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So the Igbos killing the Hausa prime minister had nothing to do with why the second coup occurred or the aftermath that triggered the civil war ?
Your history teacher need to be put to death, let us hope that is neither your father or mother but if they are well may their souls rest where there bigoted, hatefilled soul deserves according to the judgement your Igbos dish out to political leaders from other tribes.

LZAA:
First of nzeogwu was never going to be ojukwu's head of state as the coupists had no design for power
Second the counter coup of july 66 and the subsequent killings by the north caused d war
All is fair in war of course so ojukwu's moves while poor attimes was d mandate given to him by the people
Please don't spill lies cause of igbophobia
Igbo amaka jor
Cc immhotep GMBuharii Afamed Adaibeku greenback

Is memories will never be blessed not in this life or the next for the hardship he and is gang of lunatic supervised on Nigeria before he was beaten blueblack like the foolish slave dog that he is.

immhotep:
Blessed be the memory of Ikemba Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu.

Johans1991:
pls stop fooling yourself. The coup was carried out in a day, so tell when was ojukwu asked to join d coup and why was he not killed? Ojukwu was the coup planner and sponsor.
Back stabbers, despite been born in the north he still went ahead to kill his benefactors.
Nzeagwu was trained by Ahmadu bello like his biological child, but that same Nzeagwu brutally killed Ahmadu Bello and his pregnant wife. That is the reason northerners will never trust an Igbo man with power again.

loud it abeg to that dummy that even said North will dumb west for East


atiku loss 30% can't be associated to Obi that deputized him. North never forget as west forget and tolerate easily


imagine these people taking over Lagos state then, they would have turned it to one of their state. Igbo are dangerous people

Shawnnn01:
So the Igbos killing the Hausa prime minister had nothing to do with why the second coup occurred or the aftermath that triggered the civil war ?
Your history teacher need to be put to death, let us hope that is neither your father or mother but if they are well may their souls rest where there bigoted, hatefilled soul deserves according to the judgement your Igbos dish out to political leaders from other tribes.


Is memories will never be blessed not in this life or the next for the hardship he and is gang of lunatic supervised on Nigeria before he was beaten blueblack like the foolish slave dog that he is.

Shatap

Wiifesnatcher:
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you're a mofo call Moses and pharaoh join.

Rule2 off topic and derailing thread

Mynd44 Seun lalasticlala OAM4J

hbd sir, I respect your heroics though m not Biafran I respect the fact that u fought gallantly for your people and even when the war was not envisaged and not prepared for you still held the Fulani and yeloba people for three years.

Face of a failed frustrated coward

Yinibixema:
No Lagos is 200% igbo instead

Loool

Omoodua007:
Loool

Abi

the terror of the shithole

Sanchez01:
Not at all. They didn't cause it and they didn't start it. An Igbo coup did. Nigeria's first elected leader who was a Northerner was assassinated in the coup. Some Northern elites were targeted and killed while Igbo politicians were either out under house arrest or 'went on leave', just like Nnamdi Azikiwe.

The soldiers didn't stop their, they posted bloodied pictures of assassinated Northern leaders on walls in the North and even shared the graphic details of the assassinations with their Northern soldiers who were lesser in rank.

No doubt, the coup failed because Nzeogwu who led the coup and Ojukwu never agreed. The former was a younger colleague to Ojukwu and Ojukwu who knew about the coup ab initio foiled it to prevent a younger soldier from becoming his head.

The North retaliated the attack by killing innocent Igbos residing among them. In the East, a reprisal followed but it wasn't as strong as that of the North.

Ojukwu had plans, no doubt, he foiled the coup for one major reason, to get Nzeogwu who was younger in rank out of the way. That wasn't just it, Oil had been discovered in the then Old Eastern Region roughly three years before the war. Ironically, the North had wanted to pull out of Nigeria prior to the discovery of oil (14 years before the war) but Azikiwe read the riot act to the Northern Elites in Yaba, in 1953.
https://nigerianwiki.xyz/nnamdi-azikiwes-secession-speech-of-1953/

Ojukwu wanted an independent nation all for oil. The secession act was a bargaining chip that failed. Gowon called his bluff, rescinded on their accord in Aburi and Ojukwu declared Biafra. It was only natural that a sovereign Nigeria will fight to keep her territory together.

When food supplies were cut in Port Harcourt, Ojukwu was handicapped at that moment but he never stopped fighting. Stashed foods were moved into his residence to first take care of his family and then his generals. Hunger crept in and first it was water, then lack of protein. To live, starving Igbos fed on burnt corpses as meats, a horrible but natural survival instinct.

When help arrived via Médecins sans Frontières, it wasn't for long as Ojukwu wanted to use their planes for transport of ammunitions. For choosing to remain neutral, Ojukwu rejected further help for his people and asked BBC journalists (now late, can't recall their names) to report the situation of his people, with the intent that he'd get free foreign hand to assist in the war. Note that Ojukwu started the war with allied countries just as Nigeria and a handful of foreign veteran war mercenaries who left after they no longer got paid.

