₦airaland Forum

XerXers:
The Yoruba misinformation machinery in the mud

HansiBobo:
My own problem is why did Brigadier Ogundipe japa instead of fighting for his right?

How does a senior officer take order from a junior officer? This is premium cowardice

HansiBobo:
My own problem is why did Brigadier Ogundipe japa instead of fighting for his right?

How does a senior officer take order from a junior officer? This is premium cowardice

aswani:
Same reason Muritala was removed from the battle front. A senior military officer must know when to stand and fight and when to stand down and understand the terrain.

Ordinary Ndi North NCO, with access to the armoury, did not obey him and said he would only obey his fellow Northerner.

If Ogundipe had kpaid him, Ogundipe would have not lived to see the next day. Same thing that happened in the officers mess in Abeokuta to Ndigbo officers by Northern NCO's who entered the officers mess and on being ordered to pitbtheir weapons down, opened fire.

Ogundipe did the right thing and I am sure his family are grateful.

HansiBobo:
My own problem is why did Brigadier Ogundipe japa instead of fighting for his right?

How does a senior officer take order from a junior officer? This is premium cowardice

Ochomastel:
Ojukwu was pretty much the only Southern officer who single-handedly stood up and called out the hierarchical imbalance of command that the Northern officers created by skipping Ogundipe and other senior Southern military officers that were senior in rank to Gowon in Ironsi's vacancy, Ogundipe ran after a Northern NCO several ranks below him blatantly refused to take orders from him...the North bullied their way into forcing Gowon as the next supreme military head of state, while the South as usual chickened out and buckled.

It was mostly Igbo officers( Ojukwu, Madiebo, Patrick Anwunah etc) who refused and never cowered before the North led by hot-heads like Muritala Muhammed.

XerXers:
The Yoruba misinformation machinery in the mud

franchasng:
Now the truth is coming out.

Awolowo stepped down from being Western Premier to contest federal election to become President and Akintola took over as Western Premier, Awolowo lost the election to Nnamdi Azikiwe and went back to tell Akintola to vacate the Western Premier seat for him, Akintola refused and the western political war began.
Ok IPOB!
Ok shukudi

Akintola being a Moslem was closer to Sir Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Belewa so they used federal political might to jail Awolowo and was planning an operation wetie using Nigerian army to be led by mostly Igbos and Northern soldiers who dominated the army then. Unfortunately the Igbo soldiers liked Awolowo and briefed Awolowo who then instructed them to stop the operation at all cost. To stop the operation wetie, Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna and Ademelugan decided to carry out a complete revolution to topple the whole government and return the government to a new government to be headed by Awolowo.


Awolowo instructed the military guys that carried out the coup to make sure they kill his political rivalries Akintola, Ahmadu Bello and Belewa. The picture is now getting clearer, thank you IBB.


No wonder Abacha swore that MKO Abiola will never become President because MKO Abiola also sponsored coups like Awolowo and later wanted to become civilian President and Northern Military guys who knew that Awolowo sponsored the 1966 coup swore that MKO Abiola just like Awolowo will never become President.




Now I see why Awolowo before his death advised Yorubas to work with Igbos more politically than with the North.


Wow, IBB is opening a whole lot of truths

franchasng:
Now the truth is coming out.

Awolowo stepped down from being Western Premier to contest federal election to become President and Akintola took over as Western Premier, Awolowo lost the election to Nnamdi Azikiwe and went back to tell Akintola to vacate the Western Premier seat for him, Akintola refused and the western political war began.


Akintola being a Moslem was closer to Sir Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Belewa so they used federal political might to jail Awolowo and was planning an operation wetie using Nigerian army to be led by mostly Igbos and Northern soldiers who dominated the army then. Unfortunately the Igbo soldiers liked Awolowo and briefed Awolowo who then instructed them to stop the operation at all cost. To stop the operation wetie, Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna and Ademelugan decided to carry out a complete revolution to topple the whole government and return the government to a new government to be headed by Awolowo.


Awolowo instructed the military guys that carried out the coup to make sure they kill his political rivalries Akintola, Ahmadu Bello and Belewa. The picture is now getting clearer, thank you IBB.


No wonder Abacha swore that MKO Abiola will never become President because MKO Abiola also sponsored coups like Awolowo and later wanted to become civilian President and Northern Military guys who knew that Awolowo sponsored the 1966 coup swore that MKO Abiola just like Awolowo will never become President.




Now I see why Awolowo before his death advised Yorubas to work with Igbos more politically than with the North.


Wow, IBB is opening a whole lot of truths

Ojuntana:
All those claiming it was Awolowo coup are just daft
Even IBB never said Awolowo participated in the coup
He simply said it was reported that the intention of the coupists was to make Awolowo PM

XerXers:
The Yoruba misinformation machinery in the mud

YoruBads:
Ogundipe proved us right; they're Cowards.... When we call them cowards it's because we know they are.

Ojuntana:
SLA was a Christian not Muslim
Temper common sense with your lies

aswani:
You are right that Ikemba called out the hierarchical imbalance but guess what, he was in Enugu surrounded by trusted Eastern soldiers (Northern soldiers in the east had no access to weapons before the eventual exchange happened) so he could afford to be blowing grammar.

Ogundipe was surrounded by Northern NCO with weapons, sometimes it is best to use sense for the sake of your family. That they didn't kpai Ogundipe was a surprise as Northern NCO's had by that time tasted blood (Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi) and realised they could get away with anything.

You are here calling him a coward for being realistic about his own perilous situation.

Ojuntana:
All those claiming it was Awolowo coup are just daft
Even IBB never said Awolowo participated in the coup
He simply said it was reported that the intention of the coupists was to make Awolowo PM

Ojuntana:
All those claiming it was Awolowo coup are just daft
Even IBB never said Awolowo participated in the coup
He simply said it was reported that the intention of the coupists was to make Awolowo PM

MadPolitician:
Northern soldiers in the east were disarmed because Ojukwu and the eastern government establishment took control and ordered them to quickly disarm..., and they did. Easterners became proactive in terms of taming their excesses. If that was not done, they most probably would have escalated their killings in the east.

What were your garrulous uncles doing in the west to allow some ragtag Northern army boys to quickly dominate them and take control of the whole western Nigeria? They even killed your brother Fajuyi the Premier of western Nigeria, and none of your uncles asked any questions.. They were gearing up to go and kill the igbos..

What color is your cowardice?

JAMO84:
Awolowo planned the coup from prison, according to coward ibos. But when hausa wanted to revenge, they didn't touch Awolowo, they went for all the ibos in the military and wiped them off. So the likes of TY Danjuma and Murtala Mohammed didn't know the tribe that planned and execute the coup before they took out their revenge on ibos?

At least if you want to be cowards as usual, come up with a logical argument to hide your cowardice.