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We have all read about how Yoruba are the draw back holding Igbo from their Biafra Utopia. I have read from Igbo countless times how Awolowo only gave them 20 pounds from the billion they saved before the war.

I have read about the claims of marginalization by the Igbo etc. What I just discovered is that the three year allocation of the Igbo state was paid by this same Awolowo who the Igbo love to demonize even without fec approval. Why he did this is a topic for another day.

What is amiss is that ever since I have been reading through journals detailing the atrocities claims n counter claims of the Biafran and Nigerian army I have never come across where it is was stated by any Igbo that Awolowo took such drastic action to save millions of improvised Igbo not even from Adichie.

Now my question is judging from the way so many Igbo have been demonizing Awolowo can any Igbo, Ipob whoever that as the knowledge tell us what they did with three year allocation? We know salaries were not paid as no services were rendered so what exactly swallowed the allocation?

I must say it is understandable that the Igbo have the penchant of absolving their leaders of blames and failures even when it is glaring but surely someone need to point out what exactly was achieved with 3 years allocation. Lagosian can attest to what Fashola achieved after Yardua paid the allocation accruing to Lagos after the siege from Obasanjo. So what did Igbo achieve which three years federal allocation and who should take the credit for this messianic act?

Awolowo was a coward, a failed Lawyer, a war criminal, an ex-convict and a clueless politician. We Igbos will forever remember him as the lily livered, northern a$$ licking traitor who sold his people down the River for a pot of porridge.


I read somewhere that in ancient times in England, dead traitors were sometimes dug up and executed a second time.............

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We have all read about how Yoruba are the draw back holding Igbo from their Biafra Utopia. I have read from Igbo countless times how Awolowo only gave them 20 pounds from the billion they saved before the war.

I have read about the claims of marginalization by the Igbo etc. What I just discovered is that the three year allocation of the Igbo state was paid by this same Awolowo who the Igbo love to demonize even without fec approval. Why he did this is a topic for another day.

What is amiss is that ever since I have been reading through journals detailing the atrocities claims n counter claims of the Biafran and Nigerian army I have never come across where it is was stated by any Igbo that Awolowo took such drastic action to save millions of improvised Igbo not even from Adichie.

Now my question is judging from the way so many Igbo have been demonizing Awolowo can any Igbo, Ipob whoever that as the knowledge tell us what they did with three year allocation? We know salaries were not paid as no services were rendered so what exactly swallowed the allocation?

I must say it is understandable that the Igbo have the penchant of absolving their leaders of blames and failures even when it is glaring but surely someone need to point out what exactly was achieved with 3 years allocation. Lagosian can attest to what Fashola achieved after Yardua paid the allocation accruing to Lagos after the siege from Obasanjo. So what did Igbo achieve which three years federal allocation and who should take the credit for this messianic act?

Everything Afonja is built on lies,from the most sophisticated, to most educated to most accommodated, now see your life. You want struggling to lie your way to absorbing Awolowo from his criminal record.

Ipob whoever that as the knowledge tell us what they did with three year allocation? We know salaries were not paid as no services were rendered so what exactly swallowed the allocation?

Look at this stark illiterate.

Statutory state allocations from the central Govt only began well after the civil war.

The civil war years still had the system of states remitting 50% of their IGR to the central Govt.

Or have you forgotten when the nationalisation decree which made all natural resources including crude oil belonging solely to the federal govt?

Afonja go back and read your history before spewing your lies

Please disregard the rumor mongering OP

prodigy24:
Everything Afonja is built on lies,from the most sophisticated, to most educated to most accommodated, now see your life. You want struggling to lie your way to absorbing Awolowo from his criminal record.

Federal allocations to state began after the nationalisation decree which began during the Murtala era.

Throughout the civil war, the previous status quo of states remitting to the central Govt still remained.

From which source was the federal govt going to pay state allocations when crude oil production and exports were non-existing?

People love to lie and change history.....and I don't know why!

attackgat:
Awolowo was a coward, a failed Lawyer, a war criminal, an ex-convict and a clueless politician. We Igbos will forever remember him as the lily livered, northern a$$ licking traitor who sold his people down the River for a pot of porridge.


I read somewhere that in ancient times in England, dead traitors were sometimes dug up and executed a second time.............

awwww. Are you hurt? Posterity says otherwise. history says otherwise. Reality says otherwise. And the future will say otherwise.

dlondonbadboy:
People love to lie and change history.....and I don't know why!

The idiotic afonja op should go and ask his father about the Agbekoya Parapo cocoa farmers' riot which was borne out of the excessive taxation imposed by the military Govt of Western Nigeria region.

