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gidgiddy:
Some people may not know who Colonel Emmanuel Nwobosi is, but he was the last surviving member of the nine officers who executed Nigeria's military coup on January 15th 1966. After the coup failed, Nwobosi was imprisoned in the East by Aguiyi-Ironsi, however, he was released by Ojukwu when he declared Biafra, promoted to Colonel, and later became Ojukwu's Chief Of Staff. Nwobosi would later fly out with Ojukwu into exile at the end of the war, made his way to Guyana where he became a Military advisor to the Guyanese government. He later moved to Canada where he lived for many years before returning to Nigeria. He retired to his hometown, Obosi, near Onitsha, and was given the title 'Ogene Obosi' by his people. Emmanuel Nwobosi died in November 2020 at the age of 81, but before then, he wrote a book called 1966: THE DARK TRUTH that was later published by his son after his death. This is what Nwobosi said in 2020 in his book about why he and others carried out the January 15th 1966 coup:-

Emmanuel Nwobosi

I am the last of the original coup planners of January 15, 1966 with Major Kaduna Nzeogwu. I knew Nzeogwu well. We went to school together. We trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, UK. We lived together. Nzeogwu was our first Head of Military Intelligence and uncovered terrible plans to wreak havoc across the country. We organised a group of progressive military officers to carry out a coup on 15th January, 1966 to stop a Jihad and bring sanity to a Nigeria steeped in nepotism, corruption and mass murders. The Government of Tafawa Balewa, controlled by the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello, were using us in the army to repress the Middle Belt and Western Nigeria. Houses and cars were burnt. Thousands were killed. All these happened between 1962- 66

There were nine of us that planned the January 15 Revolution: Majors Nzeogwu, Anuforo, Ifeajuna, Ademoyega, Chukwuka, Okafor, Onwuategwu, Obienu and myself. However, four of us started it. Major Ifeajuna and Major Ademoyega in the South; and Major Nzeogwu and myself in the North. We then united as a single revolution. I am the last of the four original revolutionaries. None published the complete truth. Only me, Colonel Nwobosi, is alive today, to tell the Final Truth, so that the lies will not triumph forever.

They used us to repress the Middle-belt and the Yorubas. When we saw genocide, we began to disobey orders and swore to stop them. For instance, Major Anuforo refused to release mass murderers caught with weapons, and was court martialled. He was replaced by Major Hassan Katsina, a Northern Muslim, willing to act. I was in Abeokuta but refused to repress Yorubas, instead I opened our barracks as a safe place for them to run to. They told many lies about the January 15 boys, to justify their genocide, but it is those of us that planned the revolution that they should have killed, not the three million innocent Biafrans that knew nothing.

For years I kept quiet, blaming myself and wondering whether at 27, I was too radical that my actions led to the deaths of millions. Today, the same evil in 1966 is being unleashed. As I watch, my sense of guilt has vanished, because we were not the evil. We were trying to stop the evil. That Evil is Radical Islamism. I have decided to speak out and warn the world of the impending disaster if we do not stop it.

Each time Radical Muslims plan a Jihad, in their religious mission to conquer the world, they will fail, but in the attempt, thousands and even millions will die. That happened to us in Biafra. At this point let me differentiate between peaceful, law-abiding Muslims and Radical Muslims who want to kill others to force their religion on them. The problem is that wherever peaceful Muslims are, there are some Radical Muslims amongst them. That is why they began a Jihad in 1966. That is why we had to stop it. That is why they killed millions of our people. That is why we declared Biafra, because we are a peaceful people and oil and water can never mix.

My story is a warning to Nigerians. For years, I was prevented from speaking the truth by exile, prison, harassment, poverty, surveillance and death threats held over many of the actors like Ojukwu, Zik, Awolowo, Ibiam and the January 15 boys that survived. But as I watch today, many of the events that led to our revolution are happening again: Boko Haram, Fulani Militia, Niger Delta Militants, Shiites, IPOB and mass murders.

Some people think we acted wrongly in carrying out the January 15 revolution, but they may not be fully aware of the realities then. We were trained by the British to be patriotic, to give the ultimate sacrifice for Nigerian and to stop anyone acting against the nation.

Instead of our leaders using us to defend Nigeria they were using us to suppress citizens. We, decided to arrest them for their atrocities because no one was willing to act. Not Zik, the President, who was powerless, not Ironsi, the Head of the Army, who was a conservative. There were many reasons why we had to act:
1. To stop the killings in Yoruba land and the Middle Belt by NPC the ruling Party;
2. To stop the invasion of Yorubaland on 17th January, 1966;
3. To correct the massive rigging of the 1964 elections;
4. To free Awolowo from Prison and make him the Prime Minister;
5. To stop the terrible corruption, nepotism and regionalism of the NPC, the Ruling Party;
6. To stop Ahmadu Bello’s planned Jihad.

It was good that we acted to save the Yoruba and the Middle Belt people, and we thought that was enough to stop the Jihad. We could not foresee that they would massively attack innocent Igbos. Blame those who decided to massacre our people for their evil.

The usual lies,lamentation and justification of a lopsided murderous event.
Perhaps you would care to take time out of your propaganda workshop and watch the YouTube video of Solape Ademulegun, the daughter of Brigadier Ademulegun who as a kid had to witness the trauma of seeing her parents gunned down in cold murderous blood by Major Timothy Onwategwu on January 15th 1966. Onwategwu was a regular visitor to the home of the Ademuleguns pre January 15th 1966. He regularly Sat at Mrs Ademuleguns dinning table and ate and drank. On January 15th 1966 Onwategwu entered the bedroom of the Ademuleguns and gunned down his superior officer and his heavily pregnant wife in cold blood. What could be more treacherous and back stabbing than this?

Watch below the heart wrenching interview.
👇👇👇👇



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHHl8i_4Mmg?si=07NknG1UfvL9-lua

Key takeaways.

Ironsi warned Balewa of an impending coup
I also read somewhere that Azikiwe tipped off Ladoke Akinola of the impending coup.

There were rumours of a coup, but no precautions were taken by those in power.

Ironsi was not a coup plotter.

Nwafor Orizu handed over power to his fellow tribesman in the military despite the coup being crushed.

Ironsi and the SMC did not execute the coup plotters. They had ample time to do this with his 6 months in power.

Azikiwe confirmed Igbos gloated and goaded Northerners for the January 1966 coup. Fanning the embers of ethnic hatred which backfired on them.

