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Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by gidgiddy: 2:57pm On Dec 02, 2022
The cracks in the foundation of Nigeria started to appear almost as soon the British granted Nigeria independence in 1960. Operation Wetie(1962), marshal declared in the Western Region (1963), the census crises of 1963, the disastrous elections of 1964 and the all round violence of 1965. 1966 was worse, there was a coup, counter-coup, hundreds of officers were killed and a pogrom led to thousands of people being murdered, mainly Igbos

But far much worse was to come the following year in 1967 as Nigeria would descend into a civil war that would clam millions of lives.

Six events would occured in 1967 that led to war

1. January 4th 1967: - The Military Head Of State Of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, hosts Gowon and Ojukwu at his Hill top Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, to find peace. Gowon and Ojukwu reach a 12 point agreement that effectively turns Nigeria into a confederation of 4 Regions. The agreement came to be known as the "Aburi Accord" . Item Seven of the accord said - "The four Regional structure of Nigeria is not to be changed during the period of military rule without the concurrence of all four military Governors of the four Regions"

2. May 26th 1967: - Gowon breaks the Aburi Accord by promulgating Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 brand new states and ended resource control, without concurrence of any military Governor

3. May 27th 1967:- Finding this unacceptable,
Ojukwu summons the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum, a body comprising all the heads of provinces and Chiefs of the Eastern Region. Ojukwu asks them to advice him on the way foward following Gowon's Decree 14

4. May 29th 1967 :- After debating for two days and voting on the issue, the forum advices Ojukwu, via a public communique, that since Gowon chose to violate the Aburi Accord, Ojukwu should declare the Eastern Region a separate country at the "earliest practical date". The head of the Yenagoa province, an Ijaw man called Frank Opigo, suggests the name "Biafra" as the name of the new country

5. 30th May 1967 : - Ojukwu declares the Eastern Region a new country to be known as the "Republic Of Biafra". Wild joy envelops the Eastern Region, Ojukwu is sworn in as the new  country's President


6. 6th June 1967 :- Gowon declares "Police Action" against the breakaway Eastern Region, now known as Biafra.

On 5th July 1967, the Nigerian Army fires shells at Gakem, a Biafran border town in present day cross River State. Biafran troops there dig in and return fire. The war begins

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Pipefitter: 3:13pm On Dec 02, 2022
Gowon didn't keep to his part of agreement

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Captain8(m): 4:24am On Dec 03, 2022
gidgiddy:
The cracks in the foundation of Nigeria started to appear almost as soon the British granted Nigeria independence in 1960. Operation Wetie(1962), marshal declared in the Western Region (1963), the census crises of 1963, the disastrous elections of 1964 and the all round violence of 1965. 1966 was worse, there was a coup, counter-coup, hundreds of officers were killed and a pogrom led to thousands of people being murdered, mainly Igbos

But far much worse was to come the following year in 1967 as Nigeria would descend into a civil war that would clam millions of lives.

Six events would occured in 1967 that led to war

1. January 4th 1967: - The Military Head Of State Of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, hosts Gowon and Ojukwu at his Hill top Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, to find peace. Gowon and Ojukwu reach a 12 point agreement that effectively turns Nigeria into a confederation of 4 Regions. The agreement came to be known as the "Aburi Accord" . Item Seven of the accord said - "The four Regional structure of Nigeria is not to be changed during the period of military rule without the concurrence of all four military Governors of the four Regions"

2. May 26th 1967: - Gowon breaks the Aburi Accord by promulgating Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 brand new states and ended resource control, without concurrence of any military Governor

3. May 27th 1967:- Finding this unacceptable,
Ojukwu summons the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum, a body comprising all the heads of provinces and Chiefs of the Eastern Region. Ojukwu asks them to advice him on the way foward following Gowon's Decree 14

4. May 29th 1967 :- After debating for two days and voting on the issue, the forum advices Ojukwu, via a public communique, that since Gowon chose to violate the Aburi Accord, Ojukwu should declare the Eastern Region a separate country at the "earliest practical date". The head of the Yenagoa province, an Ijaw man called Frank Opigo, suggests the name "Biafra" as the name of the new country

5. 30th May 1967 : - Ojukwu declares the Eastern Region a new country to be known as the "Republic Of Biafra". Wild joy envelops the Eastern Region, Ojukwu is sworn in as the new  country's President


6. 6th June 1967 :- Gowon declares "Police Action" against the breakaway Eastern Region, now known as Biafra.

