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DuwaRepublic:
Their plan backfired and blew up in their faces as usual, till today they continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

Too bad, Fajuyi had to die for being such a wonderful host. I hope all omoluabis learn to stop being civil and playing hosts to these wicked people, they take your kindness for a weakness and won’t hesitate to spit in your face as soon as they get the chance, instead of them appreciating your kindness. That’s how their primitive barbaric minds work.

Stop harborin' this kind of hate for your fellow country man when those that oppress you, you still keep worshippin' them and their dogs.

Get a life and know your place before you'll come out here and be claiming to have brothers on here as if it is not the same red blood each and every one of us has.

juman:
Igbo agenda.
They thought they were too wise than other tribes.
They desired to dominate others.

but u know that can't be true. The man in his wisdom was trying to unite a seeming devided entity. Already there was crisis all over d country then and before then.

Handsome man rip,

nku5:
Which role did Gowon play in quashing the coup in Lagos?

Gowon was the second in command to Brigadier Maimalari, the commander of the 2nd brigade in Lagos. Maimalari was killed by his own ADC leaving Gowon in charge of the fighting troops in Lagos.
Now Ironsi was informed about the coup, he got to his office and was drinking tea and eating biscuits and studying the map of Lagos for 2 hours while the coup plotters were on rampage.
Gowon was not informed about the coup, he was woken by the commotion in the barracks, he went straight to the command headquarters and saw the General trying to figure out what to do, he was briefed and told the men would be ready to go out in 2 hours. He told them to get ready in 20 minutes. He led men to the barracks and secured it, led men to the officers mess and released some prisoners held by the mutineers, he organised check points and road blocks all around Lagos, this suffocated ifeajuana and his gang and they ran away

Adekunle Fajuyi,undoubtedly, one of the real but unsung heroes of Nigeria. A brave soldier and an Omoluabi per excellence !

He laid his life for his country, his boss (an Igbo man - Ironsi) and to uphold the professionalism of his profession ! What a man ! When the military killer party arrived at the government house in Agodi,Ibadan,they pleaded with him to hand over Ironsi to them. He declined by informing them that Ironsi was his guest and that he was responsible for his safety. He said he would rather die with him than to hand him over to them. They were both executed thereafter.

How do we define bravery again ? Isn't courage in the face of a certain calamity ? Col. Iluyomade braved all odds to face battalions of invading Biafran army at Ore with less than 200 men ! He knew he was grossly outnumbered and that the equipments at his disposal were no match for the biafrans but he told his men to hold their lines and fight ! He won the battle.

MKO Abiola refused to give up on the mandate freely given to him by Nigerians. He refused to back down even in the face of death. He did not run away cowardly and even refused political asylums offered by the world powers. Today,he is the father of the nation's democracy.

Yorubas are great,courageous and brave people who will never run away in the midst of battles. As a people,we are lovers of peace because we have paid our dues on the battlefield. We fought war more than any tribe in Africa.

I love Yoruba people, I love my people !

Big FOOL you are!. They had been fighting to conquer all nigeria and dip their quran in the sea before they were by the brits. ODE!

Deadlytruth:
Look at this idiot. Don't you know it was after your idiotic one-Nigeria chanting uncle Azikiwe gave them power on a platter of gold at independence that they got emboldened to want to dip the Quran into Atlantic Ocean?

Also If your IDIOTIC uncle awolowo had played politics like a gentleman where your ideas carry the day there would have been trust between east and west. He CAUSED ALL the problems in the south that is bedeviling us till this day! That's why he died like a rat.

Deadlytruth:
Look at this idiot. Don't you know it was after your idiotic one-Nigeria chanting uncle Azikiwe gave them power on a platter of gold at independence that they got emboldened to want to dip the Quran into Atlantic Ocean?

The bastard who wasted golden opportunity he didn't deserve.

Foolish man.