Igbos in Biafra oppressed non-Igbos resident in Biafra.


Bitter truth.

But like I mentioned earlier, until these things are acknowledged and we choose not to hold onto the mistakes of the past, we ain’t heading anywhere as a nation. And the exploitative oppressors will keep on feasting on the divided masses.

Case closed.

Sense don finish d day God created Igbos. You are now trying to change the narrative that you wanted to save Yorubas from the Fulani's invasion but I ask them this question, do you use Panadol for another man's headache? Cos only a foolish man does that.

Goosethetruth:
Guy,
The usual empty chest beating at the beginning of your lamentation of being a PhD holder is meant to achieve what exactly?
Brow beat me or intimidate me? You can only use your fake PhD to intimidate your mindless mob IPOB members in your WhatsApp groups not enlightened,educated and well travelled people like myself.
You talk about reading and researching events of 1966 to show your ignorant arrogance but I tell you I LIVED THROUGH WHAT YOU ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE READ ABOUT. I WITNESSED THE EVENTS LIVE SO YOU CAN NOT GAS LIGHT ME!
As for your arrogant claim that the internet levels personalities which is also an ignorant claim because you equally do not know who I am. You don't know the person behind the moniker even if I sat next to you in public.

Franchasofficia I will sincerely advise you to subjugate your arrogance and be humble. Self acclaimed PhD is not intelligence.
Stop trying to revise he history of 1966. Some of us were alive during this period and witnessed these events. I post on this forum so that dangerous Ibo like you will not guilt trip and gaslight my children.
No mater the amount of Ibo propaganda and lies the January 15th 1966 coup was an Ibo coup. The January 15th 1966 coup was not a revolution but a bloodbath. The January 15th 1966 coup was a lopsided murderous event. The January 15th 1966 coup was motivated by Ibo domination. The January 15th 1966 coup was a tribal coup . Simple.

Hahahahahaha


What did you say? You were born and an adult when the January 1966 coup happened?


That means you are my father then hahahaha


My father that fought in the war as a forced teenager is currently 85, and you claim to be an adult or teen that witnessed the 1966 coup? Wonderful


Let me not argue that, you could be right, you alone knows your age.


But even my father that was a teenager then didn't know much about what transpired in the coup except through my late uncle's classified stories.


You could be right that you have a high profile personality, but you are not sounding polished and mature enough with how you are carelessly throwing insults, tantrums, banters and hate words while claiming to be exposed, it's contradictory you know.


As one becomes more exposed, educated/learned, advanced, traveled and financially empowered, it reflects on your lifestyle and approach to life. Dangote cannot be caught talking the same way MC Oluomo talks.


Dr Adesina cannot be caught throwing insulting words carelessly the way a motor park lout will do. The more traveled, learned and advanced one becomes, the higher their demure and composure in public.



Meanwhile, I repeat, you are entitled to believe that the 1966 January coup was an Igbo people's coup, and we are also entitled to tell those the care the untold truth that have been hidden for decades due to Yoruba controlled newspaper propaganda of the past.


So you have the absolute right to believe whatever you were told or witnessed like you said.

If you did witnessed the coup as a teen or adult, then you should be above 80yrs, I respect your age, peace

Hisroyalbadmeat:
, The Igbos are never wrong,They are always right,
1) After their genocidal actions against Minorities in the old Eastern region,and failed,They said they did ir because they are saboteur and betrayals
2) After arresting prominent Ikwerre people during the war, executing and raping their women, today they turn around and say They are our brothers we will not leave Dem behind, like wdf,who needs such elements,
3) After unleashing mayhem in the east, killing innocent people, They say they are fighting for Biafra,and freedom,They justify the killings of their own, pathetic,,
4) Nigeria is a creations of the British, but the same are saying Biafra must include the Old eastern region created by the same Britain,
;DAbeg tell us another story

You are very correct, they are never wrong in their own eyes, just be watching as you will be seeing more articles and different story headlines about the coup from their one sided
story. They always want to claim right, they always want to claim victim also. Some of these young Igbo guys just need to rest from most of this their one sided stories.

Ñwaobosi, añother Iɓo liar with their usual tissues of lies in other to rewrite history.

OkCornel:
Key takeaways.

Ironsi warned Balewa of an impending coup
I also read somewhere that Azikiwe tipped off Ladoke Akinola of the impending coup.

There were rumours of a coup, but no precautions were taken by those in power.

Ironsi was not a coup plotter.

Nwafor Orizu handed over power to his fellow tribesman in the military despite the coup being crushed.

Ironsi and the SMC did not execute the coup plotters. They had ample time to do this with his 6 months in power.

Azikiwe confirmed Igbos gloated and goaded Northerners for the January 1966 coup. Fanning the embers of ethnic hatred which backfired on them.

Igbos in Biafra oppressed non-Igbos resident in Biafra.


Bitter truth.

But like I mentioned earlier, until these things are acknowledged and we choose not to hold onto the mistakes of the past, we ain’t heading anywhere as a nation. And the exploitative oppressors will keep on feasting on the divided masses.

Case closed.

Hahahaha, funny highlight lolz


Let me make some corrections to your take away lol


Azikiwe confirmed that some Igbos gloated and goaded Northerners for the January 1966 coup. Of course there is always overzealous people in every tribe that celebrate both bad and good, they are in all tribes but should never form our opinion of a tribe of millions, that's fallacy of hasty generalization, it leads to wrong judgment and grave judgment.


This pattern is still prevalent till date, anytime Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas want to attack the entire Igbos politically, they claim Igbos did this or that, Igbos said this or that, just as Lagos APC used the propaganda that "Igbos said Lagos is a no man's land and want to take over Lagos" to incite both neutral Yorubas against Igbos during the last general election in Lagos. Whereas it was a former Lagos Governor of Yoruba decent that invented that phrase that "Lagos is a no man's land" to tell Lagosians that all are welcome and should take Lagos as their home. It is well.



Nwafor Orizu did not hand over power to Aguiyi Ironsi, he was handicapped, he was scared of his life, he was even at his hometown at Obosi when the event started unfolding. The man consulted Council of Ministers and they agreed to hand over government to the Army headed by Ironsi the most ranking Nigerian military officer when the coup happened.