On 5th July 1967, the Nigerian Army fires shells at Gakem, a Biafran border town in present day cross River State. Biafran troops there dig in and return fire. The war begins


Ijaw is not biafra

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by ZKOSOSO(m): 5:00am On Dec 03, 2022
Same Gowon would later discover that the Sultanate of Sokoto pushing him with Northern agenda were actually pro-Danfodio Islamic Fronts of Fulanis invasion of the country. He was Used and Dumped. Humiliated by Fulanis agenda through Murtala coup of 1976 that Ousted him from power.
Since that 1976, the Christian North started their own humiliation and persecution from same Fulanis they fought ti defend till date.
Whenever the non Muslims Northern tried to get some freedom, it backfired. Dimkat coup 1977. Orka coup 1990, Vatsa coup 1989, and the rest were all middle belt revolt against the Hausafulanikanuri Muslims oppression on the rest of the country. BuhariAPC is the new face of the Danfodian Islamic Fronts till date.
Peter Obi is viewed by the Supremacists as the face of a new THREAT

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Buhari4sale: 5:56am On Dec 03, 2022
Na that dem suppose don end Nigeria
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by aylive02(m): 6:18am On Dec 03, 2022
grin


Six things that will happen in six weeks before the àgbàdo master will make a move for oduduwa republic to emerge after turning a blind eye to what Igboho has been agitating for.


1. Àgbàdo master will lose
2. Àgbàdo master will lose
3. Àgbàdo master will lose
4. Àgbàdo master will lose
5. Àgbàdo master will lose
5. Àgbàdo master will lose

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by omajih: 11:56am On Dec 04, 2022
gidgiddy:
The cracks in the foundation of Nigeria started to appear almost as soon the British granted Nigeria independence in 1960. Operation Wetie(1962), marshal declared in the Western Region (1963), the census crises of 1963, the disastrous elections of 1964 and the all round violence of 1965. 1966 was worse, there was a coup, counter-coup, hundreds of officers were killed and a pogrom led to thousands of people being murdered, mainly Igbos

But far much worse was to come the following year in 1967 as Nigeria would descend into a civil war that would clam millions of lives.

Six events would occured in 1967 that led to war

1. January 4th 1967: - The Military Head Of State Of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, hosts Gowon and Ojukwu at his Hill top Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, to find peace. Gowon and Ojukwu reach a 12 point agreement that effectively turns Nigeria into a confederation of 4 Regions. The agreement came to be known as the "Aburi Accord" . Item Seven of the accord said - "The four Regional structure of Nigeria is not to be changed during the period of military rule without the concurrence of all four military Governors of the four Regions"

2. May 26th 1967: - Gowon breaks the Aburi Accord by promulgating Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 brand new states and ended resource control, without concurrence of any military Governor

3. May 27th 1967:- Finding this unacceptable,
Ojukwu summons the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum, a body comprising all the heads of provinces and Chiefs of the Eastern Region. Ojukwu asks them to advice him on the way foward following Gowon's Decree 14

4. May 29th 1967 :- After debating for two days and voting on the issue, the forum advices Ojukwu, via a public communique, that since Gowon chose to violate the Aburi Accord, Ojukwu should declare the Eastern Region a separate country at the "earliest practical date". The head of the Yenagoa province, an Ijaw man called Frank Opigo, suggests the name "Biafra" as the name of the new country

5. 30th May 1967 : - Ojukwu declares the Eastern Region a new country to be known as the "Republic Of Biafra". Wild joy envelops the Eastern Region, Ojukwu is sworn in as the new  country's President


6. 6th June 1967 :- Gowon declares "Police Action" against the breakaway Eastern Region, now known as Biafra.

