illicit:


Banjo stalled

They defeated Fed Army in the first battles but he didn't press forward because he has been in communication with some Yoruba leaders who spoke sense into his head not to turn our land into a killing field

He also let David Ejoor escape

The fed Army had enough chance and time to regroup....

Biafran elements among the Liberation Army reported to Ojukwu all that happened, they were ordered to arrest him and bring him to Biafra for treason

On his return to Benin...
He was arrested before he could pull the pistol under his pillow....

illicit:


Yeah sure

The Liberation Army was led by Banjo tho and it's more like they retreated

kettykin:


Victor banjo betrayed the liberation of Oduduwa

Paretomaster1:


Your Mumu Neva do

9japride:
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It seems you are a toddler? Your mind didn't tell you that Lagos was the seat of power of Nigeria at that time
It's war, so because Lagos being in western region was not left out in the civil war?
I don't know what you guys aim to achieve with all these low IQ threads being opened to troll the Igbos?
I believe the present political leaders we have today were once like you guys. Keep promoting hatred and expect love.

Rolings:


Lagos was FCT.
For any government to be taken over....the rebels have to take over the Capital city which is usually the seat of power.

Ventura1:
OP, that is one question I've always ask. He had already achieve his intentions of alienating SE region and forming Biafra.
Why is he attempting to capture Gowon in Lagos, when he knew he would trespass on other people's region? I think his action after passing and conquering Midwest reveal his real intention of conquest.

Raskimonojendor:

Where they asking to be liberated?

There was widespread hostility between Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw, and Itsekiri people against the occupying Ibo soldiers on their lands..Even the Benin that was captured only lasted for 24 hours, you now think you can liberate/capture a bigger Yoruba tribe that never asked for your help.

Whoever gave Ojukwu the option to go offensive on the Midwest and Western region instead of defending his carved out Biafra was not nice.

Davicl:


Your papa mumu nko?

Tunde835:
During the Biafran war the Biafran army took control of the Mid western region and declared it the republic of Benin and that was when the present day republic of Benin was called Dahomey. The local Ijaws, irhobos and ikweres denied wanting to be part of Biafra and poisoned the Biafran soldiers any chance they got. It got so bad that the Igbo soldiers had to prepare their meals themselves or to only eat food prepared from their fellow Igbos. The also formed rebel groups against the Biafran soldiers to show they didn't want to be part. The Biafran soldiers were planning to go west and capture Lagos until they were intercepted and stopped at Ore ondo state led by Colonel Oyinlade Iluyomade. My question is why were these people planning to over run Yoruba land?. These people didn't mean well for us. They said they wanted their own country but started attacking other regions instead. How is planning to attack Yoruba land relevant to Biafra. This also affirms the question of whether Igbos are terrorists.

Iamanoited:
GLORY TO AWOLOWO AND OBASANJO. THE IGBOS WANT TO CAPTURE SW BEFORE THEY APPROACH THE NORTH.

Tunde835:
During the Biafran war the Biafran army took control of the Mid western region and declared it the republic of Benin and that was when the present day republic of Benin was called Dahomey. The local Ijaws, irhobos and ikweres denied wanting to be part of Biafra and poisoned the Biafran soldiers any chance they got. It got so bad that the Igbo soldiers had to prepare their meals themselves or to only eat food prepared from their fellow Igbos. The also formed rebel groups against the Biafran soldiers to show they didn't want to be part. The Biafran soldiers were planning to go west and capture Lagos until they were intercepted and stopped at Ore ondo state led by Colonel Oyinlade Iluyomade. My question is why were these people planning to over run Yoruba land?. These people didn't mean well for us. They said they wanted their own country but started attacking other regions instead. How is planning to attack Yoruba land relevant to Biafra. This also affirms the question of whether Igbos are terrorists.

MrAgbako:
Obasanjo Finnish the Biafra army patapata😂😂😂

Raskimonojendor:

Where they asking to be liberated?

