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Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:09am On Nov 25, 2020
Of all the decrees enacted in Nigeria, none is more controversial than Decree No 34 of 1966. It was promulgated on May 24, 1966 by then Head of State, Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924-1966) . It was called Unification Decree while some critics at that time labelled it the De-unification Decree.
It was the decree that started the death of regionalism – an issue which is still generating controversy till now. Although the next head of State General Yakubu Gowon repealed the Decree 34 on August 31, 1966 through Decree 9, a large portion of the Decree is still effective till today.
General Gowon further compounded it by promulgating Decree 14 of 1967 which broke Nigeria into 12 states and provided for military governors for each state. With Decrees 34, 8 and 14 regionalism was finally buried.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by gidgiddy: 10:12am On Nov 25, 2020
Resisting a decree in military rule? You can only do that by taking up arms.

Besides, Decree 34 did not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. All it did was unify the civil service

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:13am On Nov 25, 2020
On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966y.

He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.
He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.



In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”


Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.
Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems.


Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 10:14am On Nov 25, 2020
How do you really want an Igbo to oppose it, for a very young country at 1966, how do we even know what is right or wrong, the question you ought to ask yourself is who had the best interest of Nigerians at heart.

In 1966 an American studied Azikiwe, and a UK studied Ojikwu with Ironsi sat to think about which system of government would be the best for the troubled country, after the second world war, America just became the Super power a Republican, that should show you that a lot inspiration was drawn from overseas and not a plot to make Igbos the overlord.

Truth is very important, in every event, But Ironsi did not even live to tell the story and no one will listen to Ojukwu after the war...

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:15am On Nov 25, 2020
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gidgiddy:
Resisting a decree in military rule? You can only do that by taking up arms.

Besides, Decree 34 did not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. All it did was unify the civil service
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Decree 34 dissolved the regional governments and placed supreme authority on the Head of State.

It was this same Decree 34 that was the main issue at Aburi which you Igbos wanted receded.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by Eteka1(m): 10:17am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:
On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966y.

He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.
He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.



In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”


Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.
Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems.


Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’
Igbos only criticize something when it no longer favours them.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:19am On Nov 25, 2020
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In his own speech on February 19 at the Kaduna Airport, the Governor of Northern region, Lt-Col. Hassan Katsina said he was not aware as a member of the then Supreme Military Council of the modalities for the proposed National Government. ”I am afraid the egg is about to be broken”.
On February 21 1966, General Aguiyi-Ironsi again addressed the nation on the issue. He said: “On the question of the political future of the country, the experiences and mistakes of the previous governments in the Federation have clearly indicated that far-reaching constitutional reforms are badly needed for peaceful and orderly progress towards the realization of our objectives. I have already touched on some of the major issues involved in recent broadcast to the nation. It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime and one of the main factors which contributed to its downfall. No doubt, the country would welcome a clean break with the deficiencies of the system of government to which the country has been subjected in the recent past. A solution suitable to our national needs must be found. The existing boundaries of governmental control will need to be re-adjusted to make for less cumbersome administration.’

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 10:21am On Nov 25, 2020
Eteka1:
Igbos only criticize something when it no longer favours them.

You forgot it was 1966 and no one knows what running a country was really like, it was the experimental phase of our statehoo6

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:30am On Nov 25, 2020
In his own speech on February 19 at the Kaduna Airport, the Governor of Northern region, Lt-Col. Hassan Katsina said he was not aware as a member of the then Supreme Military Council of the modalities for the proposed National Government. ”I am afraid the egg is about to be broken”.
On February 21 1966, General Aguiyi-Ironsi again addressed the nation on the issue. He said: “On the question of the political future of the country, the experiences and mistakes of the previous governments in the Federation have clearly indicated that far-reaching constitutional reforms are badly needed for peaceful and orderly progress towards the realization of our objectives. I have already touched on some of the major issues involved in recent broadcast to the nation. It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime and one of the main factors which contributed to its downfall. No doubt, the country would welcome a clean break with the deficiencies of the system of government to which the country has been subjected in the recent past. A solution suitable to our national needs must be found. The existing boundaries of governmental control will need to be re-adjusted to make for less cumbersome administration.’
As a follow-up on May 25, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification)(No. 5) Decree 1966. Decree No. 34 (the ‘Unification Decree’).
After the promulgation, the country was thrown into turmoil which led to demonstration particularly in many parts of Northern Nigeria at that time. On his return to Kaduna on May 27, Col. Hassan Katsina was besieged with demands for an explanation. It was feared that in a unified service, Northerners would be at a disadvantage. It was no consolation that the Decree provided for the delegation of appointments and promotions, except the most senior, to Provincial Civil Service Commissions.
With its authority challenged and shown to be weak, at least in large parts of the North, the National Military Government had little option but to proffer its assurances and to explain its actions. The Supreme Military Council met on 7 and 8 June 1966 and issued the following statement:
“The public must not be led to confuse the Military Government with government by a civilian regime under a constitution approved by the people. Nobody will expect the present Military Government to cease to function until new constitution has been approved or to be compelled to operate the old system of government with its obvious weakness. It cannot be too seriously emphasized that the Military Government while in office can only run the government as a military government under a unified command. It cannot afford to run five separate governments and separate services as if it were a civilian regime. Final decisions on the territorial structure of the country and the public services will be matters for the Constituent Assembly and the referendum.”