On 5th July 1967, the Nigerian Army fires shells at Gakem, a Biafran border town in present day cross River State. Biafran troops there dig in and return fire. The war begins


The country is still suffering dearly for that singular action since then

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by adecz: 12:29pm On Dec 04, 2022
When Igbo people make up posts
about what led to the civil war, they
always, avoid the details of the January 1966
Igbo coup.


They fail to mention that the real cause
of the war happened on that January
morning, when Igbo soldiers of Eastern and
Midwestern extraction went about a
well planned action of killing all the
political and military leaders of northern
extraction in one single night. Yoruba
political and military officers were also not spared.


They did this without touching a single
Igbo politician or military leader.


⏩Ahmadu Bello North Premier (N200 note)
⏩Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister(N5 note)
⏩Akintola Western Region Premier
⏩Brig Maimalari (Top ranking North military man)

And dozens of other Northerners were
killed by Igbo soldiers and Igbo expect
that the north will just keep quiet.



If the 1966 coup didn't happen, no
Civil war would have occurred.


Without provocation,You go to a
neighboring village and kill all their
Chiefs and they later come on a revenge
mission and kill all your men and children
and you you are now complaining to
the whole world that your children and
men were killed without mentioning that it
was your own people who started the conflict.

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by esnbrutality: 12:33pm On Dec 04, 2022
First Picture.......Respect to the Flag 11

Second Picture: Even after rebranding the "Naira" is still useless.

Third Picture: Graduates and people with a clean mindset "hold the Flag" with PRIDE!!


Oya, Agbado miscreants come and lament!!

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by esnbrutality: 12:37pm On Dec 04, 2022
Before you type ,,THINK AND READ before making a compound foool of ya sef.

I ask you this question:

If the Coup caused the BIAFRAN WAR....why did Subsequent Coups NOT result to WARS??
3 coups took place after the BIAFRAN war ended, why wasnt there a WAR??

I repeat...before you Type...READ and dont expose YA foolishness.



adecz:



When Igbo people make up posts
about what led to the civil war, they
always, avoid the details of the January 1966
Igbo coup.


They fail to mention that the real cause
of the war happened on that January
morning, when Igbo soldiers of Eastern and
Midwestern extraction went about a
well planned action of killing all the
political and military leaders of northern
extraction in one single night. Yoruba
political and military officers were also not spared.


They did this without touching a single
Igbo politician or military leader.


⏩Ahmadu Bello North Premier (N200 note)
⏩Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister(N5 note)
⏩Akintola Western Region Premier
⏩Brig Maimalari (Top ranking North military man)

And dozens of other Northerners were
killed by Igbo soldiers and Igbo expect
that the north will just keep quiet.



If the 1966 coup didn't happen, no
Civil war would have occurred.


Without provocation,You go to a
neighboring village and kill all their
Chiefs and they later come on a revenge
mission and kill all your men and children
and you you are now complaining to
the whole world that your children and
men were killed without mentioning that it
was your own people who started the conflict.

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by lexylaw40: 12:38pm On Dec 04, 2022
IGBOS are savages and up till date some of this people still practice cannibalism

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by gartamanta: 12:45pm On Dec 04, 2022
adecz:



When Igbo people make up posts
about what led to the civil war, they
always, avoid the details of the January 1966
Igbo coup.


They fail to mention that the real cause
of the war happened on that January
morning, when Igbo soldiers of Eastern and
Midwestern extraction went about a
well planned action of killing all the
political and military leaders of northern
extraction in one single night. Yoruba
political and military officers were also not spared.


They did this without touching a single
Igbo politician or military leader.


⏩Ahmadu Bello North Premier (N200 note)
⏩Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister(N5 note)
⏩Akintola Western Region Premier
⏩Brig Maimalari (Top ranking North military man)

And dozens of other Northerners were
killed by Igbo soldiers and Igbo expect
that the north will just keep quiet.



If the 1966 coup didn't happen, no
Civil war would have occurred.


Without provocation,You go to a
neighboring village and kill all their
Chiefs and they later come on a revenge
mission and kill all your men and children
and you you are now complaining to
the whole world that your children and
men were killed without mentioning that it
was your own people who started the conflict.

