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Ready2speak:
Convenient excuse to hide from reality staring before our very eyes.
Is Ojukwu around to defend himself of the purported agreement with the French branch of the Rothschild banking family?

For those that knows the truth, it's obvious Gowon is lying. If his position where to be true, why did Biafra lose the war since same Rothschild also control of the British & American political/business establishment?

The French approached and wanted the oil wealth of Biafra before they could officially help. They demanded total control and a contract that will last for many years. The young patriotic officers refused such second slavery to another foreign power.

France finally helped in sabotaging Biafra.

Since Gowon wants to play the ostrich while the middle belt burns with Plateau in particular bearing the brunt of the attack, let him go ahead.
Afterall we all are witnesses to what is going on in Nigeria after Nigeria celebrated the defeat of Biafra. Hope Nigeria is now an el-dorado.
Folks, you be the judge.

Why did Biafra lose the war? Can Biafra win again after Bonny, Calabar and PH fell to the 3 Marine commando? Any other resistance after that was just to mark time. Biafra's fate was sealed when they drew the west and Midwest into the war and the 3 marine commando set sail for Calabar in response. When you have no industrial capacity and all or most of your ports had fallen to your adversaries, it will not matter much again who is helping you.

stanluiz:
Pure fiction!!

The Nigeria civil war has absolutely nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Rothschilds. I don't know where this one is getting his history from.

Na jews matter for kill am. He blames the Jews for everything. We know him very well in this nairaland.

Domperignon, FSB operator, Hitlerisright Mossadagent, Apcharam. These are his accounts and handles. He is number one history revisionist in nairaland.

Ojukwu that was even issuing war bonds to his arm suppliers and international lobbyists that was to be honoured by the Nigerian Central Bank and payable by Eastern Nigeria?

Counterigbolies:
ojukwu announced a different agreement and wanted to play smart and they outsmarted him.

That's the reality u people will never accept

What different agreement that Ojukwu announced apart from the one him and gowon agree in Aburi ?

DomPerignon:
Whatever agreement entered in Abure is null and void as both Gowon and Ojukwu were never elected by anyone to negotiate on our behalf.

Abure was only a venue to host the Military Supreme Council which Ojukwu had refused to attend claiming first that he was not answerable to Gowon as HoS being Gowon being his junior and later on that he feared for his safety.

Imagine Abacha convening a SMC in Abuja and a MILAD refusing to attend claiming he feared for his safety or that he did not recognise Abacha as HoS.

Well, if thats the case then the entire military era is null and void as nobody elected any military person. By extention, the entire 36 states of Nigeria, 774 local governments, 6 geopolitical zones and the 1999 constitution we presently use, are all null and void. They were created by the military nobody elected

Normal level. Most of the wars in this world are financed by them using the saboteurs innthe midst of the people they want to take advantage of. Biafra is very lucky they lost that war or slavery would have been like paradise in comparison. Ojukwu would have run away to London with his family and the money.

Any war thay is being pushed or separatist agenda, remove yourself. There is a puppeteer behind the scenes who will benefit. Especially the disssolution of regions, was a big benefit to those who would benefit the most. Interesting information and i am glad Gowon released it.

stanluiz:
Your first paragraph is Useless and also non and void.

Gowon as a head of state with his minister and Regional military governors were there to represent Nigeria together with Ojukwu to represent the eastern region.

Even the international community has already recognized Gowon military government as the leadership of Nigeria after the overthrow of Ironsi. You saying that gowon and Ojukwu were not elected is total rubbish. It was a military government.

Gowon failure to implement Aburi accord of January 1967 let to the war. We won't allow history revisionist like you to rewrite history.

Both Gowon and Ojukwu were never elected by anyone to speak on their behalf

We had an existing constitution before the madness of Jan 15.

So whatever communique or agreement reached at Aburi was not binding on us but was an agreement between two military officers quarreling on their hierarchy .

gidgiddy:
Well, if thats the case then the entire military era is null and void as nobody elected any military person. By extention, the entire 36 states of Nigeria, 774 local governments, 6 geopolitical zones and the 1999 constitution we presently use, are all null and void. They were created by the military nobody elected

Yes.

That's why I have been advocating for a fresh constitutional confab and to also derecognise all past military HoS as

DomPerignon:
Gowon has come out to state that the entire Bakassi affair was due to Ojukwu selling Bakassi in exchange for French military and diplomatic support.