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:34am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:


You forgot it was 1966 and no one knows what running a country was really like, it was the experimental phase of our statehoo6

Very lame and silly excuse


Decree 34 was meant to put all resources and the entire Nigeria under Igbo dictatorship.

A decree that was already in waiting and secretly passed on Jan 17, 1966 - two days after the Igbo Marxist coup but only made public in May of that same year.

What was wrong with the regional arrangement which Ironsi claimed did not foster unity ?

Why did the Coup happen to have occurred just in time to truncate the creation of Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers region out of the Eastern region ?

What led to Adaka Boro's movement to leave Nigeria entirely after the Igbo coup and forced unification decree?

Better accept the fact that you Igbos are the architects of this one Nijeriya Marxist hell hole.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 10:40am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


Very lame and silly excuse


Decree 4 was meant to put all resources and the entire Nigeria under Igbo dictatorship.

What was wrong with the regional arrangement which Ironsi claimed did not foster unity ?

Why did the Coup happen to have occurred just in time to truncate the creation of Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers region out of the Eastern region ?

What led to Adaka Boro's movement to leave Nigeria entirely after the Igbo coup and forced unification decree?

Better accept the fact that you Igbos are the architects of this one Nijeriya Marxist hell hole.
I never exempted the Igbos from being the architect of one Nigeria, the East got Independence before the rest but had to wait so I take full responsibility for the Nigeria merger that's after Lord Lugard though. Then you said the country was styled to favour only Igbos, the truth is anything in Nigeria must either favour Igbos or Igbos did it because it will hurt others, no one takes responsibility for anything but blame it on the Igbos, so let it be known that the federal system was because it favours the Igbos and the reason Nigeria is still practicing even after years of the Igbos not being in power is because the entire Nigeria is slave to the Igbos, from 1966 to 2020, Nigeria had been slaving on Igbo agenda, thanks,

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by gidgiddy: 10:40am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:
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Decree 34 dissolved the regional governments and placed supreme authority on the Head of State.

It was this same Decree 34 that was the main issue at Aburi which you Igbos wanted receded.



Of course, what did you think obtains in military rule? Every military administration that comes in will always dissolve the existing government and place all powers in a supreme military council.

Decree 34 wasnt the main issue of Aburi. The main issue if Aburi was how Nigeria was going to be run going into Gowons administration

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:44am On Nov 25, 2020
gidgiddy:


Of course, what did you think obtains in military rule? Every military administration that comes in will always dissolve the existing government and place all powers in a supreme military council.

Decree 34 wasnt the main issue of Aburi. The main issue if Aburi was how Nigeria was going to be run going into Gowons administration

And who send you Igbos to overthrow the govt and dismantle the regional govts?

The only reason for that coup was Igbo greed towards controlling the newly discovered oil wells in the Niger Delta after the COR region was set to be carved out of the old eastern region.

This is the simple truth.

Buoyed by your arrogance and domineering oppressive Eastern region Igbo misrule, you decides to take your foolishness to the center and unilaterally deatroyed the regional govt and in it's place an Igbo dictatorship.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 10:47am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

I never exempted the Igbos from being the architect of one Nigeria, the East got Independence before the rest but had to wait so I take full responsibility for the Nigeria merger that's after Lord Lugard though. Then you said the country was styled to favour only Igbos, the truth is anything in Nigeria must either favour Igbos or Igbos did it because it will hurt others, no one takes responsibility for anything but blame it on the Igbos, so let it be known that the federal system was because it favours the Igbos and the reason Nigeria is still practicing even after years of the Igbos not being in power is because the entire Nigeria is slave to the Igbos, from 1966 to 2020, Nigeria had been slaving on Igbo agenda, thanks,

Correction: I never said Nigeria was designed to favour Igbos rather I said the coup and decree 34 were pre-written to ensure an Igbo military dictatorship.

