omonnakoda:


I wonder o

The Man was in office from January 17 and did not release him

Gowon came in on August 1 he was released on August 3 and we are to believe it was Ojukwu

These folk are truly shameless

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.

KingsCity:


The coup that brought Gowon to power failed in the Eastern Region. Thus Ojukwu had control of the entire Eastern Region up until the civil war which began in 1967.

It is therefore clear that it was Ojukwu that released Awolowo. This proved a big mistake; he should have had him executed instead for the treason he committed and had already been convicted of. Executing Awo in 1966 would have saved him from the rat poison they said he drank in 1987

Hahahahahaha

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

GoroTango:
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.

What is the point you are making? I don't get it

omonnakoda:

I will introduce this thread with some dates


September 1963 Awolowo was sentenced and housed in Calabar Priso


15 January 1966 Military Coup by Nzeogwu


16 January 1966 Ironsi takes over as Head of State


17 January 1966 Ojukwu Appointed as Governor of the Eastern Region



29 July 1966 Counter Coup By Northern Officers


1 August 1966 Gowon Takes over as head of State


Awolowo released from Prison 3 August 1966

So Ojukwu was in power as Governor from January 17 1966 and did not release Awolowo.

Then Gowion Takes over on 1 August 1966 and Awolowo is released on 3 August 1966 and we are asked to believe it was Ojukwu and not Gowon who released him

These folk must really take everyone for a fool

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

omonnakoda:
What is the point you are making? I don't get it

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.

Well I really don't know ooooo

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dendemorron my nigga how far

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.

GoroTango:
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.

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.

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

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.
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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/

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....

omonnakoda:
What is the point you are making? I don't get it

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CandyDiamond:
You are on your own,[/b]even Gowon himself said that it was Ojukwu that release Owolowo from prison[b].It was on record, don't twist fact.

Please provide the link little flatttty

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.

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.

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?

GoroTango:
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.

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

SirJeffry:
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.

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

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This news will show you that Ojukwu released awolowo and not the other way round. read down

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

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This news will show you that Ojukwu released awolowo and not the other way round. read down

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.

BabaRamota1980:



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.

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.

Develpeast:


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.

obeisance carries with it a weight of heirarchy, respect does not.

What are you trying to say?

BabaRamota1980:


obeisance carries with it a weight of heirarchy, respect does not.

What are you trying to say?

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.

Develpeast:


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.

We had a minister of interior who was the overall custodian of prisons. He took orders from Gowon not Ojukwu.

omonnakoda:
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

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

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?

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