It was not Gowon who sold Bakassi to the French but Ojukwu.

Why Gowon ceded Bakassi to Cameroun - Ofonagoro

It was gowon that gave bakassi to Cameroun to enforce the blockage of food and arms coming into Biafra.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/why-gowon-ceded-bakassi-to-cameroun-ofonagoro/&ved=2ahUKEwjaro3oxceUAxWDVEEAHZc4GEIQFnoECFEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ouIUNapp3i8Ebu40dTHM8

Counterigbolies:
ojukwu announced a different agreement and wanted to play smart and they outsmarted him.

That's the reality u people will never accept

Ojukwu didn't announce a different agreement, all military Governors of the time as well as Gowon had copies of what was agreed at Aburi

stanluiz:
Why Gowon ceded Bakassi to Cameroun - Ofonagoro

It was gowon that gave bakassi to Cameroun to enforce the blockage of food and arms coming into Biafra.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/why-gowon-ceded-bakassi-to-cameroun-ofonagoro/&ved=2ahUKEwjaro3oxceUAxWDVEEAHZc4GEIQFnoECFEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ouIUNapp3i8Ebu40dTHM8

The french had brokered a deal with Ojukwu on controlling the oil rich Bakassi.

At the time of the so-called blockade , the entire SS was already liberated so it was Nigeria's territory.

The French kept supporting Biafra on the basis of that sordid agreement entered by Ojukwu .

France supported Biafra throughout the war and was filing court cases against Nigeria occupying Bakassi using documents signed between Ojukwu and the French.

The issue of Bakassi nearly led to a war between Nigeria and Bakassi in the early 80s during Shagari's adminstration when Cameroun Gerdames invaded the Island peninsula.

If Gowon had signed Bakassi over to the French who were then the colonial rulers of Cameroun, how come the Nigerian govt nearly got into a hot war with Cameroun 10ys after the war ended over territorial claims of the island and it's adjourning waters?

The entire Bakassi issue was only settled in the ICJ during Obasanjo's civilian adminstration and Nigeria's case was hinged on the fact that Ojukwu and Biafra had no right to cede any territory of Nigeria to anyone

Ready2speak:
Convenient excuse to hide from reality staring before our very eyes.
Is Ojukwu around to defend himself of the purported agreement with the French branch of the Rothschild banking family?

For those that knows the truth, it's obvious Gowon is lying. If his position where to be true, why did Biafra lose the war since same Rothschild also control of the British & American political/business establishment?

The French approached and wanted the oil wealth of Biafra before they could officially help. They demanded total control and a contract that will last for many years. The young patriotic officers refused such second slavery to another foreign power.

France finally helped in sabotaging Biafra.

Since Gowon wants to play the ostrich while the middle belt burns with Plateau in particular bearing the brunt of the attack, let him go ahead.
Afterall we all are witnesses to what is going on in Nigeria after Nigeria celebrated the defeat of Biafra. Hope Nigeria is now an el-dorado.
Folks, you be the judge.

No one is a saint when it comes to war affairs..As they says victors writes history and not truths. But there maybe an iota of truth as to what Gowon was claiming and I will point out why.
From the onset General Ojukwu was not particularly an illiterate who wasn't aware of how world politics works and having come from money and belonging to one of the most affluent family in the country then, his close ties to a powerful family like the Rothschild can not be too far-fetched. Not only for their banking connection but also for their influence over war and how much power they control in the world then.. a deal might have been made and it is safe to belief they were only going to support with money and not majorly weapons or ammunitions.

While the narratives from his side might have been that he couldn't make a deal beforehand as they wanted the Biafran resources, in hindsight it does seems and sounds sketchy because the fact supports it that those were the only cards he had on the table to make any viable deals then. And he knows that, terms may not have been met but most definitely a deal was structuring with the french. Because it wasn't because of their benevolence or they like freedom fighting in particular that they will want to agree to any deal. There terms was 1, to retain their control in Africa, 2, diminish the anglo African states and 3, control the resources.. they wouldn't even lift a finger if they didn't see any of these being a possibility in the first place. While they may mitigate their risk and exposures, they are quite certain at least 2 of these terms will be met before they started offering aids. So it is quite possible there was a deal of some kind that was in place.

While I do belief Nigeria as a country is trying to move past these part of our history it hasn't been thoroughly addressed from all sides., but I will just point out that there are two major key factors that records shows why the war was lost. As to why it was fought, the question still remains. Why after Aburi when there could have been peace, but for sake of better argument let's just say it was the resources even though it wasn't at first, but later became a factor..

