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Realtruth2023:
But Gowon was the chief prosecutor of the war. He fought the war to bring the Eastern region back to Nigeria.

yes, he left out ojukwu the chief instigator in his explanation.... Gowon had a cause for the war.... Instead of surrendering, Ojukwu led a team of underage and untrained soldiers vs military men who were trained abroad, only to run away after it went out of hand.... What a dumbed move... You blame gowon everyday instead of ojukwu

[quote author=Penguin2 post=132512202]So, I understand that Gowon prosecuted the war against Biafra but those who understand leadership would know that Gowon was merely doing his job and not anything personal.

/quote]

But Awolowo was doing whose work as finance minister ?
You be hypocrite abeg don't come here pretending

tinsel:
I clap for you for this nonsense you typed. This portrays Obi in bad light. Is he for igbos alone?

I've said it before, for you to be a Tinubu supporter you must have 1 or all or these:

1. You must hate the truth

2. You must be a liar

3. You must hate a certain tribe

4. You must be heartless and very wicked

5. You must like oppression

stuffs2002:
So it is wrong in the 0BIDIENTS book that felicitating and wishing elder statesmen like Gowon is wrong.

Peter Obi even went on to describe Gowon as the enemy

The felicitation wasn't the problem but the content

US is a bad example to follow. US is not even a totally democratic country!

atiku4President:
It was an official felicitation. Just like US did when the President of Iran died.

You go explain taya

Realtruth2023:
Kid go and do your homework, tomorrow is school.

yes daddy thank you daddy for the advice

yyba:
No wonder the agulu fraudster is scared to condemn IPOB terrorists and unknown gun men activities in south east

Did buhari or atiku condemn bokoharam? Those ones even made buhari their spokesman.

And Ur current vp is closely tied to them.

Can u see u are a bigger fraud and hypocrite?

BENEAMATA:
you got the Answer to why Obi's supporters are upset with him with your first paragraph , simple .The so-called Obidient movement is an agenda propagated mainly by people of the South eastern geo-political zone with the endgame of getting to the seat of power and control where , sadly , the other zones in Nigeria still don't trust ceding power to the tribe that tried to secede from the country .All their new-found nationalist facade from the face of the Agenda ( Obi) to the IBOdient on the street got just few of the rest of the Nigerian population fooled .
I'm tribal for voting Tinubu , but they're not in voting Obi ! Can you just imagine that ? ! Still a Wonder though where all the Atikulated votes from the South East in 2019 went in 2023 . Iguess Congratulations on two fronts are in order to the Nonegenerian former head of states , first , it's his ( Gowon ) birthday , but more telling , the General has exposed vanquished enemies of 54 years ago trying to sneak back in disguised as Obidients . And this time , a simple " CONGRATULATIONS " is all it took to expose their grand schemes to Nigerians .

Assuming all your saying is true, then what is the point of 'one Nigeria'? What sort of crazy person wants to be in the same country with those he does not trust? Since we don't trust each other, what is the point of being together? So we can fight forever?

I agree with another poster that wishing Gowon happy birthday was not the issue, the issue was that Obi went on to celebrate a man who was a military dictator, war monger and terrible administrator

What is worth celebrating about that?

Penguin2:
Some Obidients can be too sensitive for my liking.

Obi was just fulfilling all righteousness by felicitating with Gowon and I don’t think anybody should have issues with it.

If anything, Igbos who know history should be thankful to Gowon for how the war ended.

If not for Gowon, the Igbo haters from Awolowo camp and northern Muslims would have overrun the East and raze it ashes just to make sure Igbos never rise again.

It was Gowon’s policy of “No Victor, No Vanquished” that prevented that from happening. And those bloodsucking Igbo haters could only murmur from distance with their teeth all out like a rabid dog tasting for Igbo blood.

It was the anger of not letting Igbos be disappeared from the face of the earth that made Awolowo give every Igbo man 20 pounds after the war irrespective of how much he had in the bank before the war.

So, I understand that Gowon prosecuted the war against Biafra but those who understand leadership would know that Gowon was merely doing his job and not anything personal.

So, enough of the sulking by some Obidients. We can be more reasonable than that.

It was greedy and desperate Ojukwu that led we Igbo to that needless war
The stupid Onjukwu later escaped unhurt in the middle of the night with his family after sacrificeing millions of our kinsmen.

Ojukwu was a weak man with his big for nothing skull.
That's why Bianca made his life miserable when she was flirting with Jonathan, Obiano and he eventually died before his time

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NairalandForumo:
The felicitation wasn't the problem but the content

Calling Gowon the enemy is the right content to you 0BIDIENTS?

