So basically any Anioma who says he is not Igbo should not be listened to and should be ridiculed while any faceless group which claims to be Anioma and claims anioma are igbo should be listened to and respected and are speaking gospel truth ?

Anioma are Edo (Citizens of Benin empire). Deal with it.

The ancestral regalia of every Obi is the same beeded ancestral regalia as that of the Oba of Benin. That should tell you something.

TimeManager:
This rebuttal hasn't altered the veracity of bullet point 2. Awolowo went to Enugu with his delegates to meet with Ojukwu for which they never promised to go to war with the ibos..
Both narratives from the 'Anti-ibo Aniomas' and the 'Pro-ibo Aniomas' are consistent with this fact. Therefore, it is most idiotic on the part of the peddlers of falsehood painting Awo being a betrayer. It's rather unfortunate that ibos easily make Awo the fall guy for the genocidal mistake of Ojukwu.

kiss the truth!

I do not know which part of the world harbors you. It is not prudent to call an act of standing up for a person's people a "Genocidal mistake". Besides mistake in the sense used in this paragraph is a misnomer.

So basically any Anioma who says he is not Igbo should not be listened to and should be ridiculed while any faceless group which claims to be Anioma and claims anioma are igbo should be listened to and respected and are speaking gospel truth ?

Anioma are Edo (Citizens of Benin empire). Deal with it.

Do you know Benin is not Edo language? Benin, such as Guinee, is among the group of names created by the Portuguese and Spaniards.

Duru1:


Do you know Benin is not Edo language? Benin, such as Guinee, is among the group of names created by the Portuguese and Spaniards.

what proof of that do you have ?
Just to inform you: the european visitors wrote down the names we told them in a way to reflect the pronounciation of the indegenous people.
Benin had at least two names: Ouéni (as written down by the french) and Bénin (as written down by the french) and Beni (as written down by the portuguese). Different europeans with different languages writing down our words in order for their people to pronounce them the way we pronounce them.

When I deactivate my account, stop quoting me !

jimyjames:



Ejoor ran away out of panic and his ill will for the Biafrans no one was after him, if the biafrans were after him they had all the chances to kill him, cause biafra work hand in hand with the Midwest igbos to make that invasion a success, it was something they planned on for weeks, ....

Nigeria was not left undefended Nigerian soldier's were in the Midwest in asaba protecting the only bridge that was the way across to Midwest, but the mistake they made was 90% of those guiding that bridge were igbos from Midwest they all worked hand in hand in helping the biafrans invade Midwest, only Lt col isama alabi who's mother was Yoruba didn't go along with the plan and it was him that called the headquarter in Lagos to inform them about the biafran invasion, the road from Midwest to Lagos was free.

Allow me make some contributions.

I think you got everything wrong with the Midwest invasion, I understand when we tell stories, we tend to say what's favourable to us.

Lets start from here

Ejoor ran away out of panic

Had ejoor not escaped Benin, he would have been killed, he didn't run out of panic but to secure his life.

Ejoor's saving grace was the fact that Ogbemudia had changed the guard detail at the Government House, a day before the Biafran troops came in. So the soldiers on duty weren't in the original plan to hand over him to the invaders, they put up some few hours resistance, giving Ejoor the opportunity to escape, how he did that is still a mystery to many, but that wasn't the first time he had escaped an assassination attempt.

Ejoor narrowly escaped death (from Majors Anuforo and Ifeajuna) at the Ikoyi Hotel in Lagos, 1966. He also slipped out of an attempted kidnap during the burial of Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi at Umuahia on Jan 20, 1967. Dude was regarded as a man with nine lives.

While the invasion was going on, Banjo wasn't aware because that wasn't the initial plan, Ejoor being from the non-igbo part of the region had rejected Ojukwu's offer to join him in the war, his rejection and refusal lead to the Biafran troops dashing into the government house to get him dead or alive.

and his ill will for the Biafrans no one was after him

Ejoor had no ill will for anybody, Ejoor's only crime was the fact that he requested his region be excluded from any battle and as at then, he spoke for the interest of his people.

The Midwest had just got independence from the western region and supporting Ojukwu would bring his people under an indirect rule of the Biafran government, let's not forget how the Midwest could be quickly turned into a battle field should he throw his support on any party, no sane leader will fight for the interests of others when his own interests isn't guaranteed.

if the biafrans were after him they had all the chances to kill him

They had no chance, Bringing Ejoor's head would have been a boost to the invasion, Ejoor and a hand-few of soldiers fought till he got a way to escape.

