Godfullsam:


The same Ojukwu waste the lives of millions of ibos for selfish purpose and ran away.

He later came back and contested for a top political office in a country he once spent fortunes to desintegrate.

...and you are here blaming yorubas for your misfortune.

For your information, the only slave to the north as of now are the igbos.
I don't need to explain further

unless you are a northerner you won't say this. Ojukwu had the best intentions than any other Nigerian politician till date. He knew that our needs would not be met with an Hausa Fulani dominated country and he did his best to liberate the south. After betraying Igbos, Awolowo was denied president and accused of coup. Abiola was denied president and accused of coup. Obasanjo was accused of coup. Tinubu is currently being downsized. Lagos is a giant mess. Yorubas getting into thuggery and fraud in droves. Tell me how all these is the best outcome for Yorubas? So yorubas prefer Nigeria like this than to have their own country? Why

Crofton:
Some of Ojukwu's conditions seek direct interference with the "Western Nigeria" political sovereignty.

It's still much better and less threatening than the Hausa-fulani domination though .

The North and South are almost equally populated, but by a significant proportion the South has an upper hand in education, infrastructure and economy.

Therefore I see no reason for Hausa-fulani domination but disunity .

If we unite temporarily, we can force a disintegration after which we go our separate ways as three sovereign neighbouring countries .

The "Divide and Rule" tactics is definitely one of the most efficient method of maintaining power .

You have said it all...

Hausa/Fulani can not dominate the south, what is dominating the south presently is disunity.

J111333:
So it's true that Ojukwu did fight for the Yorubas too.
What a selfless legend.

Ojukwu was a greedy man, what was he doing in ore, a yoruba territory?

Ojukwu wasn’t fighting for yoruba liberation. He was seeking a situation where Nigeria will be at war on three different fronts. This will have greatly improved his chances of being the victor. You don’t claim to liberate people who haven’t complained to you to be under any slavery. He was trying to conquer by decoy. Reading that letter (in the assumption it’s real), he wrote about appointing Banjo governor, who gave him that right? That gives an idea of his true intentions.

He gave a secret directive to the Biafran army rank and file not to take command from any non core Igbo commander in any conquered state as evidently read from accounts of what happened after the midwest was conquered.

You claim to liberate people but your soldiers looted all the financial institutions (CBN Benin at the time in focus), plunder and pilliage people’s businesses, rape the women and generally do what conquering soldiers do all over the world. This is from the account of Col (later Gen) David Ejoor, the serving military governor at the time.

He then disrupted and forcefully removed the administration of Ejoor (who had to escape the government House on a bicycle according to him), appointed or installed as some will say, Col Okonkwo (a core Igbo military doctor) governor of midwestern state when you had serving officers from midwestern tribes in that battalion. Hell, the Col Okonkwo even had to be given emergency promotion from Major to Colonel bypassing other officers superior to him.

All these happened in a midwestern state that had declared itself neutral in the war and granted passage without resistance to the biafran forces. That’s why there was non stop resistance (to the Biafran colored administration) from different segments of the general population. Ojukwu/Enugu tried to be too clever by half by renaming the midwestern state “Republic of Benin”. A republic that has to take directives from ‘Enugu’ is nothing but pretence and deception. It can be likened to the “Hand of Esau and voice of Jacob” theory which is rightfully a strategy that can be deployed in war. The general populace saw through the veil and responded with sustained civil disobedience.

Seeing all these, Banjo could not have handed over the west to him. Even members of his council like Ifeajuna, Alale and co saw through this and pointed it out to him that’s why they were set up, court marshaled for treason and executed.

I have read over 10 books from different authors like Conrad Nwawo, Dennis Osadebey, Adewale Ademoyega, Olu Obasanjo, Forsyth (this is according to the perspective of Ojukwu himself and the book is titled ‘Emeka’) and others so I could draw conclusions from different sources.

He did what he could for his people, but he’s no yoruba hero and nobody betrayed him cos nobody sent an SOS to him in the first place. He should have concentrated on fighting his Igbo war, liberating his own people and left it at that.

Finally, a war was fought, lessons were learnt and the nation has moved on. Let nobody try to distort facts or sell Ojukwu as who or what he certainly wasn’t.

