I prefer that we hear what he had to say in his own words, but since I can't find the video online, I'll try and summarise what I can remember.
1) He declared that the Mid-West was neutral and ordered both Federal and Biafran troops out of the Mid-West.
2) However, there were things that made him suspect that some Igbo Mid-West soldiers were assisting the Biafrans and he talked about the steps he took to counter this problem.
3) He said that the first indication that he got that the invasion had started was when he heard a small boy shouting very early in the morning (before daybreak), trying to alert people that Biafran soldiers were nearby.
4) He spoke about how he escaped from Government House because the Biafrans were trying to kill him.
5) He said that a white Catholic priest brokered a meeting between him and some Biafran soldiers. The Biafrans were trying to convince him to join them, but he refused.
6) He spoke about how he escaped from Benin and got to a village (I've forgotten where the village was) and then he rode a bike to Lagos.
This video below is an AP video that showed David Ejoor's first news conference when he got to Lagos. The journalists had thought that he was dead.
26/ 9 /67 MISSING BRIGADIER THOUGHT DEAD REAPPEARS IN LAGOS
Wish I could get some access to that NTA documentary on the Nigerian civil war, used to watch the program when it aired on NTA documentary files some years back, it showed in details events of the war and also showed interviews from the officers and men who took part in the war from both sides... I think the documentary was called "No Victor, No Vanquished"
Ejoor had a choice, to stand by the Aburi agreement or become a Northern slave. He chose to become a Northern slave.
I don't blame Ojukwu for choosing Banjo to lead the Mid-West operations. Ojukwu did not want the Biafran Army to look lke an invasion force and put a Yoruba man in charge. Ojukwu was to regret to his his dying days.
It has now been revealed that Gowon had started to make preparations to escape from Lagos when he heard that the Biafran had reached Ore. Unfortunately, Banjo could not go further.
If it had been Achuzia or Nzeogwu that led that Army, it would have been a different story today
Boss in war there are no sentiments or considerations, however partisan or well intended. Ojukwu was a good friend of Banjo, and it made sense why he entrusted the job of liberating the Midwest and Lagos into his hands, but with no recourse to logic and reality (two inseparably crucial factors in determining the success or failure of a mission), he was simply making himself an assuming leader who lacked tact and cognition (and this is coming from someone like me who idolized Ikemba)... Victor Banjo by all was the worst person to lead that advance... an inimical disaster, and I'm glad events of the war proved the theory right... we had so many loyal Midwestern Igbo officers who would have done the job and returned back to Enugu announce the good news... people like Nzeogwu, Achuzia, Nwawo, Nzefili, Nsudoh etc were there and Ikemba went for the odd option, and paid dearly for it cause the Midwest failure was the beginning of the end for Biafra.
He was a great man. He fought like a lion when Ojukwu ordered his troops to bring him dead or alive, that decision alone changed the fate of the Civil War.
He was the fight Nigerian Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Bloody ewedu propagandist and their usual revisionism. So the entering of Biafran troops into ore is no longer what changed the civil war? The involvement of Awolowo is no longer what 'changed the civil war'? 'the imaginary looting of Midwest banks and killings by biafrans soldiers is no longer what changed the civil war?
Biafran troops, The federal troops never invaded the Midwestern region, Ojukwu miscalculated and that decision cost him a lot.
These opinions are afterthoughts to explain to foolishness of siding with feudalism over freedom and Independence. If they were to have a glimpse into 50 years ahead of their time; to see today's Nigeria, they would have decided differently. They would have joined forces with Ojukwu.
These opinions are afterthoughts to explain to foolishness of siding with feudalism over freedom and Independence. If they were to have a glimpse into 50 years ahead of their time; to see today's Nigeria, they would have decided differently. They would have joined forces with Ojukwu.