If Nwafor Orizu had the gut, he ought to have been the one to seize power, but which civilian will dare that at that point that the nation was boiling to its highest boiling point? I doubt any civilian could have dared, so leave that side of saying Nwafor Orizu handed over power to Ironsi his tribesman, Orizu had no option than to hand over to the military to save his own life.


The coup was executed by mostly young igbo military officers who allowed tribal sentiments to derail their original plan by sparing Igbo officials, but that does not make it an Igbo people's coup because no consultation was held in Igbo communities or sociocultural groups to get Igbo people's permission to carry out the coup for it to be tagged an Igbo people's coup, that's a key point to take home.


The coup planners who included a Yoruba man agreed and wrote down the reasons they struck or carried out the coup to be:


To stop the impending collapse of Western Nigeria (today's Yoruba region) due to political battle between Awolowo and Akintola.


To stop Ahmadu Bello's planned Moslem Jihad to spread Islam to Southern Nigeria using Nigerian military.


To release Awolowo from jail and to do an election that would hand over power to Chief Obafemi Awolowo whom the young military officers believed to be a better person to lead Nigeria.


Igbos in Biafra did not persecute none Igbos in Biafra. Instead, shortly after Biafra was declared by Ojukwu, Gowon declared a police action to forcefully return old eastern Nigeria then Biafra back to Nigeria and war broke out.

Mind you, Biafra didn't have any formal military, to form their military, the Igbo soldiers that were serving under Nigeria became the pioneer soldiers of Biafra, to get more youths to fight for Biafra, they started forceful recruitment of youths in the Old Eastern Nigeria which comprised of present day Niger Delta region with none Igbos.

My father an Igbo man was forcefully conscripted into Biafra military with no formal military training. His eldest brother too. Some Igbo parents were brutally tortured and killed by the Biafran soldiers when they resisted them from forcefully taking their sons to join the Biafra military, this was what happened all over Biafra regions including in Nigeria Delta regions and that was what they tagged as killing and persecution because most of them rejected and fought against taking their sons to war and were murdered in the process.


Another point to take home is that the Northern Jihadists haven't given up, they are still pushing till date, you can see this happening in Middlebelt states via Fulani Jihad militia groups disguising as herdsmen invading Middlebelt villages and even crossing over to neighboring Southeast communities in Enugu, Ebonyi, and not sparing Southwest towns where they even tried to establish a Sharia court of recent.


Nigerian Christians should continue sleeping like European Christians while these bloody Moslem Jihadists being sponsored by the Middle East and in partnership with the Sahel states continue to plot their move.

Goosethetruth:
The usual lies,lamentation and justification of a lopsided murderous event.
Perhaps you would care to take time out of your propaganda workshop and watch the YouTube video of Solape Ademulegun, the daughter of Brigadier Ademulegun who as a kid had to witness the trauma of seeing her parents gunned down in cold murderous blood by Major Timothy Onwategwu on January 15th 1966. Onwategwu was a regular visitor to the home of the Ademuleguns pre January 15th 1966. He regularly Sat at Mrs Ademuleguns dinning table and ate and drank. On January 15th 1966 Onwategwu entered the bedroom of the Ademuleguns and gunned down his superior officer and his heavily pregnant wife in cold blood. What could be more treacherous and back stabbing than this?

Watch below the heart wrenching interview.
👇👇👇👇



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHHl8i_4Mmg?si=07NknG1UfvL9-lua

But we are still talking about a Nigeria that honoured the coup that happened after, led by Murtala Mohammed, that killed over 300 people. Why is it that Murtala Mohammed was given a place of honour on you national currency, has Airports named after him, has seminars done in honour. He was just a murderous coup plotter!

Why isn't Onwuatuegwu on the national currency? Why isn't Airports named after Nzeogwu?

The lesson to be learned here is that you people only remember that coup is evil if Igbos are involved. If Northerners do it, it is good

That's why Nzeogwu coup claimed less than 20 lives, but una no gree man hear word. But Murtala Mohammeds coup claimed over 300 lives, and you guys honoured him by putting him on the N20 Naira note

gidgiddy:
But we are still talking about a Nigeria that honoured the coup that happened after, led by Murtala Mohammed, that killed over 300 people. Why is it that Murtala Mohammed was given a place of honour on you national currency, has Airports named after him, has seminars done in honour. He was just a murderous coup plotter!

Why isn't Onwuatuegwu on the national currency? Why isn't Airports named after Nzeogwu?

The lesson to be learned here is that you people only remember that coup is evil if Igbos are involved. If Northerners do it, it is good

That's why Nzeogwu coup claimed less than 20 lives, but una no gree man hear word. But Murtala Mohammeds coup claimed over 300 lives, and you guys honoured him by putting him on the N20 Naira note

When I say some of you are nutters,it will seem like an insult but just imagine the insane whataboutism?
What led to the Murtala Mohammed coup?
Was it not the lopsided,tribal January 15th 1966 Ibo coup? Actions will also trigger reactions. It is a simple law of nature.

The penchant for Ibos to trigger an action then when the reaction comes they will activate their pity party mode and claim victimisation is unrivalled in this country.
This is 2025,you guys should shove your lies,falsehood and propaganda up where the sun don't shine. Nobody is buying your rubbish. We refuse to be gaslighted. Your pity party propaganda is dead on arrival.
The January 15th 1966 was an Ibo coup aimed at Ibo domination and subjugation. The July 29th 1966 coup was a reaction and revenge coup. Actions beget reactions. The Ibos recieved a duly deserved comeuppance in the July 29th 1966 revenge coup and the civil war in its aftermath. There is no beating around the bush. The Ibo got what they deserved and people like you Gidgiddy would not be here running your mouth like water from a tap,lamenting in pains and sorrow if General Yakubu Gowon had done the right thing and allowed the Nigeria Army to push that conflict in 1970 to its logical conclusion, instead he rewarded treachery and high treason with monetary rewards and a cuddly hug of NO VICTOR AND NO VANQUISHED. That is why terrorists like Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa can raise their scrawny necks today to agitate for another civil war of terror and people like you Gidgiddy, will serve as their terrorism enablers on Nairaland.

franchasofficia:
Hahahahahaha


What did you say? You were born and an adult when the January 1966 coup happened?


That means you are my father then hahahaha


My father that fought in the war as a forced teenager is currently 85, and you claim to be an adult or teen that witnessed the 1966 coup? Wonderful


Let me not argue that, you could be right, you alone knows your age.


But even my father that was a teenager then didn't know much about what transpired in the coup except through my late uncle's classified stories.


