the Supreme Court had ruled that his election was null and void. Ojukwu’s home truth was given prominence by virtually all the newspapers in the country with varying editorial slant in headline casting. His utterances gained such prestige because of the eternal import of the message and the personality of the bearer. In fact, Ojukwu spoke the minds of many people.

According to Daily Sun, which I relied for all the quotations, Ojukwu, who was reacting to reports in some national dailies that plans had been perfected to return Uba to Government House Awka, insisted that the people would resist such attempt with the last drop of their blood.

[b]The Ikemba, who said that he deliberately kept-off the Anambra political intrigues, warned that no country has had two civil wars without suffering from its severe effects. This fact is incontestable.
According to Ojukwu, “In my mind what we are playing at is not anything short of playing with the possibilities of another civil war. I say this because whenever the term civil war is used everybody remembers me. Well, I am still alive. I don’t want to be part of a second civil war but sadly I see us playing this children’s game, ‘koso’ with our affairs in Anambra State.”

“To understand what I am trying to say, we should understand that a pillar upon which our justice stands is that the constitution is supreme. Nothing beats validity of the constitution of the land. We must bear in mind that we set up the courts and they go through and sort out their various litigations. We have at all times to remember that the fundamental issue is that you cannot get something out of nothing.”

“If there is no cause then you cannot get a verdict. Having said that, and I think we should bear it in mind that the Supreme Court has made it clear that the election that produced Uba was an exercise in futility. The Appeal Court is in no way superior to the Supreme Court. Therefore, if there should not have been an election, there cannot be anything coming out of it.”

“We are just going round in circles, looking and watching like a bulldog. There is an incumbent governor, who has not fulfilled his term. I know I intend to get passionate when this is being discussed. I make no apologies about this; the Anambra people are looking to me and I am sure that most of them have already known that if we have to fight again I will be the commander-in-chief.”
“So let me make it clear. Today, I am before you and I am begging, please don’t push us to the path of war again. I make it quite clear that whatever we are playing with, we must know the consequences and the full consequences are that we are stepping with our eyes wide open into another bloody conflict. I will not sit down and allow Anambra State to be used as a balloon ball for children to kick around. No, we have our rights. We are a people. I will certainly to the end support justice for Anambra State.
“My own concept of peace is a peace under law and therefore what does the law say? The law makes it quite plain that the Supreme Court is supreme.

Certainly what Ojukwu said on the emerging political situation in Anambra State is the home truth, coming from an elder statesman, and cannot in any way be misconstrued as an invitation to anarchy as being portrayed by some mischievous characters. I am deeply worried that many Nigerians don’t read any more. And when they read, they do not understand because they read with biased mind. That is why they cannot understand the difference between a timely counsel and a threat. Ojukwu’s text does not in any way suggest a threat to another civil war; rather it charts a course for peace in his home state.

I have taken pains to quote the Ikemba copiously so that those Nigerians suffering from Igbo-phobia would stop making up their minds whenever Igbo interest is at stake. If an Igboman fights for his rights, he is seen as precipitating another Biafra. It is even worse when Ojukwu speaks. If Ojukwu expressed his anger over the continued rape of democracy by the lawless PDP in his home state, it is interpreted as a call for arms for another Biafra.

We cannot continue to exist as a nation without the memories of the Nigerian Civil War. We cannot continue to silence the Biafran side of the conflict as if Nigeria did not fight with Biafra-the breakaway former Eastern Region- for three years. The more we try to obliterate the reality and historicity of Biafra through unorthodox ways like the re-naming of Bight of Biafra in Nigerian map to Bight of Bonny, the more we make people conscious of Biafra and its possibility in future. Biafra was a product of gross injustice and such injustices are still extant.

The more the Nigerian state continues to marginalize the Igbos, with only five states whereas others geo-political zones have six states and one zone has seven, the more we make people see the necessity of another Biafra.
What the PDP has done and still wants to do in Anambra State is capable of igniting a civil war. Only a fool should rule that out. Nobody should therefore blame the Ikemba if PDP’s abracadabra, either through the Appeal Court or through Soludo’s illegal imposition, precipitates a serious conflict in the state that would spread to other parts of the country. It is the PDP that is overheating the polity with its greed to capture every state in Nigeria by force. It is that greed that would lead to another civil war and not innocuous words uttered by Ikemba.

