₦airaland Forum

ShinnBet:
Ironsi appointing them was just a ruse to make them believe he had nothing to do with the coup when in effect he planned it alongside Azikiwe.

DOSINCLAIR:
Murtala was Obasanjo's Boss; So why not Honoura Boss who died in service that you worked with?

danvon:
David Ejoor was not Igbo, and according to the guy I mentioned, Aguiyi Ironsi wanted to kill David Ejoor, why empower a man you wish to kill?

GeneralPula:
Why feed a Chicken you’re intending to kill?

There you have your answer..

ccrenda5540:
Murtala Mohammed the great soldier who created 19 state. Some people lack knowledge of history.

danvon:
I know he was terribly defeated when he tried to invade Onitsha, he had advantage in weapons, advantage in numbers, more food and supply and yet 90% of his troops were killed, only incompetent leadership could achieve that.

His expertise was in plotting coups and shooting defenceless civilians, he was cunning but was never intelligent (if he was intelligent he might still be alive)

danvon:
Why go through the trouble of killing Northern leaders just to place Northerners in every strategic key position in the country...

He was already Major General and on more than one occasion he disobeyed Nnamdi Azikiwe in favour of Tafewa Balewa...

Doesn't sound like a typical Northern hater to me.

T9ksy:
Why do you assume that the Northerners gives a rat-arse how you perceive ironsi after his boys had just eliminated their (Northerners ') elite ? Ironsi was a dead-man walking, the moment he took over the govt of the day, at gunpoint. .

danvon:
Yeah that's the thing

The man who personally killed Ahmadu Bello was Nzeogwu Chukwuma.

When he (Nzeogwu) died, Gowon gave orders for his corpse to be transported to Kaduna, he was then given a respected military funeral in Kaduna.

The man who killed Northern elites was buried in the North with respect.

Your mistake is thinking soldiers follow the same moral code as civilians, all this talk about revenge is complete nonsense.

Yeah, Nzeogwu was given a "respected military funeral" but that was after they plucked out his eyes from their sockets.

Are you trying to infer that the July coup was not a revenge coup? Pray then, tell us what it (July 1966 coup) was. Probably a home-coming party for the new clueless illegal head of state.

T9ksy:
Yeah, Nzeogwu was given a "respected military funeral" but that was after they plucked out his eyes from their sockets.

Are you trying to infer that the July coup was not a revenge coup? Pray then, tell us what it (July 1966 coup) was. Probably a home-coming party for the new clueless illegal head of state.

T9ksy:
Yeah, Nzeogwu was given a "respected military funeral" but that was after they plucked out his eyes from their sockets.

Are you trying to infer that the July coup was not a revenge coup? Pray then, tell us what it (July 1966 coup) was. Probably a home-coming party for the new clueless illegal head of state.

PHAYOL81:
PASSING the blame as usual? Well, I got better use for my morning today, so I'll pass. Thanks for the mention though.

ShinnBet:
The E-Branch of the Nigerian Police did brief the PM of a possible coup.

The Sarduna reported to the police of strange military excersices being conducted around his residence a few days to his assassination.

The police do not have the powers to arrest officers on suspicion of a coup.


It was up to the military police on orders of the Army chief to do so but Ironsi sat on it and did nothing. The Sarduna's complaints if strange military movement around his home was dismissed by Ironsi as being simply military training excersices.

You are just clinging on straws now that you lying boat is sinking .

ShinnBet:
So also was Ironsi and your useless Ojukwu .

DMerciful:
Ironsi, yes. Ojukwu was not an head of state. Read to understand rather than to respond

T9ksy:
Ojukwu was the Head of State of the now defunct Republic of Biafra, at least for 30months before running off to exile in Abidjan, abandoning his people to the mercy of federal troops.

danvon:
As for the plucking of Nzeogwu eyes once again you confuse army with civilians

The eyes were a trophy, it's like the way the British would steal African gods and store them well in museums although they didn't believe in them.

They plucked his eyes doesn't mean they hate him, they kept his eyes because they saw him as a great man hence they can boast that[i] "I have a great man's eyes".[/i]

T9ksy:
of course, the Northerners thought Nzeogwu was a "great man" after he singlehandedly
murder their political and religious leader in cold blood.