Now contrary to belief it wasnt for lack of man power or lack of international support that Biafran lost that war. General Ojukwu lost the Biafran War to one man tactical involvement, and that was to Awolowo's tactics and not mainly to Gowon as a military head of state so to speak.

Records shows when General Ojukwu after realizing the stand Biafra could make and were already making, it was clear initially victory will be imminent in securing the Biafran sovereign state. Their cause was justifiable and they had the resources and man power to back up their claims. But after Aburi, things took a wild 180 degree turn in the wrong direction. The question still remains what happened. The simple answer was territories and dominance, not just about resources. Ojukwu wanted the whole Southern part of Nigeria, and cut out the North entirely out, these Gowon will not be made aware before but only after the Aburi meeting. That was why he was so furious and was ready to launch the full scale police action if Ojukwu should declare Biafra.

Before the War. Awolowo has been arrested and has lost most of the Mid Western Territories to the Ibos. Particularly one place, Bendel, which later became Delta and Benin. These territories while separate from the Western Region was in some way an extension of the Western Region. Bendel is rich in fertile land, good agro both land and rivers, very exotic and deeply rooted in the livelihood of the Western states, economically, and in terms of wealth distribution among the two territories.

With Awolowo imprisoned the Ibos have already moved in on Bendel state, politically annexing the Mid Western states to their territories.. Now with Biafra amassing forces, Ojukwu knew he could take on the Nigerian army, he was a very high level commander already in the Nigerian army so he knew their strength. But he needed an ace in the hole, the project to take Biafra out will only work if the other major region also agrees to secede and leave the Nigeria state, and isolating the North entirely. At these point Awolowo's whose freedom is also part of the deal from both sides, that is the Nigerian state and the Biafran people has a decision to make, and when message got to him that they do not belief General Ojukwu intentions was to stop at Bendel alone, but has already has forces in Ekenne, and will likely push through some other Western Territories, it was clear that the Biafra end goal wasn't just Ibos territories alone, but it will only be a matter of time they will match on Ogun, through Benin and Ondo and eventually match on Lagos.

With the firm grip the Eastern Region already has on the Mid Western Regions, Awolowo immediately saw no need to back Biafra anymore but immediately withdrew from the original deal citing that he believed the Biafra forces will not just stop their but will likely annex more territories as they were already in Ekenne, a stonethrow away from Awolowo's very own Paternal home, as at then it was not just enough buying Awo compliancy with his freedom anymore by the Biafran, but he saw it that it will be viable to agree with the Nigerian government.

These development and belief then was widely circulated among the Yoruba Monarchs, the major Yoruba families, and Major Baales and traditional rulers who became the mouth piece of the news that Ibos wants to take over Yorubas lands... These narratives, while very private was communicated through every major traditional ruling houses across the Western Territories, eventually it led to the shift which immediately shut the Biafrans out from the Western Region where in some ways they were already gaining popular acceptance. Even until today, these issues still looms. Some say Awo betrayed Ibos, Yorubas claims was Ojukwu was greedy.

Awo never accepted the deal with Biafra. So when he came out, he decided to take back the whole pie from Biafra hence his reason for choosing to work with the Military government of Nigeria then under the alliance of a continued indivisible sovereign state of Nigeria. Being part of the people that fought for the independence, Ojukwu was not only a distablizing factor to the established order but also to the unity they so much fought to secure in the first place, and majorly seen as a major threat to the dominance of the Ibos over Yorubas. These fear and impression that Ojukwu does not intend to stop with Bendel alone, was a major concern among the Yoruba leaders as they have so little present in the military then.. which leads to the second factor that determined the outcome of the war.

Upon his freedom, when Gowon asked Awo's advice after having offered him freedom as to what can be done to totally weaken the Biafra forces, Awo gave the deadliest KILLER ADVICE , since the Nigerian army then wasn't particularly making any real progress during the second year of the war or so and it was clear the Nigerian army in the field with the Biafran were both present, Awolowo's proposal was to fight them the Biafrans with Hunger and Starvation. Block all major access to Food supply and if possible bomb certain bridges, block the airspace and connect with the international community that this was a conflict within the Nigerian system and they should limit their involvement. These was accomplished exceptionally that within Months not only were the soldiers starving, but general population of the Biafrans were so badly hit with malnutrition that it was clear that their body or their spirit one is going to break and it's only a matter of eventuality. Their persistence in the war, lead to the popular belief that the Biafran were so much hit with starvation that they eventually engaged in cannibalistic behaviors while it was never proven, but it is a stigma that still plagues some parts of the Ibo communities until this day. And thus the war was concluded, Effiong surrendered and the civil war was over.

