₦airaland Forum

Klington:
Their hatred and bitterness made them force it on Igbos.

Even now, they're looking for how to rope the Igbos with what is happening in kwara state.

MKPUOGALIGA:
Good for him. At least, he can enjoy his land in after life

MadamExcellency:
Lagos State indigene cannot be a Governor in Kwara, Ondo, Osun, Ogun, Oyo or Ekiti State but the reverse is the case.
Lagos State indigenes are sidelined in the affairs of the State while local migrants call the shots

JAWBONE:
Stop your lies and stop attempting to rewrite history. All these Ronu fake intellectual

The war began in the first place because Gowon failed to agree to administer Nigeria like a Confederacy which is what was agreed with Ojukwu at Aburi, Ghana

inscreAF:
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. (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) 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 Biafran Armed Forces.
culled from " A Break in the Silence : Lt. Col. Victor Adebukunola Banjo, pp.66-68, by F. Adetowun Ogunsheye, Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 2001". Provided by Prof. Olufemi Ojo

casualobserver:
just like the coup was not an ibo coup. spare me we have all wised up to you guys.



text of Ojukwu's letter to Banjo

iwaeda:
No comments, before Awon Ara Ijebu-Mushin ati Kwara claiming Lagos will raise up flags.

JAWBONE:
But Ronus said it was Igbo people that started calling Lagos no man's land.

This was in 1970 when Igbo people were still fighting Biafran War which means Igbos were not even in Lagos then.

Anything to justify the tribal violence they have been unleashing in Igbo areas every election and the one they are planning to in 2027.

They have already started wetting the ground by sending their foot soldier Sego

Slytiger:
An Osun state man (Osoba) became a governor of Ogun state.

This is stale.

YeyeGbami:
Are you saying no Igbos in Lagos before the biafra war?

JAWBONE:
The coup was not an Igbo coup, read Babaginda's book, read Ademoyega's book.

It was a Nigerian Army Coup.
Nigerian soldiers do not identify themselves by tribe

Truths9ja:
History beacons. Wow I'm highly surprised here. Lagos State belongs to Yoruba people.

Tochitee:
Lagos is a no man land ! As said by the agulu clowns and his minors, we will continue asking them, and domesticate them accordingly!

Tochitee:
Lagos is a no man land ! As said by the agulu clowns and his minors, we will continue asking them, and domesticate them accordingly!

Christistruth03:
We Thank Jesus that both Herbert Macauley and the British Colonial Govt knew where Lagos and Yorubaland was and who its owners were even in 1890 before Nigeria was created

Christistruth03:
Since you didn't receive the updated memo we will send it to you

Shawarmagirl:
Did he go with the lands to great beyond? NO!

casualobserver:
Zik and his tribe have coveted lagos since the 1940s. the problem is we dont study history. To the extent that Awolowo had before independence offered to contribute to the building of a new federal capital away from Lagos. that time lagos was not even a a state...it was just an area a total of 29 square miles.

Ojukwu lost the war because his troops crossed into Asaba with the aim of taking Lagos and Ibadan. That was when the war escalated, prior to that it wasnt seen as a war but a "police action". It wasnt about secession, it was about conquering Nigeria. He found a useful mugu liberal akotileta in victor Banjo...in the end he executed him when banjo realised Ojukwu was using him. Same thing Kalu is sponsoring indigenes bill. why do you need an indigine bill in a country you are a citizen and can live and work anywhere?

MightySparrow:
Not only that there's is ifa oracle verse about the creation and settlers of the earlier settlers log before the exploration by white people. Some the tribes claimi ,' a no man's land ' now had their forebnears living in caves.