You could be right that you have a high profile personality, but you are not sounding polished and mature enough with how you are carelessly throwing insults, tantrums, banters and hate words while claiming to be exposed, it's contradictory you know.


As one becomes more exposed, educated/learned, advanced, traveled and financially empowered, it reflects on your lifestyle and approach to life. Dangote cannot be caught talking the same way MC Oluomo talks.


Dr Adesina cannot be caught throwing insulting words carelessly the way a motor park lout will do. The more traveled, learned and advanced one becomes, the higher their demure and composure in public.



Meanwhile, I repeat, you are entitled to believe that the 1966 January coup was an Igbo people's coup, and we are also entitled to tell those the care the untold truth that have been hidden for decades due to Yoruba controlled newspaper propaganda of the past.


So you have the absolute right to believe whatever you were told or witnessed like you said.

If you did witnessed the coup as a teen or adult, then you should be above 80yrs, I respect your age, peace

If your aged father does not understand or know how to use the technology of the Internet then that is his business and cup of tea. I taught myself to move with trends and I am never too humble to move with trends. Don't tar everybody with your fathers refusal to learn new things.

I am enlightened and most of my contemporaries are enlightened. The error of the Nigeria elites to keep quiet in the spirit of no Victor and no vanquished after the civil war of 1970 was a grave error because it only emboldened the Ibo propaganda machinery to slowly and quietly revise and distort the history and events that led to the January 15th 1966 Ibo coup through arch purveyors of propaganda such as Chinua Achebe, Uche Chukwumerije and the plagiarist Cyprian Ekwensi. These Ibo writers were able to twist the narrative and through their cheap Onitsha market books push out consistent falsehood as truth.
The Ibo propaganda and falsehood machinery has been handed over to people like you to push your evil agenda but it will be resisted. Ibos can not gaslight anyone in this country ever again. Your eternal game of playing the victim has been exposed since and will be resisted.
No amount of gaslighting and victimhood can change what the January 15th 1966 coup was. It was an Ibo, tribal,lopsided coup aimed at Ibo domination and subjugation of all other tribes.

Goosethetruth:
If your aged father does not understand or know how to use the technology of the Internet then that is his business and cup of tea. I taught myself to move with trends and I am never too humble to move with trends. Don't tar everybody with your fathers refusal to learn new things.

I am enlightened and most of my contemporaries are enlightened. The error of the Nigeria elites to keep quiet in the spirit of no Victor and no vanquished after the civil war of 1970 was a grave error because it only emboldened the Ibo propaganda machinery to slowly and quietly revise and distort the history and events that led to the January 15th 1966 Ibo coup through arch purveyors of propaganda such as Chinua Achebe, Uche Chukwumerije and the plagiarist Cyprian Ekwensi. These Ibo writers were able to twist the narrative and through their cheap Onitsha market books push out consistent falsehood as truth.
The Ibo propaganda and falsehood machinery has been handed over to people like you to push your evil agenda but it will be resisted. Ibos can not gaslight anyone in this country ever again. Your eternal game of playing the victim has been exposed since and will be resisted.
No amount of gaslighting and victimhood can change what the January 15th 1966 coup was. It was an Ibo, tribal,lopsided coup aimed at Ibo domination and subjugation of all other tribes.

Okay sir.


Ejoor sir.

Ema binu sir

franchasofficia:
Okay sir.


Ejoor sir.

Ema binu sir

Nobody is joking with you here. You will not be allowed to gaslight and play victim here. You will be resisted.

As for you father,it is never too late for him to learn new technology and learn to use the Internet. I suggest you encourage him.

Goosethetruth:
Nobody is joking with you here. You will not be allowed to gaslight and play victim here. You will be resisted.

As for you father,it is never too late for him to learn new technology and learn to use the Internet. I suggest you encourage him.

Ok sir, epele sir


My dad doesn't need such stress, he is currently in my hometown enjoying his old age away from the stress and troubles of this world.


You an 80yrs plus man that still have the strength and energy to be throwing banters, insults and enjoying the internet buzz of today must be a magical human, well done sir, I salute your strength and energy at 80yrs plus

franchasofficia:
Ok sir, epele sir


My dad doesn't need such stress, he is currently in my hometown enjoying his old age away from the stress and troubles of this world.


You an 80yrs plus man that still have the strength and energy to be throwing banters, insults and enjoying the internet buzz of today must be a magical human, well done sir, I salute your strength and energy at 80yrs plus

At bolded,
Teach him to be active and exercise his brain cells. The fastest way to become a vegetable and lose cognitive strength is lack of brain activity. A word is enough for the wise.

Goosethetruth:
At bolded,
Teach him to be active and exercise his brain cells. The fastest way to become a vegetable and lose cognitive strength is lack of brain activity. A word is enough for the wise.

Okay sir, but my dad does not have such strength at his age now. He is more inclined to traditional, community life now, he now spend most of his time with his kinsmen and wife, and I repeat, I envy your strength at 80yrs plus still actively fighting on social media, throwing tantrums, inciting people and insulting whoever you wish to. Honestly your kind is rare, I do envy your strength for real

Goosethetruth:
When I say some of you are nutters,it will seem like an insult but just imagine the insane whataboutism?
What led to the Murtala Mohammed coup?
Was it not the lopsided,tribal January 15th 1966 Ibo coup? Actions will also trigger reactions. It is a simple law of nature.

The penchant for Ibos to trigger an action then when the reaction comes they will activate their pity party mode and claim victimisation is unrivalled in this country.
This is 2025,you guys should shove your lies,falsehood and propaganda up where the sun don't shine. Nobody is buying your rubbish. We refuse to be gaslighted. Your pity party propaganda is dead on arrival.
The January 15th 1966 was an Ibo coup aimed at Ibo domination and subjugation. The July 29th 1966 coup was a reaction and revenge coup. Actions beget reactions. The Ibos recieved a duly deserved comeuppance in the July 29th 1966 revenge coup and the civil war in its aftermath. There is no beating around the bush. The Ibo got what they deserved and people like you Gidgiddy would not be here running your mouth like water from a tap,lamenting in pains and sorrow if General Yakubu Gowon had done the right thing and allowed the Nigeria Army to push that conflict in 1970 to its logical conclusion, instead he rewarded treachery and high treason with monetary rewards and a cuddly hug of NO VICTOR AND NO VANQUISHED. That is why terrorists like Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa can raise their scrawny necks today to agitate for another civil war of terror and people like you Gidgiddy, will serve as their terrorism enablers on Nairaland.

