₦airaland Forum

Factcheck0001:
how will I b agitated because of a dead cause?.


Go to twitter n see how ibos like u are cursing nnamdi kanu n all his boys.

Let me help u by bringing the twitter space here, many of u don't even know how far with your region


See as they are decimating nnamdi kanu n his boys, if u have data u better go n join them n learn now

There are millions of Igbos. If you have just a few hundreds cursing Nnamdi Kanu, but have millions who suppprt him, then you are wasting your data listening to the program

Not true bro, from all accounts of the war both the ones I have read and interviews of veterans on both sides, Victor Banjo opened up ceasefire talks with officials of Nigerian/British foreign agency without Ojukwu's authorization. Considering the nature of the situation, if you were Ojukwu you would have done the same. Those British foreign service guys are deadly as seen in their operations in conflicts around Africa. They can promise protection to them and ask them to handover Ojukwu.
Infact a former Nigerian retired Senior Civil servant in Gowons govt. from Ibadan echoed this exactly the way I said it on his interview on radio Nigeria during the 15th Jan. Armed forces remembrance day last year.

Factcheck0001:
It's just like giving a dog a bad name just to hang it, Victor banjo wasn't killed cos of this bit for the fact he refused to advance to Yoruba land as dictated by ojukwu.

U have even forgotten that few months ago ojukwu letter to Victor banjo surface online where ojukwu told Victor banjo that his assignment is to capture Yoruba land and he ojukwu will appoint military administrators that will oversee things till they will figure out where Victor will b fixed.

That letter made Victor banjo regained his sense and he was killed

gidgiddy:
And you think that Ojukwu also executed three Igbo officers, Ifeajuna, Alale and Agbam, because of whatever you think Ojukwu had against Banjo?

Ifeajuna and even Kaduna Nzeogwu were no longer happy with the war trajectory.
They wanted the bloodletting to stop and were actually in contact with their Nigerian counterparts on how to stop the bloodshed .

Unfortunately for Ojukwu, his hands were eventually forced when the federal forces closed in on him. He had to Usain Bolt to Ivory Coast dressed like a cheap slvt at the end of the day

gidgiddy:
The Northerners killed the Military Governor of the Western Region, Lt Col Fajuyi in Ibadan, Yorubaland. Yorubas did nothing

The Northerners then chased away Brigadier Ogundipe, who was supposed to be President after the killing of Fajuyi and Ironsi, out of Lagos, Yorubaland, Yorubas did nothing

If the Northerners could do to Yorubas, right in Yorubaland, it means that Yorubaland was already captured

Kill your Governor, chase away your son who was supposed to be President? And you do nothing? Yorubaland was already overrun

the problem with u lots is that u are not sincere n u lie to yourselves a lot.

Fajuyi made it clear it's not right for his visitor to b killed at his home n he will b spared so he made it clear if they are killing his visitor they should kill him n vice versa

So y are u making a fuse about clear history?

What do u want yorubas to do about it?

As regards the issue of ogundipe, u lots know the truth but are mischievous.

So u are talking about the issue of ogundipe n reading it to be that north havw captured yorubas

See I am beginning to realize y u people shout of marginalisation, u lie to yourselves a lot n that schemes u out of the reality and when people who tell themselves the truth are advancing u people will b stucked in your lies.

Continue, at least many of u are beginning to wake up to the damage nnamdi kanu has done to u, let's see how long u will lie to yourselves

gidgiddy:
Then that means you did not read the letter well. What Ojukwu saud was that if Banjo was successful, Banjo would be appointed Military Governor of the Western Region. It should be noted that Yoruba land was already captured, and was in control of the Northerners

Banjo was executed for a completely different reason. If Ojukwu wanted to judt kill Banjo, he wouldn't do it with 3 other highly placed Igbo officers, he wouldn't even try Banjo

But would still be under the control of Ojukwu. We all know how he also appointed an ibo man tk be the military head of the Midwest against the wish of Banjo.

Letter below

confusedlady:
LETTER FROM LT.COL. OJUKWU TO LT. COL.BANJO
22nd AUGUST 1967



From: The Military Governor,

Republic of Biafra Enugu,



22nd August, 1967.



