₦airaland Forum

Dpharisee:
Niger Delta is a recent creation, this is why we need history in our curriculum for novices like you

On the contrary, that wouldn't help people like you who are too lazy to learn. You wouldn't learn nonetheless. Before Biafra was declared, Niger Delta was declared. That is a historical fact.

splendour7:
just Sharap! She Said The Truth,why Will Somebody From Ss And Non-igbo Mastermind A Coup And In Retaliation Igbos Were Killed Instead Of The Region And Tribe That Carried Out The Coup? Even When That Same Region Openly State That They Are Not Igbos Till Date? Asaba And Her People Are The Real Enemies Of Ndi Igbo,we Will Never Forgive Them For The Role They Played In The Igbo Genocide And Biafran Civil War.

You actually do not know history. Emmanuel Ijeafuna was the actual convener of that couple, while Nzeogwu was a late addition and later became known as the leader. Ifeajuna was from Onitsha.

Other major players in the coyotes include:

Major Don Okafor
Major Chris Anuforo
Major Timothy Onwuatuegwu

The military officer who are power afterwards was Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, an Igbo man, who did not punish the coup plotters as expected. Meanwhile president Nnamdi Azikiwe was out of the country having been likely tipped off about the coup.

Igbo civilians openly tainted their counterparts in the north daily, over the killings if the sardauna and the Prime Minister who were beloved northern leaders.

Read your history.

IdioticNLmods:
I wish all deltans can be like you.. Igbos will never need your support. You guys are meant to lay with the yorubas. My own is that you people should stop bearing igbo names cos it brings problem to we true igbos! We true igbos are still paying the price for action of one your own that was bearing igbo name.

Sure. I'll remind you of this sh*t when your brothers are spilling about "SS/SE". And it won't be long...

[quote author=KEVIND post=85975950][/quote

I hope your future children don’t turn out to be like. Go and study the civil war well . You know that even the east chased away the Anioma people.Who crossed over for shelter.
They have fought many battles, The longest been the Ekumekwu War against the British Lasted for over 33 years or more and where even top Biafran Military officers .
Think � before you talk.

Dpharisee:
I get what she is saying, it was a case of Igbos from Asaba attempting to deny their Igboness to invading Army led by a Fulani who went ahead to massacre them in their numbers. It would have been more dignifying for them to maintain their Igboness and die doing it than the opposite.

They have never denied their Igboness. The people in Asaba are Igbo. They were however not Biafran and would never be. Simply because Biafra was based on Ojukwu's greed. He did not declare Biafra when Igbos were being killed en masse, he did not declare Biafra when Igbos had returned to Eastern Nigeria, no. He declared Biafra when majority of Igbos were rightfully isolated into their own state by Gowon's decree creating 12 states. The man declared Biafra because he was going to lose power. That war set back and has continued to set back Igbo people.

It is noteworthy that Ojukwu did not seek the permission of the Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, Anangs, etc before engaging in an act of hubris.

That's why some one like Clement Isong kept on working as Central Bank governor during the war even helping to change the currency when Biafran soldiers looted the central bank at Benin.

splendour7:
just Sharap! She Said The Truth,why Will Somebody From Ss And Non-igbo Mastermind A Coup And In Retaliation Igbos Were Killed Instead Of The Region And Tribe That Carried Out The Coup? Even When That Same Region Openly State That They Are Not Igbos Till Date? Asaba And Her People Are The Real Enemies Of Ndi Igbo,we Will Never Forgive Them For The Role They Played In The Igbo Genocide And Biafran Civil War.

3 of the coup plotters were from Midwest, one from the west and the remaining were Igbos from the East. So what are you saying? Also, the coup killed off half of the most senior Northern MILITARY leaders while leaving the most senior military leader, an Igbo man, alive. Knowing what you now know of the Hausa/Fulani, you expect no retaliation? Especially as Ironsi refused to prosecute the coup plotters.

Techdra:
Sure. I'll remind you of this sh*t when your brothers are spilling about "SS/SE". And it won't be long...

The igbos calling se/ss are very stupid na... They don't know their worth. Igbos don't need any other set of people to succeed, we have the capability and will always have. Personally, the smaller the biafra the better!

xaggar:
Market women tales!

Childish talk! Go and read history.

Get the fvck off! Is nzeogwu’s coup not tagged igbo coup? Why haven’t you sellouts come out to tell the people of Nigeria that nzeogwu isn’t igbo? Bloody cowards hiding behind the great igbo name when it suits you.

