DomPerignon:


In a follow-up to the Aburi accord, Gowon promolgated Decree 8 which was meant not only to abrogate Ironsi's dissatrous Unity Decree #34 but also to strengthen the regional autonomy by providing for regional armies.

Aburi accord agreed to the unbundling of decree 34.

But when discussions were being held in Lagos after Aburi to unbundle decree 34, Ojukwu refused to attend citing "safety reasons".

Ojukwu will get his briefings from Ejoor after flying from Enugu to Benin.

When hinted on decree 8, Ojukwu said it won't stand .

The next few days , Gowon announced decree 8.

Ojukwu said this was not in agreement with the accord reached at Aburi despite decree 8 considering all the agreements reached and even further to strengthen regions.

The regional army clause was what Ojukwu was against alongside provisions to see for the carving out of COR region from the old eastern region - a demand that had been long sought by the oppressed minorities in the old eastern region.

The accord arrived at in Aburi, Ghana has the following :

1. Members agree that the legislative and executive authority of the Federal Military Government should remain in the Supreme Military Council, to which any decision affecting the whole country shall be referred for determination provided that where it is possible for a meeting to be held the matter requiring determination must be referred to military governors for their comment and concurrence.

2. Specifically, the council agreed that appointments to senior ranks in the police, diplomatic, and consular services as well as appointment to superscale posts in the federal civil service and the equivalent posts in the statutory corporation must be approved by the Supreme Military Council.

3. The regional members felt that all the decrees passed since January 15, 1966, and which detracted from previous powers and positions of regional governments, should be repealed if mutual confidence is to be restored.

As you can see, Aburi called for an end to decree 34.

Now let's look at Decree 8

appointment of judges all over the Federation ahs been abolished. Each Military Governor now controls appointment of judges of the High Court of his Region. But the appointment of the judges of both the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the High Court of Lagos is made the sole responsibility of the Supreme Military Council.

7. All appointments to posts in the superscale group 6 and above in the Public Service of the Federation and appointments to posts of Deputy Commissioner of Police and above in the Nigeria Police Force are now to be made by the Supreme Military Council. The functions formerly discharged under sections 110 and 146 of the Constitution of the Federation by the Federal Public Service Commission and the Police Service Commission respectively are now to that extent limited. 8. Appointments to the offices of Ambassador, High Commissioner and other principal representatives of the Republic in countries other than Nigeria are now, under the Decree, to be made by the Supreme Military Council.


From the above you can see that decree 8 simply codified what was agreed upon at Aburi.

What isn't explicitly mentioned in decree 8 was the Supreme Military Council divesting military authority to regional heads to which only Ojukwu disagreed with.

Now , why would Ojukwu disagree with every region having its own standing army outside the federal army ?

Because Ojukwu and his Enugu Marxists saw this as a threat to their future power grab.

A few days after decree 8, Ojukwu invaded the Midwest and installed a puppet military head of state and from there began a putsch to Lagos.

Midwest was easily invaded and occupied because despite Ejoor's demand to Gowon for arms, Gowon was hesitant to arm the Midwest because of the overwhelmingly Igboid officers and men in the Midwest army who were all sympathetic to Enugu and the Marxist coup of Jan 15, 1966.

Gowon was then forced to create states to delegitimize Biafra territorial claims over the restive anti Ibo Niger Delta provinces.


Anyone refering to Aburi is being highly deceptive as it was Ojukwu that renegaded on Aburi by invading the Midwest and declaring Biafra with the Niger Delta regions.

Aburi was a time wasting venture meant to bid time for Ojukwu who was hell bent on seizing power from Gowon and maintaining the centrist Ironsi military dictatorship.

Do not fall for their lies.

I will end this by stating that since 1999, every attempts to chip away from the dissatrous Ironsi centrist 1999 constitution has been opposed by them.

They feared Tinubu's presidency because it is the only one that can truly kickstart a return to pre Ironsi centrist authority.

Are they not the biggest beneficiaries under the system as can be seen from federal allocations in comparison to contribution to the national purse ?

