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Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by toye440: 8:53am On Oct 19, 2021
£9B.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Bigchristo: 8:53am On Oct 19, 2021
lalasticlala:
Yakubu Gowon Turns 87 Today



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon
This man is the reason why Nigeria is still together today, if not Ojuku would have long divided Nigeria, by now we for nor Dey get all these problems
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Mayeldah(m): 8:55am On Oct 19, 2021
A stateman that cannot save his people from the Fulani onslaught?

Bleep Gowon, he is one of the biggest problem in Nigeria.

You see where one Nigeria has landed him and his people now?
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by juman(m): 8:56am On Oct 19, 2021
Hiss.
Nigerian generals oloriburuku oleeeee.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by EmmaLege: 8:57am On Oct 19, 2021
embarassed embarassed embarassed
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Paretomaster1(m): 8:57am On Oct 19, 2021
9jah:
A word from a freaking civilian aboki
Im a combat warrior -
Ive been there
Done that!
Yall manipulated other indigenous Nigerians ( divide and conquer) with your foreign allies Russia, British and Arab military
Fulanis have never won any battle alone;
Next time;
Come alone;
Dont hide under;
One Liegeria with Russia, British and your Arab Army
Come alone.
Kam be gi Amu
Mumunatu.......did you fight the Fulani, wetin consign me..... Keep pushing your luck again, una go still collect...... Na only Abba Kyari enter East o, una go hide... Oponu.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Fcwilly: 8:57am On Oct 19, 2021
It's better to live freely and be happy hereafter than to live a regretful life, you sold Nigeria to Fulani now your people are on the verge of extinction, that's why we must think deep before any action.

Anyway happy birthday to the old man,

Yakub Gowon is one major error in the history of Nigeria.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:58am On Oct 19, 2021
Coldie:
Gowon u are a good man. We igbos say thank you for keeping Nigeria one.

Go On With One Nigeria.
Genocide check
Poverty capital of the world check
shocked
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by KingMack(m): 9:00am On Oct 19, 2021
Happy birthday sir! (Go On With One Nigeria G.O.W.O.N)
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by felixnkubi: 9:01am On Oct 19, 2021
Bigchristo:
This man is the reason why Nigeria is still together today, if not Ojuku would have long divided Nigeria, by now we for nor Dey get all these problems
know history, ojukwu first asked for restructuring even after the mass massacre of igbos in the north following the coup, the igbos still wanted to be part of Nigeria but since his request was not granted, we decided Nigeria is not for us but this northern idiots in power then!
can you go in the street today and find 10 Nigerians today who are proud to be Nigerians?! if you see 3, thank God, this country is a failed contraption
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by decasey(m):
OloshoMan:
When is this SIMP gonna die
he does not need to die now , please don't pray that prayer for him. He should be alive to see what he has done with his own hands, at list his people is been slaughtered while he is alive.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by djevino(m): 9:03am On Oct 19, 2021
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tujays:
Did Ojukwu save his people either? as we speak now Ojokwu people are the ones doing the self cleansing via ESN. no be juju be that? grin
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No sense detected
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by djevino(m): 9:04am On Oct 19, 2021
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Nigerialabalaba:
Gen Gowon no be property of one community, na national asset. Na you make you pray make you and your papa reach him age.
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No sense detected
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Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by J3susFr3ak: 9:04am On Oct 19, 2021
9jah:
Plateau state today has become the first graveyard of the judgment on Nigeria, courtesy of the acclaimed “General of Nigeria's unity.” Blood has spilled on the ground of Plateau state to the very level where unbelievers should believe, and where rebellious people should repent and obey. This is the hometown of the said General of Nigeria's unity, Gowon.
Idiot
Dude....you wrote a lot! While as a human that reasons I do sympathize with what happened in the war (I don't think I was alive then, and my father must have been in secondary school then) I think your rush to generalize and a hasty rush to mete out blind judgment has made you overlook certain facts....

1. While Gowon is from Plateau State, his hometown is actually in Kanke Local Government Area (which was carved out of Pankshin LGA). These two LGAs are one of the most "peaceful" areas in Plateau State and it is has been like that for a while now. I think the mistake you made is to conflate the dire conflict in and around Jos with the other less critical areas of the State. Pankshin and Kanke are lucky because they have a mostly homogeneous Christian population. Jos is more cosmopolitan and has accommodated all types of people for long....hence the persistence of the crisis in that area.