Awolowo's own personal vandeta came out when Gowon said Ibos should be made whole to their full reimbursement of what they had before the war and the rebuilding of their major cities, he crippled them and set them back 20plus years by actually given each person 20pounds, one pound for each year.. while some people claim Awolowo was misappropriately informed towards General Ojukwu"s plans and the aftermath of the 20years set back plan as it was generally alluded too was unnecessary and unjust, his archives thus shows he was acting on the best interest of the Western States, but be that as it may we can see for a fact both North and South West are totally against the idea of Eastern domination. To them it is too much of a big risk.. and that same narratives still plays out in our national participations today.

lawani:
Why should Ojukwu refuse the creation of a state that was being clamoured for? He could have asked for a referendum instead and be right but he had no right at all to unilaterally say No if the people wanted it. Other states were created in other parts of the country as well

Then a coup that did not succeed all over the country would still have inevitably ended in a civil war to conclude the coup unless a kind of truce was reached.

If he had agreed to the creation of states, the war may have been avoided

States are not supposed to be created in military rule. State creation needs dialogue, consensus and referendum. Thats why states should only be created during civilian rule. A military leader had no business drawing maps for people with military decree, and it was agreed at Aburi thats it should be so

gidgiddy:
States are not supposed to be created in military rule. State creation needs dialogue, consensus and referendum. Thats why states should only be created during civilian rule. A military leader had no business drawing maps for people with military decree, and it was agreed at Aburi thats it should be so

Then with this statement, Ojukwu as military dictator had no right whatsoever to declare Biafra and annex the minority provinces who had finally gotten the reprieve of leaving your Eastern region for you with Gowon creating states for them.

stanluiz:
Why Gowon ceded Bakassi to Cameroun - Ofonagoro

It was gowon that gave bakassi to Cameroun to enforce the blockage of food and arms coming into Biafra.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/why-gowon-ceded-bakassi-to-cameroun-ofonagoro/&ved=2ahUKEwjaro3oxceUAxWDVEEAHZc4GEIQFnoECFEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ouIUNapp3i8Ebu40dTHM8

Can you respond to my earlier post where I asked you why the Shagari govt was on the verge of declaring war on Cameroun after Cameroun occupied the island peninsula?

Shagari shelved war plans and instead dragged Cameroun to the ICJ.

You think Nigeria's Foreign Affairs ministry back then won't be privileged to know their own govt had secretly sold Bakassi?

Note that Nigeria did not take the French to court but instead it was between Nigeria and the independent state of Cameroun.

Cameroun based the claim that Bakassi had become their territory during colonial times and produced documents supporting it that the territory was ceded to them during the brief Biafran period.

France said they had the right to recognise whoever for whatever and that Nigeria did not challenge their claims of Bakassi even after the war ended .

What a reckless fellow driven by selfish interest.
Same thing is happening today...and the Rothschilds remain the ultimate beneficiary.

BrickandLace:
What a reckless fellow driven by selfish interest.
Same thing is happening today...and the Rothschilds remain the ultimate beneficiary.

I hope you know that Ojukwu boarded a jet filled with Nigerian Pounds notes he had forced your grandparents to exchange for his worthless Biafra notes

When word got to Awo that Ojukwu had amassed huge amounts of Nigerian Pounds stolen from banks in the Midwest and those in Eastern Nigeria, Awo immediately redesigned our currency.

DomPerignon:
I hope you know that Ojukwu boarded a jet filled with Nigerian Pounds notes he had forced your grandparents to exchange for his worthless Biafra notes

When word got to Awo that Ojukwu had amassed huge amounts of Nigerian Pounds stolen from banks in the Midwest and those in Eastern Nigeria, Awo immediately redesigned our currency.

My Grandparents were kings . Oduduwa Royalty.
Who are you BTW ?

stanluiz:
Pure fiction!!

The Nigeria civil war has absolutely nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Rothschilds. I don't know where this one is getting his history from.

Na jews matter for kill am. He blames the Jews for everything. We know him very well in this nairaland.

