zendy:


Go back in history abd you will find out that there was was wild jubilation nationwide at the coup. Nzeogwus coup was well recieved by everyone at first, so you have no point.

raumdeuter:


Mention the people killed by those Yoruba soldiers

ANuforo, Nwatuegwu, Nzeogwu Ifeajuna we have records of who they killed with verifiable links

Who did the Yoruba soldiers kill

ImperialYoruba:


We follow the doctrine of the Great war strategist!

Starvation is a weapon of war!

If we change the currency the Biafran pound will be worthless.

ImperialYoruba:


Around 1930,this was the first appearance of anything called Ibo in Yorubaland. Prior, nobody in Yorubaland knew anything called Ibo. Yorubas that traveled or lived in North knew of people called yanminri, because many of you had migrated and lived there even before 1914 amalgamation. Ajayi Crowther lived amongst you while he was educating you about Jesus,that's about it!

So go into archives and begin to recount Ibo presence in Yorubaland and the truth will be there for you to see.

The first political gathering of Ibo was an organization called Ibo union. This union was not formed in Enugu or Abakaliki or Onitsha....it was formed in Lagos.

The first political party you all voted under was NCNC. This was a party formed in Lagos by Yorubas to oppose colonial rule. You flooded the party and took it over. We donated it to you but you ran it aground due to your lack of political savviness.

Even while we were focused on developing our region your Azikiwe ignored East and was competing with us to develop our land...but he lost the battle.

The bitterness of the loss led to him, as President, leading the referendum in Midwest and eventually carving out Midwest from Western region. That did not stop our growth.

Your coup plotters and their sponsors, Okpara, Azikiwe and Ironsi, sent your boys out to decimate the political and military elites of other tribes. You still could not stop us. We recovered and progressed.

Then your warlord completely abandoned facing his oppressors in North and headed West. You still failed.

During Jonathan tenure you totally turned the Ijaw man against Yoruba and made him believe you are the only people he needed to run Nigeria. You ruined his government for him. This did not stop Yoruba progress,in fact Yorubaland progressed and outperformed the Federal Government in public administration and socio economic development.

In all of this, since 1930, show me one positive accomplishment you have had as a region. None!

You think what I said in that statement you quoted is a joke?

Where do your leaders run to when they get money? Yorubaland. What do they do with the money? Invest it in building structure and trade.
Whats wrong with sinking that money into your land? They cannot because we have hooked them.

Your leaders are operating on remote control and Yorubas are the ones pushing the buttons. You think this is a joke?

victorvezx:

Nationwide? The northerners did not celebrate it, that's why they gathered in Unity to slaughter and kill the igbos everywhere they found them. As far as I know, there was no celebration in Lagos and other Yoruba states. Ask ur self why did the northerners attacked only the igbos, why did they not attack the Yoruba people? The igbos were the only ones who celebrated coup wildly as if u people just won the World Cup. U people even went to the extent of mocking and taunting the northerners with cartoons of how Nzeogwu defeated the northerners

onedayatime:

you can lie die, and why are you defending the indefensible?

What he said is the truth. He was killed by Kaduna

Fedayeen02:
What was Major Ademola doing there? It seems he was cooking for the ibo coup plotters while Oyewole was fetching firewood and clapping for the speech being made by the coup plotters



Since you call it Igbo coup. Turning history on its head.



I thought old age begets wisdom but you are no different from those i watch in a circus

malton:


One or two Yoruba men being among the mutineers doesn't make it any less an Igbo coup. Those guys were Yoruba only by name. They were Igbo at heart, through association. People like that can kill their kith and kin just to further their associates' cause.

It was a coup plotted and orchestrated by your progenitors for their own selfish gains.

Isn't it funny that a tribe which had army officers that had advanced so far in ranks could still claim that she was being marginalized?

Till date, they still carry that victim mentality on their heads like galla.

What I find most funny is that you people often turn history on its head and label the Yorubas 'treacherous backstabbers'... If what transpired as narrated above isn't treachery, then I wonder what is.

Qelvin:

They were foot soldiers who were very much involved in the coup you amala infested cranial dunce, of course those yoruba soldiers won't just have been recruited to clean the boots of their colleagues would they? As long as they had guns with them, they were very much full participants of the coup SHIKENA.

Qelvin:

That underdeveloped region still trumps your paradise in every strata and index of development possible.