And what exactly passed for freedom in the Biafran invasion of Midwest? Who in the Midwest asked Biafra for such gesture of 'freedom' offer? Which Midwestern individual or group told Ojukwu they were in bondage hence needed freedom? Before then the Midwesterners had fought a successful freedom fight when they felt they were held captive within the Old Western Region... and they didn't call for help from anyone. When the war started, they had declared their own neutrality which translated to freedom from both the Biafran side and the federal side. Why are you Igbos always so overbearing? Must everyone reason like you? Why do you always believe that whoever refuses to dance to your tune is a slave of some sort? Are people not free to decide their own destiny? When you Igbos chose slavery over freedom by your rejection of the all-South alliance offer for the North-East offer despite the hindsight offered you by the massacres of your own brothers by the same North in 1945 and 1953, who begrudged you people or called you names over that? Why are you Igbos this dishonest and hypocritic? Just because a Midwesterner's view doesn't align with yours you choose to blackmail him with Afonja label. What is even you Igbos' problem? Must everyone be slaves to your opinions? And when the same Midwest earlier on called for the cannonization of secession clause which would have made your so-called freedom easier for everyone to later get, was it not you these very Igbos that sabotaged the proposal on the parliament? Haba! Make una dey shame small small abeg.
And what exactly passed for freedom in the Biafran invasion of Midwest? Who in the Midwest asked Biafra for such gesture of 'freedom' offer? Which Midwestern individual or group told Ojukwu they were in bondage hence needed freedom? Before then the Midwesterners had fought a successful freedom fight when they felt they were held captive within the Old Western Region... and they didn't call for help from anyone. When the war started, they had declared their own neutrality which translated to freedom from both the Biafran side and the federal side. Why are you Igbos always so overbearing? Must everyone reason like you? Why do you always believe that whoever refuses to dance to your tune is a slave of some sort? Are people not free to decide their own destiny? When you Igbos chose slavery over freedom by your rejection of the all-South alliance offer for the North-East offer despite the hindsight offered you by the massacres of your own brothers by the same North in 1945 and 1953, who begrudged you people or called you names over that? Why are you Igbos this dishonest and hypocritic? Just because a Midwesterner's view doesn't align with yours you choose to blackmail him with Afonja label. What is even you Igbos' problem? Must everyone be slaves to your opinions? And when the same Midwest earlier on called for the cannonization of secession clause which would have made your so-called freedom easier for everyone to later get, was it not you these very Igbos that sabotaged the proposal on the parliament? Haba! Make una dey shame small small abeg.
Mobolaji Johnson is the only one of the 1966 military governors that is still alive.
From left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Adeyinka Adebayo (governor of the Western Region), Lieutenant Colonel David Ejoor (governor of the Mid-West Region) and Major Mobolaji Johnson (administrator of the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos) at the funeral of Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi.
naptu2: Mobolaji Johnson is the only one of the 1966 military governors that is still alive.
From left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Adeyinka Adebayo (governor of the Western Region), Lieutenant Colonel David Ejoor (governor of the Mid-West Region) and Major Mobolaji Johnson (administrator of the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos) at the funeral of Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi.
Adeyinka was a colonel during the burial ceremony of fajuyi.
fullblast: I can't say it better than you. Igbos will never agree that they brought the woes of the war on themselves.
Honestly speaking, I have never seen a tribe like Igbos. Their hypocrisy and selective amnesia are so annoying. They have never taken a single responsibility for anything. In their own eyes, they were 100% victims of every other tribe's hatred and conspiracy. They conveniently forget that if Ironsi their own brother had not tampered with the Independence constiution, the events that triggered the war wouldn't have started at all. These Igbos' matter just tire person!
Bloody ewedu propagandist and their usual revisionism. So the entering of Biafran troops into ore is no longer what changed the civil war? The involvement of Awolowo is no longer what 'changed the civil war'? 'the imaginary looting of Midwest banks and killings by biafrans soldiers is no longer what changed the civil war?
Afonjarudeen, Dem swear give una? Haba!
unbridled lies and doublespeak is what makes them say they are sophisticated
And what exactly passed for freedom in the Biafran invasion of Midwest? Who in the Midwest asked Biafra for such gesture of 'freedom' offer? Which Midwestern individual or group told Ojukwu they were in bondage hence needed freedom? Before then the Midwesterners had fought a successful freedom fight when they felt they were held captive within the Old Western Region... and they didn't call for help from anyone. When the war started, they had declared their own neutrality which translated to freedom from both the Biafran side and the federal side. Why are you Igbos always so overbearing? Must everyone reason like you? Why do you always believe that whoever refuses to dance to your tune is a slave of some sort? Are people not free to decide their own destiny? When you Igbos chose slavery over freedom by your rejection of the all-South alliance offer for the North-East offer despite the hindsight offered you by the massacres of your own brothers by the same North in 1945 and 1953, who begrudged you people or called you names over that? Why are you Igbos this dishonest and hypocritic? Just because a Midwesterner's view doesn't align with yours you choose to blackmail him with Afonja label. What is even you Igbos' problem? Must everyone be slaves to your opinions? And when the same Midwest earlier on called for the cannonization of secession clause which would have made your so-called freedom easier for everyone to later get, was it not you these very Igbos that sabotaged the proposal on the parliament? Haba! Make una dey shame small small abeg.
