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Odin13:
Fact ..

TY Danjuma said same … long time ago.


But question . Why are Yoruba Generals always scared

No be mean joke but reality .. when IBB said in Lagos .. that if they beating war drum .. he will go and sleep

Something with this people

Odin13:
Fact ..

TY Danjuma said same … long time ago.


But question . Why are Yoruba Generals always scared

No be mean joke but reality .. when IBB said in Lagos .. that if they beating war drum .. he will go and sleep

Something with this people

Codes151:
Stop posting rubbish from this clown here

alanto:
Make una kuku write the whole book out, dedicate one thread. For how long are we going to be seeing this?

Odin13:
Fact ..

TY Danjuma said same … long time ago.


But question . Why are Yoruba Generals always scared

No be mean joke but reality .. when IBB said in Lagos .. that if they beating war drum .. he will go and sleep

Something with this people

ScamDemicEra:
.... Danjuma said the same thing IBB said in several interviews :

it wasn't an "Igbo coup" but quickly became "Igbo coup" afterwards with taunting and chest beating by Igbo officer's wives in the barrack and some music record dissing Bello and praising Igbo officers and some gruesome pictures of Bello. Madiebo's in his book said some Igbo officers were alarmed and were sure a reprisal coup was inevitable.

I wasn't there but this is true to type of some Igbos as noted by Achebe (RIP) and Igbo superiority hubris littered all over nairaland comments:

"Igbo as a group are not without their flaws. Their success can and did carry deadly penalties: the dangers of hubris, overweening pride, and thoughtlessness, which invite envy and hatred or, even worse, that can obsess the mind with material success and dispose it to all kinds of crude showiness."

Bobloco:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/obasanjo-opted-to-leave-army-when-asked-to-succeed-murtala-%e2%80%95ibb/

hafeeanubasy:
Scared?


Thinking before acting is being scared and cowardice to brainless NZOGBU NZOGBU acting before Thinking tribe.
The same NZOGBU NZOGBU ACTING BEFORE THINKING approach to life That made them wasted 3million people only to still remain slaves to yorubas and fulanis 40years after .

AndroBlaze:
Lol, like we say about you people, your hubris and pride will always be why you will struggle to lead in a nation as dynamic and multi faceted as Nigeria, as you will keep falling into obvious traps set for you.

First of all, in what you read from the original post, who was it that everybody unanimously agreed should lead the country, clearly IBB said it was his Boss General Danjuma. Now why are you not calling Danjuma a coward for refusing to accept the clear nomination of everyone... were all the officers their not trained properly and suppose to know that OBJ was the number 2 and suppose to automatically take over?

In fact, not only did Danjuma refuse to be HOS, he even refused to serve as no 2, going as far to look for a much junior officer to come and lord it over him! I will post what Danjuma had to say after this and you will realise that this your pride and uncompromising spirit has always been the reason una struggle for this country. In fact I am almost certain that if President Yaradua's vice had been from the SE, he would have struggled to successfully succeed him the manner GEJ was able to and win over a nation, at least temporarily.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, a bloody coup had just been commited against a Northern Muslim Head of state again, and this time not by the "imagined" traditional rivals of the North, you Igbos, but by what would come to be termed as "Christian" Middle belt officers (who (middlebeltans) in fact were always the ones spearheading coups in Nigeria after learning from una). The Northerners as usual were tagging the coup as a "christian coup" again to benefit the middlebelt and ensure another middle belter in the shape of Gowon or something like that takes over. Now do you expect Danjuma, to be stupid enough to fall for this trap??

As for OBJ, he had been a political officer for a while after his exploits in defeating Biafra. He had no troops under his command and it very obvious that he understood he was at an obvious disadvantage when his main rival was not only the same rank as him, but had the backing of most of the troops who were also mainly from his part of the country. Another thing you people forget, that most of the NCOs have always been from the middlebelt anyway. Anyway there was no way he could force his claim without complete loyalty of the troops or at least a guarantee of it, which only the person who holds their loyalty can give (Danjuma in this case).

This was a similar scenario that Ogundipe faced and tried unfortunately to paint and get into the head of Ojukwu, but Ojukwu was to stubborn and not listening. People should learn from history (especially recent history), but its clear some certain people in this country struggle with this.

