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ChukwuEmeka00:
60 years after, Danjuma is still peddling petty lies.

As I write this, I have "Why We Struck" by Maj. Adewale Ademoyega (who plotted the coup with Nzeogwu) in my hands.

He categorically said, "The coup was not an Igbo coup" and insinuated that northern politicians loyal to Ahmadu Bello (who was plotting a coup according to another source) concocted those lies and fed the media to garner sympathy.

There were 3 coups being planned.

Ademulegun's version was slated for January 17th. Col. Victor Banjo was the recruiter for that coup (even though he was wrongfully arrested for the Nzeogwu coup).

Ahmadu Bello's version was called a jihad because it was basically a coup that was meant to continue the Uthman Dan Fodio conquest. Murtala Mohammed was to led that conquest packaged as a coup.

Recall that the Tiv massacre was ordered by Tafawa Balewa, the then Prime Minister who was a puppet of Ahmadu Bello. The Tivs at the time were Christians. After the massacre, they miraculously became a Muslim majority.

Go figure!

Back to Ironsi, Maj. Ademoyega stated the following in Chapter 6:

"From the dawn of the coup, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Banjo had been fired by the little amount of success that we had and he was determined to stretch our success further, to bring about the realisation of our objectives.

He went all out to assist Ironsi to take over the Federal government and went further to urge the old man, not only to accede to Nzeogwu's demands, but also to bring the latter (Nzeogwu) into the federal government. This was were he disagreed with others (like Danjuma) who had Ironsi's ears and who alleged that he was with us.

As such, on a flimsy accusation that he entered the office of the Supreme Commander with a pistol in his pocket, he was arrested and sent to the same prison where some of our own group were already detained.

This happened even before Nzeogwu was arrested. Thereafter, Banjo was treated as if he was one of us."

If you understand the above quote, you'd realise that Danjuma is a snake who lies to get away with his secret agendas.

First, he claims the coup was an Igbo coup, but here's a Yoruba man who was co-plotter in the coup debunking his lies. Another Yoruba man who believed that the coup plotters were patriotic even helped the Igbo man (Ironsi) to take power and urged him to bring the coup plotters into the federal government.

Now, why did Yoruba soldiers and Igbo soldiers work together (with few northerners) to eliminate the politicians who were destroying Nigeria?

Ademoyega stated the following on page 92 (before the coup) during his chance encounter with Chief H. O. Davies, a Yoruba politician who was also a federal minister:

"Chief Davies made it clear to me that the federal government had no solution to the political crisis. He said that everybody was just waiting to see what would happen next and nobody knew what that would be."

He went on to state that:

"After extensive prodding (around 3rd January,1966), we discovered that the Balewa government had a terrible plan to bring the Army fully to operate in the West (Yoruba majority region) for the purposes of eliminating the elites (top leaders) of that region, especially the intellectuals... people like Tai Solarin of Mayflower school, Ikenne were among those marked down."

He continued, "It was also intended (by the Balewa government) that if the plan succeeded in the West, the next target would be the East (Igbo majority region). The federal government was to use loyal troops for this purpose and the 4th Battalion in Ibadan commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Largema and the 2nd Battalion in Ikeja temporarily commanded by Major Igboba, but soon to be taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Gowon, were designated for this assignment."

The Ahmadu Bello connection comes next...

"The operation (to use the army to subdue West & East) was fixed for the 3rd week of January 1966, when the Sardauna (Ahmadu Bello) would have returned from pilgrimage, and Lieutenant Colonel Gowon would have completed his take over of the Ikeja Battalion.

In preparation for this, the high echelons of the Nigerian army and the Police were being reshuffled."

Danjuma also tried to make it look like Ironsi was part of the coup and was supporting the coup plotters. Here's how Adewale narrated the D-day and how they failed to get Ironsi:

"Major Okafor came along with bad news that General Ironsi had not been found at home when he went there. He was said to have gone to another party after Maimalari's. But he had since surfaced at Dodan barracks and succeeded in raising troops against us."