Domperignon, FSB operator, Hitlerisright Mossadagent, Apcharam. These are his accounts and handles. He is number one history revisionist in nairaland.

It does..

You probably don’t know who the Rothschilds‘s family are. They control almost the entire world. They control how you spend your money, pay your taxes, they control 90% of all the banking sectors all around the world. They’re the brain behind the USD and how it opera

PulaPower:
It does..

You probably don’t know who the Rothschilds‘s family are. They control almost the entire world. They control how you spend your money, pay your taxes, they control 90% of all the banking sectors all around the world. They’re the brain behind the USD and how it opera

He knows the truth.

He is only doing denials here because this revelation changes everything about Biafra being conceived as a response to self preservation when the motivation all stemmed from controlling the then recently discovered oil wells in the minority provinces that were set to get their own region.

I am even surprised that they are now defending Britain via trying to exonerate the Rothschilds

gidgiddy:
States are not supposed to be created in military rule. State creation needs dialogue, consensus and referendum. Thats why states should only be created during civilian rule. A military leader had no business drawing maps for people with military decree, and it was agreed at Aburi thats it should be so

Yes but if Colonel Ojukwu had used that argument, he would have had an upper hand and maybe civilian rule would have been restored for the purpose of state creation but the states would still have been created because the independence constitution allows it. Even if no civil rule, he could have insisted on a referendum and that would have been a set precedent. He did not do all that. He only insisted that no state must be created out of the Eastern region

Hightablevoice2:
No one is a saint when it comes to war affairs..As they says victors writes history and not truths. But there maybe an iota of truth as to what Gowon was claiming and I will point out why.
From the onset General Ojukwu was not particularly an illiterate who wasn't aware of how world politics works and having come from money and belonging to one of the most affluent family in the country then, his close ties to a powerful family like the Rothschild can not be too far-fetched. Not only for their banking connection but also for their influence over war and how much power they control in the world then.. a deal might have been made and it is safe to belief they were only going to support with money and not majorly weapons or ammunitions.

While the narratives from his side might have been that he couldn't make a deal beforehand as they wanted the Biafran resources, in hindsight it does seems and sounds sketchy because the fact supports it that those were the only cards he had on the table to make any viable deals then. And he knows that, terms may not have been met but most definitely a deal was structuring with the french. Because it wasn't because of their benevolence or they like freedom fighting in particular that they will want to agree to any deal. There terms was 1, to retain their control in Africa, 2, diminish the anglo African states and 3, control the resources.. they wouldn't even lift a finger if they didn't see any of these being a possibility in the first place. While they may mitigate their risk and exposures, they are quite certain at least 2 of these terms will be met before they started offering aids. So it is quite possible there was a deal of some kind that was in place.

While I do belief Nigeria as a country is trying to move past these part of our history it hasn't been thoroughly addressed from all sides., but I will just point out that there are two major key factors that records shows why the war was lost. As to why it was fought, the question still remains. Why after Aburi when there could have been peace, but for sake of better argument let's just say it was the resources even though it wasn't at first, but later became a factor..

Now contrary to belief it wasnt for lack of man power or lack of international support that Biafran lost that war. General Ojukwu lost the Biafran War to one man tactical involvement, and that was to Awolowo's tactics and not mainly to Gowon as a military head of state so to speak.

Records shows when General Ojukwu after realizing the stand Biafra could make and were already making, it was clear initially victory will be imminent in securing the Biafran sovereign state. Their cause was justifiable and they had the resources and man power to back up their claims. But after Aburi, things took a wild 180 degree turn in the wrong direction. The question still remains what happened. The simple answer was territories and dominance, not just about resources. Ojukwu wanted the whole Southern part of Nigeria, and cut out the North entirely out, these Gowon will not be made aware before but only after the Aburi meeting. That was why he was so furious and was ready to launch the full scale police action if Ojukwu should declare Biafra.

Before the War. Awolowo has been arrested and has lost most of the Mid Western Territories to the Ibos. Particularly one place, Bendel, which later became Delta and Benin. These territories while separate from the Western Region was in some way an extension of the Western Region. Bendel is rich in fertile land, good agro both land and rivers, very exotic and deeply rooted in the livelihood of the Western states, economically, and in terms of wealth distribution among the two territories.

