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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 11:11am On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
which propaganda machine u talking about?
I hate 2 engage on tribal e bashing,..but does this letter not suggest how slimy/sneaky the average yorubas are?
Who in his right senses would ever have thot that the author of this letter wud in a matter of days join forces of oppression against the east?

U want to tell me he changed his mind in a matter of days to support the greatest genocide that has ever happened in africa? No! This 'sage' knew all along what he was doin... He gave the relatively much younger and less experienced( less sneaky) ojukwu a false sense of hope that the yorubas will never join hands in the event of a war to annihilate his ppl. He even went further to say that if things deteriorated further and east secceeded,yorubas will follow suit! Talk of backstabbing!
This man wud av just kept his silence or berra still taken a harder/threathening stand against the biafran movt as at that time.
Ojukwu wud hav taken berra judgement at the time,...obviouslyhe reckoned only on fighting the northern elements,bearing in mind dat yorubas wud at best remain neutral in the conflict. Talk of luring a friend out in the bush and hacking him to death!
grin

can you now see how inexperienced ojukwu was?

small boy. Mind you, Yorubas were neutral in the war.; D
Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by DeLaRue: 11:18am On May 13, 2016
The threadwork on Awo's Agbada is very modest and the pocket so small. What a jolly decent man.


Contrast this with todays politicians who pompously stride accross the landscape in Agbada with ostentatious and super luxurious threadwork that goes right down to their waist area and beyond.


How did we get here
Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 11:23am On May 13, 2016
bloodyBLOGGER:
grin

can you now see how inexperienced ojukwu was?

small boy. Mind you, Yorubas were neutral in the war.; D
ofcourse u don't compare a man in his early thirties and one in his late sixties in terms of experience (in this case cunning and slimyness).

And yea yorubas were v neutral...,with adekunle bragging about shootin up movable n immovable objects in the east,while losing whole battalions and military stores to platoons of young biafran soldiers

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by babadee1(m): 11:38am On May 13, 2016
MasterofNL:
Interestingly he always separated Lagos from Western Nigeria.

[size=16pt]Western Region and Lagos[/size]

Actually by saying Western Region and Lagos he was joining them together. In comparison with the Northern, Eastern and Mid-West Regions which were discrete but separate blocs, the Western Region and Lagos were also discrete but separate blocs on their own.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by T9ksy(m): 11:45am On May 13, 2016
gidgiddy:


Everything you said above is complete nonsense. Awolowo always knew that had he allied with Ojukwu, the North would have been defeated. The Economy of Nigeria was in the south, the seaports are in the south, the capital was in the south, the oil was in the south ,everything was in the south. But Awolowo being the Yoruba man he is chose the easy route of 'one Nigeria ' and sold his people into slavery and northern domination. He ran to become 'boy-boy' to Gowon who was old enough to be his son. Is it the Groundnut pyramids that Gowon would have used to fight a war? Ojukwu could have chosen to become another 'northern a$$licker' to avoid war but this is what separates the Igbo man and the Yoruba man. The Igbos value their freedom and they are far from cowards. Three million died but hardly any Igbo man ever blames Ojukwu, nobody said freedom is cheap. Over 50 million people died in the second world war fighting oppression. The true mark of a man is one who is prepared to fight for his freedom and the right to be free. A coward comes with every excuse to remain a slave. Ojukwu did his best for his people, at the end of the war, facing certain death if captured, he escaped as any Soldier is supposed to do in a hopeless situation.