There was widespread hostility between Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw, and Itsekiri people against the occupying Ibo soldiers on their lands..Even the Benin that was captured only lasted for 24 hours, you now think you can liberate/capture a bigger Yoruba tribe that never asked for your help.

Whoever gave Ojukwu the option to go offensive on the Midwest and Western region instead of defending his carved out Biafra was not nice.

illicit:


He also let David Ejoor escape

nairalanda1:


Well, it was aimed at taking pressure off the Northern front.

At the begining of the war, the Nigerian army was focusing on Biafra's Northern borders. Midwest and West were out of the war.

By invading both regions, the Biafran army was gambling on taking pressure off the Northern front, as the invasion would have forced the Nigerian Army to deploy some troops away from the Northern front (in 1967, the Nigerian army had been decimated by the previous year's crisis)...to the West.

But as you know, man proposes...

illicit:


Yeah sure

The Liberation Army was led by Banjo tho and it's more like they retreated

nairalanda1:



The answer might be very interesting for you.


Two theories


1.To take pressure off the Northern front ...as the Nigerian Army was threatening Enugu at around the same time....and the Biafran army needed to take pressure off its Northern front...so they invaded the Midwest (which was neutral) and then the West (also neutral)...

Think that is a strange war motive? Germany in WW2 invaded neutral Netherlands, and Belgium to make their eventual attack on France and the UK easier. Neutrality be dammed.


2. Consider that the leader of the Biafran vanguard was Banjo...and consider that on arrival in Benin, they freed those of the five majors jailed there, who then joined the effort. Consider Nzeogewu was part of the Northern biafran defence....

Which leads to the theory that the Five Majors were planning to invade Lagos, dethrone Gowon, and then at the same time dethrone Ojukwu in the East and then complete the aims of January 15 1966 of a united, socialist, Nigeria.

Unfortunately it did not work out.

ozowarac:
Banjo retreated the Army because he is a Yoruba Man .

Iamanoited:
GLORY TO AWOLOWO AND OBASANJO. THE IGBOS WANT TO CAPTURE SW BEFORE THEY APPROACH THE NORTH.

Raskimonojendor:

Where they asking to be liberated?

There was widespread hostility between Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw, and Itsekiri people against the occupying Ibo soldiers on their lands..Even the Benin that was captured only lasted for 24 hours, you now think you can liberate/capture a bigger Yoruba tribe that never asked for your help.

Whoever gave Ojukwu the option to go offensive on the Midwest and Western region instead of defending his carved out Biafra was not nice.

Tunde835:
During the Biafran war the Biafran army took control of the Mid western region and declared it the republic of Benin and that was when the present day republic of Benin was called Dahomey. The local Ijaws, irhobos and ikweres denied wanting to be part of Biafra and poisoned the Biafran soldiers any chance they got. It got so bad that the Igbo soldiers had to prepare their meals themselves or to only eat food prepared from their fellow Igbos. The also formed rebel groups against the Biafran soldiers to show they didn't want to be part. The Biafran soldiers were planning to go west and capture Lagos until they were intercepted and stopped at Ore ondo state led by Colonel Oyinlade Iluyomade. My question is why were these people planning to over run Yoruba land?. These people didn't mean well for us. They said they wanted their own country but started attacking other regions instead. How is planning to attack Yoruba land relevant to Biafra. This also affirms the question of whether Igbos are terrorists.

illicit:
They wanted to capture Gowon in Lagos

PortHarcourtcit:
Tunde835, I'm a true son of Ikwerre land, those people are wicked they killed my grandfather because he refused to release my father for the war... They are threat to national UNITY... Pray you don't have them as close neighbors...

Tunde835:
Where is your father now. Do you mean refuse to release as a soldier?

PortHarcourtcit:
yes, and they forcefully took my dad away ... Luckily he escaped from them and came back home... My dad is late now...

Tunde835:
Where is your father now. Do you mean refuse to release as a soldier?