Keep deluding urself like iya ibeji who, when asked, responded that her boys are in London doing great things, when the whole village knows that her twins are in prison for armed robbery!

mightyhaze:
super story


U went to kill somebody and then riddled his door with bullets and then went to town with the news that you have killed him..who does that??

Even amateurs will pump several shots into your chest and head to make sure.. only a mischievous entity will swallow these stupid lies

MightySparrow:
Did you read the post at all?

mightyhaze:
The super story you mean? I've seen hundreds of them

MightySparrow:
Anyway, I go with the super story

mightyhaze:
If it soothes your mind, why not? I mean why hurt your soul with the truth when you can believe what you want to have some satisfaction

GeneralPula:
Nepotism..

Those are some of the atrocities your fore-fathers committed..

We’re you told they also made an Igbo Man U.I & Unilag Vc? Igbos introduced nepotism into Nigeria system. Azikwe was the father of nepotism..

It was part of why they destroyed our regionalism, with the believe that they’d be able to have power to control over all..

confusedlady:
Thanks for this historical insights. You should open a thread about this ,you know....because it was obvious the Ibo high elite were all in the know and behind the events of January 1966 but the Ibo propagandists always try to paint a picture of an all inclusive Coup because of the mischievous inclusion of Major Ademoyega who obviously did not recognise himself as a puppet in the hands of the Ibos like Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu.

gidgiddy:
When Obasanjo was military dictator in the 70's, he put the face of General Murtala Mohammed on the 20 Naira note. This was a huge error because Murtala Mohammed is not a role model for anyone. He was a murderous coup plotter, war criminal and military dictator. There was nothing positive about the man

How do you put Murtala Mohammed alongside the likes of Herbert Macaulay, Zik, Awolowo and Sarduana?

When Obasanjo returned as civilian, he had the opportunity to correct this national embarrassment of putting Murtala Mohammed on the N20 note. Obasanjo introduced the N200 and N500 and put eminently qualified people on it. He had the power to remove Murtala from the N20 Naira, but did not

Obasanjo needs to tender an apology for not correcting the mistake he made.

Christistruth00:
Gen Ironsi also tried to remove Prof Ishaya Audu who was the VC of ABU Zaria and replace him with Prof Edozien

Lt Col Katsina who was Gov of the the North resisted it , but it was the July revenge Coup that finally halted Gen Ironsi's plan to replace Ishaya Audu

Prof Edozien later became the Traditional Ruler of Asaba

danvon:
You guys are seriously hopeless, you are suffering from confirmation bias

Despite the fact that Aguiyi Ironsi placed Northerners in key positions of power you believe he was evil because he allegedly tried to replace a VC, a VC post that didn't have value to his regime and he didn't even do it merely allegedly tried to


Then you claim the Governor of the North resisted it, while not mentioning that it was Aguiyi Ironsi that made Lt Kastina, Governor.

Christistruth00:
We were discussing the VC Of Universities

Gen Ironsi wanted replace Professor Ishaya Audu and
to Appoint Dr Edozien the VC of Ahmadu Bello University
at a time when the VC Issue was still raging both in University
of Lagos and Ibadan


How many Yorubas did Gen Ironsi place in Positions of Power?
In the Promotions only one Yoruba Officer Olutoye was promoted and he was in the Education Corp

17 Eastern Military Officers were promoted by Ironsi despite there being a one year moratorium on
Promotions because of the Coup

By the way Col Benjamin Adekunle and Obasanjo were due for Promotion but were passed over

Truth always Triumphs over Propaganda because God Almighty reigns with Truth and Righteousness

danvon:
You know he ruled for just 6 months right? 6 months to rule a very corrupt and unstable country that just had a coup, imagine judging Tinubu by his first 6 months.

He didn't promote certain officers in a six month span meant he deserved to die and thousands should follow him..

Like I said confirmation bias.

Your day will come.

danvon:
You know he ruled for just 6 months right? 6 months to rule a very corrupt and unstable country that just had a coup, imagine judging Tinubu by his first 6 months.

He didn't promote certain officers in a six month span meant he deserved to die and thousands should follow him..

Like I said confirmation bias.

Your day will come.