This Theophilus Danjuma was used by Yakubu Gowon to fulfill the wishes of the Federal government under Balewa to take out Ironsi and spin the 1966 coup as an Igbo coup.

He's a shameless man not worthy of the honour of soldiers.

Thiefobi1:
Ademoyega book is full of futitious narrative.

In his book he stated that banjo assisted ironsi to power and advice him to bring nzeogwu into the central govt which ademoyega wrote ironsi acceded to.

How come same banjo was arrested by ironsi stripped of his entitlement for falsely bringing a gun along to meet ironsi.

While the real coup planner were still enjoying their benefits.


He also made mentioned of plan to falsely installed Awolowo which everyone believe was a lie. Reason been that ifeajuna sold the story to ademoyega for him to be part of the plot.

ChukwuEmeka00:
As for your first point, I would not bother responding to such boldly ignorant claims. Ademoyega answered your question in the book. Go and read it.

...and no, he never claimed that Ironsi agreed with Banjo. That's just your personal lies and propaganda.

As for your second point about Awolowo, I can only assume that Ifeajuna met you personally and revealed his plans to sell the alleged lies to convince Ademoyega to join the coup.

Let's not mind the fact that Nzeogwu was like a best friend to Ademoyega, and they shared revolutionary goals with each other before Ifeajuna came into the picture.

Ademoyega essentially planned details of the coup with Nzeogwu in Kaduna before he was transferred to Abeokuta in September 1965 and continued the plans with Ifeajuna (who was plotting the Lagos attacks).

So maybe, you know Ifeajuna personally and he fed you those lies.

Your business though.

confusedlady:
Did you read the interview at all? He said he lost control of the mutineers because they were not under his direct control. They were Paiko's men and they were afraid of the crocodile staff that Ironsi was carrying and thought it was juju. Hence the decision to kill Ironsi against Danjuma's wishes and best efforts.
But of course you will believe the lies that you have been fed for ages....

Zubeezanga:
And you believe this one lol, how do you know this one is saying the truth?

JagabanB:
First off, "The Tivs at the time were Christians. After the massacre, they miraculously became a Muslim majority." This is a very big Iie, Tivs are not Muslim majority.
Secondly, you said Ahmadu Bello wanted to carry out a coup that will continue what Danfodio started, Tafawa Balewa was his boy, so who was Ahmadu Bello going to carry out his coup against?

confusedlady:
Did you read the interview at all? He said he lost control of the mutineers because they were not under his direct control. They were Paiko's men and they were afraid of the crocodile staff that Ironsi was carrying and thought it was juju. Hence the decision to kill Ironsi against Danjuma's wishes and best efforts.
But of course you will believe the lies that you have been fed for ages....

confusedlady:
So how do you know the others are saying the truth?
He said the mutineers were not under his control but under the control of Lt Paiko who they chose to obey over him.

Zubeezanga:
, do you have regimented background? If you do u will see this as a hoax, 1st why was he not having troops under him or his personal guards but his surbodinate has, that one na talk? 2 how soldier go disobey senior officer, but collect orders from orders from junior officer and no be say the senior officer na different tribe oo na still northner, and why all soldiers used in escorting the arrested are all northners?

bigpicture001:
Lies...what do u expect him to say..?


Oh! I killed irons I..?

confusedlady:
Oga,
You need to stop this revision of history. That January 15th 1966 coup was an Ibo coup masterminded by Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu. Ademoyega was drafted in later as an after thought to give the coup a national spread and to dispel the coup being labelled as Ibo.
Just do the math; 5 majors: 4 Ibo,1 Yoruba. ( Would you call this a nationalistic spread?)