Gowon released Awolowo from prison to help negotiate a settlement with the cocoa farmers who had began already to form a civilian militia.

Or did he think there was oil being shipped then?

I just pity this parasites and don't blame them at all because if not for Niger Delta oil and the lost Biafran war they would have been slaving for Ab0ki in their cocoa farms.

attackgat:
Awolowo was a coward, a failed Lawyer, a war criminal, an ex-convict and a clueless politician. We Igbos will forever remember him as the lily livered, northern a$$ licking traitor who sold his people down the River for a pot of porridge.


I read somewhere that in ancient times in England, dead traitors were sometimes dug up and executed a second time.............

You shitty opinions about Awolowo will not change the fact that he's revered by his people unlike your 'Dikeodiorama' that ran away to Ivory coast as a slayqueen, rejected by his people several times at the polls for his barefaced cowardice.

Omoluabi16:
awwww. Are you hurt? Posterity says otherwise. history says otherwise. Reality says otherwise. And the future will say otherwise.

Only a foolish afonja like you will believe this your useless lie.

So Awolowo paid the allocations for the eastern region to Zik's personal account where Zik was in exile?

I laugh at your stupidity.

Go and research when the parasitic federal allocation system of remittance to states began.

Was it your cocoa and groundnut revenue that Awolowo shared to the Eastern region?

Gbawe, come and take away this waste of an afonja specimen before he disgraces your tribe any further

The most pitiable thing about this thread is the idiot op and his fellow Afonjas liking his foolish lies

The '20 pound' lies peddled by Igbos is a testament to their gullibility and victim mentality, its a known fact that Biafran army invaded Nigeria's banks spent her money on weapons and other nonsense they deem fit, collectted royalties from oil firms and so on.

Asked them if they ever paid back the money they stole before crying over 20 pounds handed to them.

I just pity the Yorubas that harbor these vermins, the day they rise up against you because of their hate for you draws nearer.

BlowBack:
Look at this stark illiterate.

Statutory state allocations from the central Govt only began well after the civil war.

The civil war years still had the system of states remitting 50% of their IGR to the central Govt.

Or have you forgotten when the nationalisation decree which made all natural resources including crude oil belonging solely to the federal govt?

Afonja go back and read your history before spewing your lies

You really need common sense and knowledge to fall on you. Truth is an open wound that will continue to hunt you hate filled and ungrateful revisionist.

The Igbo government then led by Ukpabi Asika utilized the money very well from all available records. A payment of 3 years allocation could do barely nothing in an area which lost 2 million people and whose infrastructure was reduced to nothing. If an area suffers war you don't give the area the same allocation you give to others. The huge tragedies and destruction requires that far more than the usual funds are accrued to the area. An example is the extra money pumped into the north-east by the government and international bodies because of the insurgency there which killed barely 20,000 people; yet the east got nothing extra, even the 3R's was a failure as the Federal government concentrated on building Lagos while the East recovered on their own with little assistance.
If you want to guage the evil or good nature of Awo, you should ask why he gave the Igbo people with bank accounts only 20 Pounds after the war regardless of what they had before the war; you should ask why he indigenised the economy just after the war and the 20 Pounds policy diabolical policy ensuring that the Igbo could not participate.
Till today nobody has been able to give a sufficient defence of Awo's actions. His defenders either put up weak defences or they refrain from commenting. All these point to the fact that Awo's motives were diabolical and that Chinua Achebes argument that Awo was aiming to demolish the Igbo as he saw them as his true rivals are true; He never believed that the Hausa-Fulani were superior in strategy to him and would humiliate him after the war. Life is funny.

BlowBack:
Only a foolish afonja like you will believe this your useless lie.

So Awolowo paid the allocations for the eastern region to Zik's personal account where Zik was in exile?

I laugh at your stupidity.

Go and research when the parasitic federal allocation system of remittance to states began.

Was it your cocoa and groundnut revenue that Awolowo shared to the Eastern region?

Gbawe, come and take away this waste of an afonja specimen before he disgraces your tribe any further

Guy stop being too emotional, calm the Bleep down.

Too many kids on this forum with zero knowledge on history. I guess its not their fault. Their educational system is already fraud, you wouldn't expect any thing better.

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Ereolamide:
The '20 pound' lies peddled by Igbos is a testament to their gullibility and victim mentality, its a known fact that Biafran army invade Nigeria's banks spent her money for weapons and other nonsense they deem fit, collectted royalties from oil firms and so on.

