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It was never hatred against anyone but to put the overdo people where they belong n it worked!!!

The people that started it are still the ones screaming that everyone hates them.

RichBoy247:
The people that started it are still the ones screaming that everyone hates them.

God bless u


If there are 6 people in a particular place and one person is saying everyone is bad, that one person should check himself

And the war was not against the opposition soldiers only, but againt innocent women and poor children . Killing more than 3 million souls for nothing.
Fighter jets goes ahead to bomb every living thing for unity.
How many of the biafra politician children were there during the war.?

They’re all full of regrets now.

Mr Gowon, yes, wars happen, but you didn't handle your 3R properly.

According to Godswill Akpabio, when you declared no victor, no vanquish, you abandoned the battlefield and started building the Third Mainland Bridge and other infrastrural projects in Lagos.

Oya go and check your people today.Are they better of than the people forced into this messy union.

It was for who will control the oil found in Ijaw peoples land.

Blame ojukwu, he knew what he was calling for when he announced the session of Biafra from Nigeria.
I don't know if they were expecting the Federal Government to bid them farewell. As it is with them, they blame everyone else but themselves. Self inflicted wounds

Factcheck0001:
God bless u


If there are 6 people in a particular place and one person is saying everyone is bad, that one person should check himself

if the remaining 5 people feel that one person is bad why not remove him? After all he wants to leave. Why keeping him with his bad behavior?

We have hand over your matter to God.


Nothing more to say from this side as regards Gowon in his 90s still offendinh millions who died needlessly after he failed to honour the Aburi accord.




On Aburi we stand....

This old black head still doesn't understand or can't face the fact that he was used by the white man as an instrument to kill millions of of his black brothers, sisters, mother's and father's while the white man sat back and laughed. Over 2 million people died in the civil war, and you say it wasn't about hate. No it was about the flowers you'd be holding when you stand before your maker. Devil of a black man

codemaniacs:
It was for Ijaw peoples oil.

When the country was amalgamated the ss has no oil. Then why will they left after the discovery, after chopping people's wealth they don't one anyone to chop theirs? Why wayo wayo people.

Guilty conscience is killing this one.



The people who used him have chased him out of his country home

RichBoy247:
The people that started it are still the ones screaming that everyone hates them.

how was it ojukwu that declared the war or made the first shot?

Of course it's not

This is wrong topic for Sunday.

Seun pls freeze this topic, online war will stat now, freeze it now.

Empredboy:
how was it ojukwu that declared the war or made the first shot?

You have time to answer the motor park tout.



Ask him how Nigeria has faired since after the war.

Anguldi:
It was stubborn Ojukwu that lead his people to Abattoir 🤷

How? He came from a peaceful meeting in aburi only for the other party to suddenly change the gentleman agreement.

Factcheck0001:
It was never hatred against anyone but to put the overdo people where they belong n it worked!!!

perfectly work

If not for Ojukwu that failed to honor the aburi accord there would not be a civil war. Gowon was ready for the implementation of the aburi accord and all of a sudden Ojukwu declared independence of Biafra which was treasonous. The rest they say is history

THE MEETING THAT STOLE A NATION:

HOW THE ABANDONED PROPERTY ACT WAS BORN,
By Khaleed Yazeedu

Port Harcourt, Late 1975.

The Nigerian Civil War had ended five years earlier. The guns were silent. The Biafran flag was lowered. But for the Igbo people, the battle was far from over. The new war was no longer fought on the blood-soaked fields of Enugu or Nsukka. It was a quiet war, fought in offices, courtrooms, and government houses.

In a nondescript room inside the Rivers State Government House, a secret meeting convened behind closed doors. The ceiling fan hummed relentlessly as a group of men gathered around a heavy wooden table strewn with maps, legal documents, and property claims. They were about to forge a legal instrument that would devastate the Igbo people for generations.

At the head of the table sat Navy Commander Alfred Diete-Spiff, then the young and ambitious Military Governor of Rivers State. With him were key figures who would shape one of Nigeria’s most painful post-war legacies:

Justice Ephraim Akpata, Chief Judge of Rivers State

Colonel Anthony Ukpo, liaison officer from the Supreme Military Council

Dr. Okoi Arikpo, federal advisor and Foreign Minister

A Yoruba constitutional lawyer from Lagos (name withheld for privacy) tasked with drafting the legal framework

Senior civil commissioners and property officials from Rivers and Cross River States

The Agenda That Shattered Lives

Their mission was clear but devastating:

1. Declare Igbo properties abandoned and seize them as state assets.

2. Create legal cover to prevent restitution claims.

3. Redistribute these properties to indigenous residents, military officers, and political cronies.

4. Avoid federal interference and silence Eastern political voices.

The Conversation Behind Closed Doors

In the low lit room, voices spoke with calculated certainty.