2. If you read about the actual events that led to the civil war, you would also understand that at the time, there was a desire to transcend ethnic affiliations by some Officers (especially the Middle Belt ones) which reflected a desire to be objective and professional, despite the weaknesses and flaws in other key areas. For instance Lt Col James Pam from Plateau alerted " rather than being more concerned about the safety of his life, defied all odds and tipped off Ironsi, the army GOC on telephone about the mutiny. And shortly after ending the call to Ironsi, Pam’s apartment was invaded and he was abducted and later shot dead by Maj Anuforo." Why would someone risk his life to alert an Igbo Officer of an impending mutiny? A sense of professional camaraderie perhaps? (Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1082685-january-15-1966-coup-discussions-lt-col-pam-murderers.html) I think you know how it ends, where it seemed the high-ranking Igbos were spared and others eliminated and so on. The after effects were unfortunate and I am in no way saying this justifies the actual events of the Civil war. My greater point was that most of the Middle Belt officers at the time were level-headed and civil. Now, if you want to discuss the actual people who terrorized the Igbos at that time (and yes, I also read "The Man Died" too a long time ago) ...it was actually the non-Middle-Belt officers serving under Gowon who took their excesses to an extreme and who were also willing to plot a coup against him the moment they had the opportunity.

3. Finally, if you want to create a modern country, you do need an ideology that transcends ethnic definitions. If you latch onto a Christian Ideology as the basis....I am so sorry to say, that goes so antithetical to some of the diatribe comments you made especially against Plateau which happens to be a Christian dominant State. I can be as Christian Zionist as I can be....but the true test of my own Zionism is tested on if my own ethnicity takes a downtrodden second place to whatever Christian Zionist State I may espouse or forward. And it does. The ability to honor or esteem another person as even better than oneself (Philippians 2:3) is the core of our New Testament belief. Sadly, this goes very antithetical to the tone and spirit of your writing.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 9:05am On Oct 19, 2021
Paretomaster1:
Mumunatu.......did you fight the Fulani, wetin consign me..... Keep pushing your luck again, una go still collect...... Na only Abba Kyari enter East o, una go hide... Oponu.
Collect you sey;
Local Almajiri ( book is a haram)

We are more advance in IQ;
Yall advance in Bokoharam;
We got yall on check my niggar;
ICJ on deck;
Yall aint gonna get away this time;
We have yall oncheck ;
Ndigbo have been waiting for this moment ;
Wars are no longer fought like 1967 anymore ;
Poverty capital of the world;
You think yall can commit genocide of Ndi-Igbo
And get away with it;
We shall see;
I have nothing more to say to you;
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by seaway: 9:10am On Oct 19, 2021
Happy birthday humble General,previledged to meet him one on one,he designed the blue print for a more central capital of Nigeria but Murtala took the glory.
Him and Ojukwu were in good terms after the war.God positioned him to be the leader at that time,if it was a hausa fulanai that was the head of State,igbos probably would have been extinct.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by bcomputer101: 9:10am On Oct 19, 2021
Solatium:
Anyone reading this will know you are empty headed.
You just failed an interview,no wonder most of you don't have a job grin
Keep crying like a baby hippopotamus.
You're are receiving less than $1,500 and you proud having a job. Naija mentality as totally destroyed your brain. Come hear come hustle Mr man. I can pay your entire kinsmen for 6 good months
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by sabreal: 9:12am On Oct 19, 2021
May be he is not part or does not agree with their cult