The fact that Military and political leaders from all other tribes sans Ibo political and military leaders makes that coup a stamped IBO COUP 100%!

confusedlady:
He has told you Lt. Paiko was head of the mutineers. They were Paikos boys. Danjuma had no troops because he was part of the Ironsi entourage. Danjuma wanted to arrest Ironsi to account for his role in the January 66 coup. He lost control of the mutineers because they were afraid of Ironsi's crocodile staff which they superstitiously believed could make him disappear. When the mutineers wanted to kill Ironsi because of the staff and Danjuma tried to stop them they became violent towards him and he lost control of the situation....

ChukwuEmeka00:
🤣🤣🤣🤣... Blah blah blah.

That's such a chicken-brained reasoning. Because most of the planners were Igbo, that makes it an Igbo coup agreed upon by all Igbo people and stopped by an Igbo man?

That's really smart o. Wow!

That's like calling the Murtala Mohammed coup a Fulani coup.

Is the IBB coup a Fulani coup too? What of Abacha's coup? What of Buhari's coup in which a Yoruba officer was assassinated for finding out the plans? Is that a Fulani coup?

The way you ethnic bigots reason should be the 8th wonder of the world.

I'm quoting an eye witness and participant of the coup, but you accuse me of revising history? There are at least 3 books by eye witnesses and part of the coupists including another Yoruba man who wrote "The Reluctant Rebel." I know you wouldn't read the books/accounts of the Igbo participants so no need recommending theirs.

Interestingly, you've not presented any facts to back up your claims. You only present your opinions, a baby probably born in the 2000s, as factual representation of events in 1960 without evidence.

What kind of hateful person are you?

Nzeogwu was Ademoyega's possible best friend (he spoke highly of him till death).

Ademoyega also met Ifeajuna before he joined the army, and they started talking about revolution in Nigeria long before they became close friends.

But you think what you said is logical.

Adekunle Fajuyi would have joined them, but he was sent on Leave. What about Capt. Adeleke? Lt. Tijani Hassan, Lt. Dag Warribor, Lt. John Kpera.

Even Col. Victor Banjo was sympathetic to their mission, but he was recruiting soldiers for another coup being planned by Ademulegun for 17th January. Banjo said that himself, not me.

Ojukwu refused to join them; likewise Madiebo, Nzefili, Nwawo (who handed over Nzeogwu to Ironsi (all Igbos). Even Ogunewe (my kinsman) didn't join in from Enugu (which contributed to why the coup failed in the East asides the sudden FG order to send Maj. Chude Sokei to India for a course).

They also approached Adegoke, Abisoye and Bisalla, among others who also refused. Were they Igbos too?

Please stop this campaign of misinformation and ethnic bigotry. I'm only engaging you for the sake of other readers so you won't deceive them with this tribalistic propaganda.

Their plan was to arrest or kill: Ironsi (Head of the Army), Ademulegun, Maimalari, Kur Mohammed,Pam, Shodeinde, Unegbe and Largema as well as Azikiwe, Ọkpara, Okotie-eboh, Ahmadu Bello, Balewa, Akintola, etc. And take over the government, and then send a plane to Calabar to free Awolowo from Prison.

These are according to eye witness accounts. I'm sure you've never heard any of these names before because you're grossly uninformed about history. You're blinded by your unreasonable hatred of Igbos.

If you're so delusional that you'll believe your own biases and false propaganda instead of the actual accounts of eye witnesseses, then so be it.

If you want to know the truth, read eye witness accounts and stop fooling yourself with cheap propaganda.

If your kind were to be a Judge in the court of law, evidence and eye witnesses won't mean anything to you; you'll simply sentence someone to prison if you feel like it.

As your name suggests, you're a Confused Lady and I don't think it's useful engaging anyone who chooses feelings over facts.

bigpicture001:
Lies...what do u expect him to say..?


Oh! I killed irons I..?

confusedlady:
In the midst of all your insults,ad hominem, and assumptions about my date of birth and intelligence levels I could only pick out one thing.
@The bolded revisionism about Victor Banjo,could be please give me a source or a link where I can read up on this your allegations that Victor Banjo and Ademulegun were planning a seperate coup and Banjo admitted to this.
Thanks in anticipation.....

