teeowl:
haba... big bros, why now? why all these lies bros

Who is bros ? You have no respect.

Billyonaire:
Who is bros ? You have no respect.

teeowl:
no I wish the Oloshi called Ojokwu did not declare war in the first place!

Oh really? so you don't hate Igbos and wish they'd all die?

ruffDiamond:
*in jamaica town slang*BOMBACLAAT DEAD!!! BLOWN TO PIECES BY BLACK SCORPION HIMSELF

actually my dad is alive and healthy. Bleep you

Octaves:
actually my dad is alive and healthy. Bleep you

Unlike the black cockroach that they couldn't look after in his madness. Driven into senility by the spirits of Biafran children of course.

cupid1:
history really isn't really your strong suit. Pick up a book about the civil war and read it instead of depending on redundant info you may have gotten from your father who was nowhere near the fighting. Do you mean to tell me that nigeria had the oppourtunity to wipe out Biafra and didn't ? Dat would be really dumb of them. And for ur information, none of our women were raped, they'd rather die than have a yoruba or hausa d*ck in dem by force. Their husbands had the good sense to move them out of the area before the enemy advanced, the few that died were from air strikes
P.S: i don't see why nigerian army should be called heroes just because more than 250 ethnic groups joined forces to fight one group. And the people in the south-west, naturally being cowards, ran and hid at the first sight of war while my brave fathers went out and met the war head first and would have won if not for the deception of the south-south.

I'm not in any way supporting.. but igbo women were raped... the entire SE in siege

Aigbofa:


Your dad fought armoured tanks with his bare hands? Is that bravery or foolhardiness. If I never heard this story I wouldn't ask how it ended.

fought with bare hands? you must be Yoruba, that's why you sound so uninformed and stupid

I did NOT say that! I just said why feed the enemy. I am completely against Ojukwu and the Biafran campaign. I have no beef with Igbos... My issue is with Igbotic Zombies that worship the idea of Biafra and Ojukwu, when we all know that the actions of Ojukwu caused over 1 million civilian deaths.

Currently I have only 5 close friends - 1 Yoruba, 1 Isoko, 3 Igbos [all my University and Secondary school friends]. I don't hate my Igbo friends... far from it!

Remarkable:


Oh really? so you don't hate Igbos and wish they'd all die?

Octaves:
fought with bare hands? you must be Yoruba, that's why you sound so uninformed and stupid

I am indeed a Yoruba of proud and gallant heritage. Oh I forgot, you had Ogbunigwe, the contraption that killed more Biafrans than the enemies.

teeowl:
no I wish the Oloshi called Ojokwu did not declare war in the first place!

... and don't you know that Ojukwu did not want war in the first place?

Igbos are peaceful people... and the trip to Aburi in Ghana to meet Gowon was to find a solution to the crises...

I wish that tens of thousands of Igbos in the north were not being hounded and killed for issues they have no clue about...

I wish our military men would have settled scores... but it is what it is.

Rotimi47:
Not true, the Igbo's were supplied with top of the range sophisticated weapons & they were also supported by 5 other countries not to mention lots of machineries also fighting on there side; Igbo's claimed the built tanks etc but it not true as what they did was weld steel plates round tractors & fix guns on them, while the major reason they fought well & survived long was because a Yoruba man named Banjo was the one leading them into battle and the reason the lost was their invasion of a Yoruba town called Ore in Onfo State which made the Yoruba's to join the military in large numbers to fight Biafra & that was were the Igbo's suffered their highest casualties & a great turning point in the civil war; Also note that Banjo adviced Ojukwu against invading Ore Info State when Ojukwu instructed him to move forward to do so but after the were pushed back by federal troops & Banjo was still getting more popular, Ojukwu framed him up & killed him, immediately the biafran ranks crumbled & they stated losing battles after battles & Ojukwu fleed leaving his people behind: True leaders fight with their people to the end & if they must surrender they surrender for their interest. The invasion of Yoruba land & the killing of Banjo a Yoruba man who is a good military tactician who choose to fight on the side of the Igbo & Ojukwu his boss who he loved & trusted with his life. I rest my case as this is what really happened during the civil war not all the lies & Biafran propaganda all over the place. Igbo's should learn to dialogue & make Yoruba's see reason why they must go to form their Biafra as its only possible for Nigeria to separate if the Yoruba's don't believe in Nigeria anymore. No threats from the south south or south east can separate Nigeria only constructive dialogue can. Biafra can not win another civil war even with the help of south south but dialogue can give you a free Biafra but to get people to listen to you, Igbo's must stop all their tribalism.