As I said before one man's hero is another man's villain, and vice-versa. Ojukwu and Awolowo will always be heroes to their respective ethnic groups and cowards to the opposite ethnic groups




All the members of the bodyguard of the Military Governor of the Western Region were Northerners; there were over 36,000 soldiers in the whole of the West, most of whom were Northerners, and all of them carry arms, I led a delegation to Lt. Col. Gowon on the 7th and at that interview I made it clear on behalf of the West that if the soldiers of Northern origin were not removed from the West we would not attend any further meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee. He said he would do something, of course he did not. We passed our resolution (THAT THE NORTHERN SOLDIERS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE WEST) and Col. Adebayo did very well and give us certain Yoruba officers with whom to go and deliver the petition to Lt. Col. Gowon. I did give him an ultimatum up to the 15th of May to remove these Northern soldiers from the West. Of course, he agreed to remove them by the 31st of May but the time we returned to Ibadan Northern soldiers had taken up arms and wanted to kill me, to kill Adebayo and all others, Just now Adebayo does not sleep in his house. Somebody told me that he has not been sleeping in his house. I know why they put two policemen with two rifles in front of my house the other day. Of course, I rang up and said I wanted them removed. There were policemen in front of Sardauna's house but they did not save him. The populace, of course, turned against the Northern soldiers. I don't know why Adebayo should issue the release that soldiers should not be taunted. But this is the way we have been doing our quiet fighting. You are remote from the West; you have advantages which we do not possess. We cannot rush without rushing to our death at the same time. We are not cowards in the West but we have to move cautiously, because if we do not do that you might not have us alive; you would only have monuments all over the place.



AWO-OJUKWU ENUGU CONVERSATION



Despite the knowledge of such incontrovertible fact, most especially the above-bolded portion above, you guys still persist, like a clone, in maliciously, erroneously and impishly tagging the old sage, a "coward" and even extending this clearly false tag to the entire yoruba race - a group of people who at one time in their past history had been able to fashion an empire as big as the Oyo empire!

but then maybe, just maybe that was what Ojukwu had in mind for the people he's supposedly going into a military alliance with - "monuments all over the place" (yorubaland), for his Biafran Liberation Front to rescue?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 11:47am On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
So what shd one do with dis epistle?

Am sure it will definitely bring back the over 3million innocent women n children (killed mostly by his legitimate weapon of war,starvation)if we dwell on it long enough.

Next pls!

You don't have to comment. Yes 3 million people died Deal with it cool

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 11:55am On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
ofcourse u don't compare a man in his early thirties and one in his late sixties in terms of experience (in this case cunning and slimyness).

And yea yorubas were v neutral...,with adekunle bragging about shootin up movable n immovable objects in the east,while losing whole battalions and military stores to platoons of young biafran soldiers
was adekunle representing yorubas or the Nigerian army?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 11:59am On May 13, 2016
kaakulator3:


You don't have to comment. Yes 3 million people are dead. Deal with it
yea,3million innocent women and children killed by a bunch of cowardly demonic gang and u expect me 2 sit quietly while u try and paint the gangleader a saint?

U must be out of ur mind!

If u don't like my comments,use a deep canal!

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 12:05pm On May 13, 2016
winsley:
was adekunle representing yorubas or the Nigerian army?
ask ur 'sage' who said that yorubas will never join in any military debacle days earlier

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 12:06pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
yea,3million innocent women and children killed by a bunch of cowardly demonic gang and u expect me 2 sit quietly while u try and paint the gangleader a saint?

U must be out of ur mind!

If u don't like my comments,use a deep canal!

Lol see tears cheesy grin what's my business with the people who were killed. OK let's even assume they're demonic and you've spoken against the gang leader, will that bring back the dead souls?

I thought you people also say yorubas didn't take part in the war or they didn't play any role since they were cowards as you like to put it. Why are you blaming them again?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by 7lives: 12:15pm On May 13, 2016
gidgiddy:


Everything you said above is complete nonsense. Awolowo always knew that had he allied with Ojukwu, the North would have been defeated. The Economy of Nigeria was in the south, the seaports are in the south, the capital was in the south, the oil was in the south ,everything was in the south. But Awolowo being the Yoruba man he is chose the easy route of 'one Nigeria ' and sold his people into slavery and northern domination. He ran to become 'boy-boy' to Gowon who was old enough to be his son. Is it the Groundnut pyramids that Gowon would have used to fight a war? Ojukwu could have chosen to become another 'northern a$$licker' to avoid war but this is what separates the Igbo man and the Yoruba man. The Igbos value their freedom and they are far from cowards. Three million died but hardly any Igbo man ever blames Ojukwu, nobody said freedom is cheap. Over 50 million people died in the second world war fighting oppression. The true mark of a man is one who is prepared to fight for his freedom and the right to be free. A coward comes with every excuse to remain a slave. Ojukwu did his best for his people, at the end of the war, facing certain death if captured, he escaped as any Soldier is supposed to do in a hopeless situation.

As I said before one man's hero is another man's villain, and vice-versa. Ojukwu and Awolowo will always be heroes to their respective ethnic groups and cowards to the opposite ethnic groups

No be by force to align na, you can't love me more than myself.
Why una no dey fight una battle alone? una dey always look for somebody to join body to fight una battle, what nonsense?.
When una know say una no get power why una dey go fight? abi una think say everybody na mumu like una?
If una no go fit use sense and patience solve una problem make una dey fight dey go, as long as una no carry una senselessness enter my homeland no wahala, the difference between the COWARD and BRAVE is 3 million wasted lives so live with it.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 12:18pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
ask ur 'sage' who said that yorubas will never join in any military debacle days earlier
exactly the response expected.I don't have ask my sage,when truth stare into every eyes.
like yorubas didn't fight on biafran side, like prominent Yoruba's didn't support Biafra.
its tiresome to reason with this kids and their parents who wouldn't take responsibility for their failure

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Volksfuhrer(m): 12:20pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
yea,3million innocent women and children killed by a bunch of cowardly demonic gang and u expect me 2 sit quietly while u try and paint the gangleader a saint?

U must be out of ur mind!

If u don't like my comments,use a deep canal!

You still don't get it. The war could have been avoided in the first place. When you are not prepared for war, then tactfully avoid it by making compromises for peace; Ojukwu would have been perceived as a venerable statesman, had he done this. In any case, the Civil War was a failure of leadership on both sides of the divide.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by free13: 12:27pm On May 13, 2016
But in the end, he supported Gowon.
Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Alokendra(m): 12:33pm On May 13, 2016
If foolishly and stupidly losing 3 million of my kinsmen is termed bravery, then I don't want to be brave. I want to be a Coward. IPod yoots fight your battle alone. Why Una dey rely on Coward Yoruba to fight your battles. Yeye people.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 12:43pm On May 13, 2016
Volksfuhrer:


You still don't get it. The war could have been avoided in the first place. When you are not prepared for war, then tactfully avoid it by making compromises for peace; Ojukwu would have been perceived as a venerable statesman, had he done this. In any case, the Civil War was a failure of leadership on both sides of the divide.
ofcourse the war would have been averted obviously,had igboland been left uninvaded. Or they also told u ojukwu fired the first shots?? U see a man being attacked and fighting off invaders and ur saying he should avoid a cnflict? By how again?

Placing his neck on a slab for a determined butcher??
U guys wear som1 out wit dese back n forth I swear!

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by pchukwudi: 12:44pm On May 13, 2016
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bloodyBLOGGER:
if this is the way your people reason, then I guess you truly deserved to lose 3million people in the war.

How dare you call what awolowo did as cowardice? He simply used his brain by estimating the strength of his region pertaining war and realised they were not prepared for such. That was the same thing ojukwu knew about his own region, but vain ego and empty chestbeasting blinded his eyes from seeing even his nose. What was the result? A war that had him flee after losing 3million of his tribesmen; a war that his people still find difficult recovering from, that is why you find them protesting day in day out. Is that what you term as bravery?

Today, between his region and Awolowo's, which is more peaceful?
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I think you missed the point. Read that speech again. You'd notice a man of knowledge (mind you, not wisdom) but clearly without resolve or definitness of purpose.