Biafra was in a war situation with Nigeria of which your territory was a part of Nigeria. Your territory served as launching area for the Nigerian forces as well. Did Murtala offensive not track through your territory. Have I ever heard you or your ilk talk ill about the marauding Nigerian forces and why they should traverse your territory to commit atrocities in Biafra. So you do not know that when you support an enemy you are also a part of the enemy. When you claim the Midwest was neutral, you can tell that to the marines. It is a blatant lie. You may try as much as you can to feign to be objective but you are not. No body is bothered about how you make your alignments but we are only calling out the foolishness and shortsightedness that governs your ideas.
You keep calling others slaves of the North when slavery to the North actually started with your brothers Azikiwe and Aguiyi Ironsi. Azikiwe sold out the South to the North by preferring the master-slave coalition government of Balewa and himself to the rejection of the East-West coalition offer which would have made him the Prime Minister. That singular poorly thought out decision triggered off every act which further destroyed Southern unity and we all ended up as losers to the North till today. But why you always never acknowledge that Azikiwe sowed the seeds of southern disunity hence slavery to the North is what always beats me. Do you honestly think this selective finger pointing of yours will help Igbos get their Biafra or help the entire South disentangle themselves from Northern domination?
Biafra was in a war situation with Nigeria of which your territory was a part of Nigeria. Your territory served as launching area for the Nigerian forces as well. Did Murtala offensive not track through your territory. Have I ever heard you or your ilk talk ill about the marauding Nigerian forces and why they should traverse your territory to commit atrocities in Biafra. So you do not know that when you support an enemy you are also a part of the enemy. When you claim the Midwest was neutral, you can tell that to the marines. It is a blatant lie. You may try as much as you can to feign to be objective but you are not. No body is bothered about how you make your alignments but we are only calling out the foolishness and shortsightedness that governs your ideas.
So if you knew you were in a war situation with Nigeria with our territory as part of it already, then why come to offer us freedom from that same Nigeria we had supposedly, out of our own free will, chosen to be part of? Don't you think you have actually just contradicted yourself? If you agree you were in a war with Nigeria, then why cry over the casualty you suffered? Or do you think war is an international friendly competition of some sort? And I guess the Biafran soldiers who invaded the Midwest and killed over 700 locals in one onslaught, imposed themselves in Osadebe House, raped countless teenagers and committed other unprintable atrocities were on a Mother Teresa mission, right? The Midwest was neutral as far as it's leader at that moment (David Ejoor) could declare it before the whole world. Despite we were statutorily a part of Nigeria, the Federal forces respected that declaration by never setting foot on Midwest soil despite they too needed the territory as a passage to Biafra area. But Biafran soldiers disrespected it and invaded us hence we became morally justified to drop the neutrality and invite the federal side to help us root out the invading Biafra forces which it did perfectly.
So if you knew you were in a war situation with Nigeria with our territory as part of it already, then why come to offer us freedom from that same Nigeria we had supposedly, out of our own free will, chosen to be part of? Don't you think you have actually just contradicted yourself? If you agree you were in a war with Nigeria, then why cry over the casualty you suffered? Or do you think war is an international friendly competition of some sort? And I guess the Biafran soldiers who invaded the Midwest and killed over 700 locals in one onslaught, imposed themselves in Osadebe House, raped countless teenagers and committed other unprintable atrocities were on a Mother Teresa mission, right? The Midwest was neutral as far as it's leader at that moment (David Ejoor) could declare it before the whole world. Despite we were statutorily a part of Nigeria, the Federal forces respected that declaration by never setting foot on Midwest soil despite they too needed the territory as a passage to Biafra area. But Biafran soldiers disrespected it and invaded us hence we became morally justified to drop the neutrality and invite the federal side to help us root out the invading Biafra forces which it did perfectly.