I don’t know why many Nigerians suffer from collective amnesia. Don’t they remember that the Western Region political crisis of the 1960s was the forerunner of series of events that later crystallized into the civil war? The January 15, 1966 and July 27, 1966 coups were all symptoms of the Western Region political malaise.
Today, Igbos are blamed for the war because they were the vanquished. And because of that erroneous standpoint, some ignorant Igbos carried that psychological disposition and speak ill of Ojukwu whenever civil war issue is mentioned in the country as if he was the cause and the reason why Biafra did not succeed.
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Let it be said without fear or contradiction that Ojukwu was and still remains the foremost Igbo leader and emancipator. He is neither the cause of the Biafran war nor the cause of its failure. Igbos would still fight for any cause that Ojukwu believes in or is involved. He saved the Igbos in the three years of the brutal genocidal civil war. He deserves our collective respect, honour and admiration for his heroic exploits.
I detest the unwarranted media attacks on Ojukwu by fellow Igbos, especially those of Anambra descent, for his recent timely advice to a drifting nation. Those Igbos, who are renegades, should cover themselves in shame for insulting the Igbo leader and liberator.

There is no doubt that all right-thinking Igbos-men, women and youths-are solidly behind Ojukwu and what he said concerning Anambra State. Ojukwu spoke their minds. Instead of fear and panic, let the courts do the right thing and let PDP and INEC also do the right thing. War is a continuation of politics by the other means especially when the sanctity of the ballot box is no longer guaranteed. And Ojukwu being a veteran of both fields actually knew what he is saying. Instead of condemning him, he should be praised for stating the obvious fact. Ojukwu is well versed in letters of the English language and the law; let those not so versed read him with extreme caution before misinterpreting or quoting him out of context. We need more Ojukwus to move this country forward and not those who thrive in injustice and exploitation of the masses.

Any Igbo deriding Ojukwu for his recent good advice to the nation is doing so at his own peril. That Igbo is, indeed, not a true son of Igboland for he knew neither where the rain started beating him nor where it stopped.

ndu_chucks:
metal-gong, ya statement dey naive and completely false.

beneli wey live through de war agree with me. read de statement wey him make and learn. make i post a portion for you here:

na people live beneli be real heros, unlike ignorant people like you.

I think you are the one spewing trash . . . May be you should conduct a census of people who supports/supported the Biafra cause on nairaland before drawing your dumb conclusion from what Benelli said.
Again, we dont need advise from Awusa Muturu Ndama rearers like you. . . . .go back to the desert.

hahahahahaha

Ojukwu's blunt warning sent chills down the spines of those Judges.

And who said that Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu is not relevant in Nigeria Politics . . . let the person have a re-think.

ndu_chucks:
may we never experience such a senseless war again.

The war is senseless only for you parasites that have nothing to offer to the dungeon called Nigeria. Atulu Awusa!!

donjon:
I pity you & your people who blindly follow ojukwu!
Wait until FG wipes out the entire igbo race, because of one man's stupid ambition

You are an slowpoke from a low life tribe . . . bunch of freaking cowards. Anuofia!!

Eziachi:
Thank you, go to my past postings in nairaland through my profile here or Vanguard website, under my name Jon Ajuzieogu Lawrence.
The truth must be told.
Those that doubt the impact of Ikemba in Igboland are just decieving themselves. Look at how their appeal court had done the right things with Andy Uba, when his supporters were heard organising a celebratory party for their governor in waiting and the Ikemba had to speak out. One the Judges, Justice Ngwuta was warn by his town union of the consequences, if they ever imposed Andy Uba on our people.
Its not the right way in a normal democratic environment with a case in court that supposed had been thrown out but this is Nigeria and Ikemba and most of us understood the language the looters understands, quickly.
Do you see how slow, Ojukwu bashers on this forum had responded to this particular thread about the quotes of their heros and the job they did in their behalf. The silent is deafening!!

This is no iorta of doubt that Odumegwu Ojukwu commands a lot of respect among Igbos and Nigerians in general and thats because of the straightforward way he tackles critical issues . . . . . Whenever he speaks, he does it bluntly without fear unlike his peers.
There is no doubt that his recent unappologetic press conferrence must have played a role in todays appelate court positive ruling.

There is no doubt that the unadulterated words of advise offered by the great Odumegwu Ojukwu had broken the spine of the corrupt appellate court judges. . . . . And this is one of the reasons we always regard OJUKWU as our beloveth HERO.

As for Andy Uba and his croonies in the media, you sycophants would never perceive the aroma of Anambra state government house . . . Infact. Andy Uba,you just encountered your political water loo  the very moment your media boys decided to challenge the fatherly advise of OJUKWU . . a man of intellectual fecundity

That not surprising at all!! Afterall, most of those Yoruba professors have double PhDs, at least one in JUJU and Otumokpo science.

Frankly speaking, most of these diaporeans are really out of touch with the reality on ground in Nigeria . . . .They make their descisions solely based on the ill written informations by wannabe journalists.

The corrupt appeal court judges were buried in an abysmal state of confusion and guilty conscienceness right from the day Odumegwu Ojukwu granted a cautionary interview to the media outlets. . . . Undoubtedly, there are still few people whose statements/advise are treated with respect by the corrupt power brokers.