For example:

- He knew that there was no moral justification for the proposed war against the eastern region - yet he watched his people join it.

- He knew that the aburi accord was being breached by the govt. - yet he could not stand up to it.

- He knew that the west NEEDED the east to be in the union else the west would lose its freedom to the domineering north - yet he could not moblize his folks to unite with the east.

- Even Akintola, his second in comand (back in the days), shamed him severally, spread anti-igbo propaganda (against Awo's initial wish) in the west and manipulated the westerners to fratanizing with the north in an igbo annihilation agenda - yet Awo despite his knowledge and influence could do nothing.

I could go on and on. But no one is perfect.

Awolowo was sure a great man with lots of virtues. But courage and definiteness of purpose were certainly not part of his good sides.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by pchukwudi: 12:49pm On May 13, 2016
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bloodyBLOGGER:
if this is the way your people reason, then I guess you truly deserved to lose 3million people in the war.

How dare you call what awolowo did as cowardice? He simply used his brain by estimating the strength of his region pertaining war and realised they were not prepared for such. That was the same thing ojukwu knew about his own region, but vain ego and empty chestbeasting blinded his eyes from seeing even his nose. What was the result? A war that had him flee after losing 3million of his tribesmen; a war that his people still find difficult recovering from, that is why you find them protesting day in day out. Is that what you term as bravery?

Today, between his region and Awolowo's, which is more peaceful?
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I think you missed the point. Read that speech again. You'd notice a man of knowledge (mind you, not wisdom) but clearly without resolve or definitness of purpose.

For example:

- He knew that there was no moral justification for the proposed war against the eastern region - yet he watched his people join it.

- He knew that the aburi accord was being breached by the govt. - yet he could not stand up to it.

- He knew that the west NEEDED the east to be in the union else the west would lose its freedom to the domineering north - yet he could not moblize his folks to unite with the east.

- Even Akintola, his second in comand (back in the days), shamed him severally, spread anti-igbo propaganda (against Awo's initial wish) in the west and manipulated the westerners to fratanizing with the north in an igbo annihilation agenda - yet Awo despite his knowledge and influence could do nothing.

I could go on and on. But no one is perfect.

Awolowo was sure a great man with lots of virtues. But courage and definiteness of purpose were certainly not part of his good sides.

***** edit.
Permit me to add that you simply cannot imagine where the youruba's (and folks from other regions too) would have been by now if Awolowo had courageously mobilised his people in solidarity with the eastern region and stood up to the north to enforce true fedralism.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 12:50pm On May 13, 2016
winsley:
exactly the response expected.I don't have ask my sage,when truth stare into every eyes.
like yorubas didn't fight on biafran side, like prominent Yoruba's didn't support Biafra.
its tiresome to reason with this kids and their parents who wouldn't take responsibility for their failure
am finding it extremely hard 2 keep up wit u. Ur incoherence and near dementia is really a stumblin block 2 me. Have a blissful aftnun

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 12:56pm On May 13, 2016
kaakulator3:


Lol see tears cheesy grin what's my business with the people who were killed. OK let's even assume they're demonic and you've spoken against the gang leader, will that bring back the dead souls?

I thought you people also say yorubas didn't take part in the war or they didn't play any role since they were cowards as you like to put it. Why are you blaming them again?
run away bum!
I have no bizness wit practicing schizoids

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 12:56pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
ofcourse u don't compare a man in his early thirties and one in his late sixties in terms of experience (in this case cunning and slimyness).