Same Gowon who is regarded as a national hero for fighting to keep Nigeria as one is now the enemy to Obi and his horde of toxic 0BIDIENTS.
Peter Obi wants to rule over a country that Gowon fought to keep united as one and the only adjective that Obi needed to use on Gowon was that Gowon is the enemy.
Meanwhile it was ST00PEED and tactless Ojukwu that foisted a needless war on Nigeria and Gowon needed to rescue Nigeria from the rampaging, blood thirsty and murderous Biafran soldiers.

Do you know how much Peter Obi has offended Nigerians by calling Gowon the enemy?
Do you know that Gowon is highly respected in the north? particularly the northern Christians who voted majorly for Peter Obi?

Una sabi dig una own grave no be small.

Shadomaan7:
Peter Obi's supporters are the major reason why he would never be allowed to come close to Aso rock as a president. They are just too bitter and toxic

This is truth. The block of people who have on their head the rift between Wike and Fubara and keep fanning the ember of discord are Ipobidients.

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stuffs2002:
Calling Gowon the enemy is the right content to you 0BIDIENTS?

Same Gowon who is regarded as a national hero for fighting to keep Nigeria as one is now the enemy to Obi and his horde of toxic 0BIDIENTS.
Peter Obi wants to rule over a country that Gowon fought to keep united as one and the only adjective that Obi needed to use on Gowon was that Gowon is the enemy.
Meanwhile it was ST00PEED and tactless Ojukwu that foisted a needless war on Nigeria and Gowon needed to rescue Nigeria from the rampaging, blood thirsty and murderous Biafran soldiers.

Do you know how much Peter Obi has offended Nigerians by calling Gowon the enemy?
Do you know that Gowon is highly respected in the north? particularly the northern Christians who voted majorly for Peter Obi?

Una sabi dig una own grave no be small.

I will take your statement true if you can provide evidence that Ojukwu or Biafra declared war on Nigeria or it is was actually the other way round, you guys just love lies and twisting history to justify your hate and wickedness...

Same reason you guys support Tinubu, you guys just want tribal dominance. So you are fed with lies, you live with lies and spread lies, that's one major reason why Tinubu is failing badly because almost everything about him was just a lie...

And you guys believed and defended him to get there because some of you have been raised like that...


Prove to me Ojukwu declared war, you people will not go and do research for yourselves and find out truth, you just sit down and be fed with lies from your people deceiving you and you take it hook, line and sinker...


This is one of the major reason I want the country to break up into different countries...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/writing-the-nigeriabiafra-war/connecting-theory-with-reality-understanding-the-causes-of-the-nigeriabiafra-war/EB3787807C5C180BD7A7E1E0524C338D

tinsel:
I clap for you for this nonsense you typed. This portrays Obi in bad light. Is he for igbos alone?

He is not for Igbos alone, he should stand for justice, you think the Biafra war is just for Igbos alone, it is also for justice...

And if the truth I spoke looks like nonsense to you, that is your problem not mine...

Judolisco:
yes, he left out ojukwu the chief instigator in his explanation.... Gowon had a cause for the war.... Instead of surrendering, Ojukwu led a team of underage and untrained soldiers vs military men who were trained abroad, only to run away after it went out of hand.... What a dumbed move... You blame gowon everyday instead of ojukwu

And what was Gowon's cause for the war?

Penguin2:
Some Obidients can be too sensitive for my liking.

Obi was just fulfilling all righteousness by felicitating with Gowon and I don’t think anybody should have issues with it.

If anything, Igbos who know history should be thankful to Gowon for how the war ended.

If not for Gowon, the Igbo haters from Awolowo camp and northern Muslims would have overrun the East and raze it ashes just to make sure Igbos never rise again.

It was Gowon’s policy of “No Victor, No Vanquished” that prevented that from happening. And those bloodsucking Igbo haters could only murmur from distance with their teeth all out like a rabid dog tasting for Igbo blood.

It was the anger of not letting Igbos be disappeared from the face of the earth that made Awolowo give every Igbo man 20 pounds after the war irrespective of how much he had in the bank before the war.

So, I understand that Gowon prosecuted the war against Biafra but those who understand leadership would know that Gowon was merely doing his job and not anything personal.

So, enough of the sulking by some Obidients. We can be more reasonable than that.

You are part of the Obidients right?

Omodua:
Childish talk. Address the issue at stake. Not infantile posturing.

Be mature for once in your comments!

Did Peter Obi address the issue professionally and maturely is what you should ask your self.