DEROX:
AM HAPPY OJUKWU NEVER SUCEEDED BANJO WOULD HAVE TURNED TO HIS BOY BOY AND SOLD HALF OF OUR LAND TO THEM I STILL PREFER THE NORTHERNERS AND LOVE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI GCFR TO ANY IGBO MAN NPORTHERNERS ARE NOT AS GREEDY AS THEY ARE. THE ORE CIVIL WAR SAGA IN ONDO SAYS IT ALL WHY WOULD HE BRING WAR TO ORE INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE NORTH TO FIGHT ?

Sell which land? Have the Igbos not bought almost all the lands in Yoruba land as at today? Mumu

DEROX:
AM HAPPY OJUKWU NEVER SUCEEDED BANJO WOULD HAVE TURNED TO HIS BOY BOY AND SOLD HALF OF OUR LAND TO THEM I STILL PREFER THE NORTHERNERS AND LOVE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI GCFR TO ANY IGBO MAN NPORTHERNERS ARE NOT AS GREEDY AS THEY ARE. THE ORE CIVIL WAR SAGA IN ONDO SAYS IT ALL WHY WOULD HE BRING WAR TO ORE INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE NORTH TO FIGHT ?

Nwa nza no na oku si na ya na ahia mmanu.

Brother look for an Anambra man that understand Igbo language very well to explain this to you. When u understand it, your life will have a meaning and things will start shaping up for u.

It was very obvious Ojukwu and his people wanted to take SW as their outpost using Lagos (the Capital city) as excuse.

Shebi Capital has moved to Abuja now, let's see how anyone of them will march West instead of North.

Thank God Ojukwu didn't succeed, he wanted Lagos at all cost. 042 was so dry then. Lagos would have been part of biafra by now

gartamanta:


Ojukwu saw Nigeria for what it truly was, and would forever be. One country under one Region, the North. He did his best to liberate Southern Nigeria. He declared Biafra, he declared an independent Midwest. Probably him or Banjo would have declared an independent Western Region or Oduduwa Republic. Unfortunately, Yorubas were too wrapped up in their slavery to the North that the idea of being their own masters was not something they could even think about. A typical example of this is that June 12th is more important to the average Yoruba man than Oduduwa Republic. Ojukwu meant well, he meant freedom. All others preferred slavery

Igbos' antecedents belie what some indiscernibles think or thought that "only very smart people will understand" letter conveyed.


Read these:

(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat...choi

and numbers vii,viii.....
(Vii) during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.


(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.


Ojukwu was not smart enough,though...

One thing was clear..
Igbos and Hausas did a lot in keeping Yorubas out of govt and away from the army that Yoruba had very low army personnel and scanty weapons which were even in the custody of the Northeners who were placed in the West.


Igbos and indeed Azikiwe had always had their eyes on the West even till date especially Lagos because of the blessings therein.


Everybody including Ojuku knew that the purported liberation would have been Yoruba jumping from fry pan to fire.

Igbos would not leave the West even till date.The foresight, the intelligence and God's blessings of the Yorubas made them the heroes of the war and they are still the richest,most developed,most liberal and most progressive region in Nigeria where everybody runs to for greener pastures.


The only slaves in Nigeria are basically the Igbos who have been crying for freedom and at the same time crying that they should be made president in 2023....what an irony....


Yorubaman was elected by all Nigerians therefore according to Igbo,Yorubas were the masters... Hausa fulanis,Igbos and all Nigerians were slaves to Yorubas.

Hausaman was elected by all Nigerians so according to Igbos,all Nigerians are now slaves to the Hausas.

An Ijawman was elected and all Nigerians including the Hausas,Igbos rever and fear so much, became slaves to minority Ijaw people.

Nigerians have never elected an Igboman or woman as the President of Nigeria because they see Igbos as slaves.
People would not vote for a slave to rule over them.Igbos should remove the clogs in their eyes first.

Philistine:

Sell which land? Have the Igbos not bought almost all the lands in Yoruba land as at today? Mumu

in fact Yoruba's have left all the sw for them, hope you are happy now

swankyshank:
Ojukwu wasn’t fighting for yoruba liberation. He was seeking a situation where Nigeria will be at war on three different fronts. This will have greatly improved his chances of being the victor. You don’t claim to liberate people who haven’t complained to you to be under any slavery. He was trying to conquer by decoy. Reading that letter (in the assumption it’s real), he wrote about appointing Banjo governor, who gave him that right? That gives an idea of his true intentions.