During an interview years after the war, Ejoor revealed how a Benin family saved him... I will find the link and attach to this post.

One man who fought like a lion during the war was Ogbemudia, few days after the invasion, Ejoor went into hiding, while Ogbemudia remained, he raised locals in guerilla warfare, fought till federal troops came in with support.

Many accounts of the Midwest invasion corroborate with this.

The ancestral regalia of every Obi is the same beeded ancestral regalia as that of the Oba of Benin. That should tell you something.

What ancestral regalia are you talking about. Apart from the borrowed sword what else looked anything like Bini there. By the way , Bini didn't invent sword in Nigeria because they weren't the first to fight war. Igbo has been smelting irons way before Bini Kingdom was founded. You guys are very young.

Finally, the white clothes the Bini Chiefs and Oba wear were copied from the Portuguese reverend father's Cassock.

You Bini people need to keep quiet. You language is even like 70% extinct...lmao

IDENNAA:


What ancestral regalia are you talking about. Apart from the borrowed sword what else looked anything like Bini there.

1) first picture: King of Igbodo
2) second picture: Obi of Agbor in the 1930's
3) Ika Kings

look, I am not interested in trolling, only facts matter to me.

Efewestern:


Allow me make some contributions.

I think you got everything wrong with the Midwest invasion, I understand when we tell stories, we tend to say what's favourable to us.

Lets start from here



Had ejoor not escaped Benin, he would have been killed, he didn't run out of panic but to secure his life.

Ejoor's saving grace was the fact that Ogbemudia had changed the guard detail at the Government House, a day before the Biafran troops came in. So the soldiers on duty weren't in the original plan to hand over him to the invaders, they put up some few hours resistance, giving Ejoor the opportunity to escape, how he did that is still a mystery to many, but that wasn't the first time he had escaped an assassination attempt.

Ejoor narrowly escaped death (from Majors Anuforo and Ifeajuna) at the Ikoyi Hotel in Lagos, 1966. He also slipped out of an attempted kidnap during the burial of Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi at Umuahia on Jan 20, 1967. Dude was regarded as a man with nine lives.

While the invasion was going on, Banjo wasn't aware because that wasn't the initial plan, Ejoor being from the non-igbo part of the region had rejected Ojukwu's offer to join him in the war, his rejection and refusal lead to the Biafran troops dashing into the government house to get him dead or alive.




Ejoor had no ill will for anybody, Ejoor's only crime was the fact that he requested his region be excluded from any battle and as at then, he spoke for the interest of his people.

The Midwest had just got independence from the western region and supporting Ojukwu would bring his people under an indirect rule of the Biafran government, let's not forget how the Midwest could be quickly turned into a battle field should he throw his support on any party, no sane leader will fight for the interests of others when his own interests isn't guaranteed.



They had no chance, Bringing Ejoor's head would have been a boost to the invasion, Ejoor and a hand-few of soldiers fought till he got a way to escape.

During an interview years after the war, Ejoor revealed how a Benin family saved him... I will find the link and attach to this post.

One man who fought like a lion during the war was Ogbemudia, few days after the invasion, Ejoor went into hiding, while Ogbemudia remained, he raised locals in guerilla warfare, fought till federal troops came in with support.

Many accounts of the Midwest invasion corroborate with this.

the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor if they were they could have killed him, the plan given to banjo was reach Lagos the capital of Nigeria not to remain in Midwest and cause any harm to them or turn it to a battle Ground as you call it, if to say the biafrans captured Ejoor the highest they could have done was take him to ojukwu in Enugu, cause ojukwu for a long time wanted to speak with Ejoor, at last banjo found out were Ejoor was hiding and secretly met and spoke with him without informing ojukwu back at Enugu, according to banjo's confession , he met with Ejoor and asked him to be an intermediary between him and chief awolowo but Ejoor declined to take the risk,
banjo said later he relayed messages using the sideband radio of the British deputy high commission in Benin , a British official there communicated in German to another official in the high commission in Lagos, which in turn passed his message to chief awolowo , by this time Lt col banjo,Lt col ifeajuana major Philip alale , Sam agbam aborted the mission and were already plotting against ojukwu

jimyjames:


the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor if they were they could have killed him, the plan given to banjo was reach Lagos the capital of Nigeria not to remain in Midwest and cause any harm to them or turn it to a battle Ground as you call it, if to say the biafrans captured Ejoor the highest they could have done was take him to ojukwu in Enugu, cause ojukwu for a long time wanted to speak with Ejoor, at last banjo found out were Ejoor was hiding and secretly met and spoke with him without informing ojukwu back at Enugu, according to banjo's confession , he met with Ejoor and asked him to be an intermediary between him and chief awolowo but Ejoor declined to take the risk,
banjo said later he relayed messages using the sideband radio of the British deputy high commission in Benin , a British official there communicated in German to another official in the high commission in Lagos, which in turn passed his message to chief awolowo , by this time Lt col banjo,Lt col ifeajuana major Philip alale , Sam agbam aborted the mission and were already plotting against ojukwu

the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor if they were they could have killed him

I repeat again, they couldn't succeed in killing him, his escape from the government house was a big blow to those who wanted his head.

the plan given to banjo was reach Lagos the capital of Nigeria not to remain in Midwest and cause any harm to them or turn it to a battle Ground as you call it

If the plan was to capture Lagos, why did some Biafran troops dash to the government house even when the Midwest pose no threat to anyone and had no standing officers except some few guards in the government house who protected Ejoor? why was a puppet governor appointed in the Midwest? What was the connection between Midwest and Lagos?

Midwest gave little resistance, aside from the few hours gun fire, it was Overran easily. They could have continued with their journey to Lagos without any further drama in the region.

if to say the biafrans captured Ejoor the highest they could have done was take him to ojukwu in Enugu, cause ojukwu for a long time wanted to speak with Ejoor

Communicating with Ejoor wasn't an issue, before the invasion, Ojukwu had asked Ejoor for his collaboration and he simply refused. Both weren't in a good terms and you think if Ojukwu had got hold of him, he'd give him a pat on his back?

LOL, common, we are talking of war not some romantic game. Every general will avoid being captured by a not too friendly opponent.

at last banjo found out were Ejoor was hiding and secretly met and spoke with him without informing ojukwu back at Enugu, according to banjo's confession , he met with Ejoor and asked him to be an intermediary between him and chief awolowo but Ejoor declined to take the risk

There was already a distrust between Banjo and Ojukwu, he was disappointed that Ojukwu didn't inform him of his plan to capture Ejoor, so how then do you expect him to relate to Enugu about his meeting with a man they wanted to kill behind his back?

Efewestern:




I repeat again, they couldn't succeed in killing him, his escape from the government house was a big blow to those who wanted his head.



If the plan was to capture Lagos, why did some Biafran troops dash to the government house even when the Midwest pose no threat to anyone and had no standing officers except some few guards in the government house who protected Ejoor? why was a puppet governor appointed in the Midwest? What was the connection between Midwest and Lagos?

Midwest gave little resistance, aside from the few hours gun fire, it was Overran easily. They could have continued with their journey to Lagos without any further drama in the region.



Communicating with Ejoor wasn't an issue, before the invasion, Ojukwu had asked Ejoor for his collaboration and he simply refused. Both weren't in a good terms and you think if Ojukwu had got hold of him, he'd give him a pat on his back?

LOL, common, we are talking of war not some romantic game. Every general will avoid being captured by a not too friendly opponent.



There was already a distrust between Banjo and Ojukwu, he was disappointed that Ojukwu didn't inform him of his plan to capture Ejoor, so how then do you expect him to relate to Enugu about his meeting with a man they wanted to kill behind his back?

And I repeat the biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor, if they were out to kill Ejoor the Midwest igbos who worked hand in hand with the biafrans could have done that long before the invasion into Midwest,
one of biafran Biggest threats was Godwin ISAMA ALABI the biafrans were after him just like you claim were after Ejoor, they captured ALABI why didn't they kill him?
According to ALABI he was the first to know about the biafran invasion, he was the one that informed both Ejoor and the FG capital in Lagos about the invasion, and he threw some hand grenades which killed a dozen of biafran soldiers when they came to his house at night, the biafrans captured him and immediately made him a Lt col in the biafran army, if the didn't kill an enemy like ALABI why will they kill Ejoor? What was the gain in killing a coward like Ejoor? Are you aware most elders and chiefs in Midwest were already sending messages of support to ojukwu back in Enugu, Ejoor was not that important, 90% of the Midwest soldiers were Midwest igbos and Ejoor had no control over them
Every military blunder committed in Midwest was done by those who were in charge of that invasion which banjo was overall head, the road to Lagos was open and free banjo deliberately didn't want to reach Lagos that's why he delayed in Midwest for one week on an operation that should take 24 hours, these whole week in Midwest they kept sending back false messages to ojukwu in Enugu given him false lame excuses why they are still in Midwest while they supposed to be in Lagos,
Ejoor was not in the plan I repeat the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor, ojukwu can not send 5'000 soldiers across Midwest just to kill Ejoor who didn't even have up to 200 guards under him, while Nigerian troops were advancing to capture Enugu No
the plan was Lagos, capital for capital strategy