LOL the Midwest was never neutral, forget that revisionist nonsense the Nigerian distorted history sold to you. The Federal government was in control of the Midwest at the time, and that made it enemy territory by all standards of military doctrine, and was fair game if invaded. Yes the military governor of the Midwest might have declared the neutrality of his region in the escalation of hostility, but Federal troops from the Lagos garrison in Dodan barracks were still stationed in the Midwest and definitely patrolled the region, though not in full strength. I stand among many rational Igbos that condemned the acts of atrocities committed by the Biafran troops (even though the accounts of such were haphazard and exaggerated), at least compared to the ones committed by the Federal side in the wake of the 2 infantry div counterattack under Murtala which even the international observers witnessed and reported in full glaring details... yet I won't exonerate the Biafran side from any of its disenfranchising acts on the people of the Midwest region. But to recap and conclude my point, the Midwest was never neutral in that war, in principle and theory yes... but every facts of practicality (factors like the presence of Nigerian troops using the Escravos ports in Warri and the likes to secretly patrol several miles of the River Niger, the garrison of Nigerian soldiers stationed in Benin, the tacit support of the Midwest to the Federal side, the ethnic complexity of the region with some supporting Biafra and the rest Nigeria , and the inevitability of an invasion to relieve the federal pressure on our Northern sectors), gave rise Biafran troops crossing the bridge on August 9, '67...The invasion was fair game given the circumstances at hand.
Also note that the prize wasn't even the Midwest, it was Lagos which was the Rubicon, Lagos was the pressure point as it was symbolically the bastion of the Nigerian military, more like Aso rock or the White House of its kind. And to get to Lagos in the quickest possible way, Biafran troops had to go through the Midwest which was the means to an end... at least it made geographical sense that way.
Biafran troops, The federal troops never invaded the Midwestern region, Ojukwu miscalculated and that decision cost him a lot.
federal troops didt need to invade the midwest at that time,they already occupied it. The biafran troops only marched on midwest,enroute lagos to oust gowon.. Get ur facts right bob
So if you knew you were in a war situation with Nigeria with our territory as part of it already, then why come to offer us freedom from that same Nigeria we had supposedly, out of our own free will, chosen to be part of? Don't you think you have actually just contradicted yourself? If you agree you were in a war with Nigeria, then why cry over the casualty you suffered? Or do you think war is an international friendly competition of some sort? And I guess the Biafran soldiers who invaded the Midwest and killed over 700 locals in one onslaught, imposed themselves in Osadebe House, raped countless teenagers and committed other unprintable atrocities were on a Mother Teresa mission, right? The Midwest was neutral as far as it's leader at that moment (David Ejoor) could declare it before the whole world. Despite we were statutorily a part of Nigeria, the Federal forces respected that declaration by never setting foot on Midwest soil despite they too needed the territory as a passage to Biafra area. But Biafran soldiers disrespected it and invaded us hence we became morally justified to drop the neutrality and invite the federal side to help us root out the invading Biafra forces which it did perfectly.
Do you realize what 700 means. That was deadly slaughter you are talking about. Such atrocities cannot happen quietly. There must have been recorded eye witness accounts. Can you point to any document where a graphic description of the slaughter of 700 happened. I doubt that you have any facts to prove your assertions. If it happened I condemn it completely. I hope one day you will also be free of biased and see the evil of the Nigerian soldiers and all those who supported them for what it is.
LOL the Midwest was never neutral, forget that revisionist nonsense the Nigerian distorted history sold to you. The Federal government was in control of the Midwest at the time, and that made it enemy territory by all standards of military doctrine, and was fair game if invaded. Yes the military governor of the Midwest might have declared the neutrality of his region in the escalation of hostility, but Federal troops from the Lagos garrison in Dodan barracks were still stationed in the Midwest and definitely patrolled the region, though not in full strength. I stand among many rational Igbos that condemned the acts of atrocities committed by the Biafran troops (even though the accounts of such were haphazard and exaggerated), at least compared to the ones committed by the Federal side in the wake of the 2 infantry div counterattack under Murtala which even the international observers witnessed and reported in full glaring details... yet I won't exonerate the Biafran side from any of its disenfranchising acts on the people of the Midwest region. But to recap and conclude my point, the Midwest was never neutral in that war, in principle and theory yes... but every facts of practicality (factors like the presence of Nigerian troops using the Escravos ports in Warri and the likes to secretly patrol several miles of the River Niger, the garrison of Nigerian soldiers stationed in Benin, the tacit support of the Midwest to the Federal side, the ethnic complexity of the region with some supporting Biafra and the rest Nigeria , and the inevitability of an invasion to relieve the federal pressure on our Northern sectors), gave rise Biafran troops crossing the bridge on August 9, '67...The invasion was fair game given the circumstances at hand.