How convenient that a decree was passed secretly on Jan 17 (two days after the coup ) which had all the aspirations of Azikiwe's Marxist One Nijeriya ?

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 10:50am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


And who send you Igbos to overthrow the govt and dismantle the regional govts?

The only reason for that coup was Igbo greed towards controlling the newly discovered oil wells in the Niger Delta after the COR region was set to be carved out of the old eastern region.

This is the simple truth.

Buoyed by your arrogance and domineering oppressive Eastern region Igbo misrule, you decides to take your foolishness to the center and unilaterally deatroyed the regional govt and in it's place an Igbo dictatorship.
I had always know that in the bid to build a peaceful region that we might once in a while run across sworn haters.

Why is everything centered on your oil, last time I checked, the coup did not even take any life in the Niger Delta, why are you in particular hating on the Igbos even more than the Fulanis whom their son Tafawa was killed, how could you be so much into the past that you cant look your own generation in the face and make a change.

Those are generations back and back, why do you hate on our generation because of the steps of the past, in our bid to foster peace in the Region we had endured but this generation of Igbos are different, we won't just fight to keep Nigeria one but we would go out one on one with any tribe or individual which does not want to give peace a try.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 10:52am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


Correction: I never said Nigeria was designed to favour Igbos rather I said the coup and decree 34 were pre-written to ensure an Igbo military dictatorship.

How convenient that a decree was passed secretly on Jan 17 (two days after the coup ) which had all the aspirations of Azikiwe's Marxist One Nijeriya ?


Then why is Nigeria still using a semblance of the same system till this day, isn't that slavery, why can't the whole country change what a single or few Igbo men put in place if it were really that bad

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:03am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

Then why is Nigeria still using a semblance of the same system till this day, isn't that slavery, why can't the whole country change what a single of few Igbo men put in place if it were really that bad

The only reason you claim victimhood is because the Awusa Fulani displaced you from power , adopted your Igbo centric one Niggeria .


Note that Ojukwu was still supporting the centralization and unification decree 34 and wanted to replace Ironsi as the next most senior officer.

When this didn't happen , he then declared Biafra and annexed the ND.

This is the absolute truth.

Aburi was the Igbo wanting to rescind decree 34 but when the north saw this was to their advantage , they even shelfed their operation Araba and saw the coup that killed Tafa as a blessing in disguise.

You handed the template of injustice and misrule to the northerners.

Admit it.

Igbos are committed to pillaging the ND resources . You are no different than the Awusa Fulani and everything you accuse Buhari of, you are guilty ten times of.

Buhari's sectional adminstration was practiced shamelessly by Igbos in the eastern region and then under Ironsi .

This is a fact.

Even if you claim meritocracy in Igbo appointments how is that going to further national unity when all other Nationals we're denied a say in governance?

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:05am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

Then why is Nigeria still using a semblance of the same system till this day, isn't that slavery, why can't the whole country change what a single or few Igbo men put in place if it were really that bad

And why did you Igbos destroy regional govt?

Simple question .


Because you wanted to control the oil wells of the ND from the center so you destroyed the regional arrangement when it became inevitable that the ND region was set to be carved out from eastern Nigeria.

You were no victims .

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by tollyboy5(m): 11:05am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

Then why is Nigeria still using a semblance of the same system till this day, isn't that slavery, why can't the whole country change what a single or few Igbo men put in place if it were really that bad
Thats the issue why rely on the past when we have new generation of southerners. This disunity was originated by our ancestors but we can come out of it.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by gidgiddy: 11:05am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


And who send you Igbos to overthrow the govt and dismantle the regional govts?

The only reason for that coup was Igbo greed towards controlling the newly discovered oil wells in the Niger Delta after the COR region was set to be carved out of the old eastern region.

This is the simple truth.

Buoyed by your arrogance and domineering oppressive Eastern region Igbo misrule, you decides to take your foolishness to the center and unilaterally deatroyed the regional govt and in it's place an Igbo dictatorship.

Coup was a general thing in the 1960's every country in West Africa went through it. Even those who allege that Igbos did a coup went on to conduct several other coups.