My dear Victor,



1. For some time now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances that have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria. We have been fully convinced that the aim of the Hausa/Fulani complex has ever been, and will ever remain, the total domination of every other part of what was known as the Federation of Nigeria. It is impossible to forget that the crisis which led to the army take over in January 1966, the coup of the Northern soldiers led by Gowon in July 1966, the wholesale and indiscriminate massacre of the people of what is now Biafra- and, to a less degree, the people of the Mid-West and West, including the Yorubas, were all the direct result of Hausa/Fulani attempt to subjugate and use as tools, the gallant people of Western Nigeria namely the Yorubas. We do not need to remind ourselves of the heavy losses in life and property suffered by the Yoruba people in their fight for justice and freedom during 1965.



2. Sharing.our belief that the people of Yorubaland have a right to live a life of equality and self-respect and justice free of domination and dictatorship from any quarter, you have both identified with the cause of the Biafra struggle for survival and expressed your determination to see the people of Yorubaland freed from Hausa/Fulani domination.

We, the people of Biafra, for our part are willing and have decided to give you and the people of Yorubaland every assistance to achieve your aim.



3. After clearing the whole question with my Executive Council, I, as the Commander in Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, have decided to place at your disposal Biafran forces, for the liberation of

Yorubaland on the following clear conditions:-



(i) You will have nothing to do with the Military Administrator in the Mid-West Territory during your sojourn there prior to your move to the West.

(ii) The willingness and preparedness of Biafra to assist any part of the former Federation of Nigeria wishing and willing to liberate itself from the Hausa/Fulani domination, does not in anyway whatever

imply any inclination on her part to compromise her sovereignty or preserve what remains of the defunct Federation of Nigeria. In other words, our sovereignty and break with Nigeria is irrevocable. Nothing must, therefore be said or done by you or any member of the Liberation Army to give a contrary impression.

(iii) Biafra is determined to maintain and safeguard her sovereignty and ensure that her integrity and safety are never again threatened.

[b](iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of the Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.

(v) On the liberation of the Yorubaland, you will be appointed as the Military Governor of that territory.

(vi) The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.

(vii) During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority.

(viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint a Military administrator for the territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected by Biafran troops.

(ix) As soon as possible after your appointment as the Military Governor of Western Nigeria and separation of that territory from Nigeria, you and I must meet to discuss:

(a) the duration of stay of Biafran troops in your territory;
[/b]
(b) the areas and subjects of cooperation between the liberated sovereign states of Western Nigeria, or by what name it may call itself, and Biafra.



4. I do not need to remind you that Biafra regards all Yoruba as friends. As such everything should be done, to ensure the minimum force and loss of life are involved in achieving the objective of liberation.



5. It is essential, in order to avoid misunderstanding or confusion, that all subsequent requests for support be formally made to me by you in writing.



6. Will you please signify in writing, your acceptance of the above conditions so that you may leave for Western Nigeria and lead the army of liberation.





Yours very sincerely,
Signed LT.COL Odumegwu Ojukwu

Military Governor and Commander in Chief of Biafra Armed Forces.



Culled from "A break in silence;Lt Col Victor Adebukunola Banjo. pp 66-68,by F Adetowun Ogunsheye,Spectrum books,2001.

We were already even free so what funny liberation was ojukwu talking about?

Walai:
Not true bro, from all accounts of the war both the ones I have read and interviews of veterans on both sides, Victor Banjo opened up ceasefire talks with officials of Nigerian/British foreign agency without Ojukwu's authorization. Considering the nature of the situation, if you were Ojukwu you would have done the same. Those British foreign service guys are deadly as seen in their operations in conflicts around Africa. They can promise protection to them and ask them to handover Ojukwu.
Infact a former Nigerian retired Senior Civil servant in Gowons govt. from Ibadan echoed this exactly the way I said it on his interview on radio Nigeria during the 15th Jan. Armed forces remembrance day last year.