IamWonderful:
Baby factory people always say Yoruba are coward and backstabbers, fajuyi insisted they can't take away his visitor with him, despite igbos were the cause of the retaliation and retribution that was melted on them and which righteous fajuyi became part of it

The ring leader is from Delta born and raised in Kaduna

Go and learn history

Nigeria is a State & Also a Nation- state but on the other hand,Israel is a State & a Nation.

The guy got what he deserved by being nepotistic, killing Northerners and Westerners excluding his Eastern Brothers. He was the one that form Unitary Govt abolishing Regional Govt and Devolved Powers that his people are clamoring for today in the name of restructuring all because of greed and the grand plan to make his tribe to dominate other tribes in Nigeria.

His people started nepotism in Nigeria

Balewa started it

flokii:
The killer of Niger Delta dream and architect of the bloody pogroms on his people with his refusal to prosecute his coup plotting brothers.

He came to power unfortunately and didn't do anything meaningful.

He didn't kill anyone especially the ring leaders

kingzizzy:
The man who killed Ironsi, General Danjuma, is still out there being celebrated despite being a murderer

They are all walking freely.
Buhari
IBB
Danjuma
David Mark

omoiyamayor:
The initiator of coup to Nigeria's Democracy, welldone Mr Ironsi,we are still facing the consequences of your action.

Stop twisting history he escaped death. Go and read this book.

All what is happening now has been happening

Ezeama400:
The bolded is not true.. Gowon abolished regional government and created 12 states.. Your lies and propaganda can never be true despite repeating it million times..

[b]Before Gowon became head of state in August 1966, Nigeria was a federation of

1) 4 semi-autonomous Regions
2) Each Region had resource control
3)Each Region kept 50% of whatever accrued within it, paid the Federal Government 25% and the rest 25% went into a General account that all the Regions including the Federal Government could use for developmental purpose.
4)Because the 4 Regions were semi-autonomous, it made the centre week and prevented any Region from dominating another

Today, we have

1)36 states that have little or no resource control
2) A powerful Federal government that now pays the states
3)Fiscal federalism is dead

How did we get here? It was Gowons promulgation of Decree 14 on the 27th of May 1967 that caused it all. It was this same decree that forced Ojukwu to declare the Eastern Region a seperate country called Biafra 3 days later and this led to the war. It should also be added that decree 14 was a violation of the Aburi agreement that both Gowon and Ojukwu signed in Ghana.


Decree 14, abolished the 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 states, took away resource control, reversed fiscal responsibility and made the federal government all powerful

It was seen for what it was by Ojukwu and the Eastern Region, a calculated attempt by Gowon and his Northern cohorts to dominate everyone.

Suddenly, the North that was one Region, had 6 states while the South that was 3 Regions had to share 6 states between them. This effectively made the North the dominant partner[/b]


Subsequent military administration's led by Northerners subdivided the 12 states Gowon created, and gave the North more states and local governments than the south

Today, the North that was one Region has overwhelming advantage over the South that was 3 Regions

1) The North has 19 states while the south has 17

2)Of the 109 Senators in Nigeria, the North has 59 while the south has 50

3) Of the 360 house of rep members, the North has 191 while the South has 169

4) Of the 774 Local Governments in Nigeria, the North has 419 while the South has 355

This undue advantage given to the North, starting with Gowons decree 14 which changed the structure of Nigeria, is what led to war and created the mess Nigeria is in today

Know your history..

I am done with you.. Bye

Thanks... Some people are twisting history... By the way you didn't add that the FG pays the state from what they gather in few states.

2) A powerful Federal government that now pays the states

phemmyfour:
Ironsi, the pace setter of coup in Nigeria, the famous Igbo coup

Read your history
He was supposed to be killed. He didn't start it

God bless you!!! Igbos can lie too much! The satanic souls called Igbos always twist Narratives and manipulative History to make them look as saints and paint Yorubas who were the true Saints as evil.

Ofemannnu:
Are you just unintelligent or you are just being naughty?

