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Lagos historically was first occupied by the Bini people who established their military outposts in some parts of Lagos where they traded with the early European arrivals to the ports who happened to be Portuguese, they actually coined the name "Lagos". The etymology Eko has no meaning in Yoruba language (I dare any Yoruba to tell me the meaning of Eko in Yoruba translation). Some parts of Lagos are owned by the Awori's( the real indigenes of Eko who are not yoruba by the way)... Yaribas just like every other Nigerians in Lagos today were among the early migrants to Lagos... They have the British to thank for handing Lagos over to them since they somehow outnumbered the other tribes that migrated to Lagos... so historically aside from the Awori's who are the true aboriginals of Eko, and to some extent the Bini who were the first migrants to establish trading routes in Lagos with the Portuguese traders... no tribe actually has a legitimate claim to Lagos... for now Yaribas control the power structure but that won't last for long because they are fast losing their influence in the socioeconomic aspects of control in the affairs of Lagos as Igbos are taking over almost everything (real estate, markets, businesses, civil service, landed properties etc). I see a major power shift happening in less than 10 years when an Igbo man will DEFINITELY emerge as governor of Lagos state, and the Bini people are now fully aware that they have as much rights to the true ownership of Lagos as the Yoruba MIGRANTS... truly Lagos is no man's land.

Christistruth00:
What exactly was Ojukwu thinking?


That was the letter that Ojukwu wrote to Banjo in the Warfront at Ore that helped Banjo to see very clearly that Ojukwu was doing an Afonja on him

I have included the rest of Ojukwu’s letter so you can see the effrontery of the man with your own 2 eyes.




https://biafranism..com/2016/07/top-secret-gen-odumegwu-ojukwus-letter.html?spref=pi
Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu's Letter in 1967 To Col. Victor Banjo on the quest to liberate yoruba land from hausa and fulani occupation.

Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu

22nd AUGUST 1967,
From: The Military Governor,
Republic of Biafra Enugu,
22nd August, 1967.

My dear Victor,

1. For some time now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances that have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria. We have been fully convinced that the aim of the Hausa/Fulani complex has ever been, and will ever remain, the total domination of every other part of what was known as the Federation of Nigeria.

It is impossible to forget that the crisis which led to the army takeover in January 1966, the coup of the Northern soldiers led by Gowon in July 1966, the wholesale and indiscriminate massacre of the people of what is now Biafra- and, to a less degree, the people of the Mid-West and West, including the Yorubas, were all the direct result of Hausa/Fulani attempt to subjugate and use as tools, the gallant people of Western Nigeria namely the Yorubas. We do not need to remind ourselves of the heavy losses in life and property suffered by the Yoruba people in their fight for justice and freedom during 1965.

2. Sharing our belief that the people of Yorubaland have a right to live a life of equality and self-respect and justice free of domination and dictatorship from any quarter, you have both identified with the cause of the Biafra struggle for survival and expressed your determination to see the people of Yorubaland freed from Hausa/Fulani domination. We, the people of Biafra, for our part are willing and have decided to give you and the people of Yorubaland every assistance to achieve your aim.

3. After clearing the whole question with my Executive Council, I, as the Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, have decided to place at your disposal Biafran forces, for the liberation of Yorubaland on the following clear conditions:-


(i) You will have nothing to do with the Military Administrator in the Mid-West Territory during your sojourn there prior to your move to the West.
(ii) The willingness and preparedness of Biafra to assist any part of the former Federation of Nigeria wishing and willing to liberate itself from the Hausa/Fulani domination, does not in anyway whatever
imply any inclination on her part to compromise her sovereignty or preserve what remains of the defunct Federation of Nigeria. In other words, our sovereignty and break with Nigeria is irrevocable. Nothing must, therefore be said or done by you or any member of the Liberation Army to give a contrary impression.

(iii) Biafra is determined to maintain and safeguard her sovereignty and ensure that her integrity and safety are never again threatened.
(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of the Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.
(v) On the liberation of the Yorubaland, you will be appointed as the Military Governor of that territory.