Even the revenge counter-coup of 1966, Gowon was not the one that started it or was interested in it; it was the likes of Murtala Mohammed, Danjuma and other middle belt soldiers as usual. The coup plotters unanimously agreed they wanted Muritala who they knew and was their co-conspirator, but he cleverly insisted that it would be wrong for them to copy there predecessors and benefit from it directly, lets allow a "Christian" Northern gentleman lead, someone that would be acceptable to many other Nigerians, and probably more importantly to the British. Murtala made Gowon head of state, and when he got tired of waiting, took it back from him in his own coup.....but within 8 months he suffered the consequences of behaving like you people.

Kudos needs to be given to the likes of the Danjumas, OBJs and Ogundipes for living long enough to tell their tale and not being taken down by careless bullets all so they could foolishly boast they were brave, uncompromising and courageous soldiers.... and by the way 99.9% of people lose their bravery when they face a barrel and know certain death awaits them, by now you should be old enough to know that only happens in Hollywood and Bollywood movies. If you don't believe me, listen to the way Danjuma tells the story of how General Ironsi and co were begging him and mere soldiers with him just before they murdered them.

ScamDemicEra:
.... Danjuma said the same thing IBB said in several interviews :

it wasn't an "Igbo coup" but quickly became "Igbo coup" afterwards with taunting and chest beating by Igbo officer's wives in the barrack and some music record dissing Bello and praising Igbo officers and some gruesome pictures of Bello. Madiebo's in his book said some Igbo officers were alarmed and were sure a reprisal coup was inevitable.

I wasn't there but this is true to type of some Igbos as noted by Achebe (RIP) and Igbo superiority hubris littered all over nairaland comments:

"Igbo as a group are not without their flaws. Their success can and did carry deadly penalties: the dangers of hubris, overweening pride, and thoughtlessness, which invite envy and hatred or, even worse, that can obsess the mind with material success and dispose it to all kinds of crude showiness."

2elliot:
More than 3m Nigerians have died in far worst conditions; in fact the destiny of 200million Nigerians are headed for doom through bad governance.

CHAQUR:
Seems it was at no time OBJ deliberately wanted to be the head of state/president of the country... But he's always favoured by the demise of someone somehow. M. Mohammed & Abiola both of Late. Not until he wanted it by himself via his 3rd term agenda which he never got. The only good thing Nigerians gained from Atiku's selfish pursuant.

hafeeanubasy:
But not accounted for by one single brainless 32yro nzobu nzobu general that is still being worshipped hy his people.

givedemwotowoto:
Still on IBB’s Book. Notes about the Jan 1966 coup:

The main people who were murdered at the January 1966 coup were responsible for Awolowo’s imprisonment: Ladoke Akintola, Ahmadu Bello, and Tafawa Balewa. Why? Nnamdi Azikiwe, according to the coup plotters including Ademoyega wasn’t on their target list.

I personally don’t think Awolowo planned the coup because I haven’t seen evidence to that, but I think they may have thought he was wrongfully imprisoned and wanted to set him free, something Gowon will eventually do to bring peace and stability to his government.

Ademoyega himself admitted that the coup wasn’t ethnic motivated, and he published this book over 15 years after the coup, many years after most of the coup plotters had passed. He (Ademoyega) was one of the planners if not the mastermind because he was the most educated and oldest of them all.

IBB’s book states what many people have known already, but it puts a major endorsement to it because he was a witness as a young officer and lived all through it daily in the army, rising through the ranks to eventually become head of state.

Odin13:
Fact ..

TY Danjuma said same … long time ago.


But question . Why are Yoruba Generals always scared

No be mean joke but reality .. when IBB said in Lagos .. that if they beating war drum .. he will go and sleep

Something with this people

Bluffly:
What a daft statement. Exactly what do you know about bravery and where is your reality?.

Odin13:
Fact ..

TY Danjuma said same … long time ago.


But question . Why are Yoruba Generals always scared

No be mean joke but reality .. when IBB said in Lagos .. that if they beating war drum .. he will go and sleep

Something with this people