He gave a secret directive to the Biafran army rank and file not to take command from any non core Igbo commander in any conquered state as evidently read from accounts of what happened after the midwest was conquered.

You claim to liberate people but your soldiers looted all the financial institutions (CBN Benin at the time in focus), plunder and pilliage people’s businesses, rape the women and generally do what conquering soldiers do all over the world. This is from the account of Col (later Gen) David Ejoor, the serving military governor at the time.

He then disrupted and forcefully removed the administration of Ejoor (who had to escape the government House on a bicycle according to him), appointed or installed as some will say, Col Okonkwo (a core Igbo military doctor) governor of midwestern state when you had serving officers from midwestern tribes in that battalion. Hell, the Col Okonkwo even had to be given emergency promotion from Major to Colonel bypassing other officers superior to him.

All these happened in a midwestern state that had declared itself neutral in the war and granted passage without resistance to the biafran forces. That’s why there was non stop resistance (to the Biafran colored administration) from different segments of the general population. Ojukwu/Enugu tried to be too clever by half by renaming the midwestern state “Republic of Benin”. A republic that has to take directives from ‘Enugu’ is nothing but pretence and deception. It can be likened to the “Hand of Esau and voice of Jacob” theory which is rightfully a strategy that can be deployed in war. The general populace saw through the veil and responded with sustained civil disobedience.

Seeing all these, Banjo could not have handed over the west to him. Even members of his council like Ifeajuna, Alale and co saw through this and pointed it out to him that’s why they were set up, court marshaled for treason and executed.

I have read over 10 books from different authors like Conrad Nwawo, Dennis Osadebey, Adewale Ademoyega, Olu Obasanjo, Forsyth (this is according to the perspective of Ojukwu himself and the book is titled ‘Emeka’) and others so I could draw conclusions from different sources.

He did what he could for his people, but he’s no yoruba hero and nobody betrayed him cos nobody sent an SOS to him in the first place. He should have concentrated on fighting his Igbo war, liberating his own people and left it at that.

Finally, a war was fought, lessons were learnt and the nation has moved on. Let nobody try to distort facts or sell Ojukwu as who or what he certainly wasn’t.

i am glad you know the truth. Ejoor told both Gowon his choice of neutrality, but Ojukwu sent colonel ochuzie to capture Ejoor,dead or alive. later on, samuel igbemudia set up a commitee to investigate and find out those that aid biafra invasion of midwest.

iamadonis2:


The Yorubas, a race of people I share same ancestry with, are beyond redemption now as they were before particularly if they gullibly follow the North.

.

Go back to record, Azikwe was the first to sell his birth right to The north in order to spite Awolowo

Did you notice this:


Vii. during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.

(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.



That was a Greek gift.


Another subjugation in-waiting!

gartamanta:


And yet when an Igbo man was fighting for an independent home land, the Yoruba man was fighting to be a slave of the North. Nothing can top that. Can a Yoruba man fight for an independent homeland? Not in a million years.

Read abt Azikwe and north romance

selemempe:
see. We can even stay together in one south Nigeria nation with capital in Lagos. And we can even get Benue Kwara and logo to join us. Let the north keep Abuja, Jos, and other middle belt territories.

We would be a much greater country than most African nations if we actualise a south Nigeria nation

No... We rather go separate.... Notin like capital in Lagos, let each region have their capital within themselves

mkakin:
Did you notice this:


Vii. during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.

(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.



That was a Greek gift.


Another subjugation in-waiting!

Imagine, for our own land

gartamanta:


Ojukwu saw Nigeria for what it truly was, and would forever be. One country under one Region, the North. He did his best to liberate Southern Nigeria. He declared Biafra, he declared an independent Midwest. Probably him or Banjo would have declared an independent Western Region or Oduduwa Republic. Unfortunately, Yorubas were too wrapped up in their slavery to the North that the idea of being their own masters was not something they could even think about. A typical example of this is that June 12th is more important to the average Yoruba man than Oduduwa Republic. Ojukwu meant well, he meant freedom. All others preferred slavery

Who did Ojukwu put in charge of the Mid West after the purported liberation,sir?

Look,the nature of the Igbos is to dominate,it is a DNA thing so also is the Fulani people.

Nigerians have to pray fervently for these 2 people if we want to see any progress at all if we are to stay together.

