gidgiddy:


At the time, there was nothing called South South, the constitution of Nigeria still does not recognise anything called South South, even to this day. The only thing the constitution recognised back then is Eastern Region

gidgiddy:


Sir Louis Ojukwu adopted several children, however, Ojukwu was his only biological child

gidgiddy:


Then may be you should go and read what a bastard is for a bastard is one without parents, Ojukwu was loved and raised by both his parents

gidgiddy:
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a remarkable man. Despite being the only biological child of Sir Louis Ojukwu, once touted to be the richest man in West Africa, Ojukwu abandoned his father and joined the Nigerian Army. His father would not speak to him for 4 years.

Personally, I don't think anything could have prevented the civil war, Igbos were tired of Nigeria and were determined to fight their way out if possible.

But had Ojukwu stayed with his father, had the civil war not been fought, there's a good chance Ojukwu would have inherited his father's vast business empire. That would have catapulted him to being one of the richest men in Nigeria

Ojukwu was man who wasn't interested in money. For many years he lived in a modest Bungalow on Pioneer avenue, independence layout, Enugu. It wasn't untill his wife Bianca had children that he built a much bigger house in GRA Enugu and moved there, and he didn't like living in a big house.

thesicilian:

He's not lying. I read about him years ago in the book Emeka by Frederick Forsyth. He talked about how Ojukwu was honest and modest almost to a fault, and was driven to declare war because he felt he had no choice based on how the Igbos were being treated especially in the North. What I'll never forget most about that book was how Ojukwu was in a position of power in the military, directly responsible for procurement of weapons and equipment for the Nigerian Army, and Ojukwu was one of the very few people who chose to actually use that money for what it was budgeted for, instead of embezzling. It's ironic that it was those same weapons and equipment that were used against the Biafrans in the civil war, and had he embezzled most of the money like most army personnel do, there's no way the Nigerian Army would have defeated the Biafrans.

aswani:


The only place Ikemba would have survived was in the army.

Though a brilliant mind, he was stubborn and quick tempered growing up. He would not have lasted a day in business with those attributes.

jogojogo:


Stop this rubbish post please!!!!
Igbos were tired of what? Of a fire they started?

Uchek:
Ojukwu didn’t declare war. Stop parroting this false narrative.

Uchek:
Ojukwu didn’t declare war. Stop parroting this false narrative.

Artscollection:
He had a Brother whom i think is older than him. The
Man was a seasoned medical consultant at unth

onumadu:
There is a lesson in this Ojukwu story, and luckily his father Sir LPO Ojukwu saw it all.
That lesson has been learned by most Igbo top rich men these days and they would never repeat it.
What is the lesson?
That Nigeria is a FREE MEAL that you would be foolish not to partake in on moral grounds.
I stopped supporting Biafra after I came to this realization.
The smartest thing to do in Nigeria is to join the feeding frenzy, and out-hustle everybody by any means necessary.
You saw how Emilokan did it?
Igbo should stop being moralistic in Nigeria, talking about fairness and equity which is what obsessed Ekwueme to create "South south", and today some people there still hate Ekwueme and his people.
Had Ekwueme left things the way they were and use his old connections in the North to join the feeding frenzy, an Igbo person would have been president since.
I support that Nnamdi Kanu be released. But I would NEVER again support Igbo leaving Nigeria, at least not as long as there is loot to partake in looting.
Nigeria has almost limitless resources to loot: natural resources and human resources.
Why not Igbo use their God-given brains to garner as much loot as they can in Nigeria?
Why all these useless moralistic wars that get us nothing more than hate from others?
Makes no sense to me mehn.