Kindly furnish us with this report only you had access to .
Was he the leader of the Biafran government?
In hindsight , the cantankerous coward Ojukwu should have opted for the so called cease fire if it was indeed offered .
Poor guy later ran away in the middle of the night leaving Effiong to surrender unconditionally

gidgiddy:
The Northerners killed the Military Governor of the Western Region, Lt Col Fajuyi in Ibadan, Yorubaland. Yorubas did nothing

The Northerners then chased away Brigadier Ogundipe, who was supposed to be President after the killing of Fajuyi and Ironsi, out of Lagos, Yorubaland, Yorubas did nothing

If the Northerners could do to Yorubas, right in Yorubaland, it means that Yorubaland was already captured

Kill your Governor, chase away your son who was supposed to be President? And you do nothing? Yorubaland was already overrun

Was Iboland captured when Ironsi and other Ibo military officers were massacred in July of 1966 ?

Wait, should Yorubas have gone on a killing spree of the Ibos in western region when the Ibos killed the western regional premier as well as the highest ranked military officer Ademulegun on the night of January 15 1966?
You see how flawed your logic is ?

Na kangaroo Dem be..always jumping around aimlessly

owobokiri:
You are this empty and ignorant of the topic, yet you always want to jump out of your skin from thread to thread trying to pontificate on issues way above your paygrade?

Your elders said they can't declare any Oduah state during the war because northern soldiers like Murtala, Danjuma and co were all in control of Lagos and environs.

That was also the reason they gave for joining the Nigerian army to go on a genocidal expedition in the east. .. I bet that doesn't make any sense to you, right?
It never made sense to any reasonable person all through..

IBB ..a major participant and more knowledgeable than propagandist like your ancestors has exposed the truth.

Tinubu was there
Obasanjo was there

..and till today they haven't countered him.

Tell your lies in your bedroom and let it stay there.

Zincfingers:
Was Iboland captured when Ironsi and other Ibo military officers were massacred in July of 1966 ?

Wait, should Yorubas have gone on a killing spree of the Ibos in western region when the Ibos killed the western regional premier as well as the highest ranked military officer Ademulegun on the night of January 15 1966?
You see how flawed your logic is ?

You are free and when fasorontis daughter was killed , your messiah Tinubu asked where are the COWs?

Nobody needed to liberate happy slaves. Gowon was the target and the seat of power was LAGOS. They didn't go to Kwara, Oyo, Osun ,Ondo etc. they passed through to attack Gowon directly in Lagos.

So don't reproduce baselessly false narratives from your gathering of failures and try to pass it as the truth.

Unity begging is petty

chopnaira:
But would still be under the control of Ojukwu. We all know how he also appointed an ibo man tk be the military head of the Midwest against the wish of Banjo.

Letter below



We were already even free so what funny liberation was ojukwu talking about?

chopnaira:
But would still be under the control of Ojukwu. We all know how he also appointed an ibo man tk be the military head of the Midwest against the wish of Banjo.

Letter below



We were already even free so what funny liberation was ojukwu talking about?

Ibo would have been the lingua Franca of the Yorubas by now 😂😂😂
The coward wanted to occupy Yoruba land just the same way Isreal occupied Palestine .
What kind of see finish was that ??
I’m sure Victor Banjo thrashed the offensive letter .

owobokiri:

I told you that you are empty.
You know nothing about the topic. Just huff and puff to earn your daily bread using the leftovers of Amaechis laptops.

Biafra was attacked from all angles. From the North, West and South. In all those fronts, Yoruba officers cheered on by Yoruba leaders and the Yoruba public, were in full action using supplies from Britain to commit genocide against "fellow blacks".

Almost all the air sorties that were flown into Biafra to bomb hospitals, markets, churches and schools, originated from Lagos. All weapons from Britain docked at Lagos portd with ZERO opposition from.any branch of the Yoruba communities.

Infact, go and read Wole Soyinkas "The man Died". Briefly, he discussed all he heard about endless disgusting meetings between Northern and South Western leaders to use the war to do all they did in Biafra..

Una problem be say una dey think say una fit openly rewrite history as you did with your newspapers before the coming of the internet.
We don't have to drag any points here. The facts are well documented by even foreigners. Just read up..