What you are calling Igbo coup happened 18 months before the war started. It was not what started the war, otherwise, it would not take 18 months to start

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Thinkfree(m): 1:22pm On Dec 04, 2022
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esnbrutality:
Before you type ,,THINK AND READ before making a compound foool of ya sef.

I ask you this question:

If the Coup caused the BIAFRAN WAR....why did Subsequent Coups NOT result to WARS??
3 coups took place after the BIAFRAN war ended, why wasnt there a WAR?? Because it was mostly regional.

I repeat...before you Type...READ and dont expose YA foolishness.



because it was mostly regional and was not as brutal as the one sponsored and executed by the BIAFRANs against north

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by esnbrutality: 1:28pm On Dec 04, 2022
When you type...read, before you make a compound fool of ya sef.

That is all i have to say.



Thinkfree:
[img][/img]because it was mostly regional and was not as brutal as the one sponsored and executed by the BIAFRANs against north
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Superwave16320: 1:29pm On Dec 04, 2022
Did the cursed igbos that slaughtered the prime minister, premier of west n north region keep to the agreement, allegiance oath swore to uphold the constitution ? If they did not why should others keep to agreement with you as well or you fools think your cursed miserable wretched souls can pick date that suit your foolishness to demand equity n justice without granting same to other Nigerians

Who will pay for the killing of Tafawa Balewa the prime minister of Nigeria, the premier of Northern n Western region before we start chasing shadows or the Aburi according is more important than the constitution all Nigeria sworn to adhere.


Pipefitter:
Gowon didn't keep to his part of agreement

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by factcheckmmm: 1:45pm On Dec 04, 2022
Captain8:
Ijaw is not biafra

Mad madder maddest

Cry a sea and no longer a River
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Thinkfree(m): 2:04pm On Dec 04, 2022
esnbrutality:
When you type...read, before you make a compound fool of ya sef.

That is all i have to say.



the insult doesn't changed the fact that your grandparents got what they deserved in that three years

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by esnbrutality: 2:17pm On Dec 04, 2022
Can you repeat it again ?? We are eagerly waiting for you to start again.
What happened to the Python??...why is it not dancing again??
Our parents and gran-parents died., i agree.
But did it stop the agitation?
You are a "learner"....watch as events unfold...spits!


Thinkfree:
the insult doesn't changed the fact that your grandparents got what they deserved in that three years
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by adecz: 3:01pm On Dec 04, 2022
esnbrutality:
Before you type ,,THINK AND READ before making a compound foool of ya sef.

I ask you this question:

If the Coup caused the BIAFRAN WAR....why did Subsequent Coups NOT result to WARS??
3 coups took place after the BIAFRAN war ended, why wasnt there a WAR??

I repeat...before you Type...READ and dont expose YA foolishness.




Only an IPOBIAN, specifically from
Anambra state can reason the way you
reason.

Trying to make a person of low education
or intellectual capacity understand
something is an attempt in futility. It's
just like sitting your two year old child
down and trying to explain to him that
Peter Obi is a congenital, liar whose
disease is warehoused in his medulla
oblongata ..☹️☹️☹️
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Cantonese: 3:04pm On Dec 04, 2022
gidgiddy:
The cracks in the foundation of Nigeria started to appear almost as soon the British granted Nigeria independence in 1960. Operation Wetie(1962), marshal declared in the Western Region (1963), the census crises of 1963, the disastrous elections of 1964 and the all round violence of 1965. 1966 was worse, there was a coup, counter-coup, hundreds of officers were killed and a pogrom led to thousands of people being murdered, mainly Igbos

But far much worse was to come the following year in 1967 as Nigeria would descend into a civil war that would clam millions of lives.