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jimyjames:



And I repeat the biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor, if they were out to kill Ejoor the Midwest igbos who worked hand in hand with the biafrans could have done that long before the invasion into Midwest,
one of biafran Biggest threats was Godwin ISAMA ALABI the biafrans were after him just like you claim were after Ejoor, they captured ALABI why didn't they kill him?
According to ALABI he was the first to know about the biafran invasion, he was the one that informed both Ejoor and the FG capital in Lagos about the invasion, and he threw some hand grenades which killed a dozen of biafran soldiers when they came to his house at night, the biafrans captured him and immediately made him a Lt col in the biafran army, if the didn't kill an enemy like ALABI why will they kill Ejoor? What was the gain in killing a coward like Ejoor? Are you aware most elders and chiefs in Midwest were already sending messages of support to ojukwu back in Enugu, Ejoor was not that important, 90% of the Midwest soldiers were Midwest igbos and Ejoor had no control over them
Every military blunder committed in Midwest was done by those who were in charge of that invasion which banjo was overall head, the road to Lagos was open and free banjo deliberately didn't want to reach Lagos that's why he delayed in Midwest for one week on an operation that should take 24 hours, these whole week in Midwest they kept sending back false messages to ojukwu in Enugu given him false lame excuses why they are still in Midwest while they supposed to be in Lagos,
Ejoor was not in the plan I repeat the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor, ojukwu can not send 5'000 soldiers across Midwest just to kill Ejoor who didn't even have up to 200 guards under him, while Nigerian troops were advancing to capture Enugu No
the plan was Lagos, capital for capital strategy

And I repeat the biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor, if they were out to kill Ejoor the Midwest igbos who worked hand in hand with the biafrans could have done that long before the invasion into Midwest

How can that be possible when guards at the government house were mixed and commanded by Ogbemudia?

one of biafran Biggest threats was Godwin ISAMA ALABI the biafrans were after him just like you claim were after Ejoor, they captured ALABI why didn't they kill him?

You know little about the Midwest invasion, the most wanted man after Ejoor was Ogbemudia, Alabi was already a commander at Asaba garrison and he already had some links and wasn't that much a threat.

Are you aware most elders and chiefs in Midwest were already sending messages of support to ojukwu back in Enugu, Ejoor was not that important, 90% of the Midwest soldiers were Midwest igbos and Ejoor had no control over them

By MOST, you mean more than 50% of chiefs and elders from the then Midwest were sending support to Enugu? What's up with Nigerians and their love for picking statistics from the air?

The Midwest had lots of tribes which includes Urhobo, Bini, Isoko, Igbo, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isan and it was only the Igbo speaking people who sent in support to Enugu, Others maintained the neutrality stand and didn't want to partake any conflicts until they were forced to, so how does this translate to MAJORITY?

And also, 90% of the Midwest soldiers weren't Midwest igbo, but majority of the commanders were, about 75%, so it was hard for Ejoor to control, but not withstanding, the region had fewer soldiers, it was the weakest.

What was the gain in killing a coward like Ejoor?

Lol.. He called Ejoor a coward .

Ejoor was not in the plan I repeat the biafrans were not out to kill Ejoor, ojukwu can not send 5'000 soldiers across Midwest just to kill Ejoor who didn't even have up to 200 guards under him, while Nigerian troops were advancing to capture Enugu

Capturing Ejoor was part of the military objective of the invading soldiers. This was war not a romantic movie, accept reality.

Efewestern:
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How can that be possible when guards at the government house were mixed and commanded by Ogbemudia?



You know little about the Midwest invasion, the most wanted man after Ejoor was Ogbemudia, Alabi was already a commander at Asaba garrison and he already had some links and wasn't that much a threat.