ChukwuEmeka00:
Well, if you have any data to prove that the Tiv are not a Muslim majority, I'd be happy to get it from you.

But one thing is clear: Tivs were being murdered by the Balewa government, especially between 1965 till after the 1966 coup.

They claimed it was cause by demands by the Tivs to create their own state, even though "States" did not exist in Nigeria at the time.
The Tivs simply didn't want to remain part of the Northern region and wanted to be carved out just like the Mid-west region was carved out of the West. But someone, it turned into a religious matter with Islamic undertones.

Maj. Christian Anuforo, who participated in the coup joined them because he wanted to help overthrow the Balewa government after what he witnessed in Tiv land.

He was the head of the Recce squad who were ordered to murder innocent people in Tiv land. When they found out he was protecting them by hiding them, he was transferred and replaced with murderous soldiers loyal to Balewa and Ahmadu Bello.

That convinced him that Nigeria needed to be cleansed from those bloodthirsty politicians.


Your second question is really smart.

I used the word "coup" because it was a military operation to be led by Murtala Mohammed and assisted by Gowon to overthrow regional governments and install new ones loyal to Balewa.

The goal was to eliminate all the political elites in the Western region and Eastern region as Ademoyega stated in page 93 of his book, "Why We Struck."

The military operation was to follow the goals contained in the famous speech of Ahmadu Bello published in 1964, which showed that he (and other northern leaders) believed they had the god-given right to subdue the rest of Nigeria militarily, politically and religiously.

That's where the Islamization agenda rumours came from.

Newspapers carried it in the 1960s so I suggest you go find ways to verify by tracing such news. I particularly remember seeing a copy of Parrot newspaper years ago showing such a speech by the Sardauna.

Therefore, the ideology belonged to the Sardauna but Balewa remained the political head.

As Ahmadu Bello said, "we will use willing tools " to achieve our aim. The willing tools in the statement alluded to politicians who had no loyalty to their own people, but would easily shift loyalties for personal gains.

Their first willing tools was Samuel Ladoke Akintola who was imposed by Balewa. Ademoyega stated:

By November 1965, the people had started to fight the unpopular Akintola government. They sang war songs and fought in the streets. By December 1965, there had been a total breakdown of law and order in Western Nigeria."

According to other sources from history, over 2,000 people were killed during the riots in the West, especially in Lagos.

Yet, the Balewa government upheld Akintola against the people's wishes while Awolowo was locked up in prison.

The coup plotters planned to release Awolowo, against the wishes of the Federal government.

ChukwuEmeka00:
The "ad hominem" was unavoidable because you have presented nothing but your opinion rather than facts in this discussion. I've not insulted you though. Propagandists/ethnic bigots like you are honestly disgusting however.

You could have presented facts and sources where the plotters admitted to your claims of an Igbo coup, but instead, you expected your opinion to be more truthful than eye witness accounts.

Now, don't be lazy. I've given you enough facts and sources to guide you and I won't give you more; just clues.

You'll find your answers about Banjo when you begin to read about the coup from the coup plotters themselves.

Start with books by Ademoyega, Ben Gbulie and Fola Oyewole, as well as accounts of Banjo as relates with the Biafran war.

Also note that Banjo was accused of being part of the first people to plan an averted coup in 1964, which is why he was impressed with the 5 Major's coup.

See another hint here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/ojukwu-banjo-conceived-what-could-have-been-first-coup-in-1964-gowon/amp/

If you want to discuss history, educate yourself properly.

And change that name "Confused Lady," no offense intended. It's not proper and may be affecting you.

JagabanB:
Well, first and foremost, you didn't provide any data to show Tivs are predominantly Muslims so you shouldn't be asking for data that counter such claims.
I have travelled to Tiv land in several places, seen so many Tivs both in and out of Benue yet I have never for once met a Tiv that's Muslim, that doesn't mean they don't exist but they are rare to find, Tivs and Islam don't go together before saying they are mostly Muslims, inshort the Tiv lifestyle of alcoholism and pork as one of their favorite knocks them out of Islam and vice versa.
That ascertion is wrong and very very wrong as at that.

