VellyG:
The man had so much hate for the igbos from those statement he made . That interview cost him his life. Major Nzogu well done.

Where is major nzoguand millions who died after as a result of this incident...like I said u guys neva cease to dissapoint.

shakaTheZulu:


Ikpu nne i jackass ;

Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

dumbass like his master Badluck Jonothing.

valmunich:

So it's now igbo soldiers that initiated military coup in Nigeria ehn ¿

Who else if not the greedy bastards..not just the coup ,and also the one and only civil war that ruined nig till 2day.

babestella:


Lastpage! Could you please educate us on[b] how and why the civil war broke out[/b]?

It is a very long story, if we are to really do justice to it.
To be honest, reading a few books, from different angles (as each author will be a bit biased, one way or another) and then sifting the truth and summarising, will give you a better perspective of that war.

But trust me, it started from perceived injustice by the Igbos, (since the british handed over the country to the Northerners, who were not wise enough to understand that "Fairness and Justice" are required to prosper a nation)... which made them think, WRONGLY THOUGH, that the solution is to wipe-out the Norther political hegemony from the nation (Igbo-Ironsi First Nigerian Military Coup!), what followed was a short period of Igbo domination of the nation in all spheres, Civil Service, Military, Political, e.t.c
This opened the eye of the Northerner to the use of military for coups!

The Northerners retaliated in a counter-coup and also tried to wipe-out Igbo Political/military leaders.
They did not stop there as there was "deep-sited" animosity for Igbos, resulting from the first coup (Recall that Northerners have far less educated leaders amongst them, compared to the other Ethnics in Nigeria, killing them off in one fell sweep was really a game changer!).
They also murdered Igbo-Civilians in the North, just like happened recently.

Based on the above, Ojukwu felt the best option was to pull out of Nigeria and form Baifra but the devil is in the details, .....bearing in mind that crude Oil has just started selling in commercial Quantities at Oloibiri and Ojukwu felt, Biafra will own all the oil receipts, not minding that is was in the south-South (Though he "forcefully conquered" this region ...current Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Akwa Ibom as the was progressed).
Ojukwu knew the federal govt will never allow him to annex the Crude Oil meant for the whole country, to his own Biafra alone (even that thought alone is a reflection of the greed of the Igbos!) but Ojukwu's calculation was that the Northerners who are his principal enemies, acnnot fight wars on TWO FRONTS.

So, he sought to incite the Yorubas to secede as well.
Now, the Yorubas were also having a rough deal from the Northern dominated military Govt but secession was a whole new game.
You need preparation, strategic arms storage and supply, friends in the international community, arms supply guarantee, food security, e.t.c.

The Yorubas knew they were not "ready" for a war, based on the indices l mentioned above..... and told Ojukwu so.
Ojukwu, out of self belief and probably with an eye on the "Prize" (oil) still went ahead to declare the war.
His calculation was that he could force the Yorubas into a "suicidal secession" (at that point in time) by bombing the South West!...which he did repeatedly, conquering as far as Oore town in Ondo State.... with Yorubas just warning his to desist.

The rest is history.

I will still urge you to read books on the War, from all sides of the divide (Igbos, Hausas, Yorubas) to get an all-round perspective of the war, its origins, the intrigues and how it ended.

Lastpage!

ozoigbondu:
lt seems our politicans has been stealing since independence if not how can a former teacher build this house though it looks cheap compared to the manisons our present day politcans are building.We are praticing lootcracy.

Then when developing your region was paramount,the central government was not so attractive and there was healthy competition among the three regions each developing at there own pace according to their resources.................Nigeria needs to revert back to regionalism we might be better

The house in question was built by the British colonial master and was the residence of the governor of the northern region. Sir Ahmad Bello was the premier of the region from 1st October 1960 and was living there "officially" up to the time he was assassinated by Major Chukwuma Nzeugo Kaduna. It was like d Aso Rock Villa of that time north wise. Get it?

ZKOSOSO:


He was de facto father of northernisation of armed forces and politics and the fulanization of almost all royal palaces in the North!
The father of Quota system. The founder of "we northerners"

Havent taken time to read about him, pls tell me more abt his killers cos av alrdy started seeing fools calling igbos

Banks92:
Nzeogwu CK and the Majors did what had to be done.