Controling Oil in COR Region that was yet to be created? Dont make me laugh. If the so called COR people were so bothered about their Oil, they should have fought for Biafra strongly because had Biafra stood, it would have been only Igbos they would have had to deal with. But they went for Nigeria and made their situation 3 times worse as they now have the entire North, Yorubas and Igbos to deal with.

By the way, the person who actually dismantled the Regions was Gowon. It was Gowon that abolished the 4 Regions of the time, replaced them with 12 states and took away resource control

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by tollyboy5(m): 11:06am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


And why did you Igbos destroy regional govt?

Simple question .


Because you wanted to control the oil wells of the ND from the center so you destroyed the regional arrangement when it became inevitable that the ND region was set to be carved out from eastern Nigeria.

You were no victims .
Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:11am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

I had always know that in the bid to build a peaceful region that we might once in a while run across sworn haters.

Why is everything centered on your oil, last time I checked, the coup did not even take any life in the Niger Delta, why are you in particular hating on the Igbos even more than the Fulanis whom their son Tafawa was killed, how could you be so much into the past that you cant look your own generation in the face and make a change.

Those are generations back and back, why do you hate on our generation because of the steps of the past, in our bid to foster peace in the Region we had endured but this generation of Igbos are different, we won't just fight to keep Nigeria one but we would go out one on one with any tribe or individual which does not want to give peace a try.

My friend, you must be reminded of your foolishness and greed.

We are here today because of what you did 60 odd years ago.

Without that coup , we won't have been here today.

So why did the Igbos stage a coup ? The answer is simply because they wanted to continue dominating and exploiting the ND and her people.

Admit it once and for all.

Stop telling the world you were innocent and admit your faults.

You say I am dwelling in the past when even your IPOB is basing their aggitation on falsehood and revisionist Igbo propaganda history.

If you Igbos are honest to yourself , we can move forward but since you refuse to admit your fault but blame everyone from the Yoruba to the Ijaws for not supporting your biafra colony, then we can not have any true reconciliation between the ND and Igbo people.

This is where our bitterness lies.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:14am On Nov 25, 2020
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gidgiddy:


Coup was a general thing in the 1960's every country in West Africa went through it. Even those who allege that Igbos did a coup went on to conduct several other coups.

Controling Oil in COR Region that was yet to be created? Dont make me laugh. If the so called COR people were so bothered about their Oil, they should have fought for Biafra strongly because had Biafra stood, it would have been only Igbos they would have had to deal with. But they went for Nigeria and made their situation 3 times worse as they now have the entire North, Yorubas and Igbos to deal with.

By the way, the person who actually dismantled the Regions was Gowon. It was Gowon that abolished the 4 Regions of the time, replaced them with 12 states and took away resource control
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Gowon simply used Ironsi's decree 34 and appealed to the Niger Delta through the creation of weak states.

This was what Ironsi had planned before he was killed.

Because he was too chicken sh!t to impliment it immediately he took over, Ironsi had since arrogated more powers to the central military government .

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AdekunleScience: 11:14am On Nov 25, 2020
tollyboy5:

Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?
Yes, if the actual vilians will not admit their fault but rather continuously deploy propaganda to portray themselves as victims.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:17am On Nov 25, 2020
tollyboy5:

Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?

The Igbos must stop playing victimhood and accept their faults .

They can not preach biafra as a panacea to right all wrongs committed by them when Biafra was just another mini Nigeria under total Igbo domination waiting to happen.

This is a fact and why IPOB and other Biafra movements can not think of a separate Igbo nation without cut and join from the ND and middle belt.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 11:17am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


The only reason you claim victimhood is because the Awusa Fulani displaced you from power , adopted your Igbo centric one Niggeria .


Note that Ojukwu was still supporting the centralization and unification decree 34 and wanted to replace Ironsi as the next most senior officer.

When this didn't happen , he then declared Biafra and annexed the ND.

This is the absolute truth.

Aburi was the Igbo wanting to rescind decree 34 but when the north saw this was to their advantage , they even shelfed their operation Araba and saw the coup that killed Tafa as a blessing in disguise.

You handed the template of injustice and misrule to the northerners.

Admit it.

Igbos are committed to pillaging the ND resources . You are no different than the Awusa Fulani and everything you accuse Buhari of, you are guilty ten times of.

Buhari's sectional adminstration was practiced shamelessly by Igbos in the eastern region and then under Ironsi .

This is a fact.

Even if you claim meritocracy in Igbo appointments how is that going to further national unity when all other Nationals we're denied a say in governance?