Your second explanation, well, I haven't read enough books to agree that what you are saying is right, but from the few I have read, I just realized every party will write the story to justify themselves, if listen to Ahmadu Bello's version, it will be different, same as that of Balewa will be different.
If you listen to Ironsi, his version will be different so we will continue to argue back and forth endlessly.

confusedlady:
The name confusedlady is for misogynists and sexists like you. It was coined as a tongue in cheek moniker for male supremacists like you. So the name confusedlady remains to create confusion in your Ibo supremacist mind.

My reason for being on these boards is to counter Ibo supremacists like yourself. In the past we let you get away with your lies and propaganda. However this is 2024. You bring any lies or revisionism to these boards rest assured you will be countered and exposed!

As for your assumptions and advise about civil was literature. I assure you that where your knowledge of the history of the civil war stops is the point where my own knowledge begins. I repeat I will school you about the history of that civil war because I have read so many books on that part of Nigeria's history.

As usual you conveniently and cunningly mentioned Victor Banjo planning a coup but left out his partner Odumegwu Ojukwu because he is IBO!
Below is the headline you were quoting where you mentioned Victor Banjo but failed to mention Ojukwu because of your Ibo supremacist agenda.

ChukwuEmeka00:
🤣🤣🤣🤣.... No wonder.

So you're a feminist. That's why you're bitter and ignorant.

How did misogynist and sexist enter our argument about the 1966 coup?🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️🤣

I didn't leave out Ojukwu my dear. I simply mentioned your person of interest, "Col. Banjo."

Actually, I wish they had carried out the coup because they would have been more successful as the most senior officer, but unfortunately, ethnic bigots like you will find a way to call it an Igbo coup, even if it was led by Banjo.

PS: Your explanation about your name as confused lady shows you're really so confused that you can't differentiate logic from feelings.
That's why refuting your false claims with evidence from a Yoruba eye witness amounts "in your fish brain" to Igbo supremacy.🤣

PPS: Nope. You have read nothing about Nigeria's history. Absolutely nothing. Your posts would have shown it by at least quoting few historical sources in your propaganda posts.

PPPS: Stay bitter my dear. It's a big achievement. I guess everyone who disagrees with you is a sexist misogynist, right? Classic narcissism.🤣

Enjoy your weekend nwanyị ọma.

Gajagojo:
Ibo coup
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Aboki revenge
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Goalless

Thiefobi1:
Ademoyega book is full of futitious narrative.

In his book he stated that banjo assisted ironsi to power and advice him to bring nzeogwu into the central govt which ademoyega wrote ironsi acceded to.

How come same banjo was arrested by ironsi stripped of his entitlement for falsely bringing a gun along to meet ironsi.

While the real coup planner were still enjoying their benefits.


He also made mentioned of plan to falsely installed Awolowo which everyone believe was a lie. Reason been that ifeajuna sold the story to ademoyega for him to be part of the plot.

ChukwuEmeka00:
I appreciate your knowledge of Tiv land. I've met quite a few Tivs myself, more Christians than Muslims. However, I got the impression from the media that they're a Muslim majority.

I may be wrong.

However, the fact remains that there was a Tiv massacre by the federal government in 1965, which fuelled revolutionary elements like the coup plotters act.

The electoral malpractice of 1964/65, Tiv massacre, Akintola riots in Western Nigeria, and ethnic tensions along political lines fuelled the coup.

It was not the only coup being planned.

In fact, when Nzeogwu discovered that 2 other coups were being planned, most likely for 17th of January, they changed their date to 15th of January.

The Tiv massacre happened, and it influenced the coupists, regardless of whether Tivs became Muslim or not. Muslim officers were used to replace Christian officers who couldn't murder innocent people.