It is you that's being childish here


That Obi has to explain his reasons for felicitating with a past head of state shows he's a weakling

That aside, what's the big deal in wishing another person a happy birthday and why is the headless mob angry about that?

Be logical, son
Obi

Omodua:
If only Igbos are supporting him,has your support for the mandate thief brought succour to the society?

Don't complain. Enjoy your bigotry!🤣

You ignored all the Yoruba attacks on other threads and focus on only when Igbos are called out

Hypocrite

ShogunNoName:
Up roar ? Believe Yoruba media at your own peril .

I am obedient but not ibo nor did I hear any uproar .

This is clearly a Yoruba made up lie..

Omodua, come and attack him since you're against bigotry

Funkyswagzz:
This Yoruba ppl can't understand it that way. Those ppl don't reason properly now

Omodua, since you're against tribalism, come and call him to order

Funkyswagzz:
This Yoruba ppl can't understand it that way. Those ppl don't reason properly now

Lexy2014, come and ask him your questions

How this one take concern Yorubas?

yyba:
No wonder the agulu fraudster is scared to condemn IPOB terrorists and unknown gun men activities in south east

This is what is called accountability
I know u wont understand because you all are used to leaders that even if u hit ur header for wall, he wont care
The last time we had a leader that listened to his followers was during the time of GEJ.

chevrolet60:
You don't have to explain yourself to anyone Sir

He has to and he just did
Lets stop creating tyrants

CyrusVI:
Omodua, since you're against tribalism, come and call him to order

Are you now getting tired.. you know when we warned you ppl alot of you insulted us. You see this saga it must not end oo cos you say we have this victim mentality but now you are the one displaying it

CyrusVI:
It is you that's being childish here


That Obi has to explain his reasons for felicitating with a past head of state shows he's a weakling

That aside, what's the big deal in wishing another person a happy birthday and why is the headless mob angry about that?

Be logical, son
Obi

Nothing like weakling here
He is just been accountable to his followers.
That is what true leaders does
U are used to buhari and Tinubu that feel they are gods and can't belittle themselves to be accountable to u

Correct!

They should continue.....

Shadomaan7:
Peter Obi's supporters are the major reason why he would never be allowed to come close to Aso rock as a president. They are just too bitter and toxic

Bad leader traits.. You don't have to explain why you wished Gen Gowon a happy birthday. Obidients are just killing Obis political chances. They are making it look like it's an Ipobssss affairs. Not only Igbos support Obi.

Penguin2:
Some Obidients can be too sensitive for my liking.

Obi was just fulfilling all righteousness by felicitating with Gowon and I don’t think anybody should have issues with it.

If anything, Igbos who know history should be thankful to Gowon for how the war ended.

If not for Gowon, the Igbo haters from Awolowo camp and northern Muslims would have overrun the East and raze it ashes just to make sure Igbos never rise again.

It was Gowon’s policy of “No Victor, No Vanquished” that prevented that from happening. And those bloodsucking Igbo haters could only murmur from distance with their teeth all out like a rabid dog tasting for Igbo blood.

It was the anger of not letting Igbos be disappeared from the face of the earth that made Awolowo give every Igbo man 20 pounds after the war irrespective of how much he had in the bank before the war.

So, I understand that Gowon prosecuted the war against Biafra but those who understand leadership would know that Gowon was merely doing his job and not anything personal.

So, enough of the sulking by some Obidients. We can be more reasonable than that.

Oloshi ni e, my grandpa was part of people that protested against the long going war in East protesting to Nigeria govt to end the war with immediate effect


Many Yorubas landlord keep the rent of their Igbo tenants, their properties were kept and protected yet you ingratitude tribe still talk Ill of Yoruba Nation



Is it Yorubas fault that ojukwu chose foolishness over sensibility

Konquest:
The speech writer ended up adding more subtle insults to the speech by referring to Gowon as the "Enemy." Such adjectives should have been screened out in the light of what is known about the sequence of events leading right up to the Nigerian Civil War.

It would have been a nice rebuttal meant for those Ibos who didn't like the FACT that he felicitated with the iconic General Yakubu Gowon (who was the Head of State during the exactly 30 month or 2 years and 6 months Nigerian Civil War from July 1967 to January 1970) on his 90th birthday.

Unknown to a lot of younger Ibos, Col Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (rtd) who was the rebel or secessionist leader in 1967 continued to receive his pension as a former Nigerian Army officer because he was granted state pardon by President Shehu Shagari in the early 1980s. When Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu came back to Nigeria from exile, he went into politics and contested under the Shehu Shagari-led National Party of Nigeria (NPN) which was the main dominant political party that had a lot of Northerner Nigerians (aside from GNPP of Waziri Ibrahim and the PRP of Mallam Aminu Kano). He however lost his bid for an elective post.