TimFisher2:
Please Igbo’s are not cunning

We believe in fair equity,justice

We can defend you as long as you are doing the right thing no matter where you re from

You said Nigeria first,Are you sure Nigeria will defend you when the need arises....you will definitely fall back to Igbo’s for protection

Let ur conscience judge you!

Dude. My great granddad died in that massacre. You think I didn't go through the history books before concluding about the Igbos?

Shortly before the Asaba massacre, Biafran soldiers retreated from their Asaba base when they learnt the Nigerian soldiers where approaching... They burnt (or blew up) the Bridge linking two cities thus trapping civilians. Some stories had it that they didn't even let Asaba people know.... Is that how you treat a so-called ally?

Nigeria and Biafra didn't do Asaba, Delta and the Niger Delta region any good. Both wanted their resources and nothing more but as they say, the devil you know...

Adaibeku:
Did they pick up arms ? Hell no
Asaba people said they are not biafra ,that biafra is wicked , one Nigeria for life!
And now
Now where is nzeogwu from?


Fulani I remove cap for una , u people are only Igbo match in Nigeria other tribes are akamu

I hope your future children don’t turn out to be like. Go and study the civil war well . You know that even the east chased away the Anioma people.Who crossed over for shelter.
They have fought many battles, The longest been the Ekumekwu War against the British Lasted for over 33 years or more and where even top Biafran Military officers .
Think � before you talk.

einsteine:
This is silly. Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish people all bear similar names, despite being from different languages.

Also, it was not the first coup that led to the civil war. It was the refusal of Ironsi (an Igbo man) to try the coup suspects, the actions of Ironsi converting the country from a Federal government to a Unitary government (an action the country is still suffering from today) and the braggadocio of Igbo people living in the North. We all know how you guys shout Igbo Amaka at the sound of any good news, wanting to live vicariously through the deeds of Igbo named persons. Your ancestors did the same thing, making and selling records and posters of how the Igbo nation conquered the Hausa/Fulani.

Story, portugese, spanish et al don't stay in the same country, a bigoted one at that.
IGBO AMAKA!

IdioticNLmods:
The igbos calling se/ss are very stupid na... They don't know their worth. Igbos don't need any other set of people to succeed, we have the capability and will always have. Personally, the smaller the biafra the better!

Hehehe. You call your own brothers names?! Always washing your dirty linen in public... not surprised.

And by the way, hope you'll ask Israel to help you develop educational system.

xaggar:
What is "new east"? Mooooron!
Is it by force to be a part of your tribe? You can't tell the people of Delta Igbo their origin. You weren't even born when we began to believe that we arent the same kind of people.
We are not as money conscious as your tribe,
we are not egalitarian, we have Kings (obis),
we are communal not individualistic as you guys are.
We are a tribe at crossroads between the Igbo and Edo. We are a mix of people not just igbo. Our dialect proves this, our customs proves it, so also our mentality.
So get lost with your "by force" igbo identity.

Una NEVER wan get sense abi
This was the same ideology that got you all killed in the ASABA massacre.

You ran out with drums and dancing to embrace same people who HATE you till date.

The result was ASABA massacre.

Man know thyself.

Techdra:
Hehehe. You call your own brothers names?! Always washing your dirty linen in public... not surprised.

Yes, despite where you come from we don't hesitate to say what is wrong is wrong! If our brothers are stupid we say it to their face in public! That way they learn faster. We aren't chameleons like some other people.

Adaibeku:
Did they pick up arms ? Hell no
Asaba people said they are not biafra ,that biafra is wicked , one Nigeria for life!
And now
Now where is nzeogwu from?


Fulani I remove cap for una , u people are only Igbo match in Nigeria other tribes are akamu

And Igbo's can go on their on to declare Biafra, begging and attaching with the Akamu to pity and join them

brunofarad:
Una NEVER wan get sense abi
This was the same ideology that got you all killed in the ASABA massacre.

You ran out with drums and dancing to embrace same people who HATE you till date.

The result was ASABA massacre.

Man know thyself.

Turning blames won't help. Better to stand with the devil than drown in the deep, blue sea.

Ogurube:
Your stupid question or analogy made no sense, but I'll help disabuse your mind. Firstly, Germany, from its founding up to WW2, wasn't a shithole, unlike Nigeria, a British-contrived shithole from its forced and sloppy founding. Secondly, after Hitler and his men lost, Germany was left a brain-drained shithole, with most of cities pummeled to rubbles and Jewish intelligentsia gone. But, its disgraced people saw the crimes committed by their Fuhrer and atoned for their sins by groveling on their knees for help. And, the Allies came to their rescue while pushing back Russia. Hope my ITK fixed it for you?