As for your second point, I think you're just running away from the truth. You're right about every party writing whatever suits them, but you must use logic when reading to filter truth from lies.

Ahmadu Bello was many things but never a pretender. He was honest about his hatred for Igbos and his belief of the superiority of Islam in Nigeria. That's why he was not a politician. He was brutally honest so he won't bother telling you stories to suit himself.

He doesn't care if it doesn't suit you. Balewa was almost like Ahmadu Bello. He imposed Akintola on the Western region, not minding whether they wanted him or not. He also was direct.

Therefore, whatever you read about this two is most likely true. They were so obsessed with power and superiority that they openly wanted to subdue everyone.

JagabanB:
Tivs are not predominantly Muslims, there are more idoma Muslims than Tiv Muslims (if any at all) in Benue State.
Like I told you, we can go back and forth over this for ages.
First and foremost, military personnel sent to Tiv was a response to the riot which broke out in Yandev targeting NPC officials, the Tivs never wanted to be led by a Fulani majority even before independence, that was why the United Middle Belt Congress was formed and led by J.S. Tarka, this congress was in alliance with Action Congress because they want to be carved out of the north. So no "Tiv massacre" fuelled any coup plotter.
There is a saying that goes "there's always three sides to a story, your side, my side and the truth".
You were not there during the coup, u are quoting from Gboyega's book against Danjuma, the difference between Gboyega and Danjuma right now is that one is dèàd and the other is alive, one put his own side in writing and the other is saying it but in your opinion, one is more truthful than the other?
We can't filter truths from Iies because u were not there, they will all blend the story to suit themselves, one can't be more right than the other.

ChukwuEmeka00:
60 years after, Danjuma is still peddling petty lies.

As I write this, I have "Why We Struck" by Maj. Adewale Ademoyega (who plotted the coup with Nzeogwu) in my hands.

He categorically said, "The coup was not an Igbo coup" and insinuated that northern politicians loyal to Ahmadu Bello (who was plotting a coup according to another source) concocted those lies and fed the media to garner sympathy.

There were 3 coups being planned.

Ademulegun's version was slated for January 17th. Col. Victor Banjo was the recruiter for that coup (even though he was wrongfully arrested for the Nzeogwu coup).

Ahmadu Bello's version was called a jihad because it was basically a coup that was meant to continue the Uthman Dan Fodio conquest. Murtala Mohammed was to led that conquest packaged as a coup.

Recall that the Tiv massacre was ordered by Tafawa Balewa, the then Prime Minister who was a puppet of Ahmadu Bello. The Tivs at the time were Christians. After the massacre, they miraculously became a Muslim majority.

Go figure!

Back to Ironsi, Maj. Ademoyega stated the following in Chapter 6:

"From the dawn of the coup, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Banjo had been fired by the little amount of success that we had and he was determined to stretch our success further, to bring about the realisation of our objectives.

He went all out to assist Ironsi to take over the Federal government and went further to urge the old man, not only to accede to Nzeogwu's demands, but also to bring the latter (Nzeogwu) into the federal government. This was were he disagreed with others (like Danjuma) who had Ironsi's ears and who alleged that he was with us.

As such, on a flimsy accusation that he entered the office of the Supreme Commander with a pistol in his pocket, he was arrested and sent to the same prison where some of our own group were already detained.

This happened even before Nzeogwu was arrested. Thereafter, Banjo was treated as if he was one of us."

If you understand the above quote, you'd realise that Danjuma is a snake who lies to get away with his secret agendas.

First, he claims the coup was an Igbo coup, but here's a Yoruba man who was co-plotter in the coup debunking his lies. Another Yoruba man who believed that the coup plotters were patriotic even helped the Igbo man (Ironsi) to take power and urged him to bring the coup plotters into the federal government.

Now, why did Yoruba soldiers and Igbo soldiers work together (with few northerners) to eliminate the politicians who were destroying Nigeria?

