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xborr:
MANY THINGS OUR YOUNG READERS IGNORE ABOUT THE BIAFRA CIVIL WAR
(By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire)
Movement for peaceful change (MPC)

https://trendsdynamics..com/2021/11/many-things-our-young-readers-ignore.html?m=1

I often run into Igbos who would like to refer to the Achebe’s book “There Was A Country”, as their argument in support of the view that Biafra as a country is still a realizable and desirable objective. I shake in frustration whenever I read such ignorant position. I have been very close to the book in question. It was written by Achebe and published after Achebe had been my client for about seven years. I wouldn’t say that I knew the rich and complex mind of a man like Achebe. But I can tell that he could not have held the views wrongly attributed to him based on a misreading of his book.

However, recently, I made the book one of the few books I keep on my desk at any given time so I can read them each moment I am free. I was reading the book this morning as I gradually made it out of bed. Of course, there are numerous passages in that book that are deeply thought provoking, which should not be a surprise given that it was written by one of the best writers in human history. In page 124 of that book, Achebe wrote:

“There are a few other factors that merit consideration. There was an obsessive tendency by both belligerents - Gowon and Ojukwu – to seek positions of strength and avoid looking weak throughout the conflict. I am not referring to the propaganda statements, however over the top, which one expects in times of war, but to the ego-driven policies that were clearly not about the conflict at hand. Some of Ojukwu’s and Gowon’s civilian advisers aggravated the crisis by transforming themselves into sycophants. Rather than encourage their respective leader on each side of the conflict to consider a cease-fire, they massaged their egos and spurred them on to ever-escalating hostility”

I doubt that most of those who use Achebe’s book to justify any of the things that the neo-Biafran agitators have been saying or doing have actually read the book. And if they did, they certainly did not read passages like the above in quote. And if they did read them, they certainly did not understand them. Otherwise, in the above passage, Achebe drew our attention to the danger of poor-quality leadership in moments of conflict. During the civil war, Nigeria and Biafra were led by men in their early 30s, who lacked maturity that usually comes with age and experience. Driven by their egos, they did not care about the lives wasted. Driven by their youthful exuberances, they did not understand the importance of restraint as the ultimate expression of strength. Though Achebe did not say this, I personally hold Ojukwu more responsible for the failure of restraint because the three million lives lost came from his people. He lost more than Gowon. So, he must bear greater responsibility for the failure of restraint as a measure of strength.


In the neo-Biafran movement, we see, though at infantile levels, the same sort of ego-tripping, sycophancy and tendency to push for conflict instead of restraint. We have in Nnamdi Kanu a man obsessed with power and a magnet of sycophants. This is seen in the many images he has of himself – the Supreme Commander, the Prophet, the Savior, Ohamadike, Onyendu, etc. He publicly referred to his movement as the Class of 2021, in comparison with Ojukwu’s administration which he referred to as the Class of 1967. He publicly boasted that he was a very powerful man who had the power to choose who would live and who would die. Indeed, Nnamdi Kanu’s megalomania reached the point of acute mental health crisis. Yet, the ego-massagers massaged his ego to no end.

Again, I insist that the Igbos, especially the Igbo youths, should be properly educated and properly oriented. From what I have seen in the past three years, there could be a war again and the Igbos will lose again, and this time, maybe worse than the last time. Human conflict takes emotions to start and brains to resolve. The problem is that the emotions come before the brains. But if we can bring in the brains to bear early in the process, war will be avoided and lives saved. All I have done in my many posts on Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB was to bring the brains to bear early in the chain of events so we can avoid violence and bloodshed.

mrvitalis:
It's only in Nigeria that people asking for justice is frown upon by onlookers

What are the igbos asking for ? Is it their right ? Are they trying to impose on others ?

Igbos say we want biafra u say they want to drag other Tribes with them now igbos told u they want Igbo nation with every Igbo sub group that accept they are Igbo ..you are here attacking the aggressor

Now let me educate ...igbos lost that war because of to things

Lack of protein ( That is covered today) , poultry and fish farming have made that weapon void even with piggery in northern Igbo

Two
Lack of lead to produce bullets ...now we have lead in every igbo state and producing bullets won't be hard


Should the war happen again not even sultan's palace is safe trust me ..$30k can get u a rocket that can sink sultan's palace with easy

If what we are fighting for is unjust then we would lose but if it's just then we Shall win because this time u either kill all of us ( which is impossible ) or we win

No part of Nigeria would be safe if war is declared that's what u can take to the bank

xborr:
The aggregators are not even as informed and prepared like you that's the reason why they keep making mess of the whole thing.

mrvitalis:
It's only in Nigeria that people asking for justice is frown upon by onlookers

What are the igbos asking for ? Is it their right ? Are they trying to impose on others ?