It is the same what about ism that makes you people only remember January 15 coup, but never any of the 7 other coups that later happened

The same whataboutism is why Nigeria can take a murderous coup plotter like Murtala Mohammed, who killed hundreds of people in his own coup,
and make him a national hero on your currency, but call out Nzeogwu whose coup claimed 20 lives.

It's the same whataboutism that makes you Nigerians blame Igbos for how Nigeria is, even though it's the rest of you who have been running Nigeria for the last 60 years.

All this whataboutism goes to show that we have no business being together in one country , and that the British colonial contraption called Nigeria should have been dissolved a long time ago

gidgiddy:
It is the same what about ism that makes you people only remember January 15 coup, but never any of the 7 other coups that later happened

The same whataboutism is why Nigeria can take a murderous coup plotter like Murtala Mohammed, who killed hundreds of people in his own coup,
and make him a national hero on your currency, but call out Nzeogwu whose coup claimed 20 lives.

It's the same whataboutism that makes you Nigerians blame Igbos for how Nigeria is, even though it's the rest of you who have been running Nigeria for the last 60 years.

All this whataboutism goes to show that we have no business being together in one country , and that the British colonial contraption called Nigeria should have been dissolved a long time ago

So why are you lot still clamouring Peter Obi for President, when you should be agitating that your governors, senators, assembly men, representatives, and ministers withdraw from Nigeria and move for a referendum?
You and I know that Ibos are a janus,two faced type of people who want to eat their cake and at the same time have it. All your propaganda, falsehood, lies and lamentations are aimed at only one thing. Ibo domination and subjugation of all other tribes and appropriation of their lands.
You shout Peter Obi for Nigeria president and at the same time shout Biafra or death.
What a serpentine group of people.

franchasofficia:
Most Nigerian elites then knew there was an imminent coup coming, even Belewa, Akintola, Ahmadu Bello, Zik, etc were all tipped by Ironsi the GOC of Nigeria Army, I just found this from a British government archive, see screen shot below.


They chose to ignore the warnings for reasons best known to them

Ironsi kind of warned that there was imminent coup but Belewa ignored the warning.

I’m sure your imaginary uncle told you this?

Your imaginary uncle that does not exist can only tell you the things that doesn’t exist..

Goosethetruth:
So why are you lot still clamouring Peter Obi for President, when you should be agitating that your governors, senators, assembly men, representatives, and ministers withdraw from Nigeria and move for a referendum?
You and I know that Ibos are a janus,two faced type of people who want to eat their cake and at the same time have it. All your propaganda, falsehood, lies and lamentations are aimed at only one thing. Ibo domination and subjugation of all other tribes and appropriation of their lands.
You shout Peter Obi for Nigeria president and at the same time shout Biafra or death.
What a serpentine group of people.

Why are Yorubas clamouring for Oduduwa Republic but still want Tinubu to be President? Yeah, whataboutism. We should all go our seperate ways, we have wasted enough lives on this fruitless venture called Nigeria

Thank you for ur epistle, but Why always igbos. Everybody is wrong, na only una get sense abi??

Among all the tribes in nigeria why always igbo?
In S/A, indonesia, malaysia, thailand, china, vietnam, togo, benin republic, ghana, all over the world, why always igbo??

My ppl talk say "you can tell others lies but when u enter ur innermost chamber you tell yourself the truth"........but nor be una!

Una must tell a lie over and over again until u make urself believe it.

franchasofficia:
This is nothing but the truth, my now late uncle was part of them and he told us the same story which I shared here days ago.


Only God knows the truth and the truth will come out one day before those that hate Igbos and think Igbos are too troublesome.


My late uncle only regretted the fact that some of the coup leaders failed to separate tribal sentiment from their actions which made them spare some Igbo leaders marked for elimination should they refuse to cooperate.



Ademoyega also said some of this in his book titled "Why We Struck".


That Jihad war hasn't stopped, they are still on it. Take a look at what they are doing to Middlebelt people today. They are now using Fulani herdsmen who are actually Muslim Jihad Militants trained under Boko Haram, ISWAP, etc to continue the execution of that Islamic Jihad. They showed their hand too early again in Southwest by introducing Sharia law in Oyo state but Yorubas think it's a joke and are focused on attacking Igbos who are actually their best friends they ought to have been working with.



Chief Awolowo later realized the truth and told his kinsmen to work with Igbos because he later saw the truth but his kinsmen believe Igbos are their greatest enemies. Time will teach us all the sad lesson about life.



The coup was supposed to be a revolution but the leaders messed it up by sparing all Igbo leaders making the North to find a reason to deceive the rest of Nigerians to tag it Igbo coup and gangup against Igbos, which messed Igbos up in Nigeria ever since


But my promise to those still working to enforce Moslem Jihad in Nigeria is that you guys are wasting your time, Southeast (Igbos) will never let you succeed. If you want to spread Islam, do it via progressive methods, do miracle to heal people, engage in philanthropic outreach programs to help the poor and needy, spread quality advanced education that will teach people how to research, create solutions to global problems, not outdated Islamic doctrine education that never help societies to develop, preach love and peace, and then use the opportunity to convince people to join your Islam so that their life can become better.

Using guns and sword to spread Islam or force people to become Moslems will never work in Nigeria so long as we Igbos are still part of Nigeria, we will continue to foil that evil plan without apology.