This is Irons I speech where he abolished regionalism...



Ironsi's broadcast to the nation - May 24, 1966.


"The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning
Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966.



Fellow Nigerians:
During the past two weeks I presided over meetings of the Supreme
Military council and the Central Executive Council at which many
important state matters were considered. . .
It is now three months since the Government of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria was handed over to the Armed Forces. Now that peace has
been restored in the troubled areas it is time that the Military
Government indicates clearly what it proposes to accomplish before
relinquishing power. The removal of one of the obstacles on the way
is provided for in the Constitution (Suspension and Modification)
Decree (No. 5) 1966 which was promulgated by me today and comes into
effect at once.
The provisions of the Decree are intended to remove the last
vestiges of the intense regionalism of the recent past, and to
produce that cohesion in the governmental structure which is so
necessary in achieving, and maintaining the paramount objective of
the National Military government, and indeed of every true Nigerian,
namely, national unity.
The highlights of this Decree are as follows:
The former regions are abolished, and Nigeria grouped into a number
of territorial areas called provinces
Nigeria ceases to be what has been described as a federation. It now becomes simply the Republic of Nigeria.
The former Federal Military government and the Central Executive
Council become respectively the National Military Government and the
executive Council. All the Military Governors are members of the
Executive Council. A Military Governor is assigned to a group of provinces over which and subject to the direction and control of the Head of the National
Military Government, he shall exercise executive power. In order to
avoid any major dislocation of the present administrative machinery,
the grouping of the provinces has been made to coincide with the
former regional boundaries. This is entirely a transitional measure
and must be understood as such. The present grouping of the
provinces is without prejudice to the Constitutional and
Administrative arrangements to be embodied in the New Constitution in
accordance with the wishes of the people of Nigeria.
The National Military Government assumes the exercise of all
legislative powers throughout the Republic subject to such
delegations to Military Governors as are considered necessary for
purposes of efficient administration.
The public services of the former federation and regions become
unified into one national public service under a National Public
Service Commission. There is a provincial Service Commission for
each group of provinces to which is delegated functions in respect of
public officers below a given rank. This rather drastic change will
probably involve a reconstitution of the existing commissions, and
the National Military Government reserves the right to do so in the
manner stipulated in the Decree. Until this is done, the present
Commissioners continue to act in their posts. Every civil servant is
now called upon to see his function in any part of Nigeria in which
he is serving in the context of the whole country. The orientation
should now be towards national unity and progress. I expect all
civil servants to co-operate and to consult at all levels, vertically
and horizontally, between groups of Provinces and between Provinces
and the Centre.
People are aware that Study Groups have been set up to look into
various aspects of governmental activity. One of them is concerned
with problem relating to the Constitution........Read More here:

https://www.dawodu.com/irons2.htm

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Play stupid games, win silly prizes.

Why did Ironsi over throw Balewa Govt ?

Na wa o
He was supposed to be killed but escaped and took over power.

He didn't plan or execute the coup. Balewa was already running Buhari style of governance.

This is what happens when history is twisted and not taught in schools.

Please go and read the coup on Wikipedia

capitalzero:
If igbos were being massacred even before 1960, why would ironsi announce unification degree. It did not make sense.
Even danjuma and gowon are crying because of their foolish decision. Their people are being massacred iby the so called northern brothers.
Well, they were so young then and lacked experience

Serves them right.

jneutron4000:
That was the evil intention of the Igbos to dominate everyone in Nigeria. They killed Hausa/fulanis leaders, killed Yoruba leaders then destroyed Regional government. What Hausa/fulanis are doing now is what the Igbos intended to do, they brought this problems with all are facing in Nigeria now.

There were no igbos
The leaders are not all igbos

chatinent:
He led a coup and was also killed in a coup the same year.

He escaped from the coup plotters...

woky:
Ironsi was never among the officers that initiated the 1966 coup

Finally someone with sense

Farki:
The man who helped kick start Nigeria's problems.