Igbos say we want biafra u say they want to drag other Tribes with them now igbos told u they want Igbo nation with every Igbo sub group that accept they are Igbo ..you are here attacking the aggressor

Now let me educate ...igbos lost that war because of to things

Lack of protein ( That is covered today) , poultry and fish farming have made that weapon void even with piggery in northern Igbo

Two
Lack of lead to produce bullets ...now we have lead in every igbo state and producing bullets won't be hard


Should the war happen again not even sultan's palace is safe trust me ..$30k can get u a rocket that can sink sultan's palace with easy

If what we are fighting for is unjust then we would lose but if it's just then we Shall win because this time u either kill all of us ( which is impossible ) or we win

No part of Nigeria would be safe if war is declared that's what u can take to the bank

Christistruth00:
Lack of History produces a lot of Foolish Self destructive fighters


There is a Yoruba Proverb

“ If a Son who has not learnt how to handle a Sword well insists on going after what killed his Father
It is very Likely that What killed his Father would also end up Killing him “


Biafra was Finished the Moment Ojukwu Labelled the South South People “Saboteurs”

xborr:
MANY THINGS OUR YOUNG READERS IGNORE ABOUT THE BIAFRA CIVIL WAR
(By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire)
Movement for peaceful change (MPC)

https://trendsdynamics..com/2021/11/many-things-our-young-readers-ignore.html?m=1

I often run into Igbos who would like to refer to the Achebe’s book “There Was A Country”, as their argument in support of the view that Biafra as a country is still a realizable and desirable objective. I shake in frustration whenever I read such ignorant position. I have been very close to the book in question. It was written by Achebe and published after Achebe had been my client for about seven years. I wouldn’t say that I knew the rich and complex mind of a man like Achebe. But I can tell that he could not have held the views wrongly attributed to him based on a misreading of his book.

However, recently, I made the book one of the few books I keep on my desk at any given time so I can read them each moment I am free. I was reading the book this morning as I gradually made it out of bed. Of course, there are numerous passages in that book that are deeply thought provoking, which should not be a surprise given that it was written by one of the best writers in human history. In page 124 of that book, Achebe wrote:

“There are a few other factors that merit consideration. There was an obsessive tendency by both belligerents - Gowon and Ojukwu – to seek positions of strength and avoid looking weak throughout the conflict. I am not referring to the propaganda statements, however over the top, which one expects in times of war, but to the ego-driven policies that were clearly not about the conflict at hand. Some of Ojukwu’s and Gowon’s civilian advisers aggravated the crisis by transforming themselves into sycophants. Rather than encourage their respective leader on each side of the conflict to consider a cease-fire, they massaged their egos and spurred them on to ever-escalating hostility”

I doubt that most of those who use Achebe’s book to justify any of the things that the neo-Biafran agitators have been saying or doing have actually read the book. And if they did, they certainly did not read passages like the above in quote. And if they did read them, they certainly did not understand them. Otherwise, in the above passage, Achebe drew our attention to the danger of poor-quality leadership in moments of conflict. During the civil war, Nigeria and Biafra were led by men in their early 30s, who lacked maturity that usually comes with age and experience. Driven by their egos, they did not care about the lives wasted. Driven by their youthful exuberances, they did not understand the importance of restraint as the ultimate expression of strength. Though Achebe did not say this, I personally hold Ojukwu more responsible for the failure of restraint because the three million lives lost came from his people. He lost more than Gowon. So, he must bear greater responsibility for the failure of restraint as a measure of strength.


In the neo-Biafran movement, we see, though at infantile levels, the same sort of ego-tripping, sycophancy and tendency to push for conflict instead of restraint. We have in Nnamdi Kanu a man obsessed with power and a magnet of sycophants. This is seen in the many images he has of himself – the Supreme Commander, the Prophet, the Savior, Ohamadike, Onyendu, etc. He publicly referred to his movement as the Class of 2021, in comparison with Ojukwu’s administration which he referred to as the Class of 1967. He publicly boasted that he was a very powerful man who had the power to choose who would live and who would die. Indeed, Nnamdi Kanu’s megalomania reached the point of acute mental health crisis. Yet, the ego-massagers massaged his ego to no end.