Diete-Spiff opened the discussion:
“The war may have ended, but we must protect our people from the return of those who fled. These properties are abandoned. The Easterners cannot simply come back and reclaim what is ours.”

Justice Akpata responded:
“Then we must codify what ‘abandoned’ means. If someone leaves during war and does not return within a specified time, the property legally belongs to the state.”

The Yoruba lawyer from Lagos added:
“This can be defended in court if issued as a military edict rather than through legislative processes. We establish a custodian board to manage and reallocate these properties.”

Colonel Ukpo raised a concern:
“What about the federal government? Will they accept this?”

Dr. Arikpo, calm and assured, replied:
“The North will not object. Lagos may have reservations, but as long as there is no Eastern uproar, it will be allowed to pass.”

Diete-Spiff concluded:
“Prepare the draft edict. No public announcements. Implementation only.”

Edict No. 5 of 1976: The Abandoned Property Act

Within weeks, the Edict was signed quietly in Port Harcourt. It created the Abandoned Property Custodian Board, authorized to seize and redistribute properties left behind by fleeing Igbos. The legal definition of abandoned was vague, allowing the board sweeping powers to declare properties vacant if unclaimed within an unspecified period.

In practice, this meant entire neighborhoods in Port Harcourt, from Diobu to D-Line, Oroworukwo to Old GRA, were reallocated to civil servants, military officers, and political favorites. Igbo families who survived the war returned home only to find their houses occupied or sealed off.

Federal Government’s Silent Consent

Though officially a state law, the federal government did not intervene. Why?

The federal Finance Ministry, influenced by Western Nigerian political interests, had already frozen Igbo bank accounts.

The Gowon administration preferred quiet reintegration over reopening war wounds through legal battles.

Yoruba elites, still recovering from political marginalization, tacitly supported policies that curtailed Igbo economic power.

Survivor Testimonies

Chief Nnamdi Okeke, a retired businessman from Port Harcourt, recalls:
"I returned after the war expecting to rebuild. Instead, my family’s three-story home was occupied by a civil servant. We were told the property was abandoned and given away. We fought for years in court but lost every time."

Mrs. Ifeoma Chukwu, a widow from Enugu, shares:
"My late husband’s shop in Balogun Market was reassigned while I was fleeing the war. I had no legal documents to prove ownership, they said I abandoned it. It was heartbreaking to see strangers in our place."

Mr. Emeka Nwosu, an Igbo civil servant, recounts:
"In Lagos, I was denied my housing allocation because my name was removed from lists. I was told the government had ‘reallocated’ the property for security reasons. We lived as second class citizens in our own country."

The Legacy of a Legal Coup

This was not merely a property dispute. It was economic marginalization inflicted through the law.

How does a people rebuild after losing everything, land, homes, businesses, dignity? The Abandoned Property Act systematically erased Igbo presence from key Nigerian cities and economic centers. It decimated an entire community’s wealth and laid the groundwork for ongoing marginalization.

The Cost of One Nigeria:

Post war slogans promised “No victor, no vanquished.” But this legal dispossession said otherwise. It demanded forgiveness without justice. It punished a people for seeking to survive.

Today, descendants of those dispossessed still struggle for compensation, recognition, and healing.

A Call for Truth and Justice

This article is a call for historical honesty, national dialogue, and reconciliation based on facts, not rhetoric. A true unity demands acknowledging past wrongs, restoring dignity, and offering reparations where possible.

"They took their homes and called it unity. But unity without justice is a lie.”

You can factscheck me through these References:

Nigerian Federal Government Gazette, Edict No. 5 of 1976

Achebe, Chinua. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012)

Coleman, James S. Nigeria: Background to Nationalism

Falola, Toyin and Genova, Ann. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria (2009)

Interviews and oral histories collected from survivors in Port Harcourt and Lagos (2018-2024)

Legal Disclaimer

This article aims to present historical facts and survivor testimonies based on verified sources to promote truth and reconciliation. It does not intend to defame individuals or groups. Readers are encouraged to approach this topic with an open mind and seek further scholarly sources for comprehensive understanding.

Khaleed Yazeedu
Student of History and Justice Advocate

Somebody should tell this old man that the Igbos have moved on and he should stop lamenting. He should make peace with his conscience.



My Igbo friend told me Dem no send am

Werey conscience dey kill werey

Really?
Okay