With Awolowo imprisoned the Ibos have already moved in on Bendel state, politically annexing the Mid Western states to their territories.. Now with Biafra amassing forces, Ojukwu knew he could take on the Nigerian army, he was a very high level commander already in the Nigerian army so he knew their strength. But he needed an ace in the hole, the project to take Biafra out will only work if the other major region also agrees to secede and leave the Nigeria state, and isolating the North entirely. At these point Awolowo's whose freedom is also part of the deal from both sides, that is the Nigerian state and the Biafran people has a decision to make, and when message got to him that they do not belief General Ojukwu intentions was to stop at Bendel alone, but has already has forces in Ekenne, and will likely push through some other Western Territories, it was clear that the Biafra end goal wasn't just Ibos territories alone, but it will only be a matter of time they will match on Ogun, through Benin and Ondo and eventually match on Lagos.

With the firm grip the Eastern Region already has on the Mid Western Regions, Awolowo immediately saw no need to back Biafra anymore but immediately withdrew from the original deal citing that he believed the Biafra forces will not just stop their but will likely annex more territories as they were already in Ekenne, a stonethrow away from Awolowo's very own Paternal home, as at then it was not just enough buying Awo compliancy with his freedom anymore by the Biafran, but he saw it that it will be viable to agree with the Nigerian government.

These development and belief then was widely circulated among the Yoruba Monarchs, the major Yoruba families, and Major Baales and traditional rulers who became the mouth piece of the news that Ibos wants to take over Yorubas lands... These narratives, while very private was communicated through every major traditional ruling houses across the Western Territories, eventually it led to the shift which immediately shut the Biafrans out from the Western Region where in some ways they were already gaining popular acceptance. Even until today, these issues still looms. Some say Awo betrayed Ibos, Yorubas claims was Ojukwu was greedy.

Awo never accepted the deal with Biafra. So when he came out, he decided to take back the whole pie from Biafra hence his reason for choosing to work with the Military government of Nigeria then under the alliance of a continued indivisible sovereign state of Nigeria. Being part of the people that fought for the independence, Ojukwu was not only a distablizing factor to the established order but also to the unity they so much fought to secure in the first place, and majorly seen as a major threat to the dominance of the Ibos over Yorubas. These fear and impression that Ojukwu does not intend to stop with Bendel alone, was a major concern among the Yoruba leaders as they have so little present in the military then.. which leads to the second factor that determined the outcome of the war.

Upon his freedom, when Gowon asked Awo's advice after having offered him freedom as to what can be done to totally weaken the Biafra forces, Awo gave the deadliest KILLER ADVICE , since the Nigerian army then wasn't particularly making any real progress during the second year of the war or so and it was clear the Nigerian army in the field with the Biafran were both present, Awolowo's proposal was to fight them the Biafrans with Hunger and Starvation. Block all major access to Food supply and if possible bomb certain bridges, block the airspace and connect with the international community that this was a conflict within the Nigerian system and they should limit their involvement. These was accomplished exceptionally that within Months not only were the soldiers starving, but general population of the Biafrans were so badly hit with malnutrition that it was clear that their body or their spirit one is going to break and it's only a matter of eventuality. Their persistence in the war, lead to the popular belief that the Biafran were so much hit with starvation that they eventually engaged in cannibalistic behaviors while it was never proven, but it is a stigma that still plagues some parts of the Ibo communities until this day. And thus the war was concluded, Effiong surrendered and the civil war was over.

Awolowo's own personal vandeta came out when Gowon said Ibos should be made whole to their full reimbursement of what they had before the war and the rebuilding of their major cities, he crippled them and set them back 20plus years by actually given each person 20pounds, one pound for each year.. while some people claim Awolowo was misappropriately informed towards General Ojukwu"s plans and the aftermath of the 20years set back plan as it was generally alluded too was unnecessary and unjust, his archives thus shows he was acting on the best interest of the Western States, but be that as it may we can see for a fact both North and South West are totally against the idea of Eastern domination. To them it is too much of a big risk.. and that same narratives still plays out in our national participations today.

No one is against Igbos ruling. Its their birth right but the problem others have is their separatist stand and the obsession with annexing other tribes who resist them now and even during Biafra. The reasons for concern are genuine because people groomed to hate their country amd separatist from birth might destroy the unity of that country if trusted with power. Once they start showing a different attitude towards the country, all tribes will be more open to Igbo leadership.

