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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Nobody: 1:12am On Dec 29, 2016 |
omonnakoda:Bro you have to take into consideration the fact that Ojukwu was an appointed military governor who had a supreme commander in the person of Maj.Gen Ironsi from Jan 17 1966 to July 29 1966, and as such during this period in question, he could not have ordered for Awolowo's release without Ironsi's go ahead. Please this is still not an argument to prove that it was Ojukwu who ordered the release but just to make a point. |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by loopmangoat(m): 1:25am On Dec 29, 2016 |
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by loopmangoat(m): 1:34am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Afonjas or bad belle people of South West Zoogeria know the truth but they continue living in denial The ojukwu they hate released Awolowo from prison The records are there but they derive joy in twisting history They will never admit that it was Dr Michael okpara that ensured that Awololwo was kept in calabar prison in order to save him from being killed in the northern prison where he was to serve his prison sentence Afonjas should forever remain grateful to igbos 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by omonnakoda: 1:57am On Dec 29, 2016 |
GoroTango:What is the point you are making? I don't get it 5 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by endoski: 3:46am On Dec 29, 2016 |
omonnakoda:before you come online and show how ignorant and senseless you are,go and read history books first. even before gowon took power ojukwu was the most ranking officer in the east meaning he could take decisions without the central power so don't come online and show your stupidty 8 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Nobody: 4:07am On Dec 29, 2016 |
omonnakoda:My point is that contrary to your assertion, from Jan 16 1966 to July 29 1666, Ojukwu did not have the power to release Awo. So begin to base your argument on the few days loophole between July 30 and August 3 1966. 1 Like |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by chriskosherbal(m): 4:09am On Dec 29, 2016 |
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by raumdeuter: 4:27am On Dec 29, 2016 |
dendemorron my nigga how far 3 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Nobody: 5:10am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Awolowo was released by Ojukwu but not freed. Eastern Region as at then wasn't taking orders from Lagos no more. Even after released, Awolowo was still a prisoner to the then Nigerian government. Calabar Prisons being part of the then Biafra could not have held a prisoner sentenced by a Nigerian government. It wasn't only Awolowo that was released. Many were released and given the options of going back home and staying back of which many stayed. I know a yoruba family in my town today that came to be thanks that arrangement. 7 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by MayorofLagos(m): 5:14am On Dec 29, 2016 |
GoroTango: So where did Ojukwu get his authority to release him on August 3rd? Federal Prisons, at whatever time, is a Federal Institution under Interior Ministry and no regional governor, military or civilian had authority to release an inmate, particularly one in the calibre of Awo. Now, Ojukwu loved the camera and the power of photo imagery and cinemas. Everywhere he went cameras followed him. An important event such as releasing Awo from prison is a political marker and Ojukwu could not have missed that. No one has presented any record evidence of Ojukwu releasing Awo. All we hear is hearsay through the village rumor mill. 8 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by raumdeuter: 5:16am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Awolowo was jailed by the federal govt and only someone with Federal power can release him If someone was jailed by PRESIDENT Obasanjo govt can GOVERNOR Obaino release the person? If Obaino should release such person what will happen to the released prisoner once he gets to Abuja? Common sense dictates that he will be re-arrested by the Federal authorities 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by raumdeuter: 5:19am On Dec 29, 2016 |
A former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Thursday said his administration released the late Obafemi Awolowo from prison to end the political unrest in the South West and ensure peace across the country. Mr. Gowon, who spoke to journalists after paying condolence visit to the Awolowos at Ikenne, also noted that he was privileged to have been used by God to ensure release of the late sage from prison. The former head of state, who was at Ikenne on account of the death of HID Awowolo, disclosed that the late matriarch was the one who persuaded Mr. Awolowo to be part of his military government. “’It was my fortune and I thank God that it was me that had the opportunity to release Papa from prison from Calabar to Lagos and certainly to be able to help us have peace in the West at that time and then we came,” Mr. Gowon recalled. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/191679-why-i-released-awolowo-from-prison-gowon.html 10 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by raumdeuter: 5:25am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Your government of Western Region faciliated the release of Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison after being convicted for treason. How did you arrive at that decision? We arrived at that decision because we discovered that there was no need to put him in prison in the first instance. The old man did a lot of good works for the country, for the Western Region and, when the military took over from the civilian regime that put him in prison, it was the duty of the military regime in power to release him. That was what we did. I worked on the military on the need to release him and we agreed. Yes, we brought him into the military government and he did a lot of good jobs for us there. So it was based on your recommendation that he became Federal Commissioner for Finance? Well, based on the recommendation of the government (laughs), he became the Federal Commissioner for Finance and he did very well in that position and improved the economy of the country. [size=18pt]I just want to be sure of the role you played in how Chief Awolowo moved from prison to the office of the Federal Commissioner for Finance[/size]. I recommended his release and he was released. And when we wanted to bring some civilians into the military government, we felt he would be very useful in the regime, and it turned out that he stood out of the pack. He never disappointed us and we thank God he did not. Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/how-we-freed-awolowo-from-prison-to-join-gowons-govt-by-gen-adebayo/ 7 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Lushore1: 5:27am On Dec 29, 2016 |
The order to release or free awolowo definitely came from the federal government hence why awolowo could come and meet yakubu gowon in lagos. Ojukwu just didn't have choice.... 3 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by aariwa(m): 5:51am On Dec 29, 2016 |
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Nobody: 6:31am On Dec 29, 2016 |
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by superstar1(m): 6:57am On Dec 29, 2016 |
OP, do you still take those villagers that the British described as cannibals serious again. They do not read an unfortunately they do not use logic either. The only thing they believe is the lies upon lies of their conquered grandfathers, the twisted and hate-laden historical narratives of their defeated fathers and the false heroics of their enslaved uncles that were fighting T-74 tanks with cassava sticks. Take those Ojukwus, Osus and red Mudsters serious at the risk of HBP. 7 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by BabaRamota1980: 7:04am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Won tun de o, awon yonmiri tun ti de o. Awon were. Ojukwu wey dey look for salvation, which time hin get to go release a prisoner. Na ojukwu own the prison? Somtimes sef i just like to apply electric shock to some people in their balls. 4 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by kayzat: 7:08am On Dec 29, 2016 |
It is impossible for Ojukwu or any other regional government to have release Awolowo who was jailed by the federal authorities especially when that region was still effectively under the control of the federal government. Did the civil war started immediately Gowon assume power or did Ojukwu declared Biafra immediately Gowon assume power? 6 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by loopmangoat(m): 7:10am On Dec 29, 2016 |
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Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by omonnakoda: 7:13am On Dec 29, 2016 |
GoroTango:He never had the power according to your argument. Also we must look at other facts. If he did not receive instructions from Lagos to release Awolowo why was Awolowo not rearrested on arrival in Lagos after all he was a convict. He would have kept him in the East how and why would he send him to Lagos if Lagos had not pardoned him?? What do you mean by "LOOPHOLE" ,Stop trying to be clever by half come out boldly please. Whio would believe that immediately after the coup the first thing Ojukwu would think about is to release Awo and then send him to Lagos if he had decided to reject the coup. Only a childish mind would accept that kind of fantasy. What would be the logic behind such a move 5 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by omonnakoda: 7:18am On Dec 29, 2016 |
SirJeffry: let us leave the guy in your town for now ok ,we will come back to him later Released but not free.What do you mean by this exactly 3 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Develpeast: 7:20am On Dec 29, 2016 |
[url]nigeriaworld.com/columnist/okonkwo/072301.html[/url] This news will show you that Ojukwu released awolowo and not the other way round. read down |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by puritygen: 7:20am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Obafemi Awolowo
is the undisputed hero of the Yoruba tribe
of Nigeria whose wartime policy of
starvation and currency change helped kill
the Biafran dream. The post colonial era of
Nigerian history was dominated by three
actors, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo
and Ahmadu Bello. Dr Azikiwe was an
avowed nationalist who preferred one
Nigeria above anything else. Sir Ahmadu
Bello was a tribalist who initially preferred a
balkanized Nigeria to enable his people live
their religious and cultural life without
external negative inluence and was later
reluctantly convinced to seek an agenda for
a united Nigeria. Chief Obafemi Awolowo
from the onset did not hide his preference
for an Oduduwa Republic.
Chief Awolowo is idolized by the Yorubas
because he was able to transform the South
West into an educational and industrial hub
in Africa and build a robust political climate.