Any narrative that doesn't fit into your victimhood narrative and sob stories would always be considered as false. So you expected the war to be like a football game, right? It's the crass hypocrisy and double standards for me. It's ok for your Biafra soldiers to kill people but when you're killed in turn, you cry victimhood. You crossed into the Midwest, killed people, attacked anybody that wasn't Ibo, advanced towards the western region and for some godforsaken reason expect the others to "siddon look". Are you people actually for real? You're crying here that Yorubas killed your people with weapons acquired from Britain; was it bow and arrow you expected them to fight with? When France, Israel, China and others were busy sending weapons and mercenaries, it was ok then, right? You said you wanted Biafra but instead of securing your frontiers and boundaries, you just had to come into the Midwest and advanced towards Lagos. And you want Biafra? Like Yorubas were supposed to just fold their arms and allow you to pass? Is something wrong with you people? This is getting really annoyingly out of hands for you people!!

See bah, I am Middle Belt by blood and my uncles fought this war on the Nigerian side which I still regret till today. Unfortunately because of the fact that I always stand for the truth, I have been labeled Igbo here thats by the way.
If I am a war time military leader and my subordinates are discussing ceasefire with my enemies, in military terms, I will charge them for attempted coup and any unbiased person that understands military way of doing things will understand what I am saying.
There are many sources bro, read all accts of the war you know and you will discover a consistent fact, Banjo initiated cease fire without Ojukwu knowing about it.

Zincfingers:
Kindly furnish us with this report only you had access to .
Was he the leader of the Biafran government?
In hindsight , the cantankerous coward Ojukwu should have opted for the so called cease fire if it was indeed offered .
Poor guy later ran away in the middle of the night leaving Effiong to surrender unconditionally

esnbrutality:
IBB ..a major participant and more knowledgeable than propagandist like your ancestors has exposed the truth.

Tinubu was there
Obasanjo was there

..and till today they haven't countered him.

Tell your lies in your bedroom and let it stay there.

Babangida never said so to start with .
He said the coup was meant to be a revolution but the outcome was something else .
Ifeajuna who was the mastermind of the coup and acting under the instructions of his uncle Nnamdi Azikwe had another ambition which was to enthrone Ibo supremacy.

This was the reason Ademoyega engaged Ifeajuna in a fistcuff when he sighted him for the first time in prison .

So IBB that made a Statement of fact is now a liar?

Yoruba man...stop revisionists lamentations.

It's pathetic

Zincfingers:
Babangida never said so to start with .
He said the coup was meant to be a revolution but the outcome was something else .
Ifeajuna who was the mastermind of the coup and acting under the instructions of his uncle Nnamdi Azikwe had another ambition which was to enthrone Ibo supremacy.

This was the reason Ademoyega engaged Ifeajuna in a fistcuff when he sighted him for the first time in prison .

esnbrutality:
You are free and when fasorontis daughter was killed , your messiah Tinubu asked where are the COWs?

Nobody needed to liberate happy slaves. Gowon was the target and the seat of power was LAGOS. They didn't go to Kwara, Oyo, Osun ,Ondo etc. they passed through to attack Gowon directly in Lagos.

So don't reproduce baselessly false narratives from your gathering of failures and try to pass it as the truth.

Unity begging is petty

Try make sense at least for once.

Don't just throw words try understand what it means

Na your people they sponsor bill to replace indigeneship with residential.

Na una dey follow night bus to infest other region.

Na una dey claim una develop the earth, the moon and the mars

Na una still dey cry marginalization.

Who is truly. A unity beger

Ojukwu never trusted Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu because they are known brutal soldiers who orchestrated the first coup of January 1966.


So when Ojukwu got the information that Banjo and Ifeanju were plotting coup against him while negotiating with Gowon for a ceasefire, Ojukwu didn't take it lightly after damning evidence was presented against Banjo, Ifeanju and co. Biafra's decree on coup attempt had to take place and they got executed for plotting to topple Biafra Military Leader.


It's sad but it is what it is

franchasng:
Ojukwu never trusted Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu because they are known brutal soldiers who orchestrated the first coup of January 1966.