Ademoyega stated the following on page 92 (before the coup) during his chance encounter with Chief H. O. Davies, a Yoruba politician who was also a federal minister:

"Chief Davies made it clear to me that the federal government had no solution to the political crisis. He said that everybody was just waiting to see what would happen next and nobody knew what that would be."

He went on to state that:

"After extensive prodding (around 3rd January,1966), we discovered that the Balewa government had a terrible plan to bring the Army fully to operate in the West (Yoruba majority region) for the purposes of eliminating the elites (top leaders) of that region, especially the intellectuals... people like Tai Solarin of Mayflower school, Ikenne were among those marked down."

He continued, "It was also intended (by the Balewa government) that if the plan succeeded in the West, the next target would be the East (Igbo majority region). The federal government was to use loyal troops for this purpose and the 4th Battalion in Ibadan commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Largema and the 2nd Battalion in Ikeja temporarily commanded by Major Igboba, but soon to be taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Gowon, were designated for this assignment."

The Ahmadu Bello connection comes next...

"The operation (to use the army to subdue West & East) was fixed for the 3rd week of January 1966, when the Sardauna (Ahmadu Bello) would have returned from pilgrimage, and Lieutenant Colonel Gowon would have completed his take over of the Ikeja Battalion.

In preparation for this, the high echelons of the Nigerian army and the Police were being reshuffled."

Danjuma also tried to make it look like Ironsi was part of the coup and was supporting the coup plotters. Here's how Adewale narrated the D-day and how they failed to get Ironsi:

"Major Okafor came along with bad news that General Ironsi had not been found at home when he went there. He was said to have gone to another party after Maimalari's. But he had since surfaced at Dodan barracks and succeeded in raising troops against us."

This Theophilus Danjuma was used by Yakubu Gowon to fulfill the wishes of the Federal government under Balewa to take out Ironsi and spin the 1966 coup as an Igbo coup.

He's a shameless man not worthy of the honour of soldiers.

confusedlady:
@The bolded,
First of all,thanks for the ad hominem. It is always expected with the misogyny because you can't stand to see an intelligent lady on these boards. That is the reason I chose that moniker for buffoons like you to actually think I am confused before I school and educate your ignorance.

Now we have got my moniker out of the way let me explain my mission which is to refute and expose Ibo supremacist agenda and lies on these boards.

So ChukwuEmeka00, I have only one question for you: WHY WAS IT THAT PRE-INDEPENDENCE,THE IBO LED BY NNAMDI AZIKIWE WERE TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANY THING LIKE REFERENDUM AND SECESSION SUCH THAT AZIKIWE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED OBAFEMI AWOLOWO WHEN HE SUGGESTED THE INCLUSION OF THESE CLAUSES IN THE CONSTITUTION?

I will answer the question myself so that we save each other's time from being wasted.

THE IBO OPPOSED REFERENDUM AND SECESSION CLAUSES IN THE NIGERIA CONSTITUTION BECAUSE PRE INDEPENDENCE AZIKIWE AND THE IBO SELFISHLY FELT THE IBOS HAD THE NUMERICAL AND POLITICAL STRENGTH TO DOMINATE AND RULE ALL THE OTHER TRIBES IN NIGERIA. THIS WAS THE IBO SUPREMACY AND DOMINATION AGENDA.
AFTER INDEPENDENCE WHEN THE IBO FAILED TO GAIN POLITICAL POWER AND AZIKIWE BECAME THE POWERLESS CEREMONIAL PRESIDENT(A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT) THE IBO IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO THEIR MILITARY WING IN THE ARMY AND ORGANISED THE JANUARY 15TH 1966 IBO COUP LED AND DOMINATED BY IBOS.
AS SUCH IBOS CUNNINGLY MURDERED ALL POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADERS FROM OTHER TRIBES WHILE KEEPING IBO LEADERS LIKE AZIKIWE, IRONSI,ORIZU,OKPARA AND OJUKWU SAFE . POLITICAL POWER CAME TO THE IBO THROUGH JOHNSON AGUIYI IRONSI WHO BECAME HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA AND AFTER INTRODUCING DECREE 34 THAT SIGNALED NUNC DIMITIS TO THE REGIONS AND TRUE FEDRALISM IN ORDER TO PROPAGATE IBO DOMINATION AND IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT FILLING ALL POLITICAL POSITION'S WITH IBOS.

