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Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 11:19pm On Feb 24, 2025
Christistruth02:
why did Ojukwu kill Ifeajuna

was that also imagination?

ifeajuna a lot of knew stuff!
Ifeajuna stopped at ore and went to negotiate with his oga Awolowo. Their agreement was for him to return to Enugu and assassinate ojukwu but ojukwu outsmarted him and his oga just like Ironsi did
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by aswani(m):
Hisroyalbadmeat:
If you guys know what this Ibo people did to the minorities, that is why the Niger Delta detest them, very wicked lots angry
What they did to you people was nothing more than a "friends request"

You should read what they did in Benin. Firstly on their way to Ọrẹ and then on their way back after they had had their arse handed to them at Ọrẹ and were high tailing it back home to ala Biafra.

I have always said that the fact that there are still Ndigbo living in Benin shows the kind of forgiving spirit Ivb'edo have. Long may that continue.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 11:58pm On Feb 24, 2025
aswani:
What they did to you people was nothing more than a "friends request"

You should read what they did in Benin City. Firstly on their way to Ọrẹ and then on their way back after they had had their arse handed to them at Ọrẹ and were high tailing it back home to ala Biafra.

I have always said that the fact that there are still Ndigbo living in Benin shows the kind of forgiving spirit Ivb'edo have. Long may that continue.
Pathetic minorities seeking cheap relevance, stop detailing topics bigger than you
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:00am On Feb 25, 2025
Hisroyalbadmeat:
If you guys know what this Ibo people did to the minorities, that is why the Niger Delta detest them, very wicked lots angry
Eyaa. Sorry. Pathetic minorities
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Christistruth02: 12:02am On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
Ifeajuna stopped at ore and went to negotiate with his oga Awolowo. Their agreement was for him to return to Enugu and assassinate ojukwu but ojukwu outsmarted him and his oga just like Ironsi did
Fake News
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:02am On Feb 25, 2025
ALTERNATEID:
I heard Odia Ofeimum has a copy of Ifeajuna's manuscript. Considering the level of closeness between Odia and Achebe, it is very possible that Achebe handed a copy to him with the instruction not to ever publish it. Whatever the case, Achebe did the truth a big blow by failing to publish Emma's script. The book would have offered a lot of clarity as to lots of gray areas about the coup. Most importantly, it would have put a lie to the popular believe that Nzeogwu was the leader of coup when in reality, Emma was the leader.
Ofeimun Odia has quoted ifeajuna manuscript as corroborating the fact that the coup was to make Awolowo president. Ironsi twarted the plan.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:03am On Feb 25, 2025
ChiefJusticeFuc:
I know very well.
Any attempt to reveal the Ibo genocide on the minorities here on this forum always elicits the most hate filled insults and trolling on the OP.
Useless minorities. Waste of space. Pathetic low achievers. Ogogoro sipping mofos. You hardly see great Ibibio crying over Igbos like you backwards 1diots
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:05am On Feb 25, 2025
ChiefJusticeFuc:
As long as that manuscript remains suppressed and hidden from history , it will continue to haunt those who wanted it to be suppressed.
Nothing dey manuscript apart from Awoism. Nonsense
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:07am On Feb 25, 2025
tishbite43:
Nzeogwu was against that manuscript because it contained lies against him
He warned Achebe and Okigbo against publishing it
But publishing it would have been better
There's sense in every nonsense
Every nonsense is meant for thrash can. Ifeajuna is an Awolowo boy.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by aswani(m): 12:09am On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
Pathetic minorities seeking cheap relevance, stop detailing topics bigger than you
At least you are not denying it.

Sadly for Ndigbo, they are now a minority too as Ndi Yoruba are now puffing chests with Ndi North and relegated them to a distant joint third place with Ndijaw.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:09am On Feb 25, 2025
ChiefJusticeFuc:
Which Nzeagwu ? Nzeagwu that was killed early in the war?

The manuscript was handed over to Achebe sometime immediately before Ifeanjuna's arrest and execution.

Nzeagwu was long dead before the manuscript found its way into Achebe's possession.


Besides, the death of Nzeagwu was very suspicious as everything points to the fact that he was ordered by Ojukwu into an ambush at the Nnusaka sector .

.ifeanjuna knew that Ojukwu was set to eliminate him as well because he(Ifeanjuna) knew too much and was already communicating with Federal forces .


Ifeanjuna wanted to come clean and surrender to federal forces in exchange of turning prime witness.


Ifeanjuna even commented that Biafra was never the plan but instead Nigeria was their goal.
Lol. Ojukwu simply outsmarted the Awolowo boy like Ironsi did.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:11am On Feb 25, 2025
ChiefJusticeFuc:
Wrong.

Nzeagwu was long dead before Ifeanjuna decided he needed to write his own accounts of events..

The reason for Ifeanjuna picking up the pen was because he knew he would soon be eliminated by Ojukwu whom Ifeanjuna suspected was behind Nzeagwu's death.