And yea yorubas were v neutral...,with adekunle bragging about shootin up movable n immovable objects in the east,while losing whole battalions and military stores to platoons of young biafran soldiers
stop lying. Adekunle was the bravest warrior in that war. He never lost any battalion to non-existing biafran soldiers whose name you can't remember but can still remember adekunle's. Every ibo man, old and young, can never forget the name Benjamin Adekunle. Even the newly born ones get told about his fierceness.

was it not adekunle that liberated the SS?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 1:04pm On May 13, 2016
bloodyBLOGGER:
stop lying. Adekunle was the bravest warrior in that war. He never lost any battalion to non-existing biafran soldiers whose name you can't remember but can still remember adekunle's. Every ibo man, old and young, can never forget the name Benjamin Adekunle. Even the newly born ones get told about his fierceness.

was it not adekunle that liberated the SS?
you're wasting your time responding to that underaged mor.on

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 1:08pm On May 13, 2016
7lives:


No be by force to align na, you can't love me more than myself.
Why una no dey fight una battle alone? una dey always look for somebody to join body to fight una battle, what nonsense?.
When una know say una no get power why una dey go fight? abi una think say everybody na mumu like una?
If una no go fit use sense and patience solve una problem make una dey fight dey go, as long as una no carry una senselessness enter my homeland no wahala, the difference between the COWARD and BRAVE is 3 million wasted lives so live with it.
igbos never solicited yoruba support during or b4 the war.
The least yorubas shd av done was remain neutral.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by MrsNgoziKalu(f): 1:19pm On May 13, 2016
medpren:


The proper question should be -between Awo and Ojukwu region which one is in perpetual servitude to the fulani?



The question should be : btw nimbo community & agatu community, which is more fun for the fulanis to play with. Hhahaha

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by T9ksy(m): 1:20pm On May 13, 2016
pchukwudi:
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Awolowo was sure a great man with lots of virtues. But courage and definiteness of purpose were certainly not part of his good sides.


So, for him to exude any form of "courage" in your opinion, he ought to have sent his vulnerable people on an uprising that he knows they clearly are not prepared for and will ultimately lead to "making a monuments of his people" all over their ancestral land?

Like i said, that was what Ojukwu had in mind for the yorubas but thankfully Awo saw through his deceit and maturely and cleverly avoided the bait.

What will have been the fate of yorubaland had Awo reacted as ojukwu strategised and launch an uprising in western region and Lagos which were both under occupation by well armed, blood-thirsty and vengeful northern soldiers? It's not rocket science. Clearly, the northern soldiers stationed in the region would have gone on a shooting spree creating a bloodbath in the land. Ojukwu's BLF would have then, after having already occupied the mid-west region conduct a mop -up operation in the land and effectively placing the whole of southern nigeria including Lagos, under his control.


most likely, the 3million lost souls you lot are fond of branding about the whole place now would be yorubas and even at that , they will still be under occupation .................. by ojukwu and his ibo people.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 1:21pm On May 13, 2016
bloodyBLOGGER:
stop lying. Adekunle was the bravest warrior in that war. was it not adekunle that liberated the SS?
see this linus! Moments ago,u said yorubas were neutral in the war,now 'they were the greatest warriors during the war' cheesy
Sorry!








Meanwhile I'd advice u 2 read texts on the civil war by major actors,including the ones written by federal actors.don't just rely on beer parlor gossips and ur old folks who never saw any action. Read up on col etuk's book,and see how a v rugged and lavishly equipped army Of a brigade strength under col utuk himself ( second in command 2 adekunle) was decimated to near extinction in owerri by a handful of young biafran troops armed wit bolt action rifles.3rd marine commando division was nearly extinct b4 adekunle was replaced .
Read son,books don't have fangs ok!

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 1:29pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
see this linus! Moments ago,u said yorubas were neutral in the war,now they werethe greatest warriors cheesy
Sorry!








Meanwhile I'd advice u 2 read texts on the civil war by major actors,including the by federal actors. Read up on col etuk's book,on how a v rugged and lavishly equipped army. Of brigade strength under col utuk himself ( second in command 2 adekunle) was decimated to near extinction in owerri by a handful of young biafran troops armed wit bolt action rifles.
Read son,books don't have fangs ok!
illiterate.