Again, I insist that the Igbos, especially the Igbo youths, should be properly educated and properly oriented. From what I have seen in the past three years, there could be a war again and the Igbos will lose again, and this time, maybe worse than the last time. Human conflict takes emotions to start and brains to resolve. The problem is that the emotions come before the brains. But if we can bring in the brains to bear early in the process, war will be avoided and lives saved. All I have done in my many posts on Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB was to bring the brains to bear early in the chain of events so we can avoid violence and bloodshed.

LottiOk:
Sir your submission is spot on. I'm an Igbo Man & have noticed this emotional ego tripping among my fellow Igbo youth & it saddens me to see that we are still hell bent on making the same mistake twice. They refuse to see how they are indirectly egging the other tribes to a fight which they are ill prepared & not ready to fight. You don't have a single tank or anti aircraft missile & you want to go to war? They think they'll wait for them to arm themselves before the pogrom will start? Or they think they'll play fair when it starts? All these and more are things the antagonists don't want to reason and keep fanning the embers that would ignite a forest fire. I keep begging them to take a chill pill now that they've gotten the states attention and restrategize,plan and politically break away from Nigeria "IF" things still don't improve like Scotland almost did, but they refuse to listen(nairaland Ipob sympathizers are the worst). They think it's cowardice because it won't affect most of them directly and they refuse to think of the fallout/ripple effects in this COVID-19/reccession recovery era. Even now that they've got a state that is recognizing their grievance and wants to acced to most of their demands they are still taunting them to a needless fight. I'm forced to watch the sad reality of how they led millions to an avoidable conflict. They keep beating war drums from their comfort zones.

I'll keep trying to do my part by speaking up that enough is enough from all parties be it state or non state actors. Let's come to the round table, put all the cards ♠️♦️ on the table and decide how to cohabit this Blessed country and maximise our potentials to create that almost perfect society we desire, which our people run to other countries to enjoy.

Even siblings of the same parents have issues, not all of them see eye to eye but they still have to learn how to live together because they need each other even if they don't like each other. Strength in Numbers.

Christistruth00:
Lack of History produces a lot of Foolish Self destructive fighters


There is a Yoruba Proverb

“ If a Son who has not learnt how to handle a Sword well insists on going after what killed his Father
It is very Likely that What killed his Father would also end up Killing him “


Biafra was Finished the Moment Ojukwu Labelled the South South People “Saboteurs”


Biafra Stood on Two Legs and both Legs belonged to the South South

xborr:
The aggregators are not even as informed and prepared like you that's the reason why they keep making mess of the whole thing.

Tranquillity360:
labelled south south people Saboteurs base on yoruba history.




Ojukwu vice till the war end is from where?




All this una lies and propaganda for other people to hate Igbos and Biafra like you people is no longer working.


Remember yoruba and Hausafulanis soldiers massacred south south people.Eg Asaba massacre.

Christistruth00:
Gen Gowons Vice , Commodore Akinwale Wey was a Calabar Man with a Lagos Yoruba Mother

Tranquillity360:
[s][/s]Trash.



You claimed that Ojukwu lost the war because he labelled south south
people as Saboteurs,then i asked you who was Ojukwu's vice till the war ended and where he's from.






Na so una dey propagate lies up and down,Tomorrow now one foolish afonja pikin will start using your comment as references in cementing the lies.






Tribe of revisionist.

christistruth01:
Commodore Wey who was Gowon's deputy For 8 years including the War was a Calabar man. __________Truth !!!!!!

christistruth01:
Commodore Wey who was Gowon's deputy For 8 years including the War was a Calabar man. __________Truth !!!!!!

xborr:
MANY THINGS OUR YOUNG READERS IGNORE ABOUT THE BIAFRA CIVIL WAR
(By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire)
Movement for peaceful change (MPC)

https://trendsdynamics..com/2021/11/many-things-our-young-readers-ignore.html?m=1

I often run into Igbos who would like to refer to the Achebe’s book “There Was A Country”, as their argument in support of the view that Biafra as a country is still a realizable and desirable objective. I shake in frustration whenever I read such ignorant position. I have been very close to the book in question. It was written by Achebe and published after Achebe had been my client for about seven years. I wouldn’t say that I knew the rich and complex mind of a man like Achebe. But I can tell that he could not have held the views wrongly attributed to him based on a misreading of his book.