DenreleDave:


No... We rather go separate.... Notin like capital in Lagos, let each region have their capital within themselves

of course that's what igbos want.

selemempe:
of course that's what igbos want.

Better...

Personally I'm a Yoruba but I support We go separate....


But my question is can UN allow a country Break into 5

ODUDUWA
Biafra
Arewa
Middle belt
Niger Delta

Obamaofusa:


Who did Ojukwu put in charge of the Mid West after the purported liberation,sir?

Look,the nature of the Igbos is to dominate,it is a DNA thing so also is the Fulani people.

Nigerians have to pray fervently for these 2 people if we want to see any progress at all if we are to stay together.

he put a Midwestern man in charge. Who should he put incharge? An American?

We are not to stay together because the fulanis and the igbos will never change. You guys keep shooting yourselves in the foot. He also put a yoruba man incharge of the force to liberate the west. That shows you that his aim is southern liberation.
As far as yorubas think like you, the power of the north will keep growing

DenreleDave:


Better...

Personally I'm a Yoruba but I support We go separate....


But my question is can UN allow a country Break into 5

ODUDUWA
Biafra
Arewa
Middle belt
Niger Delta

if there is a strong movement for break away in 4 of the regions, why not?
But we know that as at today, only Igbos are even talking about breakaway while other regions are mocking them.. including the SS

Obamaofusa:


Who did Ojukwu put in charge of the Mid West after the purported liberation,sir?

Look,the nature of the Igbos is to dominate,it is a DNA thing so also is the Fulani people.

Nigerians have to pray fervently for these 2 people if we want to see any progress at all if we are to stay together.

the fact that June 12 means more to yorubas than being in their separate country shows that you guys haven't even started being ready for real development.

selemempe:
if there is a strong movement for break away in 4 of the regions, why not?
But we know that as at today, only Igbos are even talking about breakaway while other regions are mocking them.. including the SS

They are mocked bcox igbos way of asking for break away is not right..

Wales, Ireland, England and Co did not go separate by abusing other.. Not by spreading hate speech against other tribes..

Kanu can't give his people Biafra if he continue to share hate speech... He abused SS SW..

selemempe:
the fact that June 12 means more to yorubas than being in their separate country shows that you guys haven't even started being ready for real development.

If we want to be ready, not a call from Kanu...

Never, Kanu already cut the rope.... Probably sumone with sense not Kanu... So u think after all what he said, yorubas and SS will follow Kanu call of break away.. Nva

Nk Don spoil matter

selemempe:
he put a Midwestern man in charge. Who should he put incharge? An American?

We are not to stay together because the fulanis and the igbos will never change. You guys keep shooting yourselves in the foot. He also put a yoruba man incharge of the force to liberate the west. That shows you that his aim is southern liberation.
As far as yorubas think like you, the power of the north will keep growing

lol

An Igboman will not do that even against the will of the Mid Westerners. He put Albert Okonkwo,an Igboman.
The domination spirit in the Igbos and Fulanis remains an albatross for Nigeria.

gartamanta:
Brigadier Victor Banjo was given a Brigade of Biafran Soldiers and he overran the Midwest and reached as far as Ore. Unfortunately, a combination of Yoruba elements and Nigerian Soldiers of Northern extraction halted their advance and pushed them back. Banjo eventually lost all the territory he gained and returned to Enugu where he along with Ifeajuna, Alale and Agbam attempted to stage a coup and remove Ojukwu. All 4 men were arrested, faced a military tribunal, sentenced to death and executed. Ore was a tragedy because it is clear from the letter above that what Ojukwu wanted was a situation where Southern Nigeria would be free of Northern domination. He wanted Western Nigeria to become and independent country. Rather than fight for their sovereignty, Yorubas fought to remain slaves of the North. Even with Victor Banjo leading a liberation force to free them from Gowon and his Northern cabal in Lagos, Yorubas still opted for slavery under the North rather join Banjo to achieve freedom

Today, a Yoruba man cannot be President unless the North says so

Yorubas cannot make any laws the North does not agree with as the North has majority of the National Assembly by far

Today, the Yorubas cannot control any resource on their land unless the North agrees to restructuring

Yorubas fought to be slaves to the North when Ojukwu was fighting for his people to be free from Northern domination