So when Ojukwu got the information that Banjo and Ifeanju were plotting coup against him while negotiating with Gowon for a ceasefire, [b]Ojukwu didn't take it lightly after damning evidence was presented against Banjo, Ifeanju and co. [/b]Biafra's decree on coup attempt had to take place and they got executed for plotting to topple Biafra Military Leader.


It's sad but it is what it is

Can you present the evidence here for us to see. Your brother who claimed there was video evidence has not been able to sho it when asked to

Factcheck0001:
the problem with u lots is that u are not sincere n u lie to yourselves a lot.

Fajuyi made it clear it's not right for his visitor to b killed at his home n he will b spared so he made it clear if they are killing his visitor they should kill him n vice versa

So y are u making a fuse about clear history?

What do u want yorubas to do about it?

As regards the issue of ogundipe, u lots know the truth but are mischievous.

So u are talking about the issue of ogundipe n reading it to be that north havw captured yorubas

See I am beginning to realize y u people shout of marginalisation, u lie to yourselves a lot n that schemes u out of the reality and when people who tell themselves the truth are advancing u people will b stucked in your lies.

Continue, at least many of u are beginning to wake up to the damage nnamdi kanu has done to u, let's see how long u will lie to yourselves

The excuse you guys made for Northerners, but vilify Ojukwu who sent a force to kick the Northerners out of the West back to the North, says it all

Every slave thinks a freedom fighter is a fool

Zincfingers:
Ifeajuna and even Kaduna Nzeogwu were no longer happy with the war trajectory.
They wanted the bloodletting to stop and were actually in contact with their Nigerian counterparts on how to stop the bloodshed .

Unfortunately for Ojukwu, his hands were eventually forced when the federal forces closed in on him. He had to Usain Bolt to Ivory Coast dressed like a cheap slvt at the end of the day

Ifeajuna was not happy with the trajectory of the war, plotted to topple Ojukwu with Banjo, Alale and Abam, which led to their conviction and execution

gidgiddy:
The excuse you guys made for Northerners, but vilify Ojukwu who sent a force to kick the Northerners out of the West back to the North, says it all

Every slave thinks a freedom fighter is a fool

Is what you said contained in the letter Ojukwu sent to Banjo?

Don't be a revisionist

Ttalk:
Can you present the evidence here for us to see. Your brother who claimed there was video evidence has not been able to sho it when asked to

My late uncle was a high ranking Nigerian military officer that participated in the January 1966 coup and later joined Biafra and was among the top ranking Biafra military personnel that headed Biafra conscription unit and intelligence too.


He said a damning audio recording was played at the military tribunal that indicted Banjo, Ifeajuna and co.


I don't have access to the tape, it should be available somehow but it's a highly classified information that won't be easy to find. Maybe only those that had first access to Ojukwu's personal office and bunker may have it, but whatever my late uncle told us about the January 1966 coup, the counter coup and the Biafra war were all spot on.


He even told us that some of them regretted the January 1966 coup, and also told us some of the mistakes they made during the war.


He did accepted some of their mistakes and told us some of the inhumane things Ahmadu Bello was doing that caused the January 1966 coup, so his stories were balanced but you guys from the Southwest only believe that Igbos are the aggressors and always the bad people who always do bad while your people always do good and no wrong, so nobody can convince you because you already have a bias mindset towards anything Igbo

franchasng:
My late uncle was a high ranking Nigerian military officer that participated in the January 1966 coup and later joined Biafra and was among the top ranking Biafra military personnel that headed Biafra conscription unit and intelligence too.


He said a damning audio recording was played at the military tribunal that indicted Banjo, Ifeajuna and co.


I don't have access to the tape, it should be available somehow but it's a highly classified information that won't be easy to find. Maybe only those that had first access to Ojukwu's personal office and bunker may have it, but whatever my late uncle told us about the January 1966 coup, the counter coup and the Biafra war were all spot on.


He even told us that some of them regretted the January 1966 coup, and also told us some of the mistakes they made during the war.


