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What exactly is their crime? What laws did they break?

greenermodels:
I heard that this man is already married with two wives making her the third. That this man is still an Ichie tells you how messed up our traditional institutions are.

Tradition forbits the man marrying 3 wives?

Dogalmighty17:
People get mind I tell you. Two known adulterers publicly celebrating the result of their adultery. What kind of savage, backwards culture permits this?

Celebrating their adultery or doing the right thing by getting married?

DomPerignon:
Why didn't he take the fight to the north but instead chose to invade and terrorise a population that did him or his people no wrong?

So in his blind rage to conquer , Ojukwu saw every other southern people both those trapped in his rogue Biafra and those in the Midwest as collateral damage?

Even the behaviour of Biafran soldiers and ibo civilians towards non ibo Midwesterners and their coastal cousins in Biafra shows how ibos back then saw minority people of the south as expendable and their lands as conquered territory.

This is why there was very high resentments towards you ibos among southern minorities that it led to abandoned property saga.

Continue defending the foolishness and greed of ojukwu

You can get emotional about it all you want, two. Countries fought a war Nigeria- biafra , whether it was fought in Midwest of Nigeria or the south west of Nigeria or in biafra it doesn't change the fact that it was a Nigerian Biafran war not a north and east war , whatever crime the federal troops committed or whatever crime the Biafran troops committed it is costumary of any civil war , there is no civil war in history where civilians has not been raped killed or property looted , so all this back and forth ojukwu this ojukwu that , igbo this igbo that you have been shouting for 2 day's now is going no where my friend, heal yourself

DomPerignon:
And now we have come to the point of defending not only invading and occupying the Midwest but also invading the western region.

How did this in anyway help your rogue Biafra?

Instead of building up a formidable defense at home, your ojukwu was more interested in invading the Midwest and western region while comitting his ragtag army in terrorising minority people trapped in his rogue Biafra .

No wonder there was so much severe resentment towards you ibos in both the liberated coastal areas and among non ibo Midwesterners..

Ojukwu was never interested in Biafra . He wanted the entire southern Nigeria.

I'm telling the story like it was , Gowon had a plan capture Enugu the capital of biafra the seat of power and the war will end , they captured nsukka advancing to Enugu, ojukwu came up with same plan , capture the seat of power of Nigeria and the war will end it's simple military tactics, stop being emotional

DomPerignon:
Banjo was arrested and tried in a kangaroo court alongside Ifeanjuna for attempting to overthrow the Biafran government .


Even your gidgiddy did a topic recently on this issue and justified Banjo's execution on the grounds of plotting to overthrow Ojukwu.

Stop with your weak lies.

Bwnjo's mission was doomed to fail because he had an undisciplined band of ibo misfits masquerading as an army under his command.

LoL banjo had an undisciplined band of igbos but he was able to delay them in the Midwest for 1 week? Make it make sense, the road to Lagos was wide open

Vinod007:
Banjo delayed moving forward to attack Lagos in Yorubaland because he realized his folly and that he is being cunningly played by Ojukwu to lead Biafran attack on his fatherland so that the Igbos will take over Yorubaland. He came to this realization when Ojukwu appointed an Igbo man as sole administrator of Midwest after taking over the region and the governor then, Ejoor, had to escape in disguise, riding a bicycle. What the Biafran did in Midwest was different from what Ojukwu deceived Banjo that they were going to do when he was told to lead the operations. Ojukwu told Banjo that they were only going to pass through Midwest on their way to Lagos and that the people and the governor were not going to be touched. Ojukwu gave a different directive to the Igbo officers, which was hidden from Banjo. That was why the Biafran forces killed, raped and dehumanized a lot of Midwesterners and appointed an Okonkwo to be the sole administrator. Banjo realized that the Biafrans would do what they did to the Midwest to the Yoruba people hence he tarried a bit in Ore to clear his head and realized that he is being played. He reread the terms of the operation to see that an Igbo man would be appointed to govern Lagos and Southwest. What the Biafrans did to Midwest would have been a child's play to what they would have done to the Yoruba people. All these are in books and records for those who can read widely. Please don't try to rewrite history to suit your narratives.

You are the one trying to Re-write history to suit whatever you sentiment is, you are not making logical sense , if banjo had the power to delay the journey to Lagos it simply means he was very much in charge of whatever happened in Midwest through out the 1 week he delayed in Midwest, banjo delayed in the Midwest just to negotiate power with Gowon on seat Gowon then lead the federal troops to destroy biafra, Emmanuel Ifeajuna the rest who were executed were all in the plot

He is trying so hard to gain followers from north that he might use them against obi

DomPerignon:
Failed at ibo expansionism

Well I have no sympathies for Banjo .

And FYi, when in warfare are commanders executed for a failed mission?