However, recently, I made the book one of the few books I keep on my desk at any given time so I can read them each moment I am free. I was reading the book this morning as I gradually made it out of bed. Of course, there are numerous passages in that book that are deeply thought provoking, which should not be a surprise given that it was written by one of the best writers in human history. In page 124 of that book, Achebe wrote:

“There are a few other factors that merit consideration. There was an obsessive tendency by both belligerents - Gowon and Ojukwu – to seek positions of strength and avoid looking weak throughout the conflict. I am not referring to the propaganda statements, however over the top, which one expects in times of war, but to the ego-driven policies that were clearly not about the conflict at hand. Some of Ojukwu’s and Gowon’s civilian advisers aggravated the crisis by transforming themselves into sycophants. Rather than encourage their respective leader on each side of the conflict to consider a cease-fire, they massaged their egos and spurred them on to ever-escalating hostility”

I doubt that most of those who use Achebe’s book to justify any of the things that the neo-Biafran agitators have been saying or doing have actually read the book. And if they did, they certainly did not read passages like the above in quote. And if they did read them, they certainly did not understand them. Otherwise, in the above passage, Achebe drew our attention to the danger of poor-quality leadership in moments of conflict. During the civil war, Nigeria and Biafra were led by men in their early 30s, who lacked maturity that usually comes with age and experience. Driven by their egos, they did not care about the lives wasted. Driven by their youthful exuberances, they did not understand the importance of restraint as the ultimate expression of strength. Though Achebe did not say this, I personally hold Ojukwu more responsible for the failure of restraint because the three million lives lost came from his people. He lost more than Gowon. So, he must bear greater responsibility for the failure of restraint as a measure of strength.


In the neo-Biafran movement, we see, though at infantile levels, the same sort of ego-tripping, sycophancy and tendency to push for conflict instead of restraint. We have in Nnamdi Kanu a man obsessed with power and a magnet of sycophants. This is seen in the many images he has of himself – the Supreme Commander, the Prophet, the Savior, Ohamadike, Onyendu, etc. He publicly referred to his movement as the Class of 2021, in comparison with Ojukwu’s administration which he referred to as the Class of 1967. He publicly boasted that he was a very powerful man who had the power to choose who would live and who would die. Indeed, Nnamdi Kanu’s megalomania reached the point of acute mental health crisis. Yet, the ego-massagers massaged his ego to no end.

Again, I insist that the Igbos, especially the Igbo youths, should be properly educated and properly oriented. From what I have seen in the past three years, there could be a war again and the Igbos will lose again, and this time, maybe worse than the last time. Human conflict takes emotions to start and brains to resolve. The problem is that the emotions come before the brains. But if we can bring in the brains to bear early in the process, war will be avoided and lives saved. All I have done in my many posts on Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB was to bring the brains to bear early in the chain of events so we can avoid violence and bloodshed.

mrvitalis:
It's only in Nigeria that people asking for justice is frown upon by onlookers

What are the igbos asking for ? Is it their right ? Are they trying to impose on others ?

Igbos say we want biafra u say they want to drag other Tribes with them now igbos told u they want Igbo nation with every Igbo sub group that accept they are Igbo ..you are here attacking the aggressor

Now let me educate ...igbos lost that war because of to things

Lack of protein ( That is covered today) , poultry and fish farming have made that weapon void even with piggery in northern Igbo

Two
Lack of lead to produce bullets ...now we have lead in every igbo state and producing bullets won't be hard


Should the war happen again not even sultan's palace is safe trust me ..$30k can get u a rocket that can sink sultan's palace with easy

If what we are fighting for is unjust then we would lose but if it's just then we Shall win because this time u either kill all of us ( which is impossible ) or we win

No part of Nigeria would be safe if war is declared that's what u can take to the bank

gidgiddy:
How does someone with any self worth call fighting fir freedom, a mistake? Freedom is one of the most honorable things any human being, or people, can aspire to, or fight for

Only someone suffering from slave mentality will call freedom fighting a mistake

Also, anyone who blames Ojukwu for the war should go and read about the Aburi agreement, and who broke the agreement

xborr:
MANY THINGS OUR YOUNG READERS IGNORE ABOUT THE BIAFRA CIVIL WAR
(By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire)
Movement for peaceful change (MPC)

https://trendsdynamics..com/2021/11/many-things-our-young-readers-ignore.html?m=1

I often run into Igbos who would like to refer to the Achebe’s book “There Was A Country”, as their argument in support of the view that Biafra as a country is still a realizable and desirable objective. I shake in frustration whenever I read such ignorant position. I have been very close to the book in question. It was written by Achebe and published after Achebe had been my client for about seven years. I wouldn’t say that I knew the rich and complex mind of a man like Achebe. But I can tell that he could not have held the views wrongly attributed to him based on a misreading of his book.