Sorry Mr war veteran.

IdioticNLmods:
Yes, despite where you come from we don't hesitate to say what is wrong is wrong! If our brothers are stupid we say it to their face in public! That way they learn faster. We aren't chameleons like some other people.

Hmmm... Whatever makes you leave my country is fine by me.

IdioticNLmods:
Story, portugese, spanish et al don't stay in the same country, a bigoted one at that.
IGBO AMAKA!

Lol.

I hope you know when Israel got their own country, Jews were expelled from the entirety of the Arab world. A similar situation would see millions of Igbo trying to make a living in the five landlocked states of Abia, Anambra, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi, an area less than the size of Niger state. I would like to see how you guys manage the over-population and find jobs for those who would have to abandon the livelihood they have built in Nigeria. A landlocked state that is not at peace with its neighbours would be a pathetic failure.

The Eastern Igbos are the last people who should be advocating for a breakaway state.

[quote author= post=85976298]This is a very very sad story to read.
Eyes welled up in tears.

May we never ever experience any war in our darling nation again.
Nothing good ever come out of any kinda war.
That was why the Head of state during the war declared that there was NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISHED the day the Civil War ended.
The two sides regretted it at the end of it all.

In one Nigeria we believe.
Let us all live in peace and love with one another.

God bless Nigeria.[/quote]Stop deceiving yourself Nigeria has collapsed as nation

Marvieduke:
All I pray for is peace.

Peace in Nigeria is impossible without justice.
As you can see or heard there is blood everywhere through boko haram, or accident, rituals pastors,etc
Separation is the only solution

gidgiddy:
I guess you dont even know that Asaba was not part of Biafra

Yes!but they claimed to Igbo's and also Biafra

Techdra:
Turning blames won't help. Better to stand with the devil than drown in the deep, blue sea.

People who refuse to learn from History are bound to repeat it.

brunofarad:
People who refuse to learn from History are bound to repeat it.

My answer? Turning blames won't help. Better to stand with the devil than drown in the deep, blue sea.

Wrong! The British and the stooges leading Nigeria are mainly to blame. Nigeria was in crisis, due to the upheaval of politics in the West and corruption at the federal and regional levels, just like we've witnessed in recent times. Those military officers were spurred to nip the problems in the bud. They learned from other countries that had witnessed take-overs of civilian governments by men in uniforms due to misgovernance, like in Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, Syria, Cuba, Congo, etc. Injustice and inequity lead to an agitation for change of government. If Nzeogwu started it, Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Buhari, Babangida, or Abacha could have stopped it. But, they carried on the tradition until a greater force intervened.

Rainbow219:
So sorry to hear, but the organisers of first military coup especially major Nzegu Kaduna are to blame for Nigeria's Civil War and even today's incurable problems
PERIOD

alasane:
round 4am on Friday, however, the telephone rang in my house I picked it up. Alhaji Isa kaita, the Minister for Education was on the line; he wanted to let me know, he said, there had been a coup against the government. The Sardauna’s house had been attacked by soldiers and all important official had gone into hiding. He had spoke with major Hassan Katsina who explained that there was a little he could do; he was actually at a meeting with rebels at that time. Alhaji Isa Kaita concluded with the request that I should go to the Sardauna’s house and assessed the situation.

I got ready and said my dawn prayer, later I went out. I found the residence of the premier completely destroyed. It had been shelled and burnt, strings of smoke were still raising into the air from some sections. I looked for certain familiar scenes around but all were now a sorrowful sight. There was destruction everywhere. A few soldiers stood idly with weapons in their hands. All was quiet. I walked into the house silently and found the body of Sardauna lying on the ground the courtyard. He had been shot a number of times.

I arranged for the body to be taken to the house of the Sultan in Kaduna which was a short distance away. His wife, Hafsah, who was killed together with him, was also taken to the Sultan’s house. Details of the incidence soon got round and gradually a little crowd of senior government officials and other sympathisers assembled to prepare the bodies for burial. It was then announced that the Sardauna had requested before he died, that he should be taken to Wurno and buried beside the grave of Sultan Muhammad Bello, his great-grandfather.

But I explained that this wish could not be carried out. The Sardauna was a martyr who had been killed in the cause of the religion. In Islam, martyrs are always buried at the site of their death…..I felt that we should respect that honour in the case of the Sardauna.