The manuscript must have been very damaging towards Ojukwu and the entire Biafran war.
The manuscript confirmed Awolowo as the coupist which Igbo officers highjacked his plans and crushed his loyalist
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:13am On Feb 25, 2025
happney65:
Really? Where did you hear that? The Poet is still much alive and he can be found to ask him his side of the story
He has already quoted ifeajuna manuscript. Nothing new the same Awolowo being considered for prime minister by the coupist
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:16am On Feb 25, 2025
Christistruth02:
why did Ojukwu kill Ifeajuna

was that also imagination?

ifeajuna a lot of knew stuff!
As he continued his delusion of making Awolowo president trying to switch sides
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 12:17am On Feb 25, 2025
Igbokid:
The manuscript would never be published.
Publishing such truth would probably lead to second round suyanization of the osus by their Aboki overlords.
Something even more brutal than July 1967.😂😂
Be ready for sharia and hisba in Yorubaland
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by happney65: 7:03am On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
He has already quoted ifeajuna manuscript. Nothing new the same Awolowo being considered for prime minister by the coupist
Where did he?Can I see a link?
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by ValarDoharis: 7:44am On Feb 25, 2025
Provide a credible source to this your story else its beer parlour gossips
ChiefJusticeFuc:
Ifeanjuna had sometime during the heat of the war saw reason to pen down his own version of events and had entrusted Chinue Achebe with a hand written manuscript with the instructions to have Achebe have it published.

That manuscript contained not just Ifeanjuna's recollection of events of the coup but provided reasons and justification for it. The manuscript also contained what was Ifeanjuna's manifesto.


In his book , There was a country , Achebe confirmed that he did receive Ifeanjuna's manuscript with instructions to have it published in future but Achebe outrightly refused to publish it after going through it and said the manuscript contained too much erroneous information coupled with leftist ideology.

By erroneous information, we should understand that Achebe - a serial liar and propagandists, did not like what ifeanjuna had to say regarding the events surrounding the coup and it's agenda.


I will Infer here that Ifeanjuna's manuscript dropped names and was critical of Ibo leaders at that time such as Ojukwu and Zik which did not fit to Achebe's ongoing tribal and hate filled propaganda.

Note that ifeanjuna wrote that manuscript because he knew his life was in danger not from federal forces that were closing in on Biafra but from Ojukwu himself. Ojukwu will later have ifeanjuna arrested, court martialed and executed for treason.

I keep saying it that Achebe remains the greatest liar to ever exist who refused to end his war held position as chief propagandist for the Biafran side.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by ValarDoharis: 7:46am On Feb 25, 2025
The agree to a Biafra referendum lets know if the Niger Delta minorities detest them
Hisroyalbadmeat:
If you guys know what this Ibo people did to the minorities, that is why the Niger Delta detest them, very wicked lots angry
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Hisroyalbadmeat(m): 7:50am On Feb 25, 2025
ValarDoharis:
The agree to a Biafra referendum lets know if the Niger Delta minorities detest them
If you like no worry for your self,dey wait when Niger Delta go follow you do reffreandum, you start sit at home,how many Niger Delta State join you?,none, every thing you guys need you must attach others, do your nonsense in your villages and leave people alone, Bunkum
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by ValarDoharis: 7:57am On Feb 25, 2025
Firstly, I'm a Niger Deltan.

Having said that, I'm not arguing with you, i only said give the referedum of minorities so we know if the minorities detest the Igbos or Biafra or not.

This is the same was Lagos-Ibadan expressway propaganda said the minorities love them until a referendum was done and they rejected the western region hence the creation of midwest region in 1963!
Hisroyalbadmeat:
If you like no worry for your self,dey wait when Niger Delta go follow you do reffreandum, you start sit at home,how many Niger Delta State join you?,none, every thing you guys need you must attach others, do your nonsense in your villages and leave people alone, Bunkum
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Hisroyalbadmeat(m): 8:00am On Feb 25, 2025
ValarDoharis:
Firstly, I'm a Niger Deltan.

Having said that, I'm not arguing with you, i only said give the referedum of minorities so we know if the minorities detest the Igbos or Biafra or not.

This is the same was Lagos-Ibadan expressway propaganda said the minorities love them until a referendum was done and they rejected the western region hence the creation of midwest region in 1963!
ok Niger Delta man, grin grin grin grin grin , Mgbofiri cheesy
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Nnamdipapa(m): 8:05am On Feb 25, 2025
Christistruth02:
Because Ifeajuna seeing through Ojukwu's devices and manipulation desperately tried to warn his people and that doesn't suit the Biafran propaganda so the manusript never was published

He probably implicated Zik and Ojukwu in the January Coup 1966 as well
That was why Ifeajuna was branded a saboteour and killed by Ojukwu.

Bianca does not deserve any important position in the Nigerian government.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Christistruth02: 8:43am On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
Exactly what we have been telling you. Ifeajuna is Awolowo boy. All his struggles was to make Awolowo president. Ironsi ruined his plans in the western axis of the coup
Ifeajuna was Azikiwe’s relative and also Azikiwe’s boy.
Both were also from the same Onitsha and Ifeajuna freely visited Azikiwe’s
house anytime as he pleased
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by BlackfireX: 10:54am On Feb 25, 2025
ChiefJusticeFuc:
Ifeanjuna had sometime during the heat of the war saw reason to pen down his own version of events and had entrusted Chinue Achebe with a hand written manuscript with the instructions to have Achebe have it published.