Is this they history they teach Yorubas about the war? No wonder they don't know much about the Nigerian civil war. For your information, Ojukwu was the one who released Banjo from jail, gave him accommodation in Government house and promoted him to the rank of a Brigadier-General in the Biafran Army. While the Nigerian Army attacked Enugu from the north, Ojukwu delegated Banjo to head towards the west and capture Lagos. There is no way the Biafrans could get to Lagos without going through Ore. Banjo did well initially and captured the mid-west, but for reasons that are not clear to this very day,he turned back at Ore and headed back to Enugu. Back at Enugu, Banjo along with Ifeajuna conspired to use their troops to overthrow Ojukwu. They were tape recorded as they hatched their plan and were subsequently arrested,tried and executed. In the Military,just planning a coup can lead to death. All of this was about 2 months into the civil war so its not Banjo played a prominent role for the duration of the war. As for Ojukwu escaping, Biafra had fought hard for almost 3 years and Ojukwu was there every step of the way. When Ojukwus military commanders finally told him that all hope was lost, Ojukwu left. What would have been the point of staying back to be slaughtered? The same people who call Ojukwu a coward for running away from a fight he had already lost would have been the same people who would have called him a f00l for staying back to be killed when all hope was lost. Ultimately,the Biafrans fought for their right to be free and if a people cannot fight for their right to freedom,they might as well be dead.

teeowl:
I did NOT say that! I just said why feed the enemy. I am completely against Ojukwu and the Biafran campaign. I have no beef with Igbos... My issue is with Igbotic Zombies that worship the idea of Biafra and Ojukwu, when we all know that the actions of Ojukwu caused over 1 million civilian deaths.

Currently I have only 5 close friends - 1 Yoruba, 1 Isoko, 3 Igbos [all my University and Secondary school friends]

Its easy to criticize Ojukwu... let me ask you this, what could Ojukwu had done which you'd think was the right thing to do... recall that he had personally taken Igbos back to the north where they had built a livelihood... and yet... civilians were being rounded up and killed.

When you are killed all over the country where you'd been domicile... isn't the hand writing on the wall clear?

superstar1:
No wonder over 3million lives were wasted.

How can you face T72 tanks with cassava sticks?

If this is heroism to some people, it is sheer stupidity from the point of view of more rational minds.

ROFLMAO

Aigbofa:


I am indeed a Yoruba of proud and gallant heritage. Oh I forgot, you had Ogbunigwe, the contraption that killed more Biafrans than the enemies.

Yoruba? I knew right away. I can detect them over the internet by their level of stoopidity. ogbunigwe killing more biafrans? another misinformation gotten from yorobanized accounts of the war

zendy:



Don't worry about the 'attaching'. If you look at the map of the first Biafran republic, the Edos,Urhobos and Itsekiri were not part of it. They were in the mid-west region. This time around, us Igbos are not forcing anyone to join us. What we ask is that everyone be given the opportunity to decide where they belong. If the Itsekiris,Urohbos Ibibios,Efiks,Anangs,Ijaws say they want to be Nigerians or Niger-Delta republic,us Igbos will accept. Unlike Nigeria, Biafra is not "by force". All we are saying is that everyone be given a 'say' as to what they want and if you feel that no one including your people should have a say then you're a f00l.

well said, u spoken wisely, tat was wat ojukwu failed to understand, y did e attack our Midwestern region, tat was wat motivated our forefathers, e didn't respect our right, e even order tat David EJor been an urhobo man b brought dead and alive, if Biafra wanna succeed then u guys show learn to respect our region,.. respect our decision tat we want to b our own den we won't form alliance with d West

Remarkable:


Its easy to criticize Ojukwu... let me ask you this, what could Ojukwu had done which you'd think was the right thing to do... recall that he had personally taken Igbos back to the north where they had built a livelihood... and yet... civilians were being rounded up and killed.

When you are killed all over the country where you'd been domicile... isn't the hand writing on the wall clear?

don't mind the idiotu. their tribe will never have a hero like Ojukwu. I hate biased idiotas

This is what I would have done
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* Organize a security team (made up of my loyal Igbo soldiers) to get all the Igbos back from the North.
* Demand from the ruling Govt that the culprits of the Igbo onslaught must be brought to book.
* Take my case of Genocide to the world powers (even though they were all busy with their own problems at that time)
* Come up with an economic plan for the returning Igbos to start earning Income
* Do anything and everything possible to prevent a full scale war! - losing a few thousand is better than losing over 1 million innocent Igbo civilians

Remarkable:


Its easy to criticize Ojukwu... let me ask you this, what could Ojukwu had done which you'd think was the right thing to do... recall that he had personally taken Igbos back to the north where they had built a livelihood... and yet... civilians were being rounded up and killed.

