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Sunshineg5:
Afonja never ran away, he was assassinated

You people would be forming historians based on little knowledge.

sarrki:
You sound like a historian

Are you one ?

sarrki:
Do you just said Niger delta backstabbed him?

No I don’t agree with that

Niger delta protected their citizens been killed for unnecessary war

I will say a hundred times

I don’t support both party

Both the federal side and the Biafran side

The war was uncalled for

Sunshineg5:
Afonja didn't even fall in war persay

He was assassinated by his new Muslim followers, who see him as not Muslim enough.

Alimi was never Emir too

mrvitalis:
Lol who baracaded the Nigerian occean was it it England ?
Who flew Nigerian jets ...was it not Egyptians ?
Didn't Saudi support the Nigeria army with support ?

U gave bakasi to Cameron ...just ordinary Cameron just to win a war who knows what u gave the super powers

Oga history is facts

Sunshineg5:
Afonja didn't even fall in war persay

He was assassinated by his new Muslim followers, who see him as not Muslim enough.

Alimi was never Emir too

Sunshineg5:
Afonja didn't even fall in war persay

He was assassinated by his new Muslim followers, who see him as not Muslim enough.

Alimi was never Emir too

ashacot:
Sarrki bringing up this post is very ridiculous honestly. I remember you once vilified people who mocked late Abba kyari death, but you are here doing same calling Legend Ojukwu a coward. Bros, I m a true buharist and I don't care what your stand about the president is whether u dislike him now or support him, however, please don't speak ill about late Ojukwu. He fought for true federalism and injustice. He earned the respect of many world leaders in his life time. He remains our greatest hero. Please this post is disrespectful

sarrki:
Ow will will on earth will you go on after you have been warned

That’s cowardice

Exc2000:
abdulahi became the emir, alimi's son... and Ilorin people accepted Islamic leadership of the Emir fully

Sunshineg5:
Do you know what Shallow means?

You better go and buy dictionary

Justiceleague1:
He never run away I agree. He disappeared
BAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAA

Sunshineg5:
Oga it’s like you don't understand simple English

Wasn't Ojukwu aware of Nigerian ally before going to war without properly preparing?

He failed to prepare and failed

Simple!

He just wasted 3 million igbo lives for nothing.

chiefolododo:
the Usain bolt I know is from Jamaica

Sunshineg5:
Ipob and brain dead comments is like five and six sha

Go and pick up a book and stop listening to radio Biafra, it’s damaging your brain.

mrvitalis:
So he should she allowed his people to be killed ? ...Bros get a grip ...we fought we showed out anger and we lost ....simple ...anyone in his shoes would have done the same thing

gidgiddy:
Cowardice is when you carry on fighting despite warnings? You need to buy a dictionary to find out what cowardice is. No coward on earth fights a 3 year war. Cowards do not fight at all, they bow to their Northern slave masters and shout "one Nigeria" to avoid fighting for their dignity

Sunshineg5:
So wasn't his people killed during the war? Where his people killed before the war in large numbers?

Sunshineg5:
So wasn't his people killed during the war? Where his people killed before the war in large numbers?

Sunshineg5:
Yes, Alimi was still alive for two years after Afonja and only preferred the term chief imam.


His son who became an Emir return from Sokoto and sent message to Sokoto of a newly conquered Kingdom. He was given blessing and supported with more army but clearly told that he was the Emir of Yorubas..

Sunshineg5:
Yes, Alimi was still alive for two years after Afonja and only preferred the term chief imam.


His son who became an Emir return from Sokoto and sent message to Sokoto of a newly conquered Kingdom. He was given blessing and supported with more army but clearly told that he was the Emir of Yorubas..

mrvitalis:
Igbos better died as a free man than life as a slave

We made our voice heard

Sunshineg5:
Bro, don't you know of any nursery rhymes you can sing to while away time or something.

Sunshineg5:
So are you free men in Nigeria today?

Aren't the Fulani still dictating to your people?

They still use your oil to become billionaires

So what is different?

Exc2000:
Yeah Abdulah would later lead Ilorin warriors who were once loyal to Are Ona kakanfo Afonja but had found solace in islam, on a Jihad trying to capture towns under Alafins strong rule, but met its waterloo at Osun rivers when Ibadan oluyole warriors came in to defend our territory

mrvitalis:
Nah they are not ....they are controlling the people that back stabbed us

95% of our oil is locked under reserves ...we are not being exploited they are ...they respect

Infact they fear us ....that's why they use fools down south to fight igbos

sarrki:
Yesterday, May 30, 2016 pro Biafra secessionists commemorated the 49th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Republic of Biafra with marches and protests.

Though the protests were hardly peaceful as some lives were lost in the process, their message was heard nonetheless; that they had not forgotten the three-year civil war they fought and lost in their bid for secession.

The story has been told many times about how the leader of the struggle, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had turned deaf ears to suggestions from eminent Igbos to throw in the towel a year after the war began as it became apparent that it was a war they could not win. It is also on record that he remained resolute for three years before giving up in 1970 after a million Igbos had died fighting.

Many still wonder how Ojukjwu managed to escape in the midst of all the chaos. encomium.ng recounts how the Ikemba fled Nigeria at the end of the civil war in 1970…

On January 7, 1970, the 3rd Marine Commando Division under Gen. Obasanjo, supported by the 1st Infantry Division to the north and the 2nd Infantry Division to the south, launched their final offensive against the Biafrans. The Biafran S Division under Captain Azum Asoya was operating along the Port Harcourt – Elele road. The Division found itself cut off and disorganized due to a quick envelopment by the Nigerian 17th Brigade under Maj. Tomoye, the Nigerians now began making their advance on Owerri. On the outskirts of Owerri, Biafran Lt. Col. Lambert Ihenacho’s 63rd Brigade came under withering attack by Maj. Tomoye’s 17th Brigade, supported by 122 mm Soviet artillery. In less than a day of fighting the 63rd Brigade became overwhelmed by the Nigerian bombardment and were forced to surrender.

While the Nigerians were preoccupied with attacking the 63rd Brigade, the Biafran leadership made their final meeting in which President Ojukwu announced his plans to go abroad “in search of peace”. Ojuwku handed over the Biafran presidency to his vice-president Philip Effiong and placed all remaining Biafran troops under the command of Maj. Joseph Achuzie.

On January 9 Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu escorted Ojuwku to the Uli airstrip where he boarded his private jet and fled to the Ivory Coast. Immediately after Ojukwu’s departure President Effiong called for a ceasefire to discuss the details of surrender. On January 12 Philip Effiong, Joseph Achuzie, Ogbugo Kalu, and other Biafran officers made their way to Amichi and later Owerri to broadcast their final surrender to Col. Obasanjo.



https://encomium.ng/how-ojukwu-escaped-from-biafra-in-1970/

Sunshineg5:
Yes, keep telling yourself this until you believe it.