.
kettykin:
I still don't know why this Man is not recognised and respected the way other heads of state are , OBJ , Abdulsalami .seems to carry more respect
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Sunday2021: 9:15am On Oct 19, 2021
God bless the General who forced one coward to wear woman wrapper and run to ivory coast.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 9:15am On Oct 19, 2021
Paretomaster1:
Mumunatu.......did you fight the Fulani, wetin consign me..... Keep pushing your luck again, una go still collect...... Na only Abba Kyari enter East o, una go hide... Oponu.
Ndigbo- Only indigenous tribe in Nigeria with balls to fight the Fulanis = check
Other indigenous tribes in Nigeria = huh
A. Captured slaves
B.Mugus
C. Suffering and smiling
D.Cowards
E. Pussys
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Sunday2021: 9:16am On Oct 19, 2021
bcomputer101:
Keep crying like a baby hippopotamus.
You're are receiving less than $1,500 and you proud having a job. Naija mentality as totally destroyed your brain. Come hear come hustle Mr man. I can pay your entire kinsmen for 6 good months
everybody is a billionaire on nairaland.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Bigchristo: 9:18am On Oct 19, 2021
felixnkubi:
know history, ojukwu first asked for restructuring even after the mass massacre of igbos in the north following the coup, the igbos still wanted to be part of Nigeria but since his request was not granted, we decided Nigeria is not for us but this northern idiots in power then!
can you go in the street today and find 10 Nigerians today who are proud to be Nigerians?! if you see 3, thank God, this country is a failed contraption
I know all the history surrounding the emergence of Biafra
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nigerialabalaba: 9:19am On Oct 19, 2021
djevino:
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No sense detected
Try again later
when you reach house ask your papa why two of una no get sense
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Elock1: 9:19am On Oct 19, 2021
kettykin:
I still don't know why this Man is not recognised and respected the way other heads of state are , OBJ , Abdulsalami .seems to carry more respect
he was a pawn in the hand of the mighty and he shed innocent blood
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 9:23am On Oct 19, 2021
Bigchristo:
I know all the history surrounding the emergence of Biafra
All Ndi-Igbo knows thy self;
He is right my nigger;
Yall are pussys;
Reason we want out;
Poverty capital of the world;
Weaponized poverty;
+ weaponized illiteracy;
Tufiakwa.
Spits.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Solatium(m): 9:25am On Oct 19, 2021
bcomputer101:
Keep crying like a baby hippopotamus.
You're are receiving less than $1,500 and you proud having a job. Naija mentality as totally destroyed your brain. Come hear come hustle Mr man. I can pay your entire kinsmen for 6 good months
When did Dollar become yard stick for measuring comfort/success?
How many of those abroad even receive $1500 after tax?

i say you no get sense you begin dey brag of how you are ruining an imaginary business that can outlive your ancestral generation,
You outburst doesn't come to my surprise, it's typical of every brainless ipobian
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 9:26am On Oct 19, 2021
Mayeldah:
A stateman that cannot save his people from the Fulani onslaught?

Bleep Gowon, he is one of the biggest problem in Nigeria.

You see where one Nigeria has landed him and his people now?
I hate him;
Freaking war criminal;
Genocide;
Nigeria is cursed;
Poverty capital of the world;
Let Ndi-Igbo go;
Please.
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by meetgaya: 9:32am On Oct 19, 2021
Happy birthday dodo Biafra grin grin
Go On With One Nigeria (GOWON)
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by 1daboi: 9:33am On Oct 19, 2021
seaway:
Happy birthday humble General,previledged to meet him one on one,he designed the blue print for a more central capital of Nigeria but Murtala took the glory.
Him and Ojukwu were in good terms after the war.God positioned him to be the leader at that time,if it was a hausa fulanai that was the head of State,igbos probably would have been extinct.
Such a senseless talk. Suffering and smiling gang. Keep praising these disasters called leaders. You think life is all about eating and kissing old asses for bread? If you keep lying to yourself, pretending that everything is alright, your children will continue from where you stopped suffering. Fyi, Gowon's children are in Yankee
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Tzar(m): 9:33am On Oct 19, 2021
What is there in celebrating a horrible hypocritical old leader who as a youth, took his destiny in his own hands by taking action against bad political leaders. But his evil generation now tell today’s youths to patiently PRAY for the change they desire!
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by 1daboi: 9:37am On Oct 19, 2021
9jah:
I hate him;
Freaking war criminal;
Genocide;
Nigeria is cursed;
Poverty capital of the world;
Let Ndi-Igbo go;
Please.
You have said it all. May you live long
Re: Yakubu Gowon Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by Nobody: 9:39am On Oct 19, 2021
1daboi:
You have said it all. May you live long
Amen
With tears in my eyes,
Over 6 million Ndi-Igbo dead , because of him.
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