Nnamdi Azikiwe was very bitter and came close to shedding tears in a 1983 documentary that I watched a few years back that was done by a White British man where he condemned strongly the Presidential pardon that was given to Emeka Ojukwu and he emphasized in that 1983 documentary that 2 of his relatives lost their lives in the Nigerian Civil War because of Ojukwu whose WRONG actions he said led to the death of a lot of Ibos.

Last but NOT least, a lot of younger Ibos who use hate as a tool of blackmail against other Nigerians because of the Nigerian Civil War are NOT aware that Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was relating very well with the Awolowo family after the 1987 demise of the iconic lawyer and politician, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN. He also referred to Chief Awolowo as "the best President Nigeria never had." It's on record though that the FIRST EVER Nigerian to refer to Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN, "as BEST President Nigerian never had" was Mr Dan Agbese of the Newswatch Magazine (co-founded by Agbese, Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, and others) in the 1980s.

During the launch of the Chief Obafemi Awolowo Foundation in the late 1980s, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu physically attended the launch of the Foundation and when Ojukwu passed on in 2012, the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation paid a tribute to him and made reference to his physical presence at the launch of the Foundation in the late 1980s. All these were done despite the FACT that Ojukwu himself was behind the spread of FALSEHOODS about Chief Obafemi Awolowo to deflect the attention of people from his blunders during the war via mass propaganda as confirmed by some Ibo writers themselves who witnessed the Nigerian Civil War. [b]So, what this CLEARLY shows is that the elite of the various Nigerian ethnicities largely relate with one another, but it's the semi-literates and even educated illiterates on the street level that typically fuel crises online and offline with their loads of bigotry and emotional baggage. A firm knowledge and understanding of history and the sequence of events leading right up to the Nigerian Civil War would have enabled Ibos to see CLEARLY that it's the secessionist leadership that committed monumental blunders by the secession declaration on May 30, 1967 when the other ethnic minorities such as the Ijaws, the Ogonis, the Ibibios, the Annangs, the Ekois or Ejagbams, the Ogojas, Efiks, Efuts, and Quas (the 3 ethnic groups are the indigenes of Calabar) and their political and traditional leadership from the Old Eastern Region of Nigeria had REJECTED Emeka Ojukwu's secession and clearly supported General Yakubu Gowon's May 27, 1967 creation of 12 new states out of which 3 of the new states were from the Old Eastern Region.[/b] Chief Harold Dappa-Biriye who is an indigene of Bonny Island in Rivers State clearly stated in a 1999 Guardian interview in Port Harcourt that he and other Rivers State leaders of thought such as Ken Sari-Wiwa were the ones who visited Gowon in Lagos from 1966 and 1967 and "influenced" General Yakubu Gowon to create the 12 new states as that would bring about a sense of belonging for the ethnic minorities and reduce the Ibo domination in the Old Eastern Region. I shared a copy of that historic 1999 interview with a few close folks online before.

Hilary Njoku (who was the FIRST military commander of the secessionist rebel fighters before Alexander Madiebo took over from him) also told Ojukwu that the secession war would fail because there were NOT enough weapons and because of that, he was jailed alongside Margaret Ekpo and many other Ibos and non-Ibos who were against the doomed secession move of 1967! Hilary Njoku captured all these in his autobiography. Other folks such as Ambassador Raph Uwechue also wrote books condemning the roles that Chukwuemeka Ojukwu played in fuelling the disastrous war and deaths due to his recalcitrance and youthful exuberance being a dude in his early 30s. Before May 1967, 2 commercial planes belonging to Nigeria Airways and Ghana Airways were illegally hijacked on the orders of Ojukwu and taken to Enugu. Those 2 planes were later converted to bombers and one of them was actually shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire while on a bombing mission in Lagos State with the hired White mercenary pilots and some African crew who were detailed to drop bombs manually over specific targets in Lagos.

The invasion of the Old Midwest Region of Nigeria (now Edo and Delta States) in 1967 which led to the illegal declaration of a "Benin Republic" by the secessionist/rebel invaders was one of the most foolish blunders committed by the young Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and his group, (including the looting of the Central Bank branches and the desecration of the palace of the Oba of Benin) and these triggered the anger of a lot of the newly created Midwestern State ethnic groups such as the Bini-Edos, Esan-Edos, Etsakos, Urhobos, Isokos, etc, and other groups to join the war effort to teach the secessionists a lesson

Illegal declaration of Benin 🇧🇯 ?

Kindly shed more light about the story.

Why should he not greet him?