₦airaland Forum

The director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has described the comment of former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, regarding the Biafra war as disgraceful.

Amadi said the Biafra war prosecuted by Gown was needless and showed lack of wisdom.

Posting on social media, the sociopolitical analyst accused Gowon of seeing the civil war as an achievement.

He wrote: “What’s bad about Gowon’s comment is that he thinks prosecuting a civil war an achievement. It is actually a monumental failure that a nation went to war under his watch. To be proud of that failure is disgraceful.

“The war was needless, infantile and evidence of lack of wisdom.”

Gowon, who ruled Nigeria between 1966 and 1975, had recalled how they said he could not prosecute the civil war because he was slow.

Addressing journalists after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, Gowon said, “If I can remember, when I was fighting the war I was told I was too slow and that probably Nigeria cannot make it and that we should now seek for discussion. Well, did we do it or not? They probably do not know the problem underground so that is where we are.”

Chukwuka319:
Am unapologetic Igbo but I must be brutally honest.Anyone with insults can direct them to his or her ancestors, and generation unborn.
Why are they harassing Gowon? He spoke the truth about the civil war.
Gowon never wanted the war to break out and sought peaceful means of settlement,but Ojukwu was reckless,rash and too eager to pull Igbos out of Nigeria.
Well Gowon is still alive, healthy and bubbling in good health, while Ojukwu the war lord has long ago passed to the other Side.
And Gowon is older than Ojukwu.
Irony of life.

Ebinpiawazuu:
Amadi said the Biafra war prosecuted by Gowon was needless and showed lack of wisdom.

https://dailypost.ng/2024/02/23/biafra-war-your-comment-disgraceful-shows-lack-of-wisdom-sam-amadi-knocks-gowon/

Chukwuka319:
Am unapologetic Igbo but I must be brutally honest.Anyone with insults can direct them to his or her ancestors, and generation unborn.
Why are they harassing Gowon? He spoke the truth about the civil war.
Gowon never wanted the war to break out and sought peaceful means of settlement,but Ojukwu was reckless,rash and too eager to pull Igbos out of Nigeria.
Well Gowon is still alive, healthy and bubbling in good health, while Ojukwu the war lord has long ago passed to the other Side.
And Gowon is older than Ojukwu.
Irony of life.

agabusta:
Your brothers are coming for you.

Biafrannuke:
It is called Biafran blackmail. Nizoorians are held captive by blackmailing elites. Anytime the complain or threaten to dislodge the elites, they are accused of organizing separatism.

cally10:
While igbo people are way better off than Gowon people... the people he claimed to maimed are the one speaking against fulani onslaughts against his poeple of plateau today.
The irony of life

Slytiger:
The emergency lovers of Nigeria have gone back to hating Nigeria. LMAO.

Biafrannuke:
laugh 'cos the upcoming winter won't be funny.

Slytiger:
The war wasn't needless. If the ibos had taken only their igboland, they would have likely succeeded. But the encroachment into other minorities land made the war mandatory.

Chukwuka319:
Am unapologetic Igbo but I must be brutally honest.Anyone with insults can direct them to his or her ancestors, and generation unborn.
Why are they harassing Gowon? He spoke the truth about the civil war.
Gowon never wanted the war to break out and sought peaceful means of settlement,but Ojukwu was reckless,rash and too eager to pull Igbos out of Nigeria.
Well Gowon is still alive, healthy and bubbling in good health, while Ojukwu the war lord has long ago passed to the other Side.
And Gowon is older than Ojukwu.
Irony of life.

SpartaOfLagos:
Gowon is a stupid old man who shoulda been jailed for killing children of South East in the civil war

Gowon will never end well

cally10:
While igbo people are way better off than Gowon people... the people he claimed to maimed are the one speaking against fulani onslaughts against his poeple of plateau today.
The irony of life

Ola9ja23:
This people would not fight without grabbing lands.

They had Lagos and other SW regions in mind that's why Yoruba besieged them at Ore and finished the cowards

Chukwuka319:
Am unapologetic Igbo but I must be brutally honest.Anyone with insults can direct them to his or her ancestors, and generation unborn.
Why are they harassing Gowon? He spoke the truth about the civil war.
Gowon never wanted the war to break out and sought peaceful means of settlement,but Ojukwu was reckless,rash and too eager to pull Igbos out of Nigeria.
Well Gowon is still alive, healthy and bubbling in good health, while Ojukwu the war lord has long ago passed to the other Side.
And Gowon is older than Ojukwu.
Irony of life.

Roger3D:
Gowon was not to blame for the civil war. The events that led to that tragedy were well out of his control. Most Nigerians don't read history books nowadays preferring to rather get their facts from social media and people like Mr Amadi and co.

Chukwuka319:
Ahhh! So that's how empty your coconut head is ?
Ewoo! I will fill it up with mud and stones.

ScamHunter:
What was out of his control? That he had no mental acuity to understand what an agreement was? Or that he needed the British to think for him even after signing an agreement? Which book did you read?

SpartaOfLagos:
Gowon is a stupid old man who shoulda been jailed for killing children of South East in the civil war

Gowon will never end well