mrvitalis:
Yea he released him from a region he had authority over or the one he was fighting to get control over

I don't know how some people think ...so someone like awolowo would be released from calabar prison without ojukwu knowing

What ever makes u sleep at night ....

LegendHero:


You guys first deny the photos!
You denied a printout of the New York Times 1966 edition!
Now you are still denying a video proof?

Nnamdi Kanu understood you guys more than I do, infact I just see the reason why almost 70% of a tribe believed Buhari is Jubrin from Sudan.

LegendHero:


You guys first denied the photos!
Then you denied a printout of the New York Times 1966 edition!
Now you are still denying a video proof?

Nnamdi Kanu understood you guys more than I do, infact I just see the reason why almost 70% of a tribe believed Buhari is Jubrin from Sudan.
U have refused to address my point raised by me ...if Gowon had such influence in the eastern region why was there a war

mrvitalis:
U have refused to address my point raised by me ...if Gowon had such influence in the eastern region why was there a war

LegendHero:


I have a reply for you.

But you must first let me know if you accept or deny a video evidence! The reason I asked is because I need to know if I am talking to an actual rational human being or an online troll.

mrvitalis:

Of cos awolowo pledged loyalty to Gowon once he crossed to western region ...so this video was made to sale his story

We were in a military regime ,coup failed in the eastern region ,tell me how Gowon had control of the prision to release awolowo from calabar move him all the way to Lagos with ojukwu getting the information and trying to stop it

LegendHero:
I was involved in an argument with a guy tonight on Nairaland and he was so brainwashed that he believed Ojukwu released Chief Awolowo from prison. Even when I tried showing him the actual prints of the August 5, 1966 edition of the New York Times Newspaper, he still doubted the truth in that assertion.

Most of these guys have been brainwashed by their fore-bearers that Awo betrayed them and their elders made sure they plant the seed of hatred in their children born and unborn by telling them Ojukwu released Awolowo from prison. Many of the folks on the other side still believed this and I think it is now time to kill that false narratives that have been peddled for over 5 decades.

I hope this truth resonates forever among the Awo antagonists born and yet unborn that have been emotionally brainwashed that Ojukwu released Chief Awolowo from prison by their fore-bearers.

Continue to RIP Chief Ọbáfẹ́mi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awólọ́wọ̀, GCFR ( 6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987)

Video:
Title: Nigeria Chief Awolowo Released From Prison 1966
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMNa4671Yuw

LordVoldermort:


So what part of the video showed him being released? It only showed him in car and shaking hands

LegendHero:


What cloth is he wearing? Do you know the meaning of the cloth? So you want a video that will capture him from when he was released up to the moment he met Gowon, and to the exact moment where he went home to sleep?

Attached is a New York Times August 5, 1956 edition that clearly spelt out Gowon released Awolowo.
Read the section highlighted in yellow.

LordVoldermort:
Was there a prison in that video?

LegendHero:


What cloth is he wearing? Do you know the meaning of the cloth? So you want a video that will capture him from when he was released up to the moment he met Gowon, and to the exact moment where he went home to sleep?

Attached is a New York Times August 5, 1956 edition that clearly spelt out Gowon released Awolowo.
Read the section highlighted in yellow.

LegendHero:


Nnamdi Kanu will forever be rich coz he will continue to have a lot of sub-optimal brain humans to brainwash.

Let me cure you of your innate ignorance and you should accept my words and replies as a service to humanity.

Firstly, Gowon released Awolowo in August 4, 1966. That is almost a year before the Biafra war started.

Lieut Col. Gowon was the head of state of Nigeria at that time and he superintended over all the lands and seas of Nigeria in 1966 including the eastern region.

If you had a normal IQ, you would have known that Awolowo was a federal prisoner. Had it been Ojukwu released him from prison, he would have been picked up by the federal troops the moment he set his foot in Lagos. To give you an example, If Ikpeazu releases Nnamdi Kanu from prison in Abia, won’t the FG police and DSS arrest Kanu the moment he sets his foot in Abuja?