Eventually, he lost the war as it was obvious it wasn't about protecting his people and territory but also wanting to seize Lagos. His soldiers were greatly defeated and repelled at Ore. A man who never took counsels realized he had failed, took his two kids and fled to Abidjan, leaving his second in command to surrender.

How then is the North responsible for the war?

Lool he’s a typical Igbo man
He put his own family first for food

Johans1991:
pls stop fooling yourself. The coup was carried out in a day, so tell when was ojukwu asked to join d coup and why was he not killed? Ojukwu was the coup planner and sponsor.
Back stabbers, despite been born in the north he still went ahead to kill his benefactors.
Nzeagwu was trained by Ahmadu bello like his biological child, but that same Nzeagwu brutally killed Ahmadu Bello and his pregnant wife. That is the reason northerners will never trust an Igbo man with power again.

Stop talking like an ignoramus. The coup was conducted early in the morning but was not successful everywhere, especially Lagos. Nzeogwu actually wanted to mobilise troops to head down to Lagos and contact Ojukwu. However, Ojukwu refused to join the coup. Nzeogwu had mo other choice than to surrender. Why would Ojukwu refuse to participate in a coup he is sponsoring?

It doesnt matter who the North trusts with power or who they dont trust with power, it's not what will get Nigeria out of being poverty capital of the world

Kpoikpoi:
That coward that ran away to Ivory Coast after leading millions of his stupid followers to death will always remain a coward even in his grave.

So it would have been better for Ojukwu to relax and let Nigeria kill him? Is that how bravery is proved?

Ojukwu fought for 3 years under difficult conditions, to free his people. Those who call him a coward for not staying back to be used for target practice by Nigerian Soldiers are the same people who have never fought for even 3 minutes for their freedom


I would rather be an Ojukwu who fought for freedom for 3 years, and ran away, than to be one the many spineless cowards in Nigeria who can never fight for their freedom for even 3 minutes

Shawnnn01:
HE can with all pleasure rot in hell for all I care.

...... must you display your stupidity all the time

gidgiddy:
So it would have been better for Ojukwu to relax and let Nigeria kill him? Is that how bravery is proved?

Ojukwu fought for 3 years under difficult conditions, to free his people. Those who call him a coward for not staying back to be used for target practice by Nigerian Soldiers are the same people who have never fought for even 3 minutes for their freedom


I would rather be an Ojukwu who fought for freedom for 3 years, and ran away, than to be one the many spineless cowards in Nigeria who can never fight for their freedom for even 3 minutes

The Biafran soldiers who obeyed Ojuku and went to warfront to be used as target practice, are they fools?

raumdeuter:
The Biafran soldiers who obeyed Ojuku and went to warfront to be used as target practice, are they fools?

Even the Biafran Soldiers who were sent to the war front, of which my father was one, were taught that if things got bad, to escape because a Soldier who lives, lives to fight another day. No Soldier is taught to relax and wait to be killed, least of all Ojukwu

gidgiddy:
Even the Biafran Soldiers who were sent to the war front, of which my father was one, were taught that if things got bad, to escape because a Soldier who lives, lives to fight another day. No Soldier is taught to relax and wait to be killed, least of all Ojukwu

Many of the Biafran soldiers who went to warfront were poorly equipped in some cases 2 men were sharing a rifle and they were still brave and defended their fatherland but the man who sent them out fled

This was what Chief CC Onoh, Ojukus inlaw said about him

Lovelyn451:
heard it was Awofrog, from the odudumumu clan of the wasteland of rapists that took RAT POISON... is it true??

wrong

I heard it was osu ipob flat head pig...

justbusy:
No, that was Awolowo. Sorry for bursting No, that was Awolowo. Sorry for bursting your bubble.

lol
dis one is fooling himself

immhotep:
When Lagos became 51% Igbo

Igbos make up 90% of Lagos.

You must be jealous Yoruba.



May igbophobia not kill you.

Odumegwu Ojukwu was no hero. I wonder why history has been distorted and lies being fed to the people. He caused the death of over a million of his people and then promptly ran away to another country. Only for him to come back and contest for the presidency of a country he waged a war of secession against.

That is not the definition of a hero.

gidgiddy:
So it would have been better for Ojukwu to relax and let Nigeria kill him? Is that how bravery is proved?

Ojukwu fought for 3 years under difficult conditions, to free his people. Those who call him a coward for not staying back to be used for target practice by Nigerian Soldiers are the same people who have never fought for even 3 minutes for their freedom


I would rather be an Ojukwu who fought for freedom for 3 years, and ran away, than to be one the many spineless cowards in Nigeria who can never fight for their freedom for even 3 minutes

Even Hitler killed himself when he saw he was loosing the war..

raumdeuter:
Many of the Biafran soldiers who went to warfront were poorly equipped in some cases 2 men were sharing a rifle and they were still brave and defended their fatherland but the man who sent them out fled

This was what Chief CC Onoh, Ojukus inlaw said about him

No doubt that the Biafran Soldiers were not as equipped as Nigerian Soldiers. But nobody expects a Soldier who is about to be overwhelmed and killed to present himself to the enemy for slaughter, especially if he has an escape route. Only a foolish person hands himself to his enemies on a platter of gold to be slaughtered

Of what benefit would a dead Ojukwu have been to Biafra? The only people who would have benefitted from Ojukwu staying back to die would have been Nigeria. They would have killed him, paraded his body before the world media and ridiculed the Biafrans that their leader had been killed. Why would Ojukwu let that happen? Ojukwu denied Nigeria that sweet by escaping.