Can you believe that at the time Azikiwe did this interview below on the 16th of Jan 1966
Gen Ironsi had not yet taken Power
look outside the Window you can see it is broad daylight
Listen to Azikiwe

Dr Orizu who was the Acting President didn't invite Gen Ironsi to takeover Power until 10 minutes to midnight on that same day (16th of January 1966 ) which couldn't have been less than about 6 hours after Azikiwe gave this interview to the British Press yet Azikiwe was speaking as if Gen Ironsi was already in Power

Gen Ironsi didn't take Power until 17th Jan 1966 the next day

From his replies you can see that Azikiwe was completely uninterested in finding Prime Minister Balewa who had only been kidnapped and was only missing at the time of this interview and whose body was not found until almost a week later but see how so confident Azikiwe already was that Balewa wouldn't be found alive


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCD7uQsSU6U?si=_lCuNifvAGEIRXrp

christistruth01:

Can you believe that at the time Azikiwe did this interview below on the 16th of Jan 1966
Gen Ironsi had not yet taken Power
look outside the Window you can see it is broad daylight
Listen to Azikiwe

Dr Orizu who was the Acting President didn't invite Gen Ironsi to takeover Power until 10 minutes to midnight on that same day (16th of January 1966 ) which couldn't have been less than about 6 hours after Azikiwe gave this interview to the British Press yet Azikiwe was speaking as if Gen Ironsi was already in Power

Gen Ironsi didn't take Power until 17th Jan 1966 the next day

From his replies you can see that Azikiwe was completely uninterested in finding Prime Minister Balewa who had only been kidnapped and was only missing at the time of this interview and whose body was not found until almost a week later but see how so confident Azikiwe already was that Balewa wouldn't be found alive


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCD7uQsSU6U?si=_lCuNifvAGEIRXrp

Thanks for this YouTube video.
Ibos are specialists in telling lies and passing off same as the truth.
I noticed the one who claimed to be a PhD holder claiming Orizu Nwafor was the next in line to succeed Balewa as Prime Minister. This skewed reasoning stems from ignorance and lack of understanding of the parliamentary system of government operation.
Nwafor Orizu was a member of the NCNC party who had formed an alliance with the ruling NPC party who were the senior party and were consistently supposed to produce the powerful prime minister position while the NCNC were supposed to produce the powerless ceremonial position of President of the Republic.
So following this logic the NPC was supposed to produce the acting prime minister in the absence of Balewa and the most senior minister was Zanna Bukar Dipcharima.
The Ibos in their usual cunning and crafty way in order to do away with the powerless ceremonial presidency occupied by Azikiwe used their military wing to seize EXECUTIVE POWER AND AUTHORITY through General Ignatius Ironsi.
So while the NPC ministers were still holding on to Tafawa Balewa being found since he was presumed to only be missing. The acting President Nwafor Orizu with active conivance of Nnamdi Azikiwe( who was hiding in the Caribbean) surreptitiously HANDED OVER EXECUTIVE POWER TO HIS IBO KINSMAN IRONSI and left the NPC and Dipcharima betrayed and in the lurch.
This is how the Ibo through the activities of January 15th 1966 moved from occupying the powerless ceremonial position of President to holding executive power and authority as HEAD OF STATE through General Aguiyi-Ironsi.
It was the usual serpentine political game play of the Ibos.

gidgiddy:
Some people may not know who Colonel Emmanuel Nwobosi is, but he was the last surviving member of the nine officers who executed Nigeria's first military coup on January 15th 1966. After the coup failed, Nwobosi was imprisoned in the East by Aguiyi-Ironsi. However, he was released by Ojukwu when he declared Biafra, promoted to Colonel, and later became Ojukwu's Chief Of Staff. Nwobosi would later fly out with Ojukwu into exile at the end of the war, made his way to Guyana where he became a Military advisor to the Guyanese government. He later moved to Canada where he lived for many years before returning to Nigeria. He retired to his hometown, Obosi, near Onitsha, and was given the title 'Ogene Obosi' by his people. Emmanuel Nwobosi died in November 2020 at the age of 81, but before then, he wrote a book called 1966: THE DARK TRUTH that was later published by his son after his death. This is what Nwobosi said in 2020 in his book about why he and others carried out the January 15th 1966 coup:-

Emmanuel Nwobosi

I am the last of the original coup planners of January 15, 1966 with Major Kaduna Nzeogwu. I knew Nzeogwu well. We went to school together. We trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, UK. We lived together. Nzeogwu was our first Head of Military Intelligence and uncovered terrible plans to wreak havoc across the country. We organised a group of progressive military officers to carry out a coup on 15th January, 1966 to stop a Jihad and bring sanity to a Nigeria steeped in nepotism, corruption and mass murders. The Government of Tafawa Balewa, controlled by the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello, were using us in the army to repress the Middle Belt and Western Nigeria. Houses and cars were burnt. Thousands were killed. All these happened between 1962- 66

There were nine of us that planned the January 15 Revolution: Majors Nzeogwu, Anuforo, Ifeajuna, Ademoyega, Chukwuka, Okafor, Onwuategwu, Obienu and myself. However, four of us started it. Major Ifeajuna and Major Ademoyega in the South; and Major Nzeogwu and myself in the North. We then united as a single revolution. I am the last of the four original revolutionaries. None published the complete truth. Only me, Colonel Nwobosi, is alive today, to tell the Final Truth, so that the lies will not triumph forever.

They used us to repress the Middle-belt and the Yorubas. When we saw genocide, we began to disobey orders and swore to stop them. For instance, Major Anuforo refused to release mass murderers caught with weapons, and was court martialled. He was replaced by Major Hassan Katsina, a Northern Muslim, willing to act. I was in Abeokuta but refused to repress Yorubas, instead I opened our barracks as a safe place for them to run to. They told many lies about the January 15 boys, to justify their genocide, but it is those of us that planned the revolution that they should have killed, not the three million innocent Biafrans that knew nothing.

For years I kept quiet, blaming myself and wondering whether at 27, I was too radical that my actions led to the deaths of millions. Today, the same evil in 1966 is being unleashed. As I watch, my sense of guilt has vanished, because we were not the evil. We were trying to stop the evil. That Evil is Radical Islamism. I have decided to speak out and warn the world of the impending disaster if we do not stop it.

Each time Radical Muslims plan a Jihad, in their religious mission to conquer the world, they will fail, but in the attempt, thousands and even millions will die. That happened to us in Biafra. At this point let me differentiate between peaceful, law-abiding Muslims and Radical Muslims who want to kill others to force their religion on them. The problem is that wherever peaceful Muslims are, there are some Radical Muslims amongst them. That is why they began a Jihad in 1966. That is why we had to stop it. That is why they killed millions of our people. That is why we declared Biafra, because we are a peaceful people and oil and water can never mix.

My story is a warning to Nigerians. For years, I was prevented from speaking the truth by exile, prison, harassment, poverty, surveillance and death threats held over many of the actors like Ojukwu, Zik, Awolowo, Ibiam and the January 15 boys that survived. But as I watch today, many of the events that led to our revolution are happening again: Boko Haram, Fulani Militia, Niger Delta Militants, Shiites, IPOB and mass murders.