Also, Biafra war started in July 1967, that is only the time when Ojukwu has maximum control of the defunct eastern region. If Awo was released during this time, then we would have said Ojukwu masterminded his release.

I have tried my best to educate you, if you still remain adamant after this, then your case is beyond redemption!

LordVoldermort:


So what part of the video showed him being released? It only showed him in car and shaking hands

oyin44:
Gowon was the one that released awo and his notable followers from prison.by so doing,he (Gowon) greatly contrasted himself with ojukwu and ironsi And made himself more acceptable to the remainder of Nigeria.but it was ojukwu Who unilaterally released all the officers and men that were detained in the east for their part in the 1st coup.Nzeogwu and co"

mrvitalis:

I asked a question if Gowon had such powers then there would have been no need for that war ...u failed to say that ojuckwu and the east didn't recognize Gowon because he didn't make public he has killed ironsi ...the east was never loyal to Gowon

U lots can't paint as many lies as u wish

Its on record awolowo was the reason Gowon went to war and didn't respect the agreement ...and we saw how he ended up sha

LegendHero:


Now you are starting to sound like a broken record.

The more you type, the more you diminish. Please stop and let people with critical reasoning reply me. I will have to stop responding to you to save myself of a brain pressure!

LordVoldermort:


In your highlighted section Gowon said wait and see when asked about prisoners from other regions

It gave no details about how he was released

LegendHero:


What cloth is he wearing? Do you know the meaning of the cloth? So you want a video that will capture him from when he was released up to the moment he met Gowon, and to the exact moment where he went home to sleep?

Attached is a New York Times August 5, 1956 edition that clearly spelt out Gowon released Awolowo.

https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/10604434_gowonreleasedawolowo1_jpeg79c4ad7e0fd5134df50316224b2a9c45

https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/10604435_gowonreleasedawolowo22_jpeg62eeaf603fc51804896a32feb2b1b7b0

Read the section highlighted in yellow.

mrvitalis:

I asked a question if Gowon had such powers then there would have been no need for that war ...u failed to say that ojuckwu and the east didn't recognize Gowon because he didn't make public he has killed ironsi ...the east was never loyal to Gowon

U lots can't paint as many lies as u wish

Its on record awolowo was the reason Gowon went to war and didn't respect the agreement ...and we saw how he ended up sha

Dedetwo:


Even your so-called New York Times August 5, 1956 edition, I guess you meant August 5, 1966 edition, was full of inconsistencies with its writeup and picture. The picture clearly showed Robert Adeyinka Adebayo was in a military uniform that indicated he was a Col. yet the write indicated he was Lt. Col. By the way, Robert Adeyinka Adebyao was Colonel and senior to Gowon. In the picture, the Gowon was still I n the uniform that depicted him as a Lt Col. Thank goodness that picture does not bear falsehood.

LegendHero:


Yes it is 1966 edition. You should have inferred from the attached image.

I don't understand your bolded statement. Do you mean the Newspaper is false or they make use of a different picture with uniform that do not conform to the rank of Gowon and RA Adebayo?

https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/10604434_gowonreleasedawolowo1_jpeg79c4ad7e0fd5134df50316224b2a9c45
https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/10604461_gowonreleasedawolowo22_jpeg62eeaf603fc51804896a32feb2b1b7b0

Dedetwo:


This is a fair intelligent statement. Most Nigerians are borderline ninnies. Even if you crack their skulls wide open to induce sense, they will be summarily turned into lunatics.

Dedetwo:


When the Newspaper was unable to get the write up to match the picture, I can only say it was full of conjectural crap. Please see the pictures attached.

LegendHero:


"I asked a question if Gowon had such powers then there would have been no need for that war "

This word is not intelligent but shows the author has little knowldge about the history of his country and people. I will take the time to lecture you and try to redeem you guys.

Please take note of the timeline of events:
On 15 January 1966, Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna and other junior Army officers (mostly majors and captains) attempted a coup d'état and Killed other tribe leaders.

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo and loyalist head of the Nigerian Army, suppressed coup operations in the South and he was declared head of state on 16 January after the surrender of the majors.