He so much understood the value of
education that he made it free, affordable
and offered a lot of scholarships to Yorubas
to advance academically to the highest
level. He ran a political system in Action
Group whereby people have their say while
the leader has his way. This is the system
Bola Tinubu is unsuccessfully trying to
emulate in Action Congress of Nigeria.
Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, a core nationalist, never
received the level of hero worship Awolowo
received in the South West because Igbos
severally accuses him of not taking them
out of Nigeria when Chief Awolowo and Sir
Ahmadu Bello were angling for a balkanized
nation. Chief Awolowo was the sage whose
idea ended the Nigerian civil war. He
advised the Gowon Cabinet to block all food
supply to Biafra so as to end the war quickly
and according to him " starvation is a
legitimate instrument of war’’ This led to
the starvation of over one million Biafran
children. Thus Awolowo’s advice and actions
led to the quick end to the Biafran dream.
Therefore it is right to say that what the
entire armed forces of Nigeria could not do,
the wisdom of Awolowo did. Chief Awolowo
also ensured that every adult Biafran who
managed to survive the starvation was given
#20 pounds to start life afresh irrespective
of amount of money in anyone’s bank
account before the war started. Another
policy of his which frustrated Biafra’s ability
to import food and arms was the change of
currency which according to Awolowo " And
it is on record that Ojukwu admitted
that two things defeated him in this war,
that’s as at the day he left Biafra. He
said one, the change of currency, he said
that was the first thing that defeated
him, and we did that to prevent Ojukwu
taking the money which his soldiers has
stolen from our Central bank for sale
abroad to buy arms…So I decided to
change the currency, and for your
benefit, it can now be told the whole
world, only Gowon knew the day before,
the day before the change took place".
Chief Awolowo has been variously accused
of introducing tribalism into the Nigerian
politics. He chased Dr Azikiwe out of the
Ibadan in 1954 when the NCNC headed by
Azikiwe won majority seats in the West
Nigerian House of Assembly and through a
palace coup called cross carpeting Zik was
denied the Premiership of Western Nigeria,
at a time when Professor Eyo Ita, an Efik
was premier of Eastern Region and Alhaji
Umoru Altine , a Fulani, was Mayor of
Enugu. Dr Azikiwe, following the footsteps of
Awolowo, had to frustrate Professor Eyo Ita
out of Enugu. Chief Awolowo and Sir
Ahmadu Bello seems to have a deeper
understanding of the Nigerian complexities
than Dr Azikiwe.
While Awolowo never trusted the Igbos, the
north never trusted Awolowo and
theYorubas. The northern oligarchy
instigated crisis in Western Nigeria in the
same manner President Obasanjo used the
Uba brothers to instigate crisis in Anambra
State. This crisis led to the trumped up
charges leading to the trial and
imprisonment of Awolowo . Reports has it
that he was to be poisoned in prison before
the military coup altered the state of affairs.
Awolowo was released from Calabar prison
by Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu and
there was an agreement that while Ojukwu
declares Biafra in the East, Awolowo would
declare Oduduwa Republic in the West. The
British establishment, sensing the dangers
of Awolowo declaring Oduduwa Republic in
the West, convinced Gowon and the north to
checkmate Awolowo’s secessionist agenda
by appointing him the Vice Chairman of
Federal Executive Council. This strategy
worked effectively and Awolowo was
deceived that after Gowon’s tenure he
would be given the opportunity of ruling
Nigeria. Awolowo thus had to checkmate the
Biafran dream to clear any obstacle to his
ruling Nigeria while the north was looking
for the right opportunity to throw him into
the dustbin. In frustration, Awo resigned
from Gowon’s cabinet when he realized he
has been politically duped.
Awolowo quashed the Biafran dream while
the northern establishment killed the
Oduduwa dream and betrayed Awolowo’s
presidential ambition thrice. This fact was
aptly captured by a prominent Yoruba
leader and Nigeria’s former minister of
aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode while
replying to a boastful statement by another
prominent northern leader, Alhaji Usman
Farouk on how the north dominated the
Yoruba people and conquered the Niger
Delta. According to Fani Kayode, " ... the
north literally begged Awolowo not to
declare Oduduwa Republic and go the
way of Biafra even though that was his
original intention…Fourthly it was the
support that the south west gave to the
north that allowed Nigeria to win the
war. Fifthly it was the lie that Gowon
and the northern leaders fed to Awolowo
that he would be made President of the
country after the war and after being
effectively being made de facto Prime
Minister under Gowon during the war
that got Awolowo to support them’’,
invariably, the Igbos and Yorubas were
effectively dribbled, divided, manipulated
and overpowered.