Six events would occured in 1967 that led to war

1. January 4th 1967: - The Military Head Of State Of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, hosts Gowon and Ojukwu at his Hill top Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, to find peace. Gowon and Ojukwu reach a 12 point agreement that effectively turns Nigeria into a confederation of 4 Regions. The agreement came to be known as the "Aburi Accord" . Item Seven of the accord said - "The four Regional structure of Nigeria is not to be changed during the period of military rule without the concurrence of all four military Governors of the four Regions"

2. May 26th 1967: - Gowon breaks the Aburi Accord by promulgating Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 brand new states and ended resource control, without concurrence of any military Governor

3. May 27th 1967:- Finding this unacceptable,
Ojukwu summons the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum, a body comprising all the heads of provinces and Chiefs of the Eastern Region. Ojukwu asks them to advice him on the way foward following Gowon's Decree 14

4. May 29th 1967 :- After debating for two days and voting on the issue, the forum advices Ojukwu, via a public communique, that since Gowon chose to violate the Aburi Accord, Ojukwu should declare the Eastern Region a separate country at the "earliest practical date". The head of the Yenagoa province, an Ijaw man called Frank Opigo, suggests the name "Biafra" as the name of the new country

5. 30th May 1967 : - Ojukwu declares the Eastern Region a new country to be known as the "Republic Of Biafra". Wild joy envelops the Eastern Region, Ojukwu is sworn in as the new  country's President


6. 6th June 1967 :- Gowon declares "Police Action" against the breakaway Eastern Region, now known as Biafra.

On 5th July 1967, the Nigerian Army fires shells at Gakem, a Biafran border town in present day cross River State. Biafran troops there dig in and return fire. The war begins



Correct.
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Cantonese: 3:09pm On Dec 04, 2022
Captain8:
Ijaw is not biafra

But an Ijaw man declared the name. Today, Asari Dokubo campaigns and hopes for Biafra to be achieved. Is Asari Dokubo not an Ijaw person?
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by esnbrutality: 3:14pm On Dec 04, 2022
I will not forgive you, as you are uselessly foolish...spits angry angry angry angry

adecz:
I appreciate that i am very foolish and extremely senile. I also appreciate that BIAFRA will expose how, useless me and my , useless grandfathers have made Nigeria a shyt-hole. I know that if BIAFRA comes , i will die a miserable death, because heartaches and hunger will kee me. I wish , this will make you forgive me. @esnbrutality, please forgive me, as most of my thought are based on my foolish upbringing.
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Pipefitter: 3:41pm On Dec 04, 2022
Superwave16320:
Did the cursed igbos the slaughtered the prime minister, premier of west n north region keep to the agreement n allegiance to swore an oath to ? If they did not why should other keep to agreement with you as well or you fools think your cursed miserable wretched souls can pick date that suit your foolishness to demand equity n justice.

Who will pay for the killing of Tafawa Balewa the prime minister of Nigeria, the premier of Northern n Western region before we start chasing shadows or the Aburi according is more important to the constitution all Nigeria sworn to adhere.


I don't get you, reply me again without the negative vibes
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by 666Advocate: 3:59pm On Dec 04, 2022
Cantonese:


But an Ijaw man declared the name. Today, Asari Dokubo campaigns and hopes for Biafra to be achieved. Is Asari Dokubo not an Ijaw person?

We Ijaws are for Ijaw Republic.

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by DesChyko: 4:13pm On Dec 04, 2022
adecz:

..when Igbo soldiers of Eastern and Midwestern extraction went about a well planned action of killing all the political and military leaders of northern extraction in one single night. Yoruba political and military officers were also not spared...
From the way your post was originally arranged, it looks like you lifted it from a PDF document. Let me try to locate that document source by searching for these words.

A name stood out as one of the key planners of the 1966 coup.. Major Adewale Ademoyega. That is definitely not an Igbo soldier.

What's more, if you shine more light on the coup details, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu was Igbo only by ancestry. He lived and identified himself as a Northerner. What's more? Who foiled the coup attempts? Ironsi, Ojukwu, Nwawo, Madiebo, Keshi and co., All Igbo Officers. Their reward? The first victims of the coup that brought Gowon into power were Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Okonweze, the Garrison Commander, Major John Obienu, all Igbos. As well as the countless Igbo soldiers and civilians massacred all around the country henceforth.
Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by adekolaelect(m): 7:29pm On Dec 04, 2022
aylive02:
grin


Six things that will happen in six weeks before the àgbàdo master will make a move for oduduwa republic to emerge after turning a blind eye to what Igboho has been agitating for.