When you are killed all over the country where you'd been domicile... isn't the hand writing on the wall clear?

omonnakoda:
They were defeated almost immediately. Ojukwu in his pride chose to play games with civilian lives and refused to surrender.Thank God the Nigerian Army were professional and not inclined to genocide

not inclined to genocide? have u read about the Asaba massacre? obviously not. Do you also know that about 3million people died during that war? pls stop thanking God unnecessarily on falsehood.

1stola:

Don't mind the Hypocrites.
Stubborn foóls
They are the ones that will continue to suffer
Let them continue being antagonist.

did you just say suffer? Pls don't crack me up.. Have you ever heard of the business moguls....those who hold the economy of the country suffering? And we don't even depend on d govt. To make our money....we are the business tycoons and we can't ever suffer....besides Mazi okoro your landlord is waiting infront of your house to collect his rent from you..(We own d luxury buildings and estates *Tongue out*) #die#

Octaves:
Yoruba? I knew right away. I can detect them over the internet by their level of stoopidity. ogbunigwe killing more biafrans? another misinformation gotten from yorobanized accounts of the war

The first to result to insults and name calling in any argument is usually the first to run out of ideas. Your foolishness is genetic.

omonnakoda:
They were defeated almost immediately. Ojukwu in his pride chose to play games with civilian lives and refused to surrender.Thank God the Nigerian Army were professional and not inclined to genocide

You are out of your mind. You cannot distort history. So much for the professional Nigeria army. The accounts of the civil war are within reach, go grab an independent account and educate yourself.

Biafra held Nigeria at bay for three years, ran over Nigerian military camps, used recovered weapons from Nigeria to hold Nigeria off. Biafra built its own bombs, attempted to manufacture its own plane. It is a fact that Nigeria used more arms to prosecute the Nigeria/Biafra war than all the small arms used in world war II. Where did Nigeria get those weapons from?

You are out of your freaking mind to claim that Nigerian army were professional. If not for Britain, Nigeria was beaten by Ojukwu. If not for Britain, and Russia, Biafra would have emerged. France almost took sides with the diplomacy of Zik, but Britain told France to stay clear of its former colony. The likes of Saro Wiwa who took sides with Nigeria did not help matters.

Go back and listen to Ojukwu's Ahiara declaration speech where he tongue lashed Britain, and Russia. If France had joined forces with Biafra, again, Biafra would have emerged.

sethken:



You are out of your mind. You cannot distort history. So much for the professional Nigeria army. The accounts of the civil war are within reach, go grab an independent account and educate yourself.

Biafra held Nigeria at bay for three years, ran over Nigerian military camps, used recovered weapons from Nigeria to hold Nigeria off. Biafra built its own bombs, attempted to manufacture its own plane. It is a fact that Nigeria used more arms to prosecute the Nigeria/Biafra war than all the small arms used in world war II. Where did Nigeria get those weapons from?

You are out of your freaking mind to claim that Nigerian army were professional. If not for Britain Nigeria was beaten by Ojukwu. If not for Britain, and Russia, Biafra would have emerged. France almost took sides with the diplomacy of Zik, but Britain told France to stay clear of its former colony. The likes of Saro Wiwa who took sides with Nigeria did not help matters.

It is a blatant lie that Biafra held Nigeria at bay for three years. Biafra was finished almost immediately, the rest was a waiting game and skirmishes that saw millions die of hunger and eventual capitulation.

[quote author=teeowl post=33146625]This is what I would have done
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* Organize a security team (made up of my loyal Igbo soldiers) to get all the Igbos back from the North.
* Demand from the ruling Govt that the culprits of the Igbo onslaught must be brought to book.
* Take my case of Genocide to the world powers (even though they were all busy with their own problems at that time)
* Come up with an economic plan for the returning Igbos to start earning Income
* Do anything and everything possible to prevent a full scale war! - losing a few thousand is better than losing over 1 million innocent Igbo civilians
I think Ojukwu did everything he could. He and the eastern assembly especially were fed up with the killings of Igbos that lasted for months... if all Igbos returned to the east and stayed there without moving to any parts of Nigeria... then what is the point of answering the same name as Nigeria? (we are not living in your country cause you don't want us... it seems like an open and close case to me... unless you say he could have fought small and then given up... but again.. it is what it is.

mensdept:
Too bad the people have not done anything to rid themselves of warrant chiefs parading as PDP governors and senators. Look at the miserable ABia state, where Thief Orji, an occultist, presided as governor for 8 years and now smuggled himself to senate, and his stewart becoming the next governor. Where are the Aba women rioters?