Also note that the prize wasn't even the Midwest, it was Lagos which was the Rubicon, Lagos was the pressure point as it was symbolically the bastion of the Nigerian military, more like Aso rock or the White House of its kind. And to get to Lagos in the quickest possible way, Biafran troops had to go through the Midwest which was the means to an end... at least it made geographical sense that way.
LOL the Midwest was never neutral, forget that revisionist nonsense the Nigerian distorted history sold to you. The Federal government was in control of the Midwest at the time, and that made it enemy territory by all standards of military doctrine, and was fair game if invaded. Yes the military governor of the Midwest might have declared the neutrality of his region in the escalation of hostility, but Federal troops from the Lagos garrison in Dodan barracks were still stationed in the Midwest and definitely patrolled the region, though not in full strength. I stand among many rational Igbos that condemned the acts of atrocities committed by the Biafran troops (even though the accounts of such were haphazard and exaggerated), at least compared to the ones committed by the Federal side in the wake of the 2 infantry div counterattack under Murtala which even the international observers witnessed and reported in full glaring details... yet I won't exonerate the Biafran side from any of its disenfranchising acts on the people of the Midwest region. But to recap and conclude my point, the Midwest was never neutral in that war, in principle and theory yes... but every facts of practicality (factors like the presence of Nigerian troops using the Escravos ports in Warri and the likes to secretly patrol several miles of the River Niger, the garrison of Nigerian soldiers stationed in Benin, the tacit support of the Midwest to the Federal side, the ethnic complexity of the region with some supporting Biafra and the rest Nigeria , and the inevitability of an invasion to relieve the federal pressure on our Northern sectors), gave rise Biafran troops crossing the bridge on August 9, '67...The invasion was fair game given the circumstances at hand.
Also note that the prize wasn't even the Midwest, it was Lagos which was the Rubicon, Lagos was the pressure point as it was symbolically the bastion of the Nigerian military, more like Aso rock or the White House of its kind. And to get to Lagos in the quickest possible way, Biafran troops had to go through the Midwest which was the means to an end... at least it made geographical sense that way.
Sorry sir, I still stand to be corrected, the Midwest was neutral, Until the invasion, how do you define neutrality?
Did Midwest support any Nigerian offensive prior to the invasion?
Isn't the Midwest part of Nigeria, so how can some Nigerian military bases in the region translate to the region supporting the Federal Government?, if there was enough Federal presence in Midwest, how come the Biafran troops overran the region easily?
Ejoor was tied, he couldn't risk his region turned into a battle ground, for a struggle his people weren't aware of, so his best bet was to stay neutral and watch as things play out.
LOL the Midwest was never neutral, forget that revisionist nonsense the Nigerian distorted history sold to you. The Federal government was in control of the Midwest at the time, and that made it enemy territory by all standards of military doctrine, and was fair game if invaded. Yes the military governor of the Midwest might have declared the neutrality of his region in the escalation of hostility, but Federal troops from the Lagos garrison in Dodan barracks were still stationed in the Midwest and definitely patrolled the region, though not in full strength. I stand among many rational Igbos that condemned the acts of atrocities committed by the Biafran troops (even though the accounts of such were haphazard and exaggerated), at least compared to the ones committed by the Federal side in the wake of the 2 infantry div counterattack under Murtala which even the international observers witnessed and reported in full glaring details... yet I won't exonerate the Biafran side from any of its disenfranchising acts on the people of the Midwest region. But to recap and conclude my point, the Midwest was never neutral in that war, in principle and theory yes... but every facts of practicality (factors like the presence of Nigerian troops using the Escravos ports in Warri and the likes to secretly patrol several miles of the River Niger, the garrison of Nigerian soldiers stationed in Benin, the tacit support of the Midwest to the Federal side, the ethnic complexity of the region with some supporting Biafra and the rest Nigeria , and the inevitability of an invasion to relieve the federal pressure on our Northern sectors), gave rise Biafran troops crossing the bridge on August 9, '67...The invasion was fair game given the circumstances at hand.
Also note that the prize wasn't even the Midwest, it was Lagos which was the Rubicon, Lagos was the pressure point as it was symbolically the bastion of the Nigerian military, more like Aso rock or the White House of its kind. And to get to Lagos in the quickest possible way, Biafran troops had to go through the Midwest which was the means to an end... at least it made geographical sense that way.
