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Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Nobody: 8:20pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
RockHard:I was on your side till you praised Nigerian system as a rehabilitator, what are you thinking guy. This country is nothing but a Zoe, anybody that thinks they are living in a working society called nigeria must be high on something. If you are living in Nigeria with no other country to call home, you are indeed part of a wasted generation. 3 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by owodokiri: 8:20pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
laudate: I should be telling you that. There is no single book on that event written in Nigeria that I havent read.. You have read none. You are just following hearsay.. Ojukwu insisted that Ogundipe take over after Ironsis death. Murtala and Gowon refused, Ojukwu called fpr confederation, the same people refused,.. The first shot that started the war was fired by NIGERIAN SOLDIERS! That is the historical facts they dont want people like you to read and be informed. Thats why the banned the study of history in secondary schools across Nigeria.. 6 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Nobody: 8:22pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
laudate:He is likely from a minority northern tribe,like ron in jos or michika in adamawa n trust me,their views are totally different from those of the typical hausa-fulani muslim 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by azimibraun: 8:23pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Justdulla:Your position is indefensible. Just keep quite let students of political science and Development administration speak on this. How on earth can a military coup be a solution to a problem we were just learning was a problem? We got independence in 1960, became a republic in '63 and in ' 66 this fellow and a bunch of renegades were already taking over through a lopsided bloody coup and you call him a hero of democracy. Make I. No vex for you o! 5 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by enemmo(f): 8:23pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Justdulla: Gracias. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Eledan: 8:25pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
owodokiri: Why should Ojukwu determine or insist on who should take over after Ironsi death? Such decision is only for those who succeeded with the coup, the northern camp Ojukwu apprehension was mainly the fate that await him and other Igbo officers following the success of the July coup by Northerners, he wanted to drag people that had nothing to do with the bloodletting orchestrated by the Igbos and Norrtheners 1 Like |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by laudate: 8:27pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
kingsouthie: Bros, trust me when I say this guy isn't from Katsina. I know that the Northern minorities do not always hold the same view as the core Northern ethnic groups, but when it comes to the memory of the Sardauna, they are united on that score. He provided education, scholarships, health care etc., for most communities in the North. The late Premier was like a mini-god to them. If you don't believe me, stand in Adamawa or Taraba or even Kogi, and hurl profanities against the memory of the late Sardauna in public, and see if you would come back in one piece. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by MurderX: 8:29pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
A bloody slowpoke |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by owodokiri: 8:29pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Justdulla: The Five Majors BY Ben Gbulie , Captain Ben Gbulie actually participated in the coup at Kaduna with Nzeogwu 1 Like |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by decasey(m): 8:30pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Shortyy:because he was born in Kaduna, tho his parents is 4rom delta state. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by hakimi1974(m): 8:31pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Justdulla:thir dude don hear plenty beer palour gists tire, i pity you. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by laudate: 8:32pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
owodokiri: Guy, stop this tales by moonlight nah! Do you know how many books I have read on the civil war? Do you know how many historical photos of the dramatis personae I have in my possession? Ojukwu did not go to war because of Ogundipe, like you suggested. Ojukwu went to war because of the Northern massacre of the Igbo in the north, as well as his desire to take over the oil wells in his region. He wanted power and resources. 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by ManTiger(m): 8:32pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Justdulla:Craziness is in your DNA. Do you know the meaning of a coup? Nigeria as a country was 6yrs old and this guy deemed it fit to steal power and here you are saying rubbish? 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by azimibraun: 8:33pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
The Premiers of all the region's in Nigeria were executed by these renegades excepr chief Micheal Opkala of the Eastern region. Everyone thought Chief Okpala the sole survivor was going to condenm the coup and killings instead he was lobbying to be made prime minister. Kaduna Nzeogu though from the present Delta nd former Mid west saw himself as an easterner and was bias. That's the second other origin of tribalism in Nigerian polity. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Nobody: 8:35pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
laudate:Ofcourse they have to love their own,n i beg to differ...i think the late sarduana established more of almajiri educ system n not western educational system in the north |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by owodokiri: 8:36pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Eledan: I dont begrudge that.. You asked me a question initially and i tried to explain. They succeeded with the coup? How? It failed woefully in the east and thats why they came bombing. Ojukwu had two options; accept the coup of reject it.., he rejected it. He never started a war against the coupists. He only suggested that just as the most senior army officer took over after the first coup, the same measure should be applied after the second coup. Northern soldiers right there in Lagos said no and Yorubas kept mute. We rejected the likes of Gowon, Murtala, Danjuma, Babangida and co. . The managed to fool the rest of the country to follow them to war. . Now with the benefit of hindsight, are you going to say that the decision to go on with the Murtala gang was a nice idea politically following what went down with Nigeria? 6 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by sesaan(m): 8:36pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
FemiFimile:which tribe do business reach Aboki for this Nigerian?? |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Nobody: 8:37pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
azimibraun:Igbos shot themselves in the foot wt that coup n unfortunately they are still doing such today... 1 Like |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by laudate: 8:37pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
kingsouthie: The Sardauna did not establish the Almajiri system in the North. It was the Northern religious leaders that did that. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Nobody: 8:39pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