You have a point. It appears Otti the opposition will get his day in court. At least for once someone is standing up to the quagmire in Abia. We hope the election tribunal will over turn the election results in Abia.

teeowl:
This is what I would have done
***********************
* Organize a security team (made up of my loyal Igbo soldiers) to get all the Igbos back from the North.
* Demand from the ruling Govt that the culprits of the Igbo onslaught must be brought to book.
* Take my case of Genocide to the world powers (even though they were all busy with their own problems at that time)
* Come up with an economic plan for the returning Igbos to start earning Income
* Do anything and everything possible to prevent a full scale war! - losing a few thousand is better than losing over 1 million innocent Igbo civilians

now listen you biased igbophobe, ojukwu was a hero. that was not the first time Igbo were killed around the country. he had to follow it up diplomatically and even encouraged Igbo to go back to the various regions where they ran home from. the stupid ruling govt you are referring to actually backed the later killings that took place and were uncoperative in all the effort by ojukwu to resolve the issue including the aburi accord. ojukwu was left with no choice than to do what he did. don't say he was unprepared because the only saviour Nigeria had was the selfish foreigners that were fighting for their own interest. you yorobs from the South West will always be biased and read only accounts manipulated or expurgated to put 'Nigeria' in good light and Biafra in bad light.

Hmmmmm....All I can see here is Cassava Sticks and Lapar chests

No wonder Biafra lost the battle....

omojoshy:
Hmmmmm....All I can see here is Cassava Sticks and Lapar chests
No wonder Biafra lost the battle....

Don't tell them that. Just say they are the wisest, bravest, and most strategic warriors ever to walk the face of the planet.

Aigbofa:


Daydreamer. Check the list of the richest Nigerians, check which region Nigerians are migrating to and you will realize you are only ahead in your fantasies.

well you can count the rich pple from your place cos they are few but we can't count the rich igbo pple cos they are countless (everyone is rich) have u ever seen an igbo beggar on the street?....only in Nnewi (just a city in Anambra state) once you're a guy above 24yrs you are stinking richly...you can as Ifeanyi uba, A-z oil, Innoson,ibeto....e.t.c (the list goes on...do u want more names?)

Now listen you deluded Ojukwu worshiper, I am not an Igbophobe, I am an Ojukwu hater.

I hate the man and NOT the whole tribe!

Octaves:
now listen you biased igbophobe, ojukwu was a hero. that was not the first time Igbo were killed around the country. he had to follow it up diplomatically and even encouraged Igbo to go back to the various regions where they ran home from. the stupid ruling govt you are referring to actually backed the later killings that took place and were uncoperative in all the effort by ojukwu to resolve the issue including the aburi accord. ojukwu was left with no choice than to do what he did. don't say he was unprepared because the only saviour Nigeria had was the selfish foreigners that were fighting for their own interest. you yorobs from the South West will always be biased and read only accounts manipulated or expurgated to put 'Nigeria' in good light and Biafra in bad light.

Aigbofa:


The first to result to insults and name calling in any argument is usually the first to run out of ideas. Your foolishness is genetic.

I'm not insulting you. neither am I competing with you on who has more ideas. I just think you are either stoopid or misinformed or plain igbophobic for having such opinions about the war

babilicious:
well you can count the rich pple from your place cos they are few but we can't count the rich igbo pple cos they are countless (everyone is rich) have u ever seen an igbo beggar on the street?....only in Nnewi (just a city in Anambra state) once you're a guy above 24yrs you are stinking richly...you can as Ifeanyi uba, A-z oil, Innoson,ibeto....e.t.c (the list goes on...do u want more names?)

Every ibo is rich? Do you think I'm a foreigner? I am a Nigerian like you. Not all ibos are rich, and most of the people bringing containers of fake goods to Nigeria are not rich either, just getting by. I know because I'm a Nigerian like you.

cupid1:
All of you insulting them cos of their stature and the sticks they're carrying should stop for a moment to think. If they could hold off the Nigerian Army who had foreign help for more than two years with just sticks and a few Awka made Guns, just imagine what they could have done with real ammunition. I rep Biafra- Land Of The Rising Sun

this is a nice write up, you made the page with great sense of humor, seeing them alone, I refer back to history, may God help us all in this one Nigeria.....