Aguyi-Ironsi suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament. He then abolished the regional confederated form of government and pursued unitary like policies favored by the NCNC, having apparently been influenced by some NCNC political philosophy.

Ironsi fatally did not bring the failed plotters to trial as required by then-military law and as advised by most northern and western officers, rather, coup plotters were maintained in the military on full pay and some were even promoted while apparently awaiting trial.

Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu became military governor of the Eastern Region at this time. On 24 May 1966, the military government issued Unification Decree #34, which would have replaced the federation with a more centralised system. The Northern bloc found this decree intolerable.

On the night of 29 July 1966, northern soldiers at Abeokuta barracks mutinied, thus precipitating a counter-coup, which had already been in the planning stages. Ironsi was on a visit to Ibadan during their mutiny and there he was killed.


From June through October 1966, pogroms in the North killed an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Igbo, half of them children, and caused more than a The counter-coup led to the installation of Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon as Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

million to two million to flee to the Eastern Region. 29 September 1966, was considered the worst day; because of massacres, it was called 'Black Thursday'

On 30 May 1967, Ojukwu declared independence of the Republic of Biafra.

On 27 May 1967, Gowon proclaimed the division of Nigeria into twelve states. This decree carved the Eastern Region in three parts: South Eastern State, Rivers State, and East Central State.

Back to our business, Awo was released in August 4 1966, just 6 days to the counter coup that killed Ironsi. How in the world will Ojukwu have control over the eastern region when Gowon even hold power over Nigeria including the Eastern region up till 1967 when he proclaimed division of state into twelve.

I am tired of trying to let people like you reason with a rational mind. I will just leave this here for other people to judge.

LegendHero:


Are you a subscriber to New York Times? You can read more stories in print about your heritage, Biafra, Ibo colonialism, etc. in actual prints of how and when they occurred. The same news are documented in the Library of Congress archives.

Who in their right mind deny New York Times archives prints? Even when they are available in their real form!

LabDNA:
How this still spread propaganda that Gowon released Awo from the East he never controlled baffles me.

How can a Gowon a man who was [i]persona non grata [/i]and couldn't even venture into the East, effect a release in a region that never took orders from him before the war?

The explanation is simple. The yorubas can not bear the shame of agreeing that the East released Awo who later turned back to support an atrocious war against them. It will make them look like evil ingrates before the world, so they are convenient to perpetuate the propaganda that Gowon effected a release in a region that never took others from.

Can Kim jon un effect a release of north korea prisoners in South korea? Now if a north korean prisoner is released from a south korean jail and Kim jon un takes a picture with the prisoner does it mean he gave the order that South korea must release him?

Even the picture was part of the propaganda in order to mobilize a North + SW comradeship as they went to war against the East.

Awo was also a writer, there is reason why Awolowo never wrote about his release in East in all the many book he wrote, which I have read. He lived a full 17 years after the war but couldn't muster the courage to write about his release. His conscience couldn't let him.

The way some yoruba twist logic to promote a narrative can made the devil shudder sometimes.

LabDNA:
How this still spread propaganda that Gowon released Awo from the East he never controlled baffles me.

How can a Gowon a man who was [i]persona non grata [/i]and couldn't even venture into the East, effect a release in a region that never took orders from him before the war?

The explanation is simple. The yorubas can not bear the shame of agreeing that the East released Awo who later turned back to support an atrocious war against them. It will make them look like evil ingrates before the world, so they are convenient to perpetuate the propaganda that Gowon effected a release in a region that never took others from.

Can Kim jon un effect a release of north korea prisoners in South korea? Now if a north korean prisoner is released from a south korean jail and Kim jon un takes a picture with the prisoner does it mean he gave the order that South korea must release him?

Even the picture was part of the propaganda in order to mobilize a North + SW comradeship as they went to war against the East.

Awo was also a writer, there is reason why Awolowo never wrote about his release in East in all the many book he wrote, which I have read. He lived a full 17 years after the war but couldn't muster the courage to write about his release. His conscience couldn't let him.

The way some yoruba twist logic to promote a narrative can made the devil shudder sometimes.