However, recently, I made the book one of the few books I keep on my desk at any given time so I can read them each moment I am free. I was reading the book this morning as I gradually made it out of bed. Of course, there are numerous passages in that book that are deeply thought provoking, which should not be a surprise given that it was written by one of the best writers in human history. In page 124 of that book, Achebe wrote:

“There are a few other factors that merit consideration. There was an obsessive tendency by both belligerents - Gowon and Ojukwu – to seek positions of strength and avoid looking weak throughout the conflict. I am not referring to the propaganda statements, however over the top, which one expects in times of war, but to the ego-driven policies that were clearly not about the conflict at hand. Some of Ojukwu’s and Gowon’s civilian advisers aggravated the crisis by transforming themselves into sycophants. Rather than encourage their respective leader on each side of the conflict to consider a cease-fire, they massaged their egos and spurred them on to ever-escalating hostility”

I doubt that most of those who use Achebe’s book to justify any of the things that the neo-Biafran agitators have been saying or doing have actually read the book. And if they did, they certainly did not read passages like the above in quote. And if they did read them, they certainly did not understand them. Otherwise, in the above passage, Achebe drew our attention to the danger of poor-quality leadership in moments of conflict. During the civil war, Nigeria and Biafra were led by men in their early 30s, who lacked maturity that usually comes with age and experience. Driven by their egos, they did not care about the lives wasted. Driven by their youthful exuberances, they did not understand the importance of restraint as the ultimate expression of strength. Though Achebe did not say this, I personally hold Ojukwu more responsible for the failure of restraint because the three million lives lost came from his people. He lost more than Gowon. So, he must bear greater responsibility for the failure of restraint as a measure of strength.


In the neo-Biafran movement, we see, though at infantile levels, the same sort of ego-tripping, sycophancy and tendency to push for conflict instead of restraint. We have in Nnamdi Kanu a man obsessed with power and a magnet of sycophants. This is seen in the many images he has of himself – the Supreme Commander, the Prophet, the Savior, Ohamadike, Onyendu, etc. He publicly referred to his movement as the Class of 2021, in comparison with Ojukwu’s administration which he referred to as the Class of 1967. He publicly boasted that he was a very powerful man who had the power to choose who would live and who would die. Indeed, Nnamdi Kanu’s megalomania reached the point of acute mental health crisis. Yet, the ego-massagers massaged his ego to no end.

Again, I insist that the Igbos, especially the Igbo youths, should be properly educated and properly oriented. From what I have seen in the past three years, there could be a war again and the Igbos will lose again, and this time, maybe worse than the last time. Human conflict takes emotions to start and brains to resolve. The problem is that the emotions come before the brains. But if we can bring in the brains to bear early in the process, war will be avoided and lives saved. All I have done in my many posts on Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB was to bring the brains to bear early in the chain of events so we can avoid violence and bloodshed.

mrvitalis:
It's only in Nigeria that people asking for justice is frown upon by onlookers

What are the igbos asking for ? Is it their right ? Are they trying to impose on others ?

Igbos say we want biafra u say they want to drag other Tribes with them now igbos told u they want Igbo nation with every Igbo sub group that accept they are Igbo ..you are here attacking the aggressor

Now let me educate ...igbos lost that war because of to things

Lack of protein ( That is covered today) , poultry and fish farming have made that weapon void even with piggery in northern Igbo

Two
Lack of lead to produce bullets ...now we have lead in every igbo state and producing bullets won't be hard


Should the war happen again not even sultan's palace is safe trust me ..$30k can get u a rocket that can sink sultan's palace with easy

If what we are fighting for is unjust then we would lose but if it's just then we Shall win because this time u either kill all of us ( which is impossible ) or we win

No part of Nigeria would be safe if war is declared that's what u can take to the bank

mrvitalis:
We igbos just want to control our resources and police ourselves ...if you think that's too much to ask and you want to fight us then be ready because u guys won't believe what would happen this time

If u think ESN are a problem then you don't know what's coming

When the igbo revolution starts the world would know this na just small child's play

gidgiddy:
How does someone with any self worth call fighting fir freedom, a mistake? Freedom is one of the most honorable things any human being, or people, can aspire to, or fight for

Only someone suffering from slave mentality will call freedom fighting a mistake

Also, anyone who blames Ojukwu for the war should go and read about the Aburi agreement, and who broke the agreement