I'm not entirely elaborating the Igbos, there are reason to your allegations but the truth is you are dwelling so much in the past and you think of the past so much that you forgot that the future is a long way to go.

Be careful of what you wish for because it might just happen before your eyes, I said it in one of my post that Gowon or any Fulani ruler since all these while should have reverted to Regional governments but non of them thought about that. How many Igbos are in The Niger Delta compared to the Igbos in Lagos and Kano.

Does it not look to you that the very event prior to 1966 is the reality again, today Igbos dominate a large chunk of business in Lagos, Kano and Abuja, what you don't get is that the Fulanis are running out of time, the Sentiment against Buhari was a lot too much and the Fulanis had incurred a lot more hate that have made the Igbos look like saint.

Igbos have lots of men stationed to take over the Nigerian economy once the time is right, A few policy change could make Dangote see competition in his monopolised sector and when that happens you will see people like Ibeto, Innoson, Choscharis, Peace Air all topping the chat.

Please make the right Alliance power is not permanent but loyalty is very crucial, you can't tell me that Fulanis will reign forever or that Yorubas will reign forever but you see a system, will be around for a long time, since they had failed to change the system all the while, do you think it when an Igbo man gets to power he will change it lol so your lots will scapegoat us again.

Just wantch out, in life there are always ups and if you think that Igbos wont rise to maximum power in Nigeria again then I guess you are a little not in touch with reality. But if you want to work with the Igbos of our generation, we are ready to work with you but if you prefer to fight us, we are prepared for maximum retaliation

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by tollyboy5(m): 11:19am On Nov 25, 2020
AdekunleScience:
Yes, if the actual vilians will not admit their fault but rather continuously deploy propaganda to portray themselves as victims.
If we continue like this we won't get anything tangible. Igbo playing victimized won't stop Lagos from progressing, lets leave all these things. I believe Yoruba race has a better vision but we're loosing focus due to our greedy leaders.
They're all after becoming president

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by leokid866: 11:24am On Nov 25, 2020
AlexBells:

Then why is Nigeria still using a semblance of the same system till this day, isn't that slavery, why can't the whole country change what a single or few Igbo men put in place if it were really that bad
please why didn't you table this before your brother jona I would really like to hear his views on this.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:25am On Nov 25, 2020
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AlexBells:

I'm not entirely elaborating the Igbos, there are reason to your allegations but the truth is you are dwelling so much in the past and you think of the past so much that you forgot that the future is a long way to go.

Be careful of what you wish for because it might just happen before your eyes, I said it in one of my post that Gowon or any Fulani ruler since all these while should have reverted to Regional governments but non of them thought about that. How many Igbos are in The Niger Delta compared to the Igbos in Lagos and Kano.

Does it not look to you that the very event prior to 1966 is the reality again, today Igbos dominate a large chunk of business in Lagos, Kano and Abuja, what you don't get is that the Fulanis are running out of time, the Sentiment against Buhari was a lot too much and the Fulanis had incurred a lot more hate that have made the Igbos look like saint.

Igbos have lots of men stationed to take over the Nigerian economy once the time is right, A few policy change could make Dangote see competition in his monopolised sector and when that happens you will see people like Ibeto, Innoson, Choscharis, Peace Air all topping the chat.

Please make the right Alliance power is not permanent but loyalty is very crucial, you can't tell me that Fulanis will reign forever or that Yorubas will reign forever but you see a system, will be around for a long time, since they had failed to change the system all the while, do you think it when an Igbo man gets to power he will change it lol so your lots will scapegoat us again.

Just wantch out, in life there are always ups and if you think that Igbos wont rise to maximum power in Nigeria again then I guess you are a little not in touch with reality. But if you want to work with the Igbos of our generation, we are ready to work with you but if you prefer to fight us, we are prepared for maximum retaliation
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See:, Nigeria will soon break to pieces.

Get it through your Okoro cap that every nationality will go their separate ways

It is from here I know the Igbos will align with the fulani north to break up once you see that you will have only yourselves in your Igbo nation.

Mark these words above.


Igbo presidency will not address the fckup by Ironsi and his Igbo Marxist dictatorship rather it will only perfect it and continue where the fulani stopped.

You Igbos can not and will not want a separate country of your own .

This is because the Igbo man is wary of another Igbo man.

Your young men are chased out of your villages by their own people who falsely accuse them or try to kill them.

Look at Awkuzu SARS in Anambra and see how the most dangerous place on Earth for an Igbo is in Igboland.