(vi) The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.
(vii) During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority.
(viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint a Military administrator for the territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected by Biafran troops.
(ix) As soon as possible after your appointment as the Military Governor of Western Nigeria and separation of that territory from Nigeria, you and I must meet to discuss:
(a) the duration of stay of Biafran troops in your territory;
(b) the areas and subjects of cooperation between the liberated sovereign states of Western Nigeria, or by what name it may call itself, and Biafra.

4. I do not need to remind you that Biafra regards all Yoruba as friends. As such everything should be done, to ensure the minimum force and loss of life are involved in achieving the objective of liberation.

5. It is essential, in order to avoid misunderstanding or confusion, that all subsequent requests for support be formally made to me by you in writing.

6. Will you please signify in writing, your acceptance of the above conditions so that you may leave for Western Nigeria and lead the army of liberation.

Yours very sincerely,
signed Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu,
Military Governor and Commander in Chief of Biafran Armed Forces.

Col. Victor Banjo

You,don't need to give him more knowledge into his akpu brain.
You've finished him already

Omoluabi1stborn:
You,don't need to give him more knowledge into his akpu brain.
You've finished him already

Just wanted to Educate him a bit on the Calamity that befell Ojukwu when he tried to add Yoruba’s Lagos to Biafra.

Christistruth00:
Just wanted to Educate him a bit on the Calamity that befell Ojukwu when he tried to add Lagos to Biafra.

This isn't 1967, the biggest mistake (probably of the entire war from a Biafran perspective) that Ojukwu made was to give the command of the Midwest and Lagos invasion to a mere Yoruba man whose treachery inevitably ruined the momentum of speed and surprise the attack was premised upon. But the Igbos of this generation have corrected that mistake, but this time not true war or needless wasting of lives... but by a wilful, strategic, methodical and determined plan to dominate the socioeconomic fabrics of Lagos before its final conquest. Then after that has been accomplished and the political stranglehold of Yaribas (who are not even indigenous Lagosians) over Eko has been neutralized and the migrant Yaribas rendered politically and socio-economically irrelevant, then the ownership of Lagos will be up for grabs, but this time Igbos will negotiate with the marginalized Awori people who have been unwillingly yorubanized amd then the Benin over the partition of Lagos for the real owners to emerge the stakeholders of a new Lagos.

Coconuthead126:
This isn't 1967, the biggest mistake (probably of the entire war from a Biafran perspective) that Ojukwu made was to give the command of the Midwest and Lagos invasion to a mere Yoruba man whose treachery inevitably ruined the momentum of speed and surprise the attack was premised upon. But the Igbos of this generation have corrected that mistake, but this time not true war or needless wasting of lives... but by a wilful, strategic, methodical and determined plan to dominate the socioeconomic fabrics of Lagos before its final conquest. Then after that has been accomplished and the political stranglehold of Yaribas (who are not even indigenous Lagosians) over Eko has been neutralized and the migrant Yaribas rendered politically and socio-economically irrelevant, then the ownership of Lagos will be up for grabs, but this time Igbos will negotiate with the marginalized Awori people who have been unwillingly yorubanized amd then the Benin over the partition of Lagos for the real owners to emerge the stakeholders of a new Lagos.

This was the arrogance that led to the abandoned property Saga in Port Harcourt

Gowon begged and begged but the Eastern Minority’s were not in a mood to forgive their oppressors

Your Wicked plans for Yorubas have failed woefully already just as Ojukwu’s own failed

Coconuthead126:
[s]Lagos historically was first occupied by the Bini people who established their military outposts in some parts of Lagos where they traded with the early European arrivals to the ports who happened to be Portuguese, they actually coined the name "Lagos". The etymology Eko has no meaning in Yoruba language (I dare any Yoruba to tell me the meaning of Eko in Yoruba translation). Some parts of Lagos are owned by the Awori's( the real indigenes of Eko who are not yoruba by the way)... Yaribas just like every other Nigerians in Lagos today were among the early migrants to Lagos... They have the British to thank for handing Lagos over to them since they somehow outnumbered the other tribes that migrated to Lagos... so historically aside from the Awori's who are the true aboriginals of Eko, and to some extent the Bini who were the first migrants to establish trading routes in Lagos with the Portuguese traders... no tribe actually has a legitimate claim to Lagos... for now Yaribas control the power structure but that won't last for long because they are fast losing their influence in the socioeconomic aspects of control in the affairs of Lagos as Igbos are taking over almost everything (real estate, markets, businesses, civil service, landed properties etc). I see a major power shift happening in less than 10 years when an Igbo man will DEFINITELY emerge as governor of Lagos state, and the Bini people are now fully aware that they have as much rights to the true ownership of Lagos as the Yoruba MIGRANTS... truly Lagos is no man's land.[/s]

Why should anyone believe that you didn’t simply heap up all the above damned-lies and dog-shit as a compensation for ndi-Igbo’s historical bitterness ??

