₦airaland Forum

Genoa:
So they are going to include Lagos in Northern whatever when Nigeria breaks?

They will jump several states to lay claim on Lagos.

The ancestors are feasting on your brain Mr.

Ezewuzie01:
South East is landlocked. And as long as SS refuse to participate in Biafra, it remains a mirage. Only the north can break away from the country without stress but they will be landlocked too and they don't like that. The SW has the brightest prospects if they are independent.

AceRoot:
Resolution passed on May 27, 1967.

WE, THE Chiefs, Elders, and Representatives of Eastern Nigeria, gathered at this Joint Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Chiefs and Elders and the Consultative Assembly, do solemnly declare as follows:

WHEREAS we have been in the vanguard of the national movement for the building of a strong, united, and prosperous Nigeria where no man will be oppressed and have devoted our efforts, talents, and resources to this end;

WHEREAS we cherish certain inalienable human rights and state obligations such as the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness; the right to acquire, possess, and defend property; the provision of security; and the establishment of good and just government based on the consent of the governed;

WHEREAS in practical demonstration of these beliefs, our people settled in other parts of Nigeria, served their country in many capacities, and contributed immensely to the growth and development of Nigeria;

WHEREAS WE ARE LIVING WITNESSES OF INJUSTICES AND ATROCITIES COMMITTED against Eastern Nigeria, among which are the premeditated murder of over 30,000 of our innocent men, women, and children by Northern Nigerians, the calculated destruction of the property of our sons and daughters, the shameless conversion of 2,000,000 Eastern Nigerians into refugees in their own country, all this without remorse;

WHEREAS in consequence of these and other acts of discrimination and injustice, we have painfully realized that the Federation of Nigeria has failed, and has given us no protection;

WHEREAS in spite of these facts, the government and people of Eastern Nigeria have persisted in their efforts to find a practical and just solution that would preserve the continued existence of Nigeria as one corporate unit and restore peace and confidence as demonstrated by the initiative of our military governor in getting all the military leaders together at Aburi, Ghana;

WHEREAS the hopes which the Aburi Agreement engendered have proved to be misplaced and have been destroyed by a series of acts of bad faith and distortions and finally by a refusal on the part of the "Lagos Government" to implement these and other agreements notwithstanding the fact that they were freely and voluntarily entered into;

WHEREAS the Federation of Nigeria has forfeited any claim to our allegiance by these acts and by the economic, political, and diplomatic sanctions imposed against us by the so-called Federal Government;

AND WHEREAS the object of government is the good of the governed and the will of the people its ultimate sanction;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these and other facts and injustices, we, the Chiefs, Elders, and Representatives of all the twenty provinces of Eastern Nigeria, assembled in this Joint Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Chiefs and Elders and the Consultative Assembly, at Enugu this 27th day of May, 1967, hereby solemnly:

MANDATE His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, to declare at the earliest practicable date Eastern Nigeria a free, sovereign, and independent state by the name and title of the REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA.
RESOLVE that the new REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA shall have the full and absolute powers of a sovereign state, and shall establish commerce, levy war, conclude peace, enter into diplomatic relations, and carry out, as of right, other sovereign responsibilities.
DIRECT that the REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA may enter into arrangement with any sovereign unit or units in what remains of Nigeria or in any part of Africa desirous of association with us for the purpose of running a common services organization and for the establishment of economic ties.
RECOMMEND that the REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA should become a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and the United Nations Organization.
RECOMMEND the adoption of a federal constitution based on the new provincial units.
REAFFIRM His Excellency's assurance of protection for the persons, properties, and businesses of foreign nationals in our territory.
DECLARE our unqualified confidence in the Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and assure him of our unreserved support for the way and manner he has handled the crisis in the country.
So help us God.

nsiba:
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You see the wicked and heartless Igbo's never attack the villages of the Igbo's fighting for the Federal Government. Did anything happened in Ike Nwachukwu village? What happened in Azikiwe village?
But the Cowards n basta-rds killed and burnt villages of Ibibio soldiers fighting for both the federal government and even the community of the 2nd in command of Biafra wasn't spared by d basta-rds cowards.
My Aunty is a living witness the IGBOs are treacherous and tribalistic to d core

gidgiddy:
Its laughable the way some people reason. Even if Zik was against a secession clause, is he the reason why such a clause never got into the constitution?