Who were his killers? ?

The pertinent question here which I believe we all should ask, process and understand is; "what were the events that led to the first coup"?

This is very important because that would had saved us from this hell hole we've found ourselves. We always tend to look at the result of the first coup and not the cause, so I think we should focus on the cause and then begin to build a better Nigeria based on the lessons learnt from the cause and not the result.

If we always tend to learn from the result we will not learn to avoid the cause which unfortunately is what we are either deliberately or inadvertently playing out today.

uzolexis:

Don't mind them...always looking for reasons to blame igbos

My dear eh!!! Im not even moved again wen dey call igbos!!! All I know is dat time shall tel!!! Posterity! !!

lastpage:


It is a very long story, if we are to really do justice to it.
To be honest, reading a few books, from different angles (as each author will be a bit biased, one way or another) and then sifting the truth and summarising, will give you a better perspective of that war.

But trust me, it started from perceived injustice by the Igbos, (since the british handed over the country to the Northerners, who were not wise enough to understand that "Fairness and Justice" are required to prosper a nation)... which made them think, WRONGLY THOUGH, that the solution is to wipe-out the Norther political hegemony from the nation (Igbo-Ironsi First Nigerian Military Coup!), what followed was a short period of Igbo domination of the nation in all spheres, Civil Service, Military, Political, e.t.c
This opened the eye of the Northerner to the use of military for coups!

The Northerners retaliated in a counter-coup and also tried to wipe-out Igbo Political/military leaders.
They did not stop there as there was "deep-sited" animosity for Igbos, resulting from the first coup (Recall that Northerners have far less educated leaders amongst them, compared to the other Ethnics in Nigeria, killing them off in one fell sweep was really a game changer!).
They also murdered Igbo-Civilians in the North, just like happened recently.

Based on the above, Ojukwu felt the best option was to pull out of Nigeria and form Baifra but the devil is in the details, .....bearing in mind that crude Oil has just started selling in commercial Quantities at Oloibiri and Ojukwu felt, Biafra will own all the oil receipts, not minding that is was in the south-South (Though he "forcefully conquered" this region ...current Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Akwa Ibom as the was progressed).
Ojukwu knew the federal govt will never allow him to annex the Crude Oil meant for the whole country, to his own Biafra alone (even that thought alone is a reflection of the greed of the Igbos!) but Ojukwu's calculation was that the Northerners who are his principal enemies, acnnot fight wars on TWO FRONTS.

So, he sought to incite the Yorubas to secede as well.
Now, the Yorubas were also having a rough deal from the Northern dominated military Govt but secession was a whole new game.
You need preparation, strategic arms storage and supply, friends in the international community, arms supply guarantee, food security, e.t.c.

The Yorubas knew they were not "ready" for a war, based on the indices l mentioned above..... and told Ojukwu so.
Ojukwu, out of self belief and probably with an eye on the "Prize" (oil) still went ahead to declare the war.
His calculation was that he could force the Yorubas into a "suicidal secession" (at that point in time) by bombing the South West!...which he did repeatedly, conquering as far as Oore town in Ondo State.... with Yorubas just warning his to desist.

The rest is history.

I will still urge you to read books on the War, from all sides of the divide (Igbos, Hausas, Yorubas) to get an all-round perspective of the war, its origins, the intrigues and how it ended.

Lastpage!

dishonesty with facts can be extremely dangerous...i know you have one or two things against igbos from the way you write but never twist facts to suit your mindset..

First there was nothin like south south then as what existed then around where eastern,western,midwestern and northern regions.


Delta and Edo were part of the Midwestern region and not part of the then eastern region that made up the defunct Biafra.

Bloggz74:


U r just one of the million illitrates and uninformed persons in this part of the globe.
Why will u mention the Ibo's here,when u dnt knw theirs story,their issuess?
This was same man,an assumed patriot who openly in an interview spilled his hatred for the Ibo's.
He said they r too creative that given little space they take over the entire place.
That when ever an apointment comes on he will first consider a nothernern,an expertriate,a northernern again before an Ibo man.
That's derogatry.
Is it our problem that their pple r zombies?
See his mansion in '66 maybe now he would v built an empire yet a teacher.
They should leave our oil alone.
Our almagamation is our greatest undoing!