Are you sure that you should be taken seriously vis-a-vis your above heap of insecurity??

Please convince someone to take you serious. I’d be looking out for such comment.

Cheers!

Cc: Christistruth00

TAO11:
Why should anyone believe that you didn’t simply heap up all the above damned-lies and dog-shit as a compensation for ndi-Igbo’s historical bitterness ??

Are you sure that you should be taken seriously vis-a-vis your above heap of insecurity.

Please convince someone to take you serious. I’d be looking out for such comment.

Cheers!

Cc: Christistruth00

Thanks TAO11 he is currently on another thread fighting Ijaws over Ownership of Warri.

Sowing of discord and division seems to be the new Biafran Strategy since God almighty in his Wisdom did not grant them abundant Land or Sea Coast enough for them to stand on their own.

They must have realised that when they took one look at the Map, Biafra is just not a viable Country


Maybe the thought of leaving Lagos is too much to bear

Coconuthead126:
Warri belongs to the Itshekiri and Urhobo people, Ijaw subhumans have absolutely no stake or claim to the ownership of Warri...anyway I trust my Urhobo and Itshekiri brothers to cure una madness like they did last time you homeless sewage rats dared to encroach on Warri, this time the butchering you scummy little fuvks will receive will make the Odi massacre look like child's play.

Coconuthead126:
Lagos historically was first occupied by the Bini people who established their military outposts in some parts of Lagos where they traded with the early European arrivals to the ports who happened to be Portuguese, they actually coined the name "Lagos". The etymology Eko has no meaning in Yoruba language (I dare any Yoruba to tell me the meaning of Eko in Yoruba translation). Some parts of Lagos are owned by the Awori's( the real indigenes of Eko who are not yoruba by the way)... Yaribas just like every other Nigerians in Lagos today were among the early migrants to Lagos... They have the British to thank for handing Lagos over to them since they somehow outnumbered the other tribes that migrated to Lagos... so historically aside from the Awori's who are the true aboriginals of Eko, and to some extent the Bini who were the first migrants to establish trading routes in Lagos with the Portuguese traders... no tribe actually has a legitimate claim to Lagos... for now Yaribas control the power structure but that won't last for long because they are fast losing their influence in the socioeconomic aspects of control in the affairs of Lagos as Igbos are taking over almost everything (real estate, markets, businesses, civil service, landed properties etc). I see a major power shift happening in less than 10 years when an Igbo man will DEFINITELY emerge as governor of Lagos state, and the Bini people are now fully aware that they have as much rights to the true ownership of Lagos as the Yoruba MIGRANTS... truly Lagos is no man's land.

Lol confused individual
I dare you and the entire Igbo to tell me the meaning of “igbo”

It means Indian hemp in Yoruba

Christistruth00:
Culled from Ojukwu’s letter to Victor Banjo


(vii) During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority.



Interpretation: Yorubas can not take any Political or Legal decisions in Yorubaland including Lagos without Ojukwu first giving them Permission in writing


Ojukwu was a very very arrogant man .
That more than anything else was responsible for his Calamitous failures and downfall as a leader.
He didn’t even know where to start from..


So he wanted to be fully in Charge of dictating to Yorubas what to do in Yorubaland including Lagos ?


Very shameful isn’t it ?


Cc: theTranslator ,Omoluabi1stborn's, TAO11

Yoruba ewedu media version.

Why not post the full letter.

Christistruth00:
What exactly was Ojukwu thinking?


That was the letter that Ojukwu wrote to Banjo in the Warfront at Ore that helped Banjo to see very clearly that Ojukwu was doing an Afonja on him

I have included the rest of Ojukwu’s letter so you can see the effrontery of the man with your own 2 eyes and his real reasons for invading Yorubaland.




https://biafranism..com/2016/07/top-secret-gen-odumegwu-ojukwus-letter.html?spref=pi
Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu's Letter in 1967 To Col. Victor Banjo on the quest to liberate yoruba land from hausa and fulani occupation.

Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu

22nd AUGUST 1967,
From: The Military Governor,
Republic of Biafra Enugu,
22nd August, 1967.

My dear Victor,

1. For some time now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances that have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria. We have been fully convinced that the aim of the Hausa/Fulani complex has ever been, and will ever remain, the total domination of every other part of what was known as the Federation of Nigeria.

It is impossible to forget that the crisis which led to the army takeover in January 1966, the coup of the Northern soldiers led by Gowon in July 1966, the wholesale and indiscriminate massacre of the people of what is now Biafra- and, to a less degree, the people of the Mid-West and West, including the Yorubas, were all the direct result of Hausa/Fulani attempt to subjugate and use as tools, the gallant people of Western Nigeria namely the Yorubas. We do not need to remind ourselves of the heavy losses in life and property suffered by the Yoruba people in their fight for justice and freedom during 1965.

2. Sharing our belief that the people of Yorubaland have a right to live a life of equality and self-respect and justice free of domination and dictatorship from any quarter, you have both identified with the cause of the Biafra struggle for survival and expressed your determination to see the people of Yorubaland freed from Hausa/Fulani domination. We, the people of Biafra, for our part are willing and have decided to give you and the people of Yorubaland every assistance to achieve your aim.

3. After clearing the whole question with my Executive Council, I, as the Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, have decided to place at your disposal Biafran forces, for the liberation of Yorubaland on the following clear conditions:-


(i) You will have nothing to do with the Military Administrator in the Mid-West Territory during your sojourn there prior to your move to the West.
(ii) The willingness and preparedness of Biafra to assist any part of the former Federation of Nigeria wishing and willing to liberate itself from the Hausa/Fulani domination, does not in anyway whatever
imply any inclination on her part to compromise her sovereignty or preserve what remains of the defunct Federation of Nigeria. In other words, our sovereignty and break with Nigeria is irrevocable. Nothing must, therefore be said or done by you or any member of the Liberation Army to give a contrary impression.

(iii) Biafra is determined to maintain and safeguard her sovereignty and ensure that her integrity and safety are never again threatened.
(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of the Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.
(v) On the liberation of the Yorubaland, you will be appointed as the Military Governor of that territory.

(vi) The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.
(vii) During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority.
(viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint a Military administrator for the territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected by Biafran troops.
(ix) As soon as possible after your appointment as the Military Governor of Western Nigeria and separation of that territory from Nigeria, you and I must meet to discuss:
(a) the duration of stay of Biafran troops in your territory;
(b) the areas and subjects of cooperation between the liberated sovereign states of Western Nigeria, or by what name it may call itself, and Biafra.

4. I do not need to remind you that Biafra regards all Yoruba as friends. As such everything should be done, to ensure the minimum force and loss of life are involved in achieving the objective of liberation.

5. It is essential, in order to avoid misunderstanding or confusion, that all subsequent requests for support be formally made to me by you in writing.

6. Will you please signify in writing, your acceptance of the above conditions so that you may leave for Western Nigeria and lead the army of liberation.

Yours very sincerely,
signed Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu,
Military Governor and Commander in Chief of Biafran Armed Forces.

Col. Victor Banjo


Cc: theTranslator,Omoluabi1stborn's, TAO11

If Gani Adams places a detachment of OPC on MNK command, will he allow MNK to use them as he wishes?

Banjo shouldn't have taken the offer but as a slittery being, he wanted to plan coup against Ojukwu.

We are glad he eliminated the traitor.

Read the letter slowly and try to understand the intentions behind it.

Ojukwu was protecting his men.

If we were interested in SW, A Yoruba man won't be leading the Liberation Army. It would have been a division of the Biafran troops marching down the SW

EzeNri:
Yoruba ewedu media version.

Why not post the full letter.

It is from a Biafran Website and the full version has already been posted above

https://biafranism./2016/07/top-secret-gen-odumegwu-ojukwus-letter.html?spref=pi

Don’t let Kanu roast your brain

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Grees

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