Asked them if they ever paid back the money they stole before crying over 20 pounds handed to them.

I just pity the Yorubas that harbor these vermins, the day they rise up against you because of their hate for you draws nearer.

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There were dozens of Nigerian officers and men executed by firing squad by their own officers at the front for engaging in armed robbery.

A case in point is the Asaba bank armed robbery by troops under Murtala

Murtala had all officers and men involved in the bank robbery executed.

This was not an isolated case but a reoccurring decimal among Nigerian troops in Bendel and also in Ondo.

The Nigerian troops used the fog of war not only to rob banks but to loot properties and rob civilians.

Armed robbery in Nigeria got a big boost during the civil war and the main perpetrators were Nigerian troops.

Long after the war, the Nigerian Govt will arrest, trial and execute scores of Nigerian army officers and men for armed robbery.

Gowon was advised to demobolise the army of 250,000 strong to peace time strength but he ignored it fearing that this move will purge the majority Christian middle belt officers from the army.

Danjuma complained bitterly about Gowon's refusal stating that the Nigerian army was operating like a welfare scheme with old soldiers.

Prior to the war, Nigeria's defense budget stood at less than 5% with just over 10,000 men strong.

After the war the army accounted for 40% of the budget going mainly to pay low wage salaries of over 250,000 men.

The men of the Nigeria army either engaged in outright armed robbery to supplement their low wages or turned to their war tactics of extorting from the civilian populace just as they did in Biafra land.

So for your information, it was Nigerian forces that robbed, looted and pillaged both behind enemy lines and also in recaptured Nigerian territory.

Stop your bloody lies for once!

If the ipob miscreants that their parents used to sell just to use the money to buy okada did not insult you or innocent awoo instead of bringing out fact to explain what you asked. Come and cut off my head.

Maduawuchukwu:
Guy stop being too emotional, calm the Bleep down.

You are truly children of Satan.

How can one be such a bare faced liar?

I know these kind of cheap lies are meant only to continue to deceive your gullible populace but are you never ashamed that your lies will exposed?

Afonja

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ipodstinks:
If the ipob miscreants that their parents used to sell just to use the money to buy okada did not insult you or innocent awoo instead of bringing out fact to explain what you asked. Come and cut off my head.

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Awolowo will get extra molten sulphur poured in his hot bath in hell whenever you children of perdition continue to defend his atrocities

Maduawuchukwu:
The Igbo government then led by Ukpabi Asika utilized the money very well from all available records. A payment of 3 years allocation could do barely nothing in an area which lost 2 million people and whose infrastructure was reduced to nothing. If an area suffers war you don't give the area the same allocation you give to others. The huge tragedies and destruction requires that far more than the usual funds are accrued to the area. An example is the extra money pumped into the north-east by the government and international bodies because of the insurgency there which killed barely 20,000 people; yet the east got nothing extra, even the 3R's was a failure as the Federal government concentrated on building Lagos while the East recovered on their own with little assistance.
If you want to guage the evil or good nature of Awo, you should ask why he gave the Igbo people with bank accounts only 20 Pounds after the war regardless of what they had before the war; you should ask why he indigenised the economy just after the war and the 20 Pounds policy diabolical policy ensuring that the Igbo could not participate.
Till today nobody has been able to give a sufficient defence of Awo's actions. His defenders either put up weak defences or they refrain from commenting. All these point to the fact that Awo's motives were diabolical and that Chinua Achebes argument that Awo was aiming to demolish the Igbo as he saw them as his true rivals are true; He never believed that the Hausa-Fulani were superior in strategy to him and would humiliate him after the war. Life is funny.

Stop your lies and accept the fact that your people will always have to blame Yorubas for their destined misfortunes, it was noted that all the banks’ books had been burnt, and many of the people who had savings didn’t have their saving statements, many fleeing Igbos withdrew their money from the banks before running home to the east never to come back.

The indigenization policy took effect in the western region and it was not like yoruba took over the companies people were indigenes were legible to acquire shares of the companies in the west, what business do Igbos have with the firms in Yorubaland, did Yoruba also take over the companies in the east, you guys are just pathetic hateful things.

BlowBack:
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There were dozens of Nigerian officers and men executed by firing squad by their own officers at the front for engaging in armed robbery.

A case in point is the Asaba bank armed robbery by troops under Murtala

Murtala had all officers and men involved in the bank robbery executed.

This was not an isolated case but a reoccurring decimal among Nigerian troops in Bendel and also in Ondo.

The Nigerian troops used the fog of war not only to rob banks but to loot properties and rob civilians.