Your founding fathers did

Azikiwe
Awololo
Balewa

Ogaonos:
but that not really the problem with nigeria.wat Gowon did by creating states is very good.because it will stop future agitations which will unstable d political govt.what is our problem is d governors.once a protest campaign on bad governance is weigh on them Nd corner them d country will progress.we too soft Nd quiet on our governors.for instance mend militias fought but only benefit the militia Nd governors in d region.delta state for example the corruption there is very high.dt why Benin city DT has little untilized oil is better than asaba DT is in oil.

Why are you blaming the governors

femi4:
He truncated democracy with his Igbo coup and that marked the beginning of the end of Nigeria

He didn't take part
He was supposed to be killed

LZAA:
Kids of nowadays
Ifeajuna was the brain behind that coup
Ironsi actually stopped the coup

he was part of the group

LZAA:
Wonderful host indeed
The northerners wanted fajuyi dead even more than ironsi
Fajuyi was involved in the first coup and was the reason nzeogwu and co were not killed

Was he the one that ask them to surrender

JudasNaCarrot:
Ironsi was never part of the January 1966 coup. He and Odumegu Ojukwu were never part of it. Infact the the coupist, Kaduna Nzegwu,Ademoyega and other three Majors executed the coup with the plans of killing Ironsi who was at a party that night somewhere in Lagos.

Ojukwu was the one who foiled the coup in the North, making it impossible for Nzeogwu and his cohorts to succeed.

Ironsi only took over power because he was the highest ranking military officer then. His mistake was that he didn't bring the coup plotters to Justice. They should have been tried and executed by military law. His failure sent a signal that it was an ethnic cleansing carried out by officers of Igbo extraction agiant the Hausa Fulani and Yoruba ethnic groups as Azikiwe was not killed like his compatriots.

This was how the seed of ethnic division and hatred began in a once promising and examplary African Nation.

Now Buhari have taken this hatred, nepotism and destruction to the peak of mount Everest.

It was successful in the north.
Kaduna took care of everything.... They failed in Lagos.

EMMAUGOH:
Ironsi is the most stupid igbo man to exist in Nigeria history.

Imagine halting a coup and soround yourself with those that should be killed in the coup.

It shows he knows nothing about the coup and trying to be political correct while forgot there still an ongoing revenge.

I swear if Ojukwu or Nzeogwu succeeded the coup, Nothern Nigeria would have been merged with Niger and Sudan while Souther Nigeria a country of theirs. Africa would have had intelligent leader cos I trust igbos to try to control other countries like role America is playing in their continent.

Northern Nigeria was already part of the country.
Ojukwu didn't take part but he was aware and stalled it until Ironsi took power

EMMAUGOH:
Ironsi is the most stupid igbo man to exist in Nigeria history.

Imagine halting a coup and soround yourself with those that should be killed in the coup.

It shows he knows nothing about the coup and trying to be political correct while forgot there still an ongoing revenge.

I swear if Ojukwu or Nzeogwu succeeded the coup, Nothern Nigeria would have been merged with Niger and Sudan while Souther Nigeria a country of theirs. Africa would have had intelligent leader cos I trust igbos to try to control other countries like role America is playing in their continent.

He escaped death himself and they locked up the coupists and messed up their efforts.

Even made things worse by doing same thing the coupists were trying to correct

flokii:
Some Yorubas continue to die like Fajuyi for some wicked and greedy people who have nothing but hatred for Yorubas. Awon adorun mo oto, they'll realize when they get to heaven.

Oil dey those Northern soldiers head for executing the counter coup that killed Ironsi. Unlike the docile Yorubas like Ademoyega who allowed lies and deceit blind them to the well ochestrated ethnic cleansing by Ironsi and his boys Ifeajuna, Nzeogwu and co.

You ended up saying rubbish.
The boys you mentioned actually planned and executed it.

Try and read his book so you know why he did it instead saying he was deicived