You really have time to explain! Lol!!! Please save ur breath

smokeyupu:

The house in question was built by the British colonial master and was the residence of the governor of the northern region. Sir Ahmad Bello was the premier of the region from 1st October 1960 and was living there "officially" up to the time he was assassinated by Major Chukwuma Nzeugo Kaduna. It was like d Aso Rock Villa of that time north wise. Get it?

Hmmm sure, but how was the perceived injustice handled because I think it's poor handling even by a timely intervention from the British and mutual discuss and understanding led to that ugly blood shed. Please throw more light here.

chidiebere2020:
if not d help of world powers u guys can't face igbo people, mind u that nigerian soldiers recorded more casulty than biafran soldiers with all odds against igbo, u better watch ur mouth before it consume u

we wonder who starved to death then

Infact I find it funny not annoying anymore how dese people keep shouting pogrom, kill, murder dats about to happen, wot if d tables turn den, d oda day dey were all busy cursing d policemen dat killed a Protea hotel worker witout knowing dey demselves are worse dat d policemen, d rule is simple; Kill by d sword, die even more painfully by d sword dats if u'll even live to kill anybody! !! Karma is a dam!!! Nonsense! !!!

shakaTheZulu:
Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

How that one take concern the above topic?
Useless tanoid

olabodejinad:


How that one take concern the above topic?
Useless tanoid

Buhari is a walking dead

ab4real15:
dumbass like his master Badluck Jonothing.

Otu nne i

leofric2014:


Ur real father

Otu nne i ebea

lastpage:




Having read ALL the comments before making my own post, a few things stick out glaringly!

1.) As usual, "most" Igbos are showing that if given the opportunity, they will "genocidically erase" all Northerners from Nigeria, their hate for the Northerner is probably worse than the hate they have for Yorubas..... but then, who does the Igbos dont hate?

2.) Most Igbos are very pretentious and like to act like the Ostrich which buries its head. Every single post made by an Igbo... was focused on blaming Ahmadu Bello, the man their kin murdered.
They blame him for building an expensive house when in fact, that house was just an "ordinary storey building".... common among the middle class of those days. My own Grand Dad, a local Doctor/Physician, owned one in our village since the 1940's! You dont have to loot to build that sort of house, in the 50's and 60's. What they do back then is have a "viable business" which brings in money.

3.) Not in one single Post did you see an IGBO person "admit that the "Igbo Coup", which installed an Igbo head of state, by the name Aguiyi Ironsi, was an ETHNIC CLEANSING which murdered EVERY PROMINENT HAUSA in Government and REPLACED THEM WITH IGBO PEOPLE..... and it marked the beginning of the "tribal war" which we are still plunged into, till today!

4.) Not one single post by an Igbo son would admit that that "terrible act of ethnic cleansing" by IGBO SOLDIERS in the Nigerian military, led to a "reprisal Coup" of Northern Soldiers, which in return killed the Igbo head of State, Aguiyi Ironsi...... and eventually led to the Biafran Civil War which decimated the Igbo population.

The problem with most Igbo nowadays is that their young ones dont READ their HISTORY (they would rather hop on a luxurious to Lagos, to come and Hawk!) but only listen to the "word of mouth" from their old folks, who are too ashamed to TELL THEM THE TRUTH, about the initial mistakes they made ....and how it led to their lot in the Nigerian Nation.
Instead, what they tell them is what perpetrates "Ethnic Hatred" further.

Bottom line: Igbos initiated these spectre of mindless killing and bloody Coups in Nigeria. End of story!

I make bold to say that "the next Presidential election on March 28 is a do or die" affair for President Jonathan... and even more so, the entire IGBOS!
The same "winner-takes-all" ......and "losers-get-buried" attitude and actions they took back then in the early to mid 60's, is EXACTLY what they are doing now whereby "IF" the result does not go their way, then they have no "fall-back and no where else to run to" .... EXCEPT RESULT TO ANOTHER BRAINLESS WAR OF SEPARATION WITH PREDICTABLE RESULT!

Ndigbo as a people and nation, must undergo a paradigm shift in their moral value of "Money is God" and everything is about "short-term gains".

Lets us discuss issues, real issues and not this pettiness that lacks substance.

Lastpage!

Caveat: Lastpage is a Christian and a S/Westerner...... if that has any bearing on the discuss?