I thought Banjo was executed because he was accused of plotting to overthrow Ojukwu and bring an end to the war.

You go change goal post tire today

Of course, was that not the reason the mission failed? he was Given a mission he went out there and didn't follow the mission it failed, he was court-martialed found guilty and executed, end of story

DomPerignon:
Story.

But he can send his ragtag undisciplined soldiers to invade Midwest and begin to terrorise them on their land.

You go explain tire

You can get emotional and cry about it all you want, the invasion of Midwest is not hidden the mission was clear , banjo and the rest who were sent on that 24 hours mission to reach Lagos failed to deliver,they were all executed in Enugu,end of story

DomPerignon:
Oga I though you said it never happened and that ojukwu never issued such a decree?

You go change goal post tiire today

Yes I will still say ojukwu never passed a degree to expell Midwestterners on the grounds of hate you are trying to portray here, ojukwu was just concerned for their safety, and on same safety, south Westerner were told to leave do , northerners in same manner , there is nothing here for you to hold on to make this much noise you are making here


You are trying to make a big deal out of it cause words like decree and expelled are mentioned, we are talking military language not civilian language

DomPerignon:
It was never for their safety.

The students were expelled after they refused to pledge an oath to support Biafra so-called liberation of their region.

The ibo students at UNN reported them to Biafra officials who notified ojukwu who then had them expelled from the East.

Ojukwu did it out of spite towards the students and to truncate their education at UNN for refusing to be used as a pressure group to support the invasion and occupation of the Midwest.

LoL you see why I say you are just emotionally arguing blindly? The time ojukwu asked people from the Midwest to return to Midwest,he was still the governor of eastern region , biafra was yet to be declared there was no such thing as a plan to invade Midwest at that time and when biafra was declared unn ceased to exist it was now biafra university, and the plan to invade the Midwest came at the time federal troops captured nsukka and were advancing to Enugu that was when the plan to attack Lagos came ,that was when the plan to invade Midwest came, so you are just going back and forth over lies

DomPerignon:
Invading and occupying the land of the people you expelled from yours and terrorising and harrasing them was all for the good of whom?

Ejoor had told both Ojukwu and Gowon that no invasion will be done through Midwest.

And after invading and occupying the Midwest , the goodwill that Midwesterners had for you evaporated.

Buy I guess it was worth the try at expansionism

Tueh

You yourself know you are just repeating expelling of none igbos from the East over and over again, without giving the reason that it was for their safety rather than hate , people from south west plus northerners too were told to leave

The invasion was a path to Lagos like I said banjo was given a mission to reach the Nigerian headquarters in 24 hours he was never asked to delay in Midwest for 1 week

DomPerignon:
Goal post has shifted

From it never happened to now trying to rationalize the madness of ojukwu

The students were expelled because they refused to pledge loyalty to the so-called liberation of Midwest when approached by their fellow ibo students to do so.

And after expelling them from your useless Biafra, what made your Ojukwu to invade and occupy their land ?

Like I said you are just being emotional, what ever ojukwu did was for their safety just like he did to northerners , if it was in bad blood why didn't ojukwu just asked them to be killed instead? And the invasion of Midwest was simple, banjo was given a mission pass through Midwest reach Lagos in 24 hours attack dodan barracks where Gowon lives take charge of the Nigerian headquarters just the way Nigerian troops have taken of nsukka and advancing to take the Biafran capital Enugu


Whatever happened in Midwest was banjo's fault cause he delayed in Midwest for 1 week trying to negotiate power with Gowon

DomPerignon:
Why are you glossing over the expulsion order by Ojukwu ordering all non ibo Midwestern civilians and students to leave the East?

Officers and men of the Army had all returned to their regions and no civilian was compelled to leave their region outside the north following the pogroms but still at that, there was no official proclamation by northern, western and Midwestern governments asking civilians to return to their regions.

And why are you refusing to acknowledge the author's statement of fact the Ojukwu expelled non ibo Midwesterners?

Why did ojukwu limit his expulsion to non ibo Midwesterners especially students who were reported by their fellow ibo students for not being enthusiastic in having their region occupied by Biafra?

As I said you can continue to lie to yourselves

If none igbo speakers from the Midwest was told to leave the east by ojukwu wasn't it for their safety? When northerners were being killed in the east during that time ojukwu personally put them on the train and ask them to return to the north, in fact the northern army men were told to go with their weapons so they can protect themselves on the way in case their train was stopped on the way by mobs , what's the noise?

DomPerignon:
https://www.dawodu.com/midwest.htm

From the article in this link it said none igbo speaking people were expelled from the East

Because of the complete breakdown of military discipline and trust occasioned by the widespread killings of Ibos, it became apparent that troops had to return to their regions of origin. For this reason, a regional army structure was approved corresponding to the four regions of the country at that time (6, 12, 13). The 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th area commands were based in the Northern, Western, Eastern and Midwestern regions, respectively. Since the northern region
essentially controlled the federal government, northern troops remained in Lagos. you got your answer from the same article so why the noise?