Armed robbery in Nigeria got a big boost during the civil war and the main perpetrators were Nigerian troops.

Long after the war, the Nigerian Govt will arrest, trial and execute scores of Nigerian army officers and men for armed robbery.

Gowon was advised to demobolise the army of 250,000 strong to peace time strength but he ignored it fearing that this move will purge the majority Christian middle belt officers from the army.

Danjuma complained bitterly about Gowon's refusal stating that the Nigerian army was operating like a welfare scheme with old soldiers.

Prior to the war, Nigeria's defense budget stood at less than 5% with just over 10,000 men strong.

After the war the army accounted for 40% of the budget going mainly to pay low wage salaries of over 250,000 men.

The men of the Nigeria army either engaged in outright armed robbery to supplement their low wages or turned to their war tactics of extorting from the civilian populace just as they did in Biafra land.

So for your information, it was Nigerian forces that robbed, looted and pillaged both behind enemy lines and also in recaptured Nigerian territory.

Stop your bloody lies for once!

Quit barking.

Which of the forces invaded the banks in the Midwest and portharcourt central bank, while then did Nigeria have to change the nations currency?

We know you lots are delusional revisionists.

BlowBack:
Only a foolish afonja like you will believe this your useless lie.

So Awolowo paid the allocations for the eastern region to Zik's personal account where Zik was in exile?

I laugh at your stupidity.

Go and research when the parasitic federal allocation system of remittance to states began.

Was it your cocoa and groundnut revenue that Awolowo shared to the Eastern region?

Gbawe, come and take away this waste of an afonja specimen before he disgraces your tribe any further

I stopped reasoning with you people the day I read the resignation letter from Robert. S. Goldstein to your personal lord and saviour ojukwu. Exposing him of refusing to take the food brought to biafra to avoid starvation but you people still crying it is awolowo.

BlowBack:
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Awolowo will get extra molten sulphur poured in his hot bath in hell whenever you children of perdition continue to defend his atrocities

Go and ask Robert. S. Goldstein, he will explain to you how your saviour ojukwu starved your forehead fathers to death. Ojukwu can never know a single bit of peace in hell he is.

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ipodstinks:
I stop reasoning with you people the day I read the resignation letter from Robert. S. Goldstein to your personal lord and saviour ojukwu. Exposing him of refusing to take the food brought to biafra to avoid starvation but you people still crying it is awolowo.

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Have you giving up defending the fictitious Awolowo federal allocations to Biafra via Zik's personal account?

I have also giving up on you afonja stupidity and your foolish lies

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ipodstinks:
Go and ask Robert. S. Goldstein, he will explain to you how your saviour ojukwu starved your forehead fathers to death. Ojukwu can never know a single bit of peace in hell he is.

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Keep ranting


Defend your useless latest lie as posted by your. Afonja OP

BlowBack:
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Have you giving up defending the fictitious Awolowo federal allocations to Biafra via Zik's personal account?

I have also giving up on you afonja stupidity and your foolish lies

I love the way you are emotionally typing here. He asked you question, give a valid. Don't display your stupidity here. Your real mother must have sold you to the current person you call parent to buy bicycle

BlowBack:
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Keep ranting


Defend your useless latest lie as posted by your. Afonja OP

Painment. Too emotional.

Ereolamide:
Stop your lies and accept the fact that your people will always have to blame Yorubas for their destined misfortunes, it was noted that all the banks’ books had been burnt, and many of the people who had savings didn’t have their saving statements, many fleeing Igbos withdrew their money from the banks before running home to the east never to come back.

The indigenization policy took effect in the western region and it was not like yoruba took over the companies people were indigenes were legible to acquire shares of the companies in the west, what business do Igbos have with the firms in Yorubaland, did Yoruba also take over the companies in the east, you guys are just pathetic hateful things.

How can people were were fleeing withdraw their money from their accounts? Igbo people even in Lagos were in hiding before a huge number of them returned to the East so how did they withdraw their money? Even Awolowo did not put up such a defence. If the bank books were burnt and they could therefore no longer identify their account holders, how did they identify Yoruba account holders such that they didn't have to suffer what the Igbo people suffered?
The nationalised companies were companies with almost wholly foreign shareholders and they were located in Lagos which was Nigerias Capital and was outside the Western Region controlled by Awo then. As you saying that the benefits of British presence which were rightly located in Lagos which was the Capital could only be enjoyed by the Yoruba? Hope you are well?

ipodstinks:
Painment. Too emotional.

Keep deluding yourselves

This lie will only fly with foolish Afonjas like yourselves who can't even lie properly