Delegates and representatives from all across the 3 Region's that made up Nigeria met in London in 1958 to determine the independence constitution but someone who cannot reason with his brain says Zik, who was a delegate determined what would enter or not enter the constitution

One man decided for the Eastern, Northern and Western Region what would be in the constitution such as secession clause. How laughable

Area4Area:
Continue deceiving yourself, I won't spoonfeed you, read up about Zik's role in refusing de-amalgamation, read up his role in refusing referendum and secession then you can call on me.

As I said earlier, I won't spoonfeed anyone

Area4Area:
I'm not like one of you, I only say what I know, if you need more details, it's all over the internet. Don't be lazy and do your research.I'm not here to spoonfeed anyone

Blackking98:
Yes we were. Before ojukwu declared Biafra, gowon had already created new states in which old Rivers State and old Cross river State were carved out of the eastern region,yet ojukwu added us to his Biafran map, I didn't read this anywhere, I watched gowon say it with his mouth when being interviewed by channels TV.

Blackking98:
Google Gen Wellington bassey
Gen uj Esuene
Gen Udo Udo
They fought on the federal side. We were Never fully in support of biafra, 90% of my people didn't want to be part of Biafra and it's worse now

Arrewa:
are you trying to rewrite history??

Ojukwu invaded the south west and tried conquering the south south... Ojukwu massacred hundreds of civilians in the south south who rejectd Biafra...go and read history!

Arrewa:
that's what you'll say...

Go and read about the Civil War...

And see how your hero Ojukwu is invading the south south!! He even invaded the south west!! But Yorubas banter Biafran soldiers with full capacity!!

Arrewa:
Ojukwu forced other tribes some part of south south into Biafra during the war... And killed those that refused to join!!

LegendHero:
You are saying nonesense. I can’t keep replying to jargons.

daddytime:
Na over highness scatter those guys plan.

omonnakoda:
Smarter to use other people's money

Have you agreed your woebegone land is too repugnant to attract serious investment?

omonnakoda:
We don't need cocoa to develop.
Those who have confidence from the private sector are developing a port at Lekki. I pray you live long to see the completion

LegendHero:
You have now accepted it was those resources from the Yoruba people that built Lagos and not the oil money you all guys love to parrot about.

Now it seems we both agree to one thing.

LegendHero:
Shey the British use their father money to build it ni?

During the period when the British were chilling in Lagos establishing infrastructure with the SW resources and money, your own ancestors were busy roaming the Bush naked.

It’s just akin to telling the British to build infrastructure for a group of roaming human that don’t even have cloth to wear let alone understand the value of infrastructure.

Mr Man, sit down and stop disgracing your ancestors!

LegendHero:
Why can’t the British invest the same in your landlocked region? Could it be because it’s barren and erosion ravaged?

You developers always claimed you built Lagos, you always said without you Lagos would be nothing. Yet Lagos was what it was in those days because of the revenue from the Western/Mid-west Nigeria as you can clearly see from the info provided by the OP.

The British are not Father Christmas, all those resources are gotten from the west/mid-west part of Nigeria and that is what gave Lagos the required push.

omonnakoda:
The British , the British

What is your own inside?

Are you British?


Ugly girls be complaining that the beautiful girls who marry billionaires have no brains
Shior

Didn't the British see Aba and Onitsha


Were the British here as tourists? Did the do what they did out of Charity?

The same British opened ports in Port Harcourt, Calabar and Forcados.
They made a hell of lot of money . So stop venting.

LegendHero:
Developers will be crying when reading this thread!

gidgiddy:
So do you know any coward who fights a 3 year war of independence against a much larger opponent? Cowards do not fight at all. Anyone who is brave enough to fight someone or something mush greater than him is no coward.