He did accepted some of their mistakes and told us some of the inhumane things Ahmadu Bello was doing that caused the January 1966 coup, so his stories were balanced but you guys from the Southwest only believe that Igbos are the aggressors and always the bad people who always do bad while your people always do good and no wrong, so nobody can convince you because you already have a bias mindset towards anything Igbo

Did you know whether am related to Col Banjo and equally have assess to first hand information of what transpired during that time.

The problem with you guys is your inability to accept when you are wrong.

The execution of Banjo signalled the end of support a SWner will render to the SE

Because of politics, WS who was imprisoned for the cause of Biafra was cursed by Igbo today.

Execution of Banjo will always be remembered and reference as the most thoughtless decision a man can make and it once again exposes the egocentric proclivity that would always checkmated by the larger Nigerians

Ttalk:
Did you know whether am related to Col Banjo and equally have assess to first hand information of what transpired during that time.

The problem with you guys is your inability to accept when you are wrong.

The execution of Banjo signalled the end of support a SWner will render to the SE

Because of politics, WS who was imprisoned for the cause of Biafra was cursed by Igbo today.

Execution of Banjo will always be remembered and reference as the most thoughtless decision a man can make and it once again exposes the egocentric proclivity that would always checkmated by the larger Nigerians

Even if you are related to Banjo does not make any difference because you might not be aware of the tape nor were you present at the tribunal that found Banjo and others guilty. Are you even aware that Ojukwu's in-law was among those executed alongside Banjo? Please leave that issue aside, they were executed for trying to topple Ojukwu's leadership and any military leader would do same talk more of one at war and at high risk of being eliminated.



Back to Prof. Wole Soyinka, he is a highly respected man by Igbos for decades. You cannot blame Igbo youths who support Peter Obi for calling out and condemning Wole Soyinka for calling Peter Obi they support a "gbajue". In my tradition, they said, an elder is not expected to bath outside so that little kids won't use his balls (scrotum) to play tinko thinking it's a bell lol


Prof Wole Soyinka brought the backlash and attacks on himself. Him coming out to call out Peter Obi and even going as far as calling him "gbajue" while promoting Tinubu wasn't elderly or statesmanly if you are honest to yourself.


So mind your words, it is Peter Obi's Igbo supporters (not all Igbos) and even some none Igbos that attacked Prof. Wole Soyinka back for calling their man "gbajue".



That aside, Igbos have always recognized and hailed Prof Wole Soyinka's support for Biafra in the past, and will continue to recognize and appreciate him for that and I can tell you for free that at any point in time Biafra comes to reality, Col. Banjo, Prof Wole Soyinka, Fajuyi, etc will be well recognized in Biafra nation with a forever legacy, go and note this down.

franchasng:
Even if you are related to Banjo does not make any difference because you might not be aware of the tape nor were you present at the tribunal that found Banjo and others guilty. Are you even aware that Ojukwu's in-law was among those executed alongside Banjo? Please leave that issue aside, they were executed for trying to topple Ojukwu's leadership and any military leader would do same talk more of one at war and at high risk of being eliminated.



Back to Prof. Wole Soyinka, he is a highly respected man by Igbos for decades. You cannot blame Igbo youths who support Peter Obi for calling out and condemning Wole Soyinka for calling Peter Obi they support a "gbajue". In my tradition, they said, an elder is not expected to bath outside so that little kids won't use his balls (scrotum) to play tinko thinking it's a bell lol


Prof Wole Soyinka brought the backlash and attacks on himself. Him coming out to call out Peter Obi and even going as far as calling him "gbajue" while promoting Tinubu wasn't elderly or statesmanly if you are honest to yourself.


So mind your words, it is Peter Obi's Igbo supporters (not all Igbos) and even some none Igbos that attacked Prof. Wole Soyinka back for calling their man "gbajue".



That aside, Igbos have always recognized and hailed Prof Wole Soyinka's support for Biafra in the past, and will continue to recognize and appreciate him for that and I can tell you for free that at any point in time Biafra comes to reality, Col. Banjo, Prof Wole Soyinka, Fajuyi, etc will be well recognized in Biafra nation with a forever legacy, go and note this down.