It's been a long time I responded to funny people on nairaland. Oga, please, do you realise that Midwest was a part of the internationally recognised political entity called Nigeria? And that an army officer seized a part of that entity and made ot his own? Do you think the war was about 4 different countries where people would decide who was neutral or not? The fact that FG tried to accommodate Ejoor is a testament to Gowon's large heart. It's not surprising to me that Ibo would rather die than admit they destroyed this fledgling country. It's same problem of all Black nations: they cannot admit their failings and hence don't learn. Let me also state: it wasn't some people that just happened to be of Ibo ethnicity that caused this problem; it is the entirety of Ibo people, including ordinary people on the street who started to mock northerners and even released a mockery album. I only wish Murtala was Head of State. Even Achebe would not have lived to write that stupid book of his. You think war is an international friendly? (lol). You lionise the wicked man who would destroy the whole world to get power. Ojukwu is part of the reason why I know there's no God in human affairs. He destroyed this country, killed 1 million children and women of his own ethnicity, yet lived in luxury and died in old age of natural causes, and buried with full military honours to the adulation of all Ibo people. I have zero respect for any political Ibo. And I refuse to say Igbo
It's been a long time I responded to funny people on nairaland. Oga, please, do you realise that Midwest was a part of the internationally recognised political entity called Nigeria? And that an army officer seized a part of that entity and made ot his own? Do you think the war was about 4 different countries where people would decide who was neutral or not? The fact that FG tried to accommodate Ejoor is a testament to Gowon's large heart. It's not surprising to me that Ibo would rather die than admit they destroyed this fledgling country. It's same problem of all Black nations: they cannot admit their failings and hence don't learn. Let me also state: it wasn't some people that just happened to be of Ibo ethnicity that caused this problem; it is the entirety of Ibo people, including ordinary people on the street who started to mock northerners and even released a mockery album. I only wish Murtala was Head of State. Even Achebe would not have lived to write that stupid book of his. You think war is an international friendly? (lol). You lionise the wicked man who would destroy the whole world to get power. Ojukwu is part of the reason why I know there's no God in human affairs. He destroyed this country, killed 1 million children and women of his own ethnicity, yet lived in luxury and died in old age of natural causes, and buried with full military honours to the adulation of all Ibo people. I have zero respect for any political Ibo. And I refuse to say Igbo
Apparently you have bigger problems than your idiotic post suggest, not sure where I can even start from in dissecting your asinine stupidity... , but you do reek of smug psychopathy, and that your trash post aside from been Igbophobic and hateful much less pointless in context and thesis, completely veered off tangent of what my post aimed to address. Seek help before you self implode man, and I could care less if you call it Igbo or Ibo.
Honestly speaking, I have never seen a tribe like Igbos. Their hypocrisy and selective amnesia are so annoying. They have never taken a single responsibility for anything. In their own eyes, they were 100% victims of every other tribe's hatred and conspiracy. They conveniently forget that if Ironsi their own brother had not tampered with the Independence constiution, the events that triggered the war wouldn't have started at all. These Igbos' matter just tire person!
Could you please throw light on the tampering of the constitution? Not so that I can argue or disagree with you but rather so that I can have this knowledge.
H8TE SPEECH. Please tell me how David Ejoor advised IBB to make Asaba the state capital. Was it not Itsekiri and Ijaw and Urhobo that refused to agree on the ownership of Warri that made them propose Ughelli? And when they chose Ughelli, was it not the Isoko's that said Ughelli is Urhobo land and should not be? Today there're more Isoko's in Ughelli than anywhere else.
Plus, tell me, how did he make Olu of Itsekiri the Olu of Warri? was it not Awolowo that did that again?
Abeg reply if you know better.
bishopkay: So this fvcker who made ibb make asaba our state capital is dead abi? The man who made itsekiris have something called olu of warri is dead huh?
Well RIP to him but his misdoings and misgivings would always follow his children and make Them irrelevant in delta state schemes of affairs
Could you please throw light on the tampering of the constitution? Not so that I can argue or disagree with you but rather so that I can have this knowledge.