well to me there are different ways of achieving goals...i know of a way through which Biafra can be achieved without anyone sweating. I pray God answer my prayers concerning the strategy i have in mind 1 Like |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by DMerciful(m): 8:41pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Has nothing to do with Ogundipe....go and read history! owodokiri: |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by decasey(m): 8:41pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Fedayeen02:was his body recovered? |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by ChimuchiYola(f): 8:43pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Shortyy: just PM me and I will answer ur question. There was a mystery behind his coming into the world. I would forward the whole gist to you via PM |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by azimibraun: 8:43pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
The straw that broke the camel's back was Ojukwus's Ego. He coulnt just take it that Gowon would be C-in-C over him. Instead he hid under the northern massacre theory to go home without consultation to declare a sovereign state of Biafra. Ask yourselves what role did the igbo elite play in the war, at least zik et al were alive. Ojukwu went on his own ego trip. So the elite couldn't play ny meaningful role in the process. The same thing as Kanu is doing today. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by owodokiri: 8:44pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
laudate: Dude, i cant remember telling you Ojukwu went to war because of Ogundipe. The problem with you lot is that you hate the truth. These are historical facts that i am stating here and you are talking to a political scientist of over ten years experience. I mentioned Ogundipe to inform readers that it is a lie that Ojukwu jumped into a war. At a point he was willing to follow the command of the most senior officer rather than following Gowon who was his junior. Thats a fact! You lot have written your own side of the story obliterating facts. There was a January 66 coup, then a counter coup in july 66. Ojukwu refused to take orders from Gowon! Ojukwu told the coupists to hand over to Brigadier Ogundipe and he will be fine with that, They posted Ogundipe to the Nigerian High commission in London and the northern officers insisted on Gowon leading. Then there was the progroms, Aburri, more progroms, state creation and all that. Then war.., with the FIRST shot being fired by federal forces in what Gowon termed "police operation"..Those are the facts 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Eledan: 8:45pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
owodokiri: Nigeria just got independent and the country was just trying to settle into a pattern of governance and boom from nowhere, some idiots went on killing spree. The uneccesssary and needless exuberance of those idiots on thr night of Jan 15 1966 has created a situation where Nigeria will not likely recover from till thy kingdom come. Do you think without the first coup, Nigeria would be in a political mess we are in right now. 1 Like |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by malton: 8:49pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
laudate: I don't know about Kogi, but Ahmadu Bello definitely isn't anything more than a human to Plateau people. Nobody here would bat an eyelid even if you cursed out his mother. As a matter of fact, a lot of people actually hate anything that has to do with the man because they see him more as someone who embarked on a mission to spread Islam. They hate anything Islam. Kogi's outlook might be different due to their Muslim background. Personally, as an abusite, it can be said that I benefitted from the solid educational foundation he laid, but that's about it. Most people owe him gratitude, not violent disposition. |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by azimibraun: 8:50pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Eledan:That '66. coup is our eternal curse as a people and a nation. Kaduna Nzeogu was and will forever be the worst thing to have hit this nation. I would have taken it too far if I go ahead to say " he shouldn't have been born" but God knows best. 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by owodokiri: 8:52pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
Eledan: Read my brother, Read.... I believe that if that coup succeeded, Nigeria would have succeeded. The leader of that coup wasn't even Nzeogwu as the media ran away with. The leader was Emmanuel Ifeajuna, the first graduate to enroll in the Nigerian military. A contemporary of Soyinka, Achebe and Okigbo them. These were young revolutionaries who tried saving a country being ran aground by Balewa and Sarduana. The level of tribalism was rising especially within the army and it was starting to offend some. , These guys wanted to build a strong country. they failed but i believe that both Balewa and Sarduana would have caused a greater conflagration with their tribalism and maladministration. Nigeria badly needed the revolution. 4 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by laudate: 8:52pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
owodokiri: Bros, abeg match brake on top this your tales by moonlight. Historical records are available for anyone who wants to know why Ojukwu went to war. You say you have 10 years experience as a political scientist. Ok, congratulations. But it doesn't change the fact that your premise is wrong. Were you not the one that made this statement below: owodokiri: What led to the police action, you made reference to? Ojukwu had annexed or appropriated all FG property within his region, and despite several entreaties and warnings, he refused to heed the voices of reason. There are many perspectives of the war, because there were many participants in that war. War is not pretty. And there are always casualties, on all sides. Different books on the events that took place at that time need to be read along with other accounts of the Civil War, in order to compare the different perspectives so that readers can draw their own conclusions. Some of the books listed below are independent accounts of the war. Please read the following:
According to Nigerian scholars in 2011, over 69 books and pamphlets, 53 government publications, 3 bibliographies and various theses have been published on the 30 month long Nigerian Civil War that took place between 1967 and 1970. In the US, over 2,000 books were written about their own civil war. So there is still a need to write more. People need to tell their stories about what happened during the war, because in the words of Chimamanda Adichie "we all remember differently." Here is also another perspective. Maybe this excerpt will shed more light on it. Ojukwu: Hero or Villain? | By Max Siollun on December 16, 2007 3 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Ngokafor(f): 8:52pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
ManTiger: ...but buhari a coup plotter whom you all voted for is your hero now right??...keep deceiving yourselves but this country is living on borrowed time..mark my words. 2 Likes |
Re: Photo Of Kaduna Nzeogwu Who Led Nigeria's First Coup D'etat In 1966 by Eledan: 8:55pm On Jan 15, 2017 |
owodokiri: You hold this position because you didn't wake up one morning to see all those you've looked up to for inspiration and role model wiped out in one night. Sardauna and Balewa were people that most Northerners revered all their lives and you left a whole region dejected by killing some of their best leaders while keeping yours and you are here saying this, were the thr only corrupt people while all your own leaders were saints? When you guys keep and talk this way, you only justify the revenge coup. |
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