Because individual Yorubas fought in the war doesn't mean the tribe did. We were neutral. The individuals that fought were only carrying out their civic duties as soldiers.

Remember, some yorubas also fought on the side of biafra. Does that mean we were boarding too?


the war was a war between the east and the north, but Yoruba soldiers stood out e.g Benjamin Adekunle who liberated the SS and OBJ who biafra surrendered to

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by T9ksy(m): 1:32pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
igbos never solicited yoruba support during or b4 the war.
The least yorubas shd av done was remain neutral.


Rightly so but then the ibos should not have brought their stupid war to yorubaland, for whatever reason imaginable.

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 1:34pm On May 13, 2016
bloodyBLOGGER:
illiterate.


Because individual Yorubas fought in the war doesn't mean the tribe did. We were neutral. The individuals that fought were only carrying out their civic duties as soldiers.

Remember, some yorubas also fought on the side of biafra. Does that mean we were boarding too?


the war was a war between the east and the north, but Yoruba soldiers stood out e.g Benjamin Adekunle who liberated the SS and OBJ who biafra surrendered to
the way u shift grounds,while lying thru ur teeth as if ur talkin 2 ur fellow demented being is quite entertaining,.. Wot exactly do u mean by yorubas didt fight in the war and yorubas won the war?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by mightyhazel: 1:39pm On May 13, 2016
T9ksy:



Rightly so but then the ibos should not have brought their stupid war to yorubaland, for whatever reason imaginable.
but yorubaland can be used as launchground to attack igboland


The major aggressors can sit in ikoyi and marshall forces to attack enugu witout as much as a protest 4m yoruba,..


But dey(yorubas) can immediately activate and join forces as soon as biafra launch attacks to seize the northern invaders holed up in lagos

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by Nobody: 1:42pm On May 13, 2016
mightyhazel:
the way u shift grounds,while lying thru ur teeth is quite amazing,.. Wot exactly do u mean by yorubas didt fight in the war and yorubas won the war?

individual Yorubas won the war but the Yoruba tribe didn't fight in it cos it was a north vs east war.

if an Igbo man eats human meat, does that mean all igbos are cannibals?

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Re: Pre-biafra War: Obafemi Awolowo’s Speech To Western Nigeria Leaders Of Thought by gidgiddy: 1:44pm On May 13, 2016
T9ksy:









Despite the knowledge of such incontrovertible fact, most especially the above-bolded portion above, you guys still persist, like a clone, in maliciously, erroneously and impishly tagging the old sage, a "coward" and even extending this clearly false tag to the entire yoruba race - a group of people who at one time in their past history had been able to fashion an empire as big as the Oyo empire!

but then maybe, just maybe that was what Ojukwu had in mind for the people he's supposedly going into a military alliance with - "monuments all over the place" (yorubaland), for his Biafran Liberation Front to rescue?

What you wrote actually goes to confirm Awolowos cowardice. There were 36,000 Soldiers of Northern extraction in the SW? This number is debatable because I read somewhere that before the war, there were less than 10,000 Soldiers in the whole country. But even if this was true. It would be a shame to the Yoruba people that numbered in their millions that they allowed themselves to be held hostage in their own land because they were afraid to die. So Awolowo quickly accepted 'one Nigeria' from the northerners in other to safeguard the lives of his people? What a sweet way of masking cowardice! This would be unacceptable to us Igbos. Ojukwu kicked out all the northern Soldiers in the East and declared his people free. War followed, we fought hard, it did not work out but no shame. We can always say we gave it a good fight but in life, you win some and you lose some. Awolowo on the other hand will always be remembered for throwing away Yoruba sovereinghty and selling his Yoruba nation down the river of northern slavery. To my dying day, I will never understand the logic of Awolowo and the Yoruba man who could not fight for his sovereinghty but will criticise Ojukwu and the Igbos who could.

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