Do not let them decieve you.

pathetic stvpid things like you must have been bred as a zombie

Parachoko:
Even if Nigerians Embrace the 1960 Constitution, with Politicians like the Mediocre from Agulu, Nigeria won't still develop.

No b by system of Government abeg.

Look at how Nigerians are Hailing Asiwaju because of how he's ruling Perfectly.

clown

truthfinder319:
It is your life that is finished.
President Tinubu is just 7 months in office. All you see in every post is Tinubu. Not even Peter Obi son can reason this so low. Get a job

you won't even have a life this new year, anlmal

This yeribas are too tribalist cos why move it to the same useless Lagos you keep asking people leave, like forcing people to come to that place called Lagos again

hakym619:
Thank you sir. What’s this for sir ?

Was she able to get the job

This government is totally useless and clueless without nothing but suffering for the masses yet vile cretins ike that grills and the rest are supporting them

Lopsided stvpid appointments, Yoruba taking three out of six appointments as usual

PressMyButton:
Niger state is the biggest state in Nigeria, it is three times the size of the whole SE, a LG is almost the size of Abia state. The terrain of the North is as complex as the creeks in the Nigerdelta. The size of the north with its porous borders makes it extremely difficult in comparison to the number of soldiers per sq km. I suggest a more robust grassroot synergy, a strong determination by both traditional and religious leaders in the fight against banditary. The defence HQ should also scale up the use of drones and advanced tech inorder to bridge any lapses. If you think the Army ain't doing enough, let's withdraw the troops for 48 hours and see if you'd sleep in your house talking trash behind your keyboard.

clown blabbing incoherently

Smelly and dirty people

These people are clown, I just wish they had there own country so they can continue doing these nonsense, see how the front page is filled with their mumu o yes member, probably two people with different account

Interesting, continue

And the funny things is 90% of these companies employed mostly Yorubas
Well election has consequences

motymop:
Fake story.

One of the lies they always tell Nigerian men abroad is that your wife can just throw you out of the house.

Your wife can't throw you out of the house no unless she obtained an occupation order from the court

Another lie is that, if you are caught cheating, your wife can take half of your property.

Most of these lies is to make Nigerian men loyal abroad.

care to explain further, because I have seen men getting thrown out of their house

Without opening the post I already knew is the hungry people from the waste region, renewed shege

Feminism has no place in any reasonable society especially in africa

Know join emi Lokan non entity mumu gang

Real Men don’t forgive cheating

Tinubu has finished nigeria, what we have now are mostly doctored who don’t know what they are doing

This one too ma country, zoo country..
Mumu people that say we need his brain not his body can not see it

Useless duckling

Useless people, other countries are naming theirs but animals in leadership position are defending them

Zoo country

See how Yorubas are disgracing theirselves on front page, they totally left their masters Fulani and started attacking igbos

Creamypie:
Beneficiary of criminality spptted

and yet couldn’t say Amen

People like you shouldn’t be existing, northerners killed indigene but a vile cretin dunce like yourself will want to turn it around

This useless criminal should keep committing murder , their end will be worse and for the animals supporting them your own end is coming soon

Creamypie:
Left 2 me, even their families have to be imprisoned or shot dead too, cos they clap for them and protect, cover their criminal family members. These idiots go seize people jeeps, keep em for forests dey drive them for Facebook, while threatening government . ipob are simply group of people looking for means or opportunity to kidnap, rob and steal. Easterners no get mind report to police when they seize their SUV, take go forest or when kidnapped, cos they clapped for them, thinking they were fighting fed government, not knowing they are killing themselves. As long as we south no allow ipob, am ok and satisfied. See as them pour full delta state within last 5 years. Cowards

And if he is not a criminal May your life and family end painfully

PythonTutorial2:
This sounds like a good news. Criminals deserve to end painfully

And if he is not a criminal you and your family will end terribly and painful

See how useless this apc hamas terrorist are defending the criminal druggie

And you wonder why he is the richest man. In a sane country Dangote wouldn’t lace the feet of real businessmen. Govt boy

The mumu smelly tribe could have forced to keep the market close nah abi hunger don finish dem