Qelvin:

Liar oshi, who you dey deceive with your many countries and houses crap

Kenzico:
The Events of 1966 coup has major scar on Nigerian politics.


R.I.P Major Pam.


I pity his wife and Family back then


IGBOs spilled the first blood

Qelvin:
A bunch of perhaps misguided military boys took the law into their own hands and decided to terminate the lives of their colleagues, truth is I would never know what got into Nzeogwu l's head to mastermind that infamous January coup...most of us weren't born then so we can only read about it from accounts of others who saw it all (and trust the stories will be riddled with half truths and inconsistent lies), so we can bash an entire ethnic group for the January coup, but it will border on sheer idiocy and hypocrisy to think the subsequent coups that happened in Nigeria weren't as bloody and merciless in its executions as the one in 1966, and that surely didn't justify the massacres of defenceless and innocent Igbo civilians all over Nigeria...but hey the great Igbo race paid the price for the misadventures of some soldiers, we have licked out wounds and moved on, today Nigeria remains a cess spit of decadence and I'm pretty sure Igbos aren't to blame for it this time.

All I just pray for right now is that my people leave Nigeria and find the much needed peace and serenity that we so need, the rest can kill each other there...it must happen in my lifetime,even if blood will have to be she'd again, I will proudly sacrifice mine for my children to enjoy their peace.

Qelvin:
Of course every ardent student of history knows Biafrans were unprepared for the war, even the Midwest invasion was a preemptive effort to force the Nigerian troops to the negotiation table and withdraw the bulk of their First infantry Division fighting in Biafra! So there is hardly anything in these report that contradicts my point, you have the burden of proof to provide another account that collaborates Major Iluyomade's so called heroics at Ore so we have no case here, I haven't come across a single report from those that fought in the Midwest that validates any claim of a paltry amount of Federal soldiers holding back the Biafrans at Ore...all I know for a fact is that Biafrans were halted at Ore and saw little or no action till they were asked to withdraw without even a fight.

Qelvin:
Provide the source or stop feeding enlightened minds here with lies, you made the claim that Ejoor and Ojukwu had some kind of agreement about not invading the Midwest, so it's also within your prerogative to back that up with some source? And I meant to write Garkem...it was the autocorrect stuff...dude are you this slow? The Federal side fired the first shots on Biafran territory so Biafra had every right to respond in kind my attacking Federal soil, why not go ask Ojukwu in his grave why he decided to invade the Midwest?

eaglechild:
The man was driven away from the house and the conversations continued beyond there.

The person narrating the story is the son who remained in the house along with the rest of the family.

I have said that I condemn the coup but I still remain firm in saying that such narratives cannot be held as concrete truth.

Qelvin:
A bunch of perhaps misguided military boys took the law into their own hands and decided to terminate the lives of their colleagues, truth is I would never know what got into Nzeogwu l's head to mastermind that infamous January coup...most of us weren't born then so we can only read about it from accounts of others who saw it all (and trust the stories will be riddled with half truths and inconsistent lies), so we can bash an entire ethnic group for the January coup, but it will border on sheer idiocy and hypocrisy to think the subsequent coups that happened in Nigeria weren't as bloody and merciless in its executions as the one in 1966, and that surely didn't justify the massacres of defenceless and innocent Igbo civilians all over Nigeria...but hey the great Igbo race paid the price for the misadventures of some soldiers, we have licked out wounds and moved on, today Nigeria remains a cess spit of decadence and I'm pretty sure Igbos aren't to blame for it this time.

All I just pray for right now is that my people leave Nigeria and find the much needed peace and serenity that we so need, the rest can kill each other there...it must happen in my lifetime,even if blood will have to be she'd again, I will proudly sacrifice mine for my children to enjoy their peace.

raumdeuter:
Thats because some are cry babies and they are playing to get sympathies of the international communities. Th Buafran drew the first blood, commited a lot of atrocities in the mid west

Go and read Nowa Omoiguis records

http://www.dawodu.net/midwest.htm

GreatSE:


MUMU, I can also tell you Nzogwu was IGBO by name...... Fulani by heart, ewu

zendy:


That why I told you to go and do your reserch well. Immidiately after the coup, there was wild jubilation nationwide even in Kaduna. Nzeogwu became a national hero at first. Everbody from North to West to East celebrated the coup. It was only months later that some people started reading ethnic meaning into the coup. Everybody celebtated the coup at first including Igbos.