You mean the sin of WS was calling Obi gbajue and that would warrant those abuses and curses.
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Regarding Banjo, his execution was a grave actioon that will haunt your region for many years to come l.

Executing him on phantjom charges of coup was comon excuses of African military rulers to execute their perceived enemy during that era.

Abacha indicted Obasanjo and many others in phantom coup that didn't exist, so Ojukwu charges against him was just an alibi to kill Banjo. You can't rewrite history. It was a painful experience of a betrayal and hateful disposition of the Igbo towards her supportive neighbor

Ttalk:
Did you know whether am related to Col Banjo and equally have assess to first hand information of what transpired during that time.

The problem with you guys is your inability to accept when you are wrong.

The execution of Banjo signalled the end of support a SWner will render to the SE

Because of politics, WS who was imprisoned for the cause of Biafra was cursed by Igbo today.

Execution of Banjo will always be remembered and reference as the most thoughtless decision a man can make and it once again exposes the egocentric proclivity that would always checkmated by the larger Nigerians

...and I want to also point out something that you Yorubas should try and desist from. You guys always try to paint yourselves as perfect being that never do wrong.


Like I told you, my late uncle that participated in the January 1966 coup regretted and he said most of them also regretted the outcome of the coup as it wasn't as they planned it to be.


He said maybe if they had Northern soldiers amongst them who were drafted to execute the coup in Eastern Nigeria, that the outcome would have been better as they wouldn't have spared some of the high ranking Igbo politicians that the Igbo soldiers drafted to execute Eastern side spared which made the North and West see the coup as Igbo coup. This was one of his regrets


Secondly, he never liked Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe just as Ojukwu never liked Zik too and never attended his burial. Most Igbos never liked Nnamdi Azikiwe as we believed that he failed us Igbos by not doing the right things that would have made Nigeria and Eastern Nigeria better as he focused mostly on outside politics to be seen as a national and African figure. This was one of the reasons most Igbos cherished Awolowo more than Zik if you take away Awolow's inhumane role in the Biafran war.


You can always hear Igbos criticize Zik despite his influence in Nigeria.


Same way, many Igbos don't support Rochas, Orji Uzo Kalu, etc because they see them as corrupt not minding how influential they are. You also see some Igbos condemning Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, etc.


You will see Igbos admit their errors but you guys from the Yoruba side will never admit that you are wrong at all even when it's glaring. Take a look at how Tinubu turned Nigeria upside down yet you guys keep supporting him and attacking Igbos for calling his government out. Someone like Tinubu can never even get Igbo majority support in the first place, he is in the likes of Orji Uzo Kalu, Rochas Okorocha and co to Igbos.


We acknowledge great Yoruba leaders but you Yorubas never accept that any Igbo man or woman is good.



Make una change if una want sha

Walai:
Not true bro, from all accounts of the war both the ones I have read and interviews of veterans on both sides, Victor Banjo opened up ceasefire talks with officials of Nigerian/British foreign agency without Ojukwu's authorization. Considering the nature of the situation, if you were Ojukwu you would have done the same. Those British foreign service guys are deadly as seen in their operations in conflicts around Africa. They can promise protection to them and ask them to handover Ojukwu.
Infact a former Nigerian retired Senior Civil servant in Gowons govt. from Ibadan echoed this exactly the way I said it on his interview on radio Nigeria during the 15th Jan. Armed forces remembrance day last year.

Dark clouds were gathering over Banjo's life even before the first coup. He was already suspected to be a potential problem and was under watchful eyes before Nzeogwu struck.
Though he was years commissioned before Ojukwu,but his Midwest broadcast was a clear affront to Ojukwu's leadership. Perhaps this was what made the choice of Albert Okonkwo as Midwest Military Governor necessary.
Many questions will forever remained unanswered.Why was he arrested by Ironsi in a coup he was not part of? Why did he rejected Ironsi offer to be appointed as Military Governor of Western Nigeria?

franchasng:
...and I want to also point out something that you Yorubas should try and desist from. You guys always try to paint yourselves as perfect being that never do wrong.