FOR SIX MONTHS IRONSI FAILED TO COURT MARTIAL THE LEADERS OF THE JANUARY 1966 COUP UNTIL JULY 1966 WHEN THE NORTHERN MILITARY CHAPS LIKE DANJUMA DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO STRIKE BACK. THIS LED TO THE FALL OF IRONSI AND THE ACCENSION OF YAKUBU GOWON AS HEAD OF STATE.
AND WHAT WAS THE IBO REACTION TO THIS?
ODUMEGWU OJUKWU IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SABRE RATTLE AND DECLARED THE SECESSIONIST BIAFRA STATE.


This was the secession clause that the Ibo had previously opposed and rejected through Nnamdi Azikiwe pre independence.
So what do we have today in 2024?
We have nuisances like Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa and their demented followers sabre rattling and demanding the referendum and secession clause that their forebear Nnamdi Azikiwe rejected pre independence. What a confused and mixed up set of people!
This same Ibo when it suits their Ibo supremacist agenda will shout Peter Obi for PRESIDENT of Nigeria but immediately Obi loses the election the same people start shouting BIAFRA OR DEATH!

franchasofficia:
NNAMDI Azikiwe this and that everytime.
him

T9ksy:
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franchasofficia:
NNAMDI Azikiwe this and that everytime.


Don't you people have sense at all?

Don't you people ever learn?


How many times are Igbos going to tell you people that whatever decision Nnamdi Azikiwe took was on his own and for his own political interest? Even during the war, Azikiwe did not support Biafra. Azikiwe never worked for Igbo people's common interest and that is why Igbos don't honor nor celebrate him today despite the exalted offices he occupied in Nigeria.


Igbo general populace have never for once cherished Nnamdi Azikiwe even in the 60s. Nnamdi Azikiwe never enjoyed Igbo people's common love, in fact, many Igbos were not happy back then that Nnamdi Azikiwe was aligning with Northerners more than Awolowo whom many Igbos back then cherished



Igbos only started disliking Awolowo after his role during the Nigeria Biafra civil war.


Igbos are not like Northerners and Yorubas who worship political figures or traditional rulers, and follow their decision judiciously, that is why Igbos don't have any highly influential traditional ruler like Yoruba and Hausa-Fulanis have. I can tell you for a fact that Peter Obi is the first Igbo politician to enjoy a massive general Igbo support and followership after Ojukwu during the war.



Nnamdi Azikiwe acted for his own personal interest and belief.



But still you children of fallen demon with dark heart will never listen even when your honest tribesmen tell you people the truth. You guys only listen to your heartless elites that tell you negative lies about Igbos.



Just like during the war, Yorubas worshipped Obasanjo for fighting and dealing with Biafran soldiers at Ore according you people, but after Obasanjo ruled Nigeria in 1976 and saw the truth, went to jail and got freedom via massive Igbo support, he realized that truly Igbos are not Yoruba enemies but the best tribe to befriend and he started running back to Igbos, what happened? You Yorubas started hating him because he started telling you people the truth about Igbos.


In 2023, he told you wicked Yorubas that Presidency should be allowed to go to the Igbos for equity and fairness, what did you heartless Yorubas do? You people insulted him, called him Igbo man, called him failure, etc, because he told you people truth about Igbos, but the moment he wore Yoruba tribalist Bola Tinubu's signature cap last month, you divisive heartless Yorubas started celebrating Obasanjo and calling him true Omoluabi.



Una sincere elites have tried enough to enlighten you people about Igbos but you guys have a dark heart, continue, time will tell.