Ojukwu gave it a good fight for 3 years and when he could no longer continue, he left. Those who call him a coward are those who never fought for their freedom for even 3 minutes, let alone 3 years.

It would have been very foolish of Ojukwu to allow himself to be slaughtered like a Chicken when he had the means to escape. Waiting to be slaughtered by your enemy is not an act of bravery, it is an act of pure stupidity and Ojukwu was not a stupid man.

1Sharon:
Even Hitler killed himself when he saw he was loosing the war..

Hitler killed himself because he had no choice. It was either that or the Russians would done it.

Ojukwu was smart enough not to let his own situation get to that. Ojukwu gave it a good fight for 3 years and exited the scene when he could no longer continue

1Sharon:
Igbos make up 90% of Lagos.

You must be jealous Yoruba.



May igbophobia not kill you.

Lzaa come and hear oh

gidgiddy:
No doubt that the Biafran Soldiers were not as equipped as Nigerian Soldiers. But nobody expects a Soldier who is about to be overwhelmed and killed to present himself to the enemy for slaughter, especially if he has an escape route. Only a foolish person hands himself to his enemies on a platter of gold to be slaughtered

Of what benefit would a dead Ojukwu have been to Biafra? The only people who would have benefitted from Ojukwu staying back to die would have been Nigeria. They would have killed him, paraded his body before the world media and ridiculed the Biafrans that their leader had been killed. Why would Ojukwu let that happen? Ojukwu denied Nigeria that sweet by escaping.


Ojukwu gave it a good fight for 3 years and when he could no longer continue, he left. Those who call him a coward are those who never fought for their freedom for even 3 minutes, let alone 3 years.

It would have been very foolish of Ojukwu to allow himself to be slaughtered like Chicken when he had the means to escape. Waiting to be slaughtered by your enemy is not an act of bravery, it is an act of pure stupidity and Ojukwu was not a stupid man.

Are you saying the Biafran soldiers who obeyed Ojuku and were sharing 1 rifle barefoot without boots against a Nigerian army of armoured tanks are foolish?

So you expected the Biafran soldiers to have fled like Ojuku when they were overpowered?

What was the benefit of a runaway Ojuku to Biafra? The moment he fled, all his soldiers and Generals were betrayed and they just resigned, when a person telling you to fight till death was hiding in a bunker and later fled the warfront. When he came back and married his own god daughter did he actualize Biafra?

WHen he came back and contested to be a senator and president of the same country he wanted to break away from, what was the benefit to Biafra

which good fight did Ojuku give it? DId you ever see him on the warfront? Everyone is brave if you have to sit in a safe place and dish out orders and sleep with your wife every night while soldiers are in the bush under the sun and rain

gidgiddy:
Hitler killed himself because he had no choice. It was either that or the Russians would done it.

Ojukwu was smart enough not to let his own situation get to that. Ojukwu gave it a good fight for 3 years and exited the scene when he could no longer continue

Its easy to give it a good fight from the comfort of your home with 3 square meals, beer and your wives to comfort you

raumdeuter:
Its easy to give it a good fight from the comfort of your home with 3 square meals, beer and your wives to comfort you

Video of Gowon on exile in England


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIh-pfAqPPA

General Yakubu Gowon, the Nigerian military head of state who was deposed in a coup on July 29th 1975, is filmed on his arrival at Gatwick Airport on Tuesday night, August 12th 1975, on his way to rejoin his family who were in London at the time of the putsch.

Gowon had arrived from Lome, the capital of Togo, where he had been staying since he left Uganda on August 1st. It was not known at the time whether Gowon would take his family to Togo. He was later granted leave to stay in the United Kingdom where he took up studies at Warwick University.

He studied Political Science and earned himself a doctorate for his thesis entitled "The Economic Community of West African States: A Study in Political and Economic Integration".

cc greenback afamed lzaa gmbuharii metaphysical helinues gidgiddy

raumdeuter:
Its easy to give it a good fight from the comfort of your home with 3 square meals, beer and your wives to comfort you

That is what is expected of a head of state. Thats exactly what Buhari is doing from Aso Rock with the war on Boko haram. Or do you expect Buhari to go to Sambisa to lead the fight from there?

gidgiddy:
That is what is expected of a head of state. Thats exactly what Buhari is doing from Aso Rock with the war on Boko haram. Or do you expect Buhari to go to Sambisa to lead the fight from there?

I also dont expect Buhari telling the soldiers to die on the field to run away