DomPerignon:
You can continue lying to yourselves

A simple Google search will show you that what I posted is pure facts.

Give the name of the author of the Google article you are quoting these fake stories from,who is the author?

DomPerignon:
The Midwest people had declared neutrality and had forbidden any invasion of Biafra through their lands

The non IBO Midwesterners were initially sympathetic to ibos following the pogroms up north and had been known to provide food and refreshments to ibos passing through their lands on their return to the East .

At no time where both the non ibo Midwesterners and the Urhobo military governor ever showed any hostility towards Ibos. If you even consider that Ejoor had been targeted for elimination by the ibo coup plotters on January 15 and Ironsi had been plotting to have him murdered afterwards with Ojukwu having plotted on 3 occasions to have Ejoor killed , first in Enugu then in Abia while attending Ironsi's funeral and in Benin , Ejoor still went on to prevent northern troops from invading Biafra through the Midwest and did everything to protect ibo refugees passing through his region.

To show the level of hate and disdain ojukwu and his Enugu lunatics had on non ibo Midwesterners, a decree was passed by Ojukwu having all non ibo Midwesterners leave the Eastern region.


Ejoor did not reciprocate the gesture by Enugu and no ibo was asked to vacate the Midwest after Ojukwu's expulsion order.

Note that Ojukwu',s expulsion order only applied to non Ibo Midwesterners. Igboid Midwesterners were exempt from Ojukwu's expulsion order


Fast forward a few months and Ojukwu decided to invade the Midwest in the guise of liberating her from Nigeria .

Ojukwu's ragtag army did not waste time targeting non ibo people of the Midwest during the occupation. Same people he had ordered out of the East , he (Ojukwu) invaded their land and was now harassing , terrorising and killing them on their fathers land while elevating his ibo cousins as vassal rulers of the Midwest


The madness of ojukwu no get part 2

A decree was passed by ojukwu to expell Midwestterners? LoL what are you trying to achieve with this fake stories you are writing up and down? If ojukwu never passed any deree to expell northerners from the East rather made efforts to protect them from been killed in revenge for what was happening in the north,why will he expell Midwestterners?


Why will ojukwu want to kill ejoor who was appointed by ironsi as governor of the Midwest just like himself?

DomPerignon:
Cry harder.

All of Adekunke's subordinate officers where Yoruba and he had Yoruba recruits and Bendelites as the majority NCOs under his command. Ijaw militias led by Adaka were also a major fighting force under Adekunle.

There's a season your grandparents curse the man everyday because he so ruthlessly chased you out of the current SS that you all began shooting genocide so as to get a time out.

You are just being emotional about this, the 3th Marin battalion led by Benjamin adekunle had 40 thousand troops majority of them were from the middle belt Tiv people, I'm not talking of NCOs etc I'm talking about foot soldiers that's why when Brigade Lt. Col. Philemon Shande was killed in Owerri the Tiv soldiers protested they didn't want to fight again they lost their morals when their brother shande was killed cause adekunle pressureed him to advance to Owerri knowing the Biafrans had no where else to run to, but fight back with all they had, those are one of the reasons Gowon called back adekunle back to Lagos and replaced him with Obasanjo

DomPerignon:
Story.

The real unsung heroes in that war where the Bendelites , Ijaw NDVF and Yoruba soldiers under Adekunle.

These are the ones that fought in the coastal enclaves and chased you lot back to your caves.

The north fought from the Nnsuka sector and where more busy raping and killing you guys indiscriminately.

The real gallant warriors who fought to reclaim their lands were from the present day SS with Yoruba soldiers.

The north was more busy inflicting vengeance on you guys .

You don't know what you are talking about, the 3th Marin battalion led by Benjamin adekunle that came through the ship in calabar were majority people from the middle belt especially the tiv people the battalion had about 40 thousand troops about 20 thousand of them were Tiv people, there were very few Yoruba foot soldiers through out that war , recruitment happened in large numbers in the middle belt, the highest number of Niger Delta troops in the 3th Marin battalion was about 1 thousand of them and they were all ijaws under Isaac boro

DomPerignon:
Go and do a research on how Delta Ibos fled to Biafra following a mini pogrom carried out by non Ibos

Go and read on how the military governor, Ogbomudia was able to bring it to a halt..