Heavensent01:
Ojukwu is just one overzealousness man that want everything to himself, he doesn't welcome criticism and suggestion, Igbo should be greatful he didn't succeed with his useless war, all of you would have been a lifetime slave under the emperor


He protected his own families but sent your ancestors to untrained war, he even used little children that should be protected for the war because he had finished the able bodied men in his useless war


He lost the war, lost lives and still shamelessly returned to contest in a country that he got his people killed. Today the man is Igbo hero, Nnamdi kanu did same and a lot of lives were lost as well yet no Biafra, Simon ekpa did his own, lost lot of lives and VIP in East yet no Biafra


Igbbo should start making use of their God given brain instead of been driven by Emotions that can't stand the test of time.



If they can't get sth anyone that get it is their enemy. I'm even surprise Yoruba are not called betrayers as they do during Buhari era as if Yoruba socio group and ohaneze have a unanimous political agreemen

gidgiddy:
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a remarkable man. Despite being the only biological child of Sir Louis Ojukwu, once touted to be the richest man in West Africa, Ojukwu abandoned his father and joined the Nigerian Army. His father would not speak to him for 4 years.

Personally, I don't think anything could have prevented the civil war, Igbos were tired of Nigeria and were determined to fight their way out if possible.

But had Ojukwu stayed with his father, had the civil war not been fought, there's a good chance Ojukwu would have inherited his father's vast business empire. That would have catapulted him to being one of the richest men in Nigeria

Ojukwu was man who wasn't interested in money. For many years he lived in a modest Bungalow on Pioneer avenue, independence layout, Enugu. It wasn't untill his wife Bianca had children that he built a much bigger house in GRA Enugu and moved there, and he didn't like living in a big house.

Sapasenator:
Millions of innocent Igbos might be alive today if Ojukwu had not declared the senseless war.

Heavensent01:



Which moralistic politics are Igbo playing?


You mean uguwanyi and ikpeazu [/b]that did nothing but was reelected is moral?


[b]Uguwanyi that perform woefully still impose candidate on you people in Enugu state is also moral


Peter ob[/b]i in Pandora, [b]Obiano with efcc case is moral?


Maybe I don't know the literary meaning of moral, Peter obi that would have been forgotten in other part of the country because of his gross incompetent is been celebrated, the same mediocre Igbo cursed for 8yrs yet Igbo are moral?


Funny hypemen tribe

onumadu:


Every one of the persons you mentioned (and I highlighted) is better than Buhari whom you supported and who destroyed Nigeria.
Each of them is better than Tinubu who is finishing up Buhari's destruction of Nigeria.
Yet you supported them.
Hypocrisy is a form of dangerous mental problem.
A form of dangerous lunacy.

gidgiddy:


It is better to fight for freedom and lose, than to become a willing slave out of fear of fighting and losing. Fighting for freedom is one of the most noble things a people can do. Only free minded people will understand

Those who have accepted "One Nigeria under the North", will never understand in a thousand years

Heavensent01:



You fight for freedom and lose, so what's the common sense?


You don't embark on a fight for freedom you are not certain ofbein is totally senselessness. If the fighting only cost the warfronters is still better but a lot of civilians paid for the price that made it more senseless


If ojukwu was a civilian, he would have been lure back and hang after running away like a fugitive. You're fighting for freedom, then run away and lost the war, that's a bad score


Ojuwku ain't Igbo hero, Igbo suppose to banned his entire family from holding any post in East for his stupidity

gidgiddy:


You don't embark on a fight you're not sure of? That's the philosophy of cowards. Every fight you ever witnessed, every war you ever heard of, both sides were sure they would win? If someone comes to fight you so as to to enslave you, you must rise up and fight, for freedom is one of the very few things in life worth fighting for.

This is one of the reasons why we shouldn't be in one country, we reason differently, and only those who reason alike should be in a country together, to avoid being at loggerheads forever

While Ojukwu rose like a man and fought for his freedom, others bowed to the slavery of 'one Nigeria under the North', and congratulated themselves for that act of cowardice

But the good thing is that history has since proven Ojukwu right, the 'one Nigeria under the North' he fought to get out of is today world poverty capital, 8th most insecure country on earth and an all round mess. Who wants to be part of such failure except crazy people