Some people think we acted wrongly in carrying out the January 15 revolution, but they may not be fully aware of the realities then. We were trained by the British to be patriotic, to give the ultimate sacrifice for Nigerian and to stop anyone acting against the nation.

Instead of our leaders using us to defend Nigeria they were using us to suppress citizens. We, decided to arrest them for their atrocities because no one was willing to act. Not Zik, the President, who was powerless, not Ironsi, the Head of the Army, who was a conservative. There were many reasons why we had to act:
1. To stop the killings in Yoruba land and the Middle Belt by NPC the ruling Party;
2. To stop the invasion of Yorubaland on 17th January, 1966;
3. To correct the massive rigging of the 1964 elections;
4. To free Awolowo from Prison and make him the Prime Minister;
5. To stop the terrible corruption, nepotism and regionalism of the NPC, the Ruling Party;
6. To stop Ahmadu Bello’s planned Jihad.

It was good that we acted to save the Yoruba and the Middle Belt people, and we thought that was enough to stop the Jihad. We could not foresee that they would massively attack innocent Igbos. Blame those who decided to massacre our people for their evil.

All of them that participated in that bloody misadventure that over threw an Igbo coaliton government which Igbo political opponents continue to use against the Igbo nation till today.That coup was an anti Igbo coup from very aspect.The Yoruba people benefited from that coup more than any other ethnic while ndi Igbo lost everything as a result of that coup.

Ojiofor:
All of them that participated in that bloody misadventure that over threw an Igbo coaliton government which Igbo political opponents continue to use against the Igbo nation till today.That coup was an anti Igbo coup from very aspect.The Yoruba people benefited from that coup more than any other ethnic while ndi Igbo lost everything as a result of that coup.

And yet, someone like Murtala Mohammed who conducted an even more bloody coup that killed hundreds, is a national hero put on the N20 Naira note?

Someone like Buhari who did another bloody coup and overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari, was elected and re-elected President?

Someone like Obasanjo, who put down a bloody coup, and became head of state, was later elected President?

Someone like Babangida who did his own coup has national awards such as GCFR and GCB?

The only time Nigerians remember that coup is bad is if it's Igbos that did it. If its Northerners that did it, it is welcome as a good thing

gidgiddy:
And yet, someone like Murtala Mohammed who conducted an even more bloody coup that killed hundreds, is a national hero put on the N20 Naira note?

Someone like Buhari who did another bloody coup and overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari, was elected and re-elected President?

Someone like Obasanjo, who put down a bloody coup, and became head of state, was later elected President?

Someone like Babangida who did his own coup has national awards such as GCFR and GCB?

The only time Nigerians remember that coup is bad is if it's Igbos that did it. If its Northerners that did it, it is welcome as a good thing

To the winner goes the spoils of war.All the people you mentioned are part of the victorious side so they gets the spoils of war.
Igbo soldiers shouldn't have gotten involved in over-throw of Igbo coalition government where they were well represented in government,military and civil service and moreover Eastern region was peaceful and progressing economically.If any region have reason to carry our any coup that should be the crisis ridden western region who were in opposition.Western region saw opportunity in that failed coup and capitalized on it and displaced ndi Igbo from national politics till today.

franchasofficia:
This is nothing but the truth, my now late uncle was part of them and he told us the same story which I shared here days ago.


Only God knows the truth and the truth will come out one day before those that hate Igbos and think Igbos are too troublesome.


My late uncle only regretted the fact that some of the coup leaders failed to separate tribal sentiment from their actions which made them spare some Igbo leaders marked for elimination should they refuse to cooperate.



Ademoyega also said some of this in his book titled "Why We Struck".


That Jihad war hasn't stopped, they are still on it. Take a look at what they are doing to Middlebelt people today. They are now using Fulani herdsmen who are actually Muslim Jihad Militants trained under Boko Haram, ISWAP, etc to continue the execution of that Islamic Jihad. They showed their hand too early again in Southwest by introducing Sharia law in Oyo state but Yorubas think it's a joke and are focused on attacking Igbos who are actually their best friends they ought to have been working with.



Chief Awolowo later realized the truth and told his kinsmen to work with Igbos because he later saw the truth but his kinsmen believe Igbos are their greatest enemies. Time will teach us all the sad lesson about life.



The coup was supposed to be a revolution but the leaders messed it up by sparing all Igbo leaders making the North to find a reason to deceive the rest of Nigerians to tag it Igbo coup and gangup against Igbos, which messed Igbos up in Nigeria ever since


But my promise to those still working to enforce Moslem Jihad in Nigeria is that you guys are wasting your time, Southeast (Igbos) will never let you succeed. If you want to spread Islam, do it via progressive methods, do miracle to heal people, engage in philanthropic outreach programs to help the poor and needy, spread quality advanced education that will teach people how to research, create solutions to global problems, not outdated Islamic doctrine education that never help societies to develop, preach love and peace, and then use the opportunity to convince people to join your Islam so that their life can become better.

Using guns and sword to spread Islam or force people to become Moslems will never work in Nigeria so long as we Igbos are still part of Nigeria, we will continue to foil that evil plan without apology.

How I wish more igbos like you will come out more often to confront your people with the truth.
The main reason other Nigerians will never agree with this story is the fact that the coup leaders refused to kill fellow igbo leader

If you were not igbo, you would feel exactly the way others feel about igbos.

Ojiofor:
To the winner goes the spoils of war.All the people you mentioned are part of the victorious side so they gets the spoils of war.
Igbo soldiers shouldn't have gotten involved in over-throw of Igbo coalition government where they were well represented in government,military and civil service and moreover Eastern region was peaceful and progressing economically.If any region have reason to carry our any coup that should be the crisis ridden western region who were in opposition.Western region saw opportunity in that failed coup and capitalized on it and displaced ndi Igbo from national politics till today.