Sincere4u:
Ironsi was slated to be killed by the plotters. He only managed to escape with his life. This story wasn't without bias.

Qelvin:

Thousands of Igbos if that number is anything to reckon with, troop to Lagos which is owned by all Nigerians. Any Igbo you find in any other part of the South west was either born there so just extends his business empire of bridging his own quota of one Nigeria, same way thousands of your people are in Port Harcourt doing kabu kabu business.

seunmsg:

The invading soldiers had come face-to-face with her husband, Lt Col Pam, led by a man very familiar to him, Major (HC) Humphrey Chukwuka, his second-in-command, and Deputy Adjutant General (DAG)1 whom Major Benjamin Adekunle who was DAG 2 had earlier warned him to beware of and Major Anuforo.


This is the height of treachery. Shame on Major Chukwuka and other treacherous murderers who betrayed the trust of their seniors during the needless Ibo coup of January, 1966.

laudate:


After Pam had warned him on the telephone.

victorvezx:

U have no evidence to prove that everybody celebrated the coup, the igbos where the only ones who celebrated it. It is only a person that is not reasonable that will support a coup carried out by the military. Before the coup, Nigeria was at least democratic and practiced real federalism, so no sane mind would support a coup that curtail my freedom in the name of revolution against corruption. The igbos supported it because if the coup had succeeded, the igbos would have hijacked the leadership of Nigeria in every way. Back then the igbos led every institution available. They were some of the most educated back then, and where top in the military. It was greed and overzealous behavior that made ur kinsmen orchestrate the coup. That feeling that u are better than the northerners. U people still have that behavior till today.

zendy:


That why I told you to go and do your reserch well. Immidiately after the coup, there was wild jubilation nationwide even in Kaduna. Nzeogwu became a national hero at first. Everbody from North to West to East celebrated the coup. It was only months later that some people started reading ethnic meaning into the coup. Everybody celebtated the coup at first including Igbos.

zendy:


Why are you comnenting out of ignorance? Are you this daft? Go and read Madiebos book, 'The Nigerian Revolution and and the Biafran war' Madiebo was with Nzeogwu in the situation room in Kaduna, read the book and find out the mood in Kaduna. Go and read Philip Effiongs "Biafra:My story". Philip Effiong was in Lagos along Victor Banjo. Read Hillary Njokus 'Tragedy without heroes' Njoku was with Aguiyi Ironsi and Gowon when the coup was unfolding. Go and read what people who were on the ground at the time said then come back and comment instead of commenting out of ignorance like most of your Yoruba brothers.

zendy:


There was serious violence in the west, Awolowo was in jail, corruption was very high. Young officers led by Nzeogwu who were disgusted with what they saw then struck on 15th January 1966. It is very important to note that Nzeogwu and co had no intention of holding power for themselves. Infact, we now know that what they wanted was to release Awolowo and make him Nigerian leader. When Nigeria heeard about the coup, there was national jubilation and Nzeogwu became a national hero. Ironsi however foiled the coup in Lagos which ultimately caused the coup to fail nationally.

victorvezx:

U have no evidence to prove that everybody celebrated the coup, the igbos where the only ones who celebrated it. It is only a person that is not reasonable that will support a coup carried out by the military. Before the coup, Nigeria was at least democratic and practiced real federalism, so no sane mind would support a coup that curtail my freedom in the name of revolution against corruption. The igbos supported it because if the coup had succeeded, the igbos would have hijacked the leadership of Nigeria in every way. Back then the igbos led every institution available. They were some of the most educated back then, and where top in the military. It was greed and overzealous behavior that made ur kinsmen orchestrate the coup. That feeling that u are better than the northerners. U people still have that behavior till today.

onedayatime:

how are we sure what Ifeajuna said was true? How are sure Awo was in there plan? We can not fully believe there stories. Ok. Everybody tries to play the saint

laudate:


No, you are the slow one who keeps making twisted assertions without provide proof to back them up. And on this thread, everyone can see that you are the one spreading lies. Google is your friend. Even if I paste a whole excerpt on the battle at Garkem here for you to read, you would still disprove them & ignore them like you did with the one on Ore.

So why should I stop you from believing your twisted tales by moonlight??