Ojukwu surrendering personally so that Nigerian troops can do whatever they liked with him from shooting him dead to publicly torturing him or detaining him(if he was lucky) is something that only a very foolish person would do

Who in their right minds would offer themselves to their enemy on a platter of gold to prove bravery when they have an escape route? Only a complete idiot would do that and Ojukwu wasnt one

Area4Area:
....and when other Nigerian leaders tried to correct the mistake of Lord Lugard, pray tell who thwarted the idea.
If the de-amalgamation was agreed to by that same person, I'm sure you won't even know who Lugard is today.

gidgiddy:
The Nigerian media, particularly those of the North and west, have consistently propagated a series of lies against late Biafran Warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, for the last 50 years since the end of the war. Some of these lies have assumed a life of their own. Im here to debunk 7 of these lies so that people may know the truth

1) That Ojukwu lost no family member in the war:

Contrary to popular belief that Ojukwu lost no relations to the war, Ojukwu lost his own brother. Ojukwus younger brother, Tom Bigger, died while fighting in the Nsukka sector of the war

2)That Ojukwu never visited the war front:
Not only did Ojukwu visit the front several times, he even personally led "operation Igwuruta" that cleared Nigerian forces from Oguta.

3)That Ojukwu forced the minorities of the Eastern Region into Biafra without Consultation:
Before Ojukwu declared Biafra, he convened the "Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum", a body that comprised all the chiefs, provincial heads and trade union leaders of the 20 provinces that made up the old Eastern Region. They met in Enugu and voted overwhelmingly for the Eastern Region to become an independent country and mandated Ojukwu to declare Biafra. When you compare this to Nigeria which Lugard created in 1914 without even giving notice to anybody, you begin to understand the hypocrisy.

4) That Ojukwu was not senior to Gowon:
Gowon was commissioned an officer in 1956 while Ojukwu was in 1957. However, Ojukwu joined the civil service in 1955. When Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957, his commission date was backdated to 1955 to reflect when he joined the civil service. This made Ojukwu to become senior to Gowon.

5)That Ojukwu dressed like a woman to escape Biafra:
Ojukwu left Biafra via Uli Airport. Why would Ojukwu disguise himself as a woman to go an Airport in an area still under his control? Does that make any sense? Besides, people like NU Akpan, AA Madiebo and Philip Effiong have all written in their books how they escorted Ojukwu in a convoy to the Airport.



6) That Ojukwu was a coward for fleeing Biafra: The Oxford dictionary defines a coward as "a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things". Had Ojukwu wanted, he could have used his position to negotiate a top position in Gowon's government. Had Ojukwu wanted, he could taken his father millions and retired to any country in the world. Instead, Ojukwu fought a 3 year war of independence against impossible odds, against a much larger and better equiped enemy. In the end when he could not continue, he exited the scene as the alternative would have been to wait to be killed. Ojukwus bravery is in his will to declare the independence of an oppressed people and fight with for 3 years. Anyone who thinks he is a coward for not "staying back to be killed" is someone who is ignorant

7) That Ojukwu caused the war/declared war:

Ojukwu did not cause the war and he never declared any war. Contrary to the lie(s) peddled against Ojukwu, Ojukwu actually tried to prevent war. While Igbos were being killed all over Nigeria, Ojukwu appealed for calm and protected Northerners in the East. Ojukwu even risked his personal safety to meet Gowon in Ghana to prevent war by reaching an agreement. Despite Ojukwus best efforts to prevent war, Gowon still went ahead to break the Aburi agreement they signed, which left Ojukwu with no option than to declare Biafra. Throughout the war, Ojukwu travelled out for several peace meetings brokered by the international community, none of which Gowon bothered to attend. It was Gowon that caused the war by breaking the agreement they signed and it was he who declared war.

Osagyefo98:
Amotekun is a toothless bulldog.


Very useless security outfit.

This is the real summary of amotekun with the picture below