Sorry but not everyone can follow you to have such defeatist slave mentality.That's what Nigeria has always been, the prize of whoever militarily or politically defeats the other, just like in animal Kingdom. First the British came and overran everyone and made them them prize of their colonial project called Nigeria. Now some people act as if Nigeria is their property because they won the war

Everything points to the fact that this country has been a huge mistake from day one. The British should never have brought us together, they should have allowed the various ethnic groups they met in West Africa to organically create their own countries. Now the British colonial project called Nigeria has become something that has gulped millions of lives, become poverty capital of the world, become one of the top 10 most insecure countries on earth, and an all round failure

The present generation own its self and the future generations a duty to end this long failed British colonial contraption

gidgiddy:
Sorry but not everyone can follow you to have such defeatist slave mentality.That's what Nigeria has always been, the prize of whoever militarily or politically defeats the other, just like in animal Kingdom. First the British came and overran everyone and made them them prize of their colonial project called Nigeria. Now some people act as if Nigeria is their property because they won the war

Everything points to the fact that this country has been a huge mistake from day one. The British should never have brought us together, they should have allowed the various ethnic groups they met in West Africa to organically create their own countries. Now the British colonial project called Nigeria has become something that has gulped millions of lives, become poverty capital of the world, become one of the top 10 most insecure countries on earth, and an all round failure

The present generation own its self and the future generations a duty to end this long failed British colonial contraption

When did Igbo elites realize Nigeria project was a huge mistake is it before or after the coup and civil war?
Did our people ever agitated for a separate country before independence or they fought for Nigeria independence?
If our leaders had the foresight and demanded for Eastern region to be an independent country before 1960 we woudn't be in this union today.Trying to end Nigeria by force is injurious to ndi Igbo as the rest of other tribes supports one Nigeria.

franchasofficia:
Hahahaha, funny highlight lolz


Let me make some corrections to your take away lol


Azikiwe confirmed that some Igbos gloated and goaded Northerners for the January 1966 coup. Of course there is always overzealous people in every tribe that celebrate both bad and good, they are in all tribes but should never form our opinion of a tribe of millions, that's fallacy of hasty generalization, it leads to wrong judgment and grave judgment.


This pattern is still prevalent till date, anytime Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas want to attack the entire Igbos politically, they claim Igbos did this or that, Igbos said this or that, just as Lagos APC used the propaganda that "Igbos said Lagos is a no man's land and want to take over Lagos" to incite both neutral Yorubas against Igbos during the last general election in Lagos. Whereas it was a former Lagos Governor of Yoruba decent that invented that phrase that "Lagos is a no man's land" to tell Lagosians that all are welcome and should take Lagos as their home. It is well.



Nwafor Orizu did not hand over power to Aguiyi Ironsi, he was handicapped, he was scared of his life, he was even at his hometown at Obosi when the event started unfolding. The man consulted Council of Ministers and they agreed to hand over government to the Army headed by Ironsi the most ranking Nigerian military officer when the coup happened.


If Nwafor Orizu had the gut, he ought to have been the one to seize power, but which civilian will dare that at that point that the nation was boiling to its highest boiling point? I doubt any civilian could have dared, so leave that side of saying Nwafor Orizu handed over power to Ironsi his tribesman, Orizu had no option than to hand over to the military to save his own life.


The coup was executed by mostly young igbo military officers who allowed tribal sentiments to derail their original plan by sparing Igbo officials, but that does not make it an Igbo people's coup because no consultation was held in Igbo communities or sociocultural groups to get Igbo people's permission to carry out the coup for it to be tagged an Igbo people's coup, that's a key point to take home.


The coup planners who included a Yoruba man agreed and wrote down the reasons they struck or carried out the coup to be:


To stop the impending collapse of Western Nigeria (today's Yoruba region) due to political battle between Awolowo and Akintola.


To stop Ahmadu Bello's planned Moslem Jihad to spread Islam to Southern Nigeria using Nigerian military.


To release Awolowo from jail and to do an election that would hand over power to Chief Obafemi Awolowo whom the young military officers believed to be a better person to lead Nigeria.


Igbos in Biafra did not persecute none Igbos in Biafra. Instead, shortly after Biafra was declared by Ojukwu, Gowon declared a police action to forcefully return old eastern Nigeria then Biafra back to Nigeria and war broke out.

Mind you, Biafra didn't have any formal military, to form their military, the Igbo soldiers that were serving under Nigeria became the pioneer soldiers of Biafra, to get more youths to fight for Biafra, they started forceful recruitment of youths in the Old Eastern Nigeria which comprised of present day Niger Delta region with none Igbos.

My father an Igbo man was forcefully conscripted into Biafra military with no formal military training. His eldest brother too. Some Igbo parents were brutally tortured and killed by the Biafran soldiers when they resisted them from forcefully taking their sons to join the Biafra military, this was what happened all over Biafra regions including in Nigeria Delta regions and that was what they tagged as killing and persecution because most of them rejected and fought against taking their sons to war and were murdered in the process.


Another point to take home is that the Northern Jihadists haven't given up, they are still pushing till date, you can see this happening in Middlebelt states via Fulani Jihad militia groups disguising as herdsmen invading Middlebelt villages and even crossing over to neighboring Southeast communities in Enugu, Ebonyi, and not sparing Southwest towns where they even tried to establish a Sharia court of recent.


Nigerian Christians should continue sleeping like European Christians while these bloody Moslem Jihadists being sponsored by the Middle East and in partnership with the Sahel states continue to plot their move.

Nwafor was scared of the military headed by an Igbo man?

Sorry, this narrative doesn’t add up.

I wonder if Nwafor would be “scared” to do the right thing if Ozumba Mbadiwe was nominated as Prime Minister rather than Zanna Dipcharima.

OkCornel:
Nwafor was scared of the military headed by an Igbo man?

Sorry, this narrative doesn’t add up.

I wonder if Nwafor would be “scared” to do the right thing if Ozumba Mbadiwe was nominated as Prime Minister rather than Zanna Dipcharima.

Lol

Alsenora:
If only some things were done right after the Januray 15 coup, the civil war could have been averted....making just of/taunting the Northerners your officers killed in their own land was the last straw(some still call this bravery today as they see other souther ethnicity as weaklings)

Yorubas will always make cheap excuses for northern excesses. Imagine justifying the pogrom with alleged ”taunting". Is ethnic taunting not a normal thing in our everyday politics by the masses? How about killing Igbo leaders and doing your own taunting? Do you think the Igbo comon man will give a fvck? No be the same political partners in crime?

OkCornel:
Nwafor was scared of the military headed by an Igbo man?

Sorry, this narrative doesn’t add up.

I wonder if Nwafor would be “scared” to do the right thing if Ozumba Mbadiwe was nominated as Prime Minister rather than Zanna Dipcharima.

Guy military crushed the coup and siezed power. Stop petty tribal analysis. When it was the turn of Yoruba to benefit from another military coup he ran away. How can military crush the coupist without seizing power? If Unegbe was killed by fellow Igbo who is bloody civilian like Nwafor Orizu