Like I told you, my late uncle that participated in the January 1966 coup regretted and he said most of them also regretted the outcome of the coup as it wasn't as they planned it to be.


He said maybe if they had Northern soldiers amongst them who were drafted to execute the coup in Eastern Nigeria, that the outcome would have been better as they wouldn't have spared some of the high ranking Igbo politicians that the Igbo soldiers drafted to execute Eastern side spared which made the North and West see the coup as Igbo coup. This was one of his regrets


Secondly, he never liked Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe just as Ojukwu never liked Zik too and never attended his burial. Most Igbos never liked Nnamdi Azikiwe as we believed that he failed us Igbos by not doing the right things that would have made Nigeria and Eastern Nigeria better as he focused mostly on outside politics to be seen as a national and African figure. This was one of the reasons most Igbos cherished Awolowo more than Zik if you take away Awolow's inhumane role in the Biafran war.


You can always hear Igbos criticize Zik despite his influence in Nigeria.


Same way, many Igbos don't support Rochas, Orji Uzo Kalu, etc because they see them as corrupt not minding how influential they are. You also see some Igbos condemning Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, etc.


You will see Igbos admit their errors but you guys from the Yoruba side will never admit that you are wrong at all even when it's glaring. Take a look at how Tinubu turned Nigeria upside down yet you guys keep supporting him and attacking Igbos for calling his government out. Someone like Tinubu can never even get Igbo majority support in the first place, he is in the likes of Orji Uzo Kalu, Rochas Okorocha and co to Igbos.


We acknowledge great Yoruba leaders but you Yorubas never accept that any Igbo man or woman is good.



Make una change if una want sha

Tinubu became president in the past two years but before then your hatred for the man knew no bound.

Why did you hate him so much even before he became the president?

Many Yoruba were forced to believe it was unfinished rivalry that has existed in the past that was still playing out.

There's no justification for such hate and that singular act made majority of The Yoruba to defend Tinubu, to them it was a fight for the survival of the Yoruba race and not rivalry of election differences.

Igbo attitude before and after 2023 election was an eye opener to a moderate Yoruba, today they are conscious of everything coming from the East, as you have lost the warm reception you received in SW out of all other regions in Nigeria

Ttalk:
Tinubu became president in the past two years but before then your hatred for the man knew no bound.

Why did you hate him so much even before he became the president?

Many Yoruba were forced to believe it was unfinished rivalry that has existed in the past that was still playing out.

There's no justification for such hate and that singular act made majority of The Yoruba to defend Tinubu, to them it was a fight for the survival of the Yoruba race and not rivalry of election differences.

Igbo attitude before and after 2023 election was an eye opener to a moderate Yoruba, today they are conscious of everything coming from the East, as you have lost the warm reception you received in SW out of all other regions in Nigeria

Majority of ordinary Igbos despise corrupt politicians.


Tinubu's dislike by the Igbos started from Tinubu's role in blackmailing and removing Goodluck and his anti-Igbo politics that started from 2014 whereby he used anti-Igbo rhetorics to mobilize other Yorubas against Igbos in Lagos.


Igbos have very good heart, very easy to make them like you. If you can remember, the same way some Igbos, mostly youths despised Tinubu's political life is the same way they despised El Rufai, Amaechi, Umahi, Rochas, Oshiomhole, etc but the moment those other one turned back and started calling evil evil, you can see the same Igbo youths now softening their dislike for them.


If Tinubu turns a new leaf tomorrow, the same Igbos calling him out will become his number one fans, na so we be, we no de carry things for heart like you Yorubas, that's why despite the atrocities committed against Igbos by the North before and during the war, Igbos still went back to the North living freely, doing business and investing heavily there not bearing any grudges in mind, same thing they are doing in virtually all Nigerian states including the states that slaughtered them during the Pogrom but una Yorubas will continue to reference one thing or the other that happened in the East as your reasons for never wanting to live in Southeast or invest there.


The difference is clear, that's why Igbos bounced back so fast after losing it all during war. That's how life of people that don't carry forever hatred and anger in mind works, they forgive easily and progress easily against all odds.