I enjoyed reading your post. Nice one.

lawani:
Yes but if Colonel Ojukwu had used that argument, he would have had an upper hand and maybe civilian rule would have been restored for the purpose of state creation but the states would still have been created because the independence constitution allows it. Even if no civil rule, he could have insisted on a referendum and that would have been a set precedent. He did not do all that. He only insisted that no state must be created out of the Eastern region

The point here is that at Aburi, Gowon and Ojukwu agreed that there would be no tampering of the structural arrangement of Nigeria "during the period of Military rule" . Only for them to return to Nigeria, and three months later, Gowon enacted decree 14 that abolished all four Regions, and created 12 new states to replace them. It was a direct violation of the Aburi agreement and the final straw. It led to war

gidgiddy:
The point here is that at Aburi, Gowon and Ojukwu agreed that there would be no tampering of the structural arrangement of Nigeria "during the period of Military rule" . Only for them to return to Nigeria, and three months later, Gowon enacted decree 14 that abolished all four Regions, and created 12 new states to replace them. It was a direct violation of the Aburi agreement and the final straw. It led to war

Nigerians including Easterners told Gowon to renege on the agreement. He can't determine such for the whole country

DomPerignon:
Then with this statement, Ojukwu as military dictator had no right whatsoever to declare Biafra and annex the minority provinces who had finally gotten the reprieve of leaving your Eastern region for you with Gowon creating states for them.

Running around in circles won't help. Ask Gowon why he broke the agreement he made with Ojukwu in Ghana, thats what made Ojukwu declare Biafra

lawani:
Yes but if Colonel Ojukwu had used that argument, he would have had an upper hand and maybe civilian rule would have been restored for the purpose of state creation but the states would still have been created because the independence constitution allows it. Even if no civil rule, he could have insisted on a referendum and that would have been a set precedent. He did not do all that. He only insisted that no state must be created out of the Eastern region

They had been doing everything to deny COR agitation and blocking minority MPs in Enugu from tabling their demands for a separate region to be carved out of Eastern Nigeria.

The minorities took their plight to the federal house and had gotten the backings of other Federal MPs to support for a referendum for COR region

That is when all hell was let loose and a coup was staged that saw Ironsi imposing himself as supreme dictator and abolishing all regions

This arrangement was ok to the likes of Ojukwu as it had now thwarted any talk of COR region and even much better put Ibos in the helms of affairs to control all resources.

Even Zik supported the coup and was opposed to having the deputy PM of the NPC faction sworn in.

When the north struck back with Gowon later reversing Ironsi disastrous decree 34 disguised as Unity decree which was more of centralisation decree, Ojukwu insisted that Gowon reverse back to Ironsi decree 34 and hand over power to him.

Gowon refused and passed decree 8 which gave more powers to regions and included the formation of regional armies.

Ojukwu still balked at the idea and refused to accept any form of decentralisation.

Gowon then created states to both weaken Ojukwu and also to emancipate the minority provinces.

This is when Ojukwu declared Biafra.

lawani:
Nigerians including Easterners told Gowon to renege on the agreement. He can't determine such for the whole country

Yes, Gowon was totally right to go back on an agreement he made with Ojukwu, and Ojukwu was totally wrong not to accept that like a happy slave

The mentality of Nigerians is shocking

gidgiddy:
Running around in circles won't help. Ask Gowon why he broke the agreement he made with Ojukwu in Ghana, thats what made Ojukwu declare Biafra

Gowon as HoS was not subordinate in any way or form to his now junior , Ojukwu.

Ojukwu had refused to recognise Gowon as HoS the moment Gowon emerged . This was gross insurbordination on its own.

Gowon will later sack Ojukwu from the army .

gidgiddy:
Yes, Gowon was totally right to go back on an agreement he made with Ojukwu, and Ojukwu was totally wrong not to accept that like a happy slave

The mentality of Nigerians is shocking

They all have to answer to the people they are working for because those people are not their slaves

lawani:
Nigerians including Easterners told Gowon to renege on the agreement. He can't determine such for the whole country

The only thing he has is Abure accord as if that was the underlining reason why Ojukwu declared Biafra..

He wants to distract from the fact that Ojukwu wanted Gowon to reverse state creation , return back to Ironsi's disastrous centralisation decree and have himself replace Gowon as HoS.

gidgiddy:
Yes, Gowon was totally right to go back on an agreement he made with Ojukwu, and Ojukwu was totally wrong not to accept that like a happy slave

The mentality of Nigerians is shocking

Tell us what they agreed in this Abure summit.