1. Àgbàdo master will lose
2. Àgbàdo master will lose
3. Àgbàdo master will lose
4. Àgbàdo master will lose
5. Àgbàdo master will lose
5. Àgbàdo master will lose
you better calm down for you to hold the sock when Tinubu becomes the president.

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Captain8(m): 2:27pm On Dec 20, 2022
Cantonese:


But an Ijaw man declared the name. Today, Asari Dokubo campaigns and hopes for Biafra to be achieved. Is Asari Dokubo not an Ijaw person?
Asari is no longer a campaigning for biafra again, the Ijaw Nation have called him to order.. Ijaw has never been buafra before and will never be..

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by Captain8(m): 2:28pm On Dec 20, 2022
factcheckmmm:


Mad madder maddest

Cry a sea and no longer a River
we are not biafra, you can go and die..

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by BATified2023: 2:35pm On Dec 20, 2022
gidgiddy:
The cracks in the foundation of Nigeria started to appear almost as soon the British granted Nigeria independence in 1960. Operation Wetie(1962), marshal declared in the Western Region (1963), the census crises of 1963, the disastrous elections of 1964 and the all round violence of 1965. 1966 was worse, there was a coup, counter-coup, hundreds of officers were killed and a pogrom led to thousands of people being murdered, mainly Igbos

But far much worse was to come the following year in 1967 as Nigeria would descend into a civil war that would clam millions of lives.

Six events would occured in 1967 that led to war

1. January 4th 1967: - The Military Head Of State Of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, hosts Gowon and Ojukwu at his Hill top Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, to find peace. Gowon and Ojukwu reach a 12 point agreement that effectively turns Nigeria into a confederation of 4 Regions. The agreement came to be known as the "Aburi Accord" . Item Seven of the accord said - "The four Regional structure of Nigeria is not to be changed during the period of military rule without the concurrence of all four military Governors of the four Regions"

2. May 26th 1967: - Gowon breaks the Aburi Accord by promulgating Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 brand new states and ended resource control, without concurrence of any military Governor

3. May 27th 1967:- Finding this unacceptable,
Ojukwu summons the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum, a body comprising all the heads of provinces and Chiefs of the Eastern Region. Ojukwu asks them to advice him on the way foward following Gowon's Decree 14

4. May 29th 1967 :- After debating for two days and voting on the issue, the forum advices Ojukwu, via a public communique, that since Gowon chose to violate the Aburi Accord, Ojukwu should declare the Eastern Region a separate country at the "earliest practical date". The head of the Yenagoa province, an Ijaw man called Frank Opigo, suggests the name "Biafra" as the name of the new country

5. 30th May 1967 : - Ojukwu declares the Eastern Region a new country to be known as the "Republic Of Biafra". Wild joy envelops the Eastern Region, Ojukwu is sworn in as the new  country's President


6. 6th June 1967 :- Gowon declares "Police Action" against the breakaway Eastern Region, now known as Biafra.

On 5th July 1967, the Nigerian Army fires shells at Gakem, a Biafran border town in present day cross River State. Biafran troops there dig in and return fire. The war begins


what do u have to say about d case of adaka baro n ojukwu?

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by BATified2023: 2:37pm On Dec 20, 2022
esnbrutality:
Before you type ,,THINK AND READ before making a compound foool of ya sef.

I ask you this question:

If the Coup caused the BIAFRAN WAR....why did Subsequent Coups NOT result to WARS??
3 coups took place after the BIAFRAN war ended, why wasnt there a WAR??

I repeat...before you Type...READ and dont expose YA foolishness.



y did igbos kill all tribe leaders without killing their own?

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Re: Six Things That Happened In Six Months Which Led To The Biafran War by kettykin: 2:38pm On Dec 20, 2022
The only agreement Nigeria has kept since inception without any protests was the agreement giving bakassi peninsula to Cameroon

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