Ojukwu letter expose Why south south are distancing themselves from Biafra


so Biafra will appoint military Governor in Yoruba land? but this Hausa/Fulani you called Yoruba master appoint military Governor in directive with federal republic of Nigeria constitution


on what documentary ground does Ojukwu want to appoint governor for the Yoruba people


thunder continue to strike Banjo for being dumb and God bless all the Yoruba and Hausa combinations for stopping Banjo and his shortsighted Yoruba gang of soldiers


Yoruba and Hausa political relationship had place them high on national political ground, how did Hausa appoint OBJ as president? Obj presidency was an atonement for the annulment of June 12, 1993.


you need to get your fact right kids, not everyone here are jambites

Obamaofusa:


Igbos' antecedents belie what some indiscernibles think or thought that "only very smart people will understand" letter conveyed.


Read these:

(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat...choi

and numbers vii,viii.....
(Vii) during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.


(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.


Ojukwu was not smart enough,though...

One thing was clear..
Igbos and Hausas did a lot in keeping Yorubas out of govt and away from the army that Yoruba had very low army personnel and scanty weapons which were even in the custody of the Northeners who were placed in the West.


Igbos and indeed Azikiwe had always had their eyes on the West even till date especially Lagos because of the blessings therein.


Everybody including Ojuku knew that the purported liberation would have been Yoruba jumping from fry pan to fire.

Igbos would not leave the West even till date.The foresight, the intelligence and God's blessings of the Yorubas made them the heroes of the war and they are still the richest,most developed,most liberal and most progressive region in Nigeria where everybody runs to for greener pastures.


The only slaves in Nigeria are basically the Igbos who have been crying for freedom and at the same time crying that they should be made president in 2023....what an irony....


Yorubaman was elected by all Nigerians therefore according to Igbo,Yorubas were the masters... Hausa fulanis,Igbos and all Nigerians were slaves to Yorubas.

Hausaman was elected by all Nigerians so according to Igbos,all Nigerians are now slaves to the Hausas.

An Ijawman was elected and all Nigerians including the Hausas,Igbos rever and fear so much, became slaves to minority Ijaw people.

Nigerians have never elected an Igboman or woman as the President of Nigeria because they see Igbos as slaves.
People would not vote for a slave to rule over them.Igbos should remove the clogs in their eyes first.

I hope you are truly enjoying Nigeria. For real...if not my guy... you are a joke. What you don't know is this...Igbos are all over Nigeria doing very well and still doing very well in the east...and 2023 will not be the last election in Nigeria. An Igbo can still become president in the future. How ever, those who complain that their oil is being stolen and their land contaminated...those who complain that Igbos are buying up their Lagos and who are obsessed with checking Igbos growing influence in Lagos...those are the real real real losers of one Nigeria. Igbos are actually among the gainers...the only thing is that we prefer no being in a Moslem dominated country where terrorists run amok

J111333:
So it's true that Ojukwu did fight for the Yorubas too.
What a selfless legend.

The b@st@rd fought for himself. He was a coward, he left millions of yeebos at the thick of the war for a good life in Ivory Coast.

Useless coward Ojukwu

Obamaofusa:



lol

An Igboman will not do that even against the will of the Mid Westerners. He put Albert Okonkwo,an Igboman.
The domination spirit in the Igbos and Fulanis remains an albatross for Nigeria.

is okonwko not from Midwest?

Imagine arrogance in his letter. Who is he in Nigeria army? You have seniors who are Yorubas but he showed so much pride in that letter by indirectly giving orders to Yorubas. Foolish arrogant coward

gartamanta:


Ojukwu fought for everyone to be free including Yorubas. So unfortunate for Ojukwu that Yorubas and some of those who call themselves Niger Delta loved slavery too much

Slavery is better than stupidity. Biafra is a scam

DenreleDave:


They are mocked bcox igbos way of asking for break away is not right..

Wales, Ireland, England and Co did not go separate by abusing other.. Not by spreading hate speech against other tribes..

Kanu can't give his people Biafra if he continue to share hate speech... He abused SS SW..

actually Wales and England are still together and as for Ireland, they not only abused England before breaking away...they were involved in terrorism...using suicide bombers for years. Almost 50 years before UK let them go.
There is no country that has broken up peaceful since 1900. Scotland didn't break from UK and Catalonia didn't break from Spain...those are the two examples of people who tried the peaceful approach