Last page my nigga..I don't know u but we are friends unil tribe oe religon separate and turn us to bigot...love you,no homo..igbo hate every1 else and blame every1 for their misfortune

Amaechi5:
welu ya nwayo,nekwa ka isi akpari nne mmadu.Ife i na eme bu agwa umuaka,o were ike i bu obele nwa.

Mechie eze ule i ebea


Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

chidiebere2020:
if not d help of world powers u guys can't face igbo people, mind u that nigerian soldiers recorded more casulty than biafran soldiers with all odds against igbo, u better watch ur mouth before it consume u

which western powers are u talkin about? Is it not u ppl that were using mercinaries frm france, and other european countries? U ppl beta realise dat no particular region is greater than nigeria. Any region which tries to fight our beloved nigeria shall be brought to its knees. Learn from ur past mistakes.

asha80:
keep quiet if have nothing meaningful to say instead of diplaying high political ignorance

all dis igbo sentimental posts on blogs are becoming unbecoming, una find trouble, dem whoop una ass una no wan allow ppl hr word.

This thread will definately open up dirt,hate,envy,deceite,bias,marginalization,truth,liessssss,betrayal,and sadly unforgiveness

kritikali:


Who else if not the greedy bastards..not just the coup ,and also the one and only civil war that ruined nig till 2day.

Never knew you were a total idiott.. A complete simpleton!

Sorry for quoting you at first

valmunich:

Never knew you were a total idiott.. A complete simpleton!

Sorry for quoting you at first

Stupid spare parthawker..useless pig eater.

chidiebere2020:
if not d help of world powers u guys can't face igbo people, mind u that nigerian soldiers recorded more casulty than biafran soldiers with all odds against igbo, u better watch ur mouth before it consume u

Leave am, wen people die mysteriously, u wont know dat its deir mouth dat killed dem!

hope4nigeria:
ur parents(father and mother) are more fooolish comiting adultery producing you as a baaastaaard for insulting me for giving my own opinion! Idiooooootssss disgusting moooroon immbeciile baaastards.

You have just proved it. My assessment was spot on.

GenIgrigi:


**grins** Shut up your stinking slave mouth right there. Shut it!. Does Wale Ademoyega and Banjo sound Igbo to you?, Were they not part of the "Igbo coup"? Hope you will not hide those names when you are 'revisiting the coup'. That's why i hate these APC worms.A party that's filled with psedo-bigots shouting Chanji!. May thunder tear up your skull if you don't revisit it. The Igbos now have mega presence in the media and cyberspace unlike 70s and 80s. Igbo efulefus in APC, look at the cretins you want to vote for. **LOLS**

Tell dem!!!

ozoigbondu:
lt seems our politicans has been stealing since independence if not how can a former teacher build this house though it looks cheap compared to the manisons our present day politcans are building.We are praticing lootcracy.

Then when developing your region was paramount,the central government was not so attractive and there was healthy competition among the three regions each developing at there own pace according to their resources.................Nigeria needs to revert back to regionalism we might be better

u be mumu, as a formal teacher and a politicain, can u compare the amount of money they pay to teachers then and now puting into consideration the current inflation rates. I am yoruba by tribe, bt with d little i know about that man make me see him as somebody of unquestionable integrity.

shakaTheZulu:


May thunder fire your mama and papa there
Hopless son of a rabid dog And a Hopless harlot mother
Product of dog's sperm
Useless nonentity
Otu nne i
Otolo gbagbuo nna i
Kitikpa gbagbuo nne i na nna i
Useless nonentity
Ikpu nne i ebea



Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

shakaTheZulu:
Buhari is a terrorist
Apc Is bokoharam
Gej till 2019

go get a life bro, all dis u're doing won't help u

CaptainAmerica1:


You even lied. It's only one yoruba officer among the conspirators

5 coupists? Dirty liar trying to defend his tribe's wrong-doing

**grins** Bloody lair!, Banjo himself admitted being part of the coup and was jailed in Biafra along with Wale and Ifeajuna. Go and read Wale's book- Why we struck. Also read The Five majors.Col Banjo's name is missing on your list and you want sane minds to accept that nonsense? Nonetheless, i have demolished your 98% nonsensical crap. **LWKMD**