The ascension of Awolowo's kinsman
Obasanjo as Head of State was another
opportunity for him to realize his dream of
ruling Nigeria. The 1979 election result was
decided in the infamous judgement where
the Supreme Court refused Awolowo’s plea
that 2/3 of 19 is 13 states therefore
declaring Alhaji Shehu Shagari the winner of
the election. The north led by Generals
Shehu Yaradua and Theophilus Danjuma
convinced Obasanjo on why Awolowo
should never be the president of Nigeria.
Therefore, instead of a runoff election,
which some believe could favour
Awolowo,the Supreme Court declared Alhaji
Shehu Shagari the winner.
Chief MKO Abiola at one point was used by
the northern dominated NPN to oppose the
presidential ambitions of Awolowo . He
used his Nigerian Concord newspaper and
enormous wealth to fight Awolowo and UPN
and when they finished using him to deal
with Awolowo, they frustrated Abiola's
presidential ambition and he had to resign
from the party in 1982. Alhaji Umaru Dikko,
then transport minister, sent message to
Abiola that the presidency is not for sale to
the highest bidder. When Babangida
annulled the election of Abiola in 1993,
Yorubas alluded to a certain curse Awolowo
released on Abiola, in the heat of the later's
opposition to his presidency " that even if
Abiola was to be given the presidential
seat, he would not sit on it .''
In 1999, after the suspicious death of
Abiola, the northern establishment sensing
that Chief Olu Falae was the choice of the
Yoruba people, rigged the polls in favour of 1 Like |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by BabaRamota1980: 7:39am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Develpeast: news authored by okonkwo. Uncredible just for the name alone. Awo is what politicians call a collateral or an asset. If indeed Ojukwu released Awo and did not negotiate nor secure any bargain for exchange of that highly valuable Nigerian asset at a time of open conflict, then it would mean he is even far more incompetent and worse than Aguiyi Ironsi in mental deficiencies than earlier thought. He is what is called "apoda" in Yoruba. Apoda is worse than dullard. 7 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Develpeast: 7:47am On Dec 29, 2016 |
BabaRamota1980: Seriously, I Dont argue with people who concentrate more on their English than the fact there. Answer this question: Will I obey you if I Dont recognize you as someone I can respect? Stop all these lies and be logical. 2 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by BabaRamota1980: 7:52am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Develpeast: obeisance carries with it a weight of heirarchy, respect does not. What are you trying to say? 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Develpeast: 7:56am On Dec 29, 2016 |
BabaRamota1980: Like I said earlier, you spend much time on the grammar than the fact. Ojukwu did not recognize Gowon as head of state then he couldn't have facilitated his release from prison. We should not change what happened just because it favours our ego. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by BabaRamota1980: 8:00am On Dec 29, 2016 |
Develpeast: We had a minister of interior who was the overall custodian of prisons. He took orders from Gowon not Ojukwu. 7 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by Nobody: 8:01am On Dec 29, 2016 |
omonnakoda:I will not be drawn into the larger part of your argument as to whether or not Ojukwu was responsible for Awo's release or not. That doesn't concern me in the very least. I clearly made mention of that when i first brought it to your attention. I've only pointed out to you that he had no power to do so but for a few days before August 3 1966 |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by omonnakoda: 8:03am On Dec 29, 2016 |
So he did not recognize Gowon and released Awolowo to Gowon.Why? AAwolowo was a convict of the Federal Government so without a pardon by the Federal Government what would be the point. Why do so that quickly ,within 2 days of the coup? What was the rationale? 4 Likes |
Re: Did Ojukwu Release Awolowo From Prison by omonnakoda: 8:06am On Dec 29, 2016 |
The other claim I have to deal with here is this business of Ojukwu as governor being in control of the Eastern region and everything in it.That is rubbish. We know that several months after the coup there was negotiation for troops to return to their places of origin.Immediately after the coup Ojukwu did not feel safe until this happened 6 Likes |
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