And FYI, more Bendelites joined the army and were one of the highest recruitments after Ojukwu invaded their land

The Midwest igbos fled cause tens of thousands of federal troops entered the Midwest and were killing everyone in the igbo speaking towns and villages , and the highest recruitment in the Nigerian army was not bendelites or whatever you call it , the highest recruitment was from the benue-plateue state at that time, benue plateau was one state and that was Gowons people , other recruitment were Hausa Fulani, and people from Niger republic

DomPerignon:
The invasion was facilitated by Delta ibos in the army who had initially declared loyalty to Nigeria and Gowon only to turn around and take orders from Ojukwu

How come that majority of Delta Ibos defected to the Biafran side!

Don't forget the riots and pogroms that greeted the liberation of Midwest by Murtala that was carried out by non ibos on delta ibos. Why did non ibos chase out delta ibos from their land!

The truth was that Delta ibos collaborated with IBO invaders and participated in terrorising and harassing non ibos in the Midwest

There was no riot and progrom against the igbos by none igbos in the Midwest, the killing of igbos in the Midwest was done by the federal troops which were mostly northerners , stop the lies

christistruth01:
The Hausa of Asaba were slaughtered by the Biafrans during the Invasion

Read Gen Alabi Isama's "Tragedy of Victory"

Don't tell me to read that self praise trash written by alabi isama , I read it before and anyone who reads it with an open mind will know he gave alot of fictional account to praise himself and make himself the hero of that Nigeria-biafra war , a man that claim a woman he knew in Kaduna visited him to inform him of the biafran invasion in his house

Question, how did the woman transport herself from Enugu to his house in Midwest,when there was no means of transportation at all cause all the available cars were to be used by the biafrans for the invasion to Lagos? There was even no fuel


How did the woman find his house in the Midwest cause him alabi himself grew up in the south west with his mother and never knew his fatherland,he returned just during the time igbos were killed all over Nigeria and change his name to alabi

Someone that claim he single handedly fought 7 thousand Biafrans and stopped them from reaching Lagos?

He claims to be the most wanted man by Biafrans looking for him to kill him , why didn't they kil him when they captured him? They made him a Biafran general? Just like that?

His account of how Isaac boro died was also a lie

He claim Benjamin adekunle who was heading the 3th Marin battalion wanted to kill him , he made himself the most important strategist in that battalion lol

There are hundreds of things I can point to in that book that are lies

DomPerignon:
The best thing to ever happen to Delta state is this Anioma state creation.

Same Delta Ibos that supported ibos when they invaded and occupied Midwestern region and joined their IBO brothers harassing and terrorising the non IBO tribes?

Ned should recall how his anioma people were chased out of Benin, Warri and Sapele after Murtala chased his IBO brothers out of Midwest

Ned should be honest and say the truth which is that Anioma ibos began shedding their IBO identity because of the madness of ibos and Biafran rogue soldiers on hapless civilians of non IBO extraction

The invasion of Midwest happened without a fight, stop lying to yourself

Soludo is not serious, the money he spent building government house and flyovers in awka could have transformed Onitsha and nnewe ,

jehoha696:
Baby mama dey find validation..., must he visit,re dey in same region or state,during the Rwanda/Uganda clash my dad was drafted to join the UN peace keeping force, I didn't see my dad for close to two years,but dad was sending cash steady to my mom to takia of us.If Reno is sending cash to takia of the gal,then madam no cum dey find online soldiers wey go cho cho cho for una family mata

It's not a must for a child to spend time with the father? If Reno omokri can travel all over the world in a couple of months what stops him from visiting his child at least once or twice a year? Is Reno in the army draft for peace keeping anywhere? What is his job exactly?

simpleseyi:
The child also belongs to the woman after all she carried the child in her womb fir 9 months, so she should provide for her child

Is she going to double print herself into two as the mom and dad so she can represent the father and mother in the child's life? She didn't talk about providing for the child, she talked about the father not coming to see the child for 1 yr

Anytime they mention Port Harcourt–Maiduguri rail it annoys me,

AndroBlaze:
See this he-goat trying to ingratiate himself with his forefathers oppressors by stating the man's tribe as if they would suddenly bother to differentiate Yoruba from Igbo and stop looping us all together as "Nigerians", as if every Latino is not a Mexican to a typical oyinbo.... the stupidity of some particular black people sef is just legendary.

If stating the mans tribe is not important why do you yorubas do it all the time when an igbo person commit crime outside the country? Even Abike usually identify igbos by tribe and state by saying or all the drug smugglers on death roll in Indonesia are igbos from Anambra , stop the hypocrisy, the tribe of this man is worth mentioning , we know what yorubas were telling Ghanians about igbos when the issue of igbo king in Ghana came up

Erikiel:
Almost every households, communities are doing this, it has become not only a habit but culture, for people burying the dead in their households.

There are designated places for burying the dead, like the cemetery, or graveyard.
Some religious bodies or churches have burial grounds in their surroundings specifically for burying the dead.

What do you think make people prefer burying the dead in their houses or compounds?

It has become or it has always been?