₦airaland Forum

gidgiddy:
Its not possible to dissolve constitutionally recognised Regions by broadcast, it can only be done by Decree because it has to be gazetted law. When Gowon was abolishing the 4 Regions Nigeria had, and created 12 states to replace them, he used Decree 14 below, which was duly gazzeted. So anyone telling you that the Regions can be abolished by broadcast alone, without showing you the Decree that enforces it, is talking nonsense

Christistruth03:
Listen to Gen Ironsi telling you what he did

At least you cannot accuse Ironsi of lying against himself

gidgiddy:
Read Decree 14, you cannot accuse Ironsi of what Gowon did in his own Decree which says

"There shall on commencement of this Decree, be created out of the Regions, states"

Christistruth03:
That was the dismantling of the Regional Autonomous Power

Gen Ironsi controlled those states and they lost their independent Law making Powers

The Western Region had all its assets seized by the FG including its UK Embassy building on Great Portland Street in London


Before Ironsi the Western Region had its own Embassy in London
Its diplomatic staff and assets were forcibly taken over by the Ironsi FG

T9ksy:
Ironsi's decree 34 was a masterstroke !!!
In one swift move, it gave the country the "unity" that certain part of the country had been clamouring for. At the same time, it scuppered the Sardunna's "Northernisation Policy" which was seen as anti-unity.

Ironsi's Constitutional planning commitee were all igbos ;

Chief Francis Nwokedi: Appointed to advise on the unification of the public service and administration.

Dr. Pius Okigbo: Served as an adviser.

Colonel Patrick Anwunah: Served as an adviser.

Chike Onyiuke: Appointed as the Attorney General following the sacking of Taslim Elias.

Charles Onyeama 1945 prophesy springs to mind!!!

buttlover:
out of over 50 key offices you mentioned two. Abeg shift

shortgun:
You are very ignorant and swallow.
The name Biafra was derived from the Bight of Biafra... a recognized geographical term long before the civil war. Nations are not required to bear names in a local dialect to have legitimacy. Many countries across the world have names that predate their modern ethnic compositions.

You are the deluded one if you think during wartime a sovereign entity should not issues its own currency. It's idiotic for a government fighting for survival continue to rely on the currency of it's enemies.
Every decision His Excellency General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu took was very perfect in every since. This is why he remains our hero till infinity. You can go and die

Christistruth03:
Exactly
It was a masterstroke of greed for power over Regions that were not Ironsi’s own

Meanwhile Ojukwu was fast asleep while Gen Ironsi was cancelling Regional Autonomy
and he didn’t wake up until he got to Aburi where he was complaining about the same
system that he supported Gen Ironsi to establish

It was after the North took power that Ojukwu understood that Ironsi had dug the East into a very deep hole
with his unification decree

Could you believe that every Region had it own separate Laws and Constitution before Ironsi struck

DomPerignon:
Out of all the 4 regional military Governors, only Ojukwu gleefully welcomed it.

Ejoor and his counterpart in the north condemned it.

Fajuyi for some reason, did not comment on the matter.

This goes to show that none of the 3 military governors from the north, western and mid-western region were carried along.

Gidgiddy, in his latest attempt at revisionism, attempted with this thread to claim other regional military governors were part of the process to abolish regions and centralize power.

This is totally false both Ejoor and the military governor of the northern region, were in shock when Ironsi made his decree 34.

Also, decree 34 was supposed to be announced on Jan 17 and the contents of that decree contain all the wet dreams of the Zikist Marxists that Ironsi had appointed into his military junta.

Ironsi delayed his announcement of decree 34 because of the tension in the land following the selective murder of politicians not from the East by the Ibo coupists.

buttlover:
out of over 50 key offices you mentioned two. Abeg shift

Christistruth03:
Exactly
It was a masterstroke of greed for power over Regions that were not Ironsi’s own

Meanwhile Ojukwu was fast asleep while Gen Ironsi was cancelling Regional Autonomy
and he didn’t wake up until he got to Aburi where he was complaining about the same
system that he supported Gen Ironsi to establish

It was after the North took power that Ojukwu understood that Ironsi had dug the East into a very deep hole
with his unification decree

Could you believe that every Region had it own separate Laws and Constitution before Ironsi struck