The immediate cause of the war was an avoidable constiutional crisis caused by Ironsi. The independence constiution guaranteed a highly decentralized structure whereby each of the four regions controlled their own affairs and resources. They were not reporting to the center. It is exactly the kind of structure we are seeking a return to today through the current calls for restructuring. It was a system which insulated the regions from one another's exploitation hence there were no inter-regional fears or complaints of economic marginalization unlike the situation with us today. But when Aguiyi Ironsi came to power through the back door, he began to unilaterally alter the keyest parts that defined the very federal nature of the constiution thus reversing the decentralized system to a centralized one through ill conceived and poorly thought out decrees like the Unification Decree which centralized power, Anti-secession Decree which made secession attempt treasonable and punishable with death by hanging and endorsed by Ojukwu, the Anti-tribal Associations Decree, and many other offensive centripetal Decrees which reinforced the perception that the long suspected Igbo domination agenda was real after all. You know that under a highly centralized system whichever tribe holds power at the center controls everything nationwide. Northerners twice sent delegations to beg Ironsi to leave the constiution alone and focus on punishing the coup plotters. But he refused on both occasions. So they felt the only way to check the Igbo domination agenda was to overthrow Ironsi and decimate the Igbo officers in the Army which they really did. Their civilians too killed tens of thousands of Igbo civilians. The civilian casualty angered Ojukwu into threatening to declare a separate country as he felt the constiution had become too centralized thus posing danger to the interests of the Igbo nation. This necessitated a round table meeting to resolve the impasse which was already sliding fast into full blown anarchy. The meeting was convened in Aburi. But contrary to the federal status quo ante which Nigerians back home were expecting, the resolutions at Aburi were too confederal in character hence were rejected by the people through their elected thus genuine political leaders cum representatives like Enahoro, Awolowo, Azikiwe and others. This caused Ojukwu to declare war by announcing the secession of Biafra Republic. Then hostilities followed. Now you will agree with me that if Ironsi had not made any such offensive Decrees which altered the federal nature of the constiution, there wouldn't have been the need to seek a new constiution at Aburi.
bishopkay: So this fvcker who made ibb make asaba our state capital is dead abi? The man who made itsekiris have something called olu of warri is dead huh?
Well RIP to him but his misdoings and misgivings would always follow his children and make Them irrelevant in delta state schemes of affairs
You are talking rubbish.
David Ejoor is an Urhobo man. It was Awolowo who made the Olu of Itsekiri the Olu of Warri. This was under the old Western Region. And what's wrong in Asaba being the state capital? You don't know your history yet you come here to rant.
The immediate cause of the war was an avoidable constiutional crisis caused by Ironsi. The independence constiution guaranteed a highly decentralized structure whereby each of the four regions controlled their own affairs and resources. They were not reporting to the center. It is exactly the kind of structure we are seeking a return to today through the current calls for restructuring. It was a system which insulated the regions from one another's exploitation hence there were no inter-regional fears or complaints of economic marginalization unlike the situation with us today. But when Aguiyi Ironsi came to power through the back door, he began to unilaterally alter the keyest parts that defined the very federal nature of the constiution thus reversing the decentralized system to a centralized one through ill conceived and poorly thought out decrees like the Unification Decree which centralized power, Anti-secession Decree which made secession attempt treasonable and punishable with death by hanging and endorsed by Ojukwu, the Anti-tribal Associations Decree, and many other offensive centripetal Decrees which reinforced the perception that the long suspected Igbo domination agenda was real after all. You know that under a highly centralized system whichever tribe holds power at the center controls everything nationwide. Northerners twice sent delegations to beg Ironsi to leave the constiution alone and focus on punishing the coup plotters. But he refused on both occasions. So they felt the only way to check the Igbo domination agenda was to overthrow Ironsi and decimate the Igbo officers in the Army which they really did. Their civilians too killed tens of thousands of Igbo civilians. The civilian casualty angered Ojukwu into threatening to declare a separate country as he felt the constiution had become too centralized thus posing danger to the interests of the Igbo nation. This necessitated a round table meeting to resolve the impasse which was already sliding fast into full blown anarchy. The meeting was convened in Aburi. But contrary to the federal status quo ante which Nigerians back home were expecting, the resolutions at Aburi were too confederal in character hence were rejected by the people through their elected thus genuine political leaders cum representatives like Enahoro, Awolowo, Azikiwe and others. This caused Ojukwu to declare war by announcing the secession of Biafra Republic. Then hostilities followed. Now you will agree with me that if Ironsi had not made any such offensive Decrees which altered the federal nature of the constiution, there wouldn't have been the need to seek a new constiution at Aburi.