That manuscript contained not just Ifeanjuna's recollection of events of the coup but provided reasons and justification for it. The manuscript also contained what was Ifeanjuna's manifesto.


In his book , There was a country , Achebe confirmed that he did receive Ifeanjuna's manuscript with instructions to have it published in future but Achebe outrightly refused to publish it after going through it and said the manuscript contained too much erroneous information coupled with leftist ideology.

By erroneous information, we should understand that Achebe - a serial liar and propagandists, did not like what ifeanjuna had to say regarding the events surrounding the coup and it's agenda.


I will Infer here that Ifeanjuna's manuscript dropped names and was critical of Ibo leaders at that time such as Ojukwu and Zik which did not fit to Achebe's ongoing tribal and hate filled propaganda.

Note that ifeanjuna wrote that manuscript because he knew his life was in danger not from federal forces that were closing in on Biafra but from Ojukwu himself. Ojukwu will later have ifeanjuna arrested, court martialed and executed for treason.

I keep saying it that Achebe remains the greatest liar to ever exist who refused to end his war held position as chief propagandist for the Biafran side.
Take it up the notch boy.

It will be published be sure of that, but I hope if you see ehat was inside it I hope you won't ho deaf and dumb just like you are buying fuel #1,00/ litre today.
Back to the matter ifeajunna was and unapologetic Awolowo s boy. Ask ya self this how can igbo stop and igbo coup.


The release of what ifeajuanna wrote will be published when the political terrain is right, for now enjoy IBB's cooking

grin
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 11:27am On Feb 25, 2025
Hisroyalbadmeat:
If you like no worry for your self,dey wait when Niger Delta go follow you do reffreandum, you start sit at home,how many Niger Delta State join you?,none, every thing you guys need you must attach others, do your nonsense in your villages and leave people alone, Bunkum
Nothing like Niger Delta. You inferior tribes should speak for yourself. Ohanaeze president is currently in Eneka, Obiora Akpor
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 11:30am On Feb 25, 2025
Christistruth02:
Ifeajuna was Azikiwe’s relative and also Azikiwe’s boy.
Both were also from the same Onitsha and Ifeajuna freely visited Azikiwe’s
house anytime as he pleased
Ifeajuna spends all his life in Ilesha and Ibadan. Secondly Awolowo was romancing zik for alliance against the north before the coup. Awolowo simply instructed ifeajuna to spare zik. Awolowo enemy that time was Akintola and northerners using him
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by XerXers: 11:31am On Feb 25, 2025
Hisroyalbadmeat:
ok Niger Delta man, grin grin grin grin grin , Mgbofiri cheesy
You inferior tribes should answer your papa names and stop claiming monopoly of Niger Delta. Igbo is the majority tribe in Niger Delta
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by kettykings: 11:33am On Feb 25, 2025
ALTERNATEID:
I heard Odia Ofeimum has a copy of Ifeajuna's manuscript. Considering the level of closeness between Odia and Achebe, it is very possible that Achebe handed a copy to him with the instruction not to ever publish it. Whatever the case, Achebe did the truth a big blow by failing to publish Emma's script. The book would have offered a lot of clarity as to lots of gray areas about the coup. Most importantly, it would have put a lie to the popular believe that Nzeogwu was the leader of coup when in reality, Emma was the leader.
So Ifeajuna gave Odia Ofeimun the copy before the war ended or just as he was about to be killed.

And Achebe never said anything about it till he passed away. But people who were never Biafrans or part of the inner circle of friends, academic professionals, relatives knew so much about the transcript
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Christistruth02: 11:33am On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
Ifeajuna spends all his life in Ilesha and Ibadan. Secondly Awolowo was romancing zik for alliance against the north before the coup. Awolowo simply instructed ifeajuna to spare zik. Awolowo enemy that time was Akintola and northerners using him
Fake News Again
Ifeajuna attended Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha
Where he and Azikiwe his relative both hailed from.
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Hisroyalbadmeat(m): 12:36pm On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
You inferior tribes should answer your papa names and stop claiming monopoly of Niger Delta. Igbo is the majority tribe in Niger Delta
Ok, Mr majority, keep shedding major tears grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by Hisroyalbadmeat(m): 12:39pm On Feb 25, 2025
XerXers:
Nothing like Niger Delta. You inferior tribes should speak for yourself. Ohanaeze president is currently in Eneka, Obiora Akpor
ok Na,Obiora Akpor,chai grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Why Did Achebe Refuse To Publish Ifeanjuna's Manuscript ? by aswani(m): 8:28am On Feb 26, 2025
Christistruth02:
Fake News Again
Ifeajuna attended Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha
Where he and Azikiwe his relative both hailed from.
He did attend Ilesha grammar school and was both an outstanding athlete and student.
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