With all the preparation completed, we set the body in position for the burial prayers. The early morning sun was fairly high in the sky. I stood in front to lead the prayers while the rest of the people formed neat rows behind me. There are no ceremonies to observe during burials in Islam. The religion emphasizes that the dead should be put into grave with minimum delay after death…..

It was altogether a very solemn and touching occasion. For me, it was the end of an era which I could not possibly forget. I had been lucky to know the Sardauna and help influence a little of his life. Reflections of this day and many others came back to me as I stood over the fresh earth marking the grave after the funeral.

As a Muslim I knew that one died unless his time was due, so I was not bothered about whether the Sardauna could have been saved. I did not mourn his death as something he or anyone else could have helped to avoid. But I grieve for the ignorance and fear that plotted against him and what he represented; the greed and selfishness that killed him; and the prejudice and contempt that sought to disgrace his name after his death.

NIGHTFALL
‘For anyone who worshipped Muhammad,’ Sayyid Abu Bakr, a close companion to the Holy Prophet, had said to the public while announcing the death of the Prophet, ‘Muhammad is dead. But whoever worshipped God let him know that God is alive and does not die.’ I could have spoken to the people in similar vein if I had been responsible for announcing the killing of the Sardauna. But so bloody and horrifying had the events been that early morning that the public did not need further warning about the fate of the Premier.

As I drove back home after the funeral, I passed a long line of people standing solemnly on the streets. Some stood in small groups absorbed in mournful discussions while others sat quietly in front of their houses. No one seemed to know fully what was happening, so that the people’s sorrow was worsened by the fear of the final outcome. The extent of the killings, and what that meant in terms of communication had been cut between various parts of the country and there appear to be total confusion even among the soldiers themselves. I figured that it would be quite a while before the final picture emerged. Meanwhile, I could not really think of what to do other than to continue with my normal routine. I, therefore, got ready and went to my office.

I was in the office late in the morning when military van pulled up in the premises and some soldiers came down. They asked for me and were shown into my office by a staff. They greeted me curtly and explained that they had been sent to invite me for a meeting with the leader of that morning’s coup, Nzeogwu. I was to go in their van, they said, although I could ask someone to follow in my own csr so that he would bring me back after the meeting. I got up and went with them as they requested while my driver drove behind us.

We arrived at the military barracks housing Nzeogwu’s soldiers which had by now turned into a beehive of activity. There were many soldiers on guard, their weapons held firmly in their hand. There were also trucks parked in front of the offices; a few others came in and went out. Except for the noise of the vehicles and occasional exchange among soldiers, all was quiet and business-like. No one spoke to us as we parked and walked into the building. Eventually, I was brought before Nzeogwu and he received me with no ceremony. I sat down on a chair and he slowly began to talk.

First of all, he wanted to know where we had hidden the weapons which we were said to have imported into the country. The question really surprised me and so did the tone in which it was asked. I had not met Nzeogwu before, and had never dealt with him in any capacity whatsoever. I had, therefore, no prior expectations with regard to his personality or the questions he would ask me. Nevertheless, I had imagined that he would show a little concern about the sad events that had taken place earlier in the morning. I did not expect him to apologise for what he had done, because he in no way appeared to be unhappy about the new power and attention which he was receiving as a result of his present position. But I had expected that he would begin by justifying the killings somehow, and offering explanations as to how or why the dead leaders had to lose their lives. After all, no matter his feelings against them, they were statesmen who had once led the country and the people. Human decency and reason demanded that they should be treated with respect for their past services, especially because they had died holding their offices. One did not murder one’s national figures and dismiss the incident casually, whatever their fault. Judicial system.

Besides, I thought it was disappointing that the organizers of the military coup were only now trying to put together the reason for their action. I had never known anyone to have imported weapons into the country illegally, least of all the Sardauna. I therefore felt I had to seek further information from Nzeogwu himself before I could answer him. He explained that he heard we had bought many weapons from the Middle East, which we planned to use to wage Jihad against non-Muslims in Nigeria. That was why he now wanted to know where we kept them, he said.

In my prompt response, I told him about my ignorance in this regard. As far as I was aware, no such plans had ever been considered by any Islamic group in this country. I spoke with authority because I was the closest adviser to the Sardauna on religious matters, and at no time did he visit the Islamic countries in the Middle East without me since I became Grand Khadi. I had never known him to have discussed war in Nigeria, much less purchase weapons.