Not the Muslim north or Yoruba land but your very own Igboland

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 11:27am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:


My friend, you must be reminded of your foolishness and greed.

We are here today because of what you did 60 odd years ago.

Without that coup , we won't have been here today.

So why did the Igbos stage a coup ? The answer is simply because they wanted to continue dominating and exploiting the ND and her people.

Admit it once and for all.

Stop telling the world you were innocent and admit your faults.

You say I am dwelling in the past when even your IPOB is basing their aggitation on falsehood and revisionist Igbo propaganda history.

If you Igbos are honest to yourself , we can move forward but since you refuse to admit your fault but blame everyone from the Yoruba to the Ijaws for not supporting your biafra colony, then we can not have any true reconciliation between the ND and Igbo people.

This is where our bitterness lies.
The problem I have with your is generalisation, mention their names, don't say you Igbos, Military generals serving Nigeria made decisions and you said you Igbos, were those elected positions, how do you expect me to take responsibility for the actions of Army general just because my name is Ogechukwu and I'm Igbo, I I personally don't believe in IPOB and I don't see the need for Biafra anymore, Biafra existed 67 - 70, I believe in Igboland, Igboland had existed for thousands of years, so like I said before whenever we arr fed up with Nigeria we are going home to a republic of Igboland, we can have bilateral agreements with the Kingdoms or Niger Delta but we won't recognise a Niger Delta Republic as that will also impair the independence of other minorities, if you like create a Niger Delta Republic we will only recognize tribes and Kingdoms in Niger Delta, no one wants to lump you into any Biafra stuff anymore at least not me and you should also not lump any Niger Delta tribe into your Niger Delta Republic, so let's each tribe stand on their own, the ones that cant stand on their own in other ti have a stronger recognition and passport can willingly join us or be our territory but we are far from being tired of Nigeria
Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by GBTYO: 11:31am On Nov 25, 2020
Alexbells, you Igbos are now at forefront pushing a more dangerous Marxist plot teleguided by the NWO .

Your Ngozi is at the very center of this Judaic plot to enslave mankind just as we also have your Igbo brother in NCDC pushing this Covid scam



This time around you may not survive the backlash.


And you sound like an Igbo supremascist with a condensceding view and attitude on the ND and her people.

This isn't surprising as this was how you looked down on our people in the defunct Eastern region but it is now compounded by Igbo Jewish nonesense heritage which makes you assume you are of the chosen few.

This is the most dangerous aspect of IPOB as it has instilled in you Igbos a supremascist ideology .

It will not end well.

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Re: Why Did Igbos Not Resist Ironsi's Decree 34 ? by AlexBells(m): 11:38am On Nov 25, 2020
GBTYO:
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See:, Nigeria will soon break to pieces.

Get it through your Okoro cap that every nationality will go their separate ways

It is from here I know the Igbos will align with the fulani north to break up once you see that you will have only yourselves in your Igbo nation.

Mark these words above.


Igbo presidency will not address the fckup by Ironsi and his Igbo Marxist dictatorship rather it will only perfect it and continue where the fulani stopped.

You Igbos can not and will not want a separate country of your own .

This is because the Igbo man is wary of another Igbo man.

Your young men are chased out of your villages by their own people who falsely accuse them or try to kill them.

Look at Awkuzu SARS in Anambra and see how the most dangerous place on Earth for an Igbo is in Igboland.

Not the Muslim north or Yoruba land but your very own Igboland


You are now being Sentimental you know lol, Nigeria will not break up, maybe not anytime soon, but Igbos are not scared of staying alone, instatehood there is something called stability, Igboland is already reaching stability, we have enough schools already, soon we will have enough airport as we jointly share Ownership and use of PH international airports and we also have Enugu international airport and more are under construction.

Soon Igboland will not need to build new infrastructures again rather going for aesthetics and more edging technologies, that's what you should understand we don't have this need to take over or dominate anyone but the settings in Igboland gives competitive edge that's why it seems like we are dominating.

What more can be built in Igbolabd that had not been built, we don't really expect the federal government to build the Onitsha port because there are other more viable ports but due to its Igbo we get considered, Do we really need a second Niger Bridge.

Soon you will find out that once the roads in Igboland are built, then Igboland will not need much investment to grow, I already told you how Enugu was not built with Eastern Region funds, Igboland is self sustaining, where most cities are still struggling With Moluwe, Enugu is already Enjoying Indigenous IVM cruise, that's what the East is about simple, classy and self sustaining

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