This prompted Nzeogwu to take me to ask concerning my own appointment. He could not understand, he said, why there had to be a separate court for Muslims outside the country’s judicial system. After all, Muslims were also Nigerians, and must, therefore submit to the law of the land like everyone else. ‘As for Grand Khadi, of what use is he, since there is already the Chief Justice?’ he concluded.

‘Well,’ I answered, ‘Islam is not like Christianity or the other religions you know. In Islam, there are very specific laws in respect of all social matters which must be observed correctly. They include those concerning marriage, divorce, rights to offspring and inheritance. In this regard, only an Islamic court, with a judge versed in the science of the Quran and the Prophet’s traditions, could proper administer justice on a disputing Muslim couple or their inheritors. As for my position, it is only a natural complement to the Area Courts. The appeals that come to me cannot be handled by the Chief Justice because he has no knowledge of Islamic Law.’

With this main subject of the short meeting seemed to have been settled...
It became established that in the midnight attack on the Premier’s residence many others had been killed….During the week the Prime Minister (Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa) was found dead in the outskirts of Lagos…..others killed included Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, Colnel Kur Muhammad, Lt-Colonel Abogo Largema, Lt-Colonel Yakubu Pam. Similarly, the Premier of the Western Nigeria, the Minister of Finance, the Commander of the 1s t Brigade, Kaduna all lost their lives.

Gradually, more details about the military coup became public and at the same time the real motives of the coup planners began to appear. It was immediately apparent that Igbo Christian officers were the leaders and all the killings followed a set pattern. Only the Muslims and those who were considered as their friends were assassinated. The Prime Minister (a Hausa-Fulani Muslim) was killed, but the President (an Igbo Christian) was skillfully sent out of the country. His farewell words to the Prime Minister, as I heard later, were, ‘I see you on 15 January.’

Pictures of the dead Sardauna against the background of his burning house were immediately put on display, along with those of Nzeogwu giving the heroic account of how he broke into the house and shot him, amidst the wailings of the women and children. These pictures were used by many Igbo leaders and traders and elsewhere in the North to taunt the local people, as evidence that the Sardauna was dead and the North had been defeated. Suddenly, the massacres of the Muslim leaders and politicians was turned into a revolution, with the most glowing tributes being showered on the assassins. In the South in general there outright jubilation in most urban centres, which echoed in their papers. Hardly any newspaper lamented the killings, in fact some saw it as progressive political move. Many editorials were unrepentant, as though the killings were most natural solution to whatever problems the country had.''

- Sheikh Abubakar Gumi with Isma'ila A. Tsiga, 'Where I Stand', (1992). Pg 112, 113, 114, 115,116,117,118.

You have written or copied aboki side of d story we d igbos have our own side of d story n the truth remains that Christian Delta man killed your people so remove Igbo n put delta or south south ok.

I condemn the act but they gotten exactly what they're looking for by betraying BIAFRA and sympathize with NIGERIA, i believe history are meant for lessons, R.I.P

Osagyefo98:
Nigeria too like bloody.

Murderers everywhere.

Mean signs uses as cautious to the Nigeria masses of what about to happen yet they Lack's understanding hoping ahead 2023 that won't be

Techdra:
My answer? Turning blames won't help. Better to stand with the devil than drown in the deep, blue sea.

Good luck with your devil friend

Nobody cares bro

brunofarad:


Good luck with your devil friend

Nobody cares bro

Is that you trying too hard? LMFAO....

xaggar:
This is why it became a northern versus igbo war. Read it because you know nothing of history!

Pictures of the dead Sardauna against the background of his burning house were immediately put on display, along with those of Nzeogwu giving the heroic account of how he broke into the house and shot him, amidst the wailings of the women and children.

These pictures were used by many "Igbo leaders" and traders and elsewhere in the North to taunt the local people, as evidence that the Sardauna was dead and the North had been defeated. Suddenly, the massacres of the Muslim leaders and politicians was turned into a revolution, with the most glowing tributes being showered on the assassins.

Even songs were sang by the igbos in the north (imagine! in another man's hometown) taunting the northern indigenes on the death of their leaders.

reason why people are always attacking them in their country.. from Ghana to Togo to Cameroon to SA to Asia etc..
I pray they get their country so that they can keep their arrogance their..
Useless people

samuel19222:
a kowane matsayi ka samu kanka a rayuwa, koyaushe ka ba Allah daukaka.

Gaskiya ne