By MOST, you mean more than 50% of chiefs and elders from the then Midwest were sending support to Enugu? What's up with Nigerians and their love for picking statistics from the air?

The Midwest had lots of tribes which includes Urhobo, Bini, Isoko, Igbo, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isan and it was only the Igbo speaking people who sent in support to Enugu, Others maintained the neutrality stand and didn't want to partake any conflicts until they were forced to, so how does this translate to MAJORITY?

And also, 90% of the Midwest soldiers weren't Midwest igbo, but majority of the commanders were, about 75%, so it was hard for Ejoor to control, but not withstanding, the region had fewer soldiers, it was the weakest.



Lol.. He called Ejoor a coward .



Capturing Ejoor was part of the military objective of the invading soldiers. This was war not a romantic movie, accept reality.

What could ogbemudia had possibly done to prevent the Midwest igbos from assassinating Ejoor if they wanted to? as you know his guards were mixed what does it take to assassinate someone? Wasn't it same type of assassination nzeogwu ifeajuana etc carried out in the North,south West , besides that the time the biafrans invaded Midwest how many Guards were there at the government house protecting Ejoor? Just 15 men the captain of those Guards was sunny tuoyo , can 15 men possibly fight 5 thousands biafran troops? What army did ogbemudia have? They all ran away including this ogbemudia guy you are trying to make a hero of.

Killing or capturing Ejoor was never or part of the military objectives of the biafrans as you claim, the invasion into Midwest was as easy as a walk in a park, it was never a war zone or a war target,
And if you claim only the igbo speaking parts sent a message of support to ojukwu, why didn't the biafrans kill all the elders chiefs of this other tribes for refusing to support them, ojukwu was not that stupid to kill Ejoor, what exactly will he tell the people of Midwest and the international communities for killing Ejoor, cause there were already propaganda by the Nigerian government that ojukwu forced the minority tribes in the eastern Region to join biafran against their will, killing Ejoor could have confirmed the accusation as true, ojukwu was not that stupid

jimyjames:

What could ogbemudia had possibly done to prevent the Midwest igbos from assassinating Ejoor if they wanted to? as you know his guards were mixed what does it take to assassinate someone? Wasn't it same type of assassination nzeogwu ifeajuana etc carried out in the North,south West , besides that the time the biafrans invaded Midwest how many Guards were there at the government house protecting Ejoor? Just 15 men the captain of those Guards was sunny tuoyo , can 15 men possibly fight 5 thousands biafran troops? What army did ogbemudia have? They all ran away including this ogbemudia guy you are trying to make a hero of.

Assassination was just simply impossible, like I have said earlier, Ejoor had escaped several attempts on his life, he could have been killed during the coup but managed to escaped.

He was smart, intelligent and proactive and having Ogbemudia as the Quarter-guard commander was a plus to his life.

Not all Midwest Igbo Soldiers were loyal to Ojukwu, it was Lt. Col. Ochei that specifically attacked the Government house in Benin, Ogbemudia got info of the attack and replaced the guards who later defended Ejoor.

After the war, Lt. Col. Ochei was tried by the Nigerian Army Headquarters for involving in a coup d'etat against the Midwestern region of Nigeria.

Ogbemudia never ran away, he fought a guerilla warfare till support came in, a bounty was placed on his head, even at that, he raised thousands of soldiers who later went on offensive.

So yes, he was a hero of the Midwesterners.

Killing or capturing Ejoor was never or part of the military objectives of the biafrans as you claim, the invasion into Midwest was as easy as a walk in a park, it was never a war zone or a war target, And if you claim only the igbo speaking parts sent a message of support to ojukwu , why didn't the biafrans kill all the elders chiefs of this other tribes for refusing to support them, ojukwu was not that stupid to kill Ejoor, what exactly will he tell the people of Midwest and the international communities for killing Ejoor, cause there were already propaganda by the Nigerian government that ojukwu forced the minority tribes in the eastern Region to join biafran against their will, killing Ejoor could have confirmed the accusation as true, ojukwu was not that stupid

I'm not claiming anything, we are discussing about history and I'm vast with what happened in my region decades ago. No Urhobo, Isoko, Isan, Bini or Ijaw chief sent any support to anybody. These people maintained neutrality from the beginning of the whole crisis.

Kill elders for refusing to support them? This logic is lame, these part I mentioned were neutral till the very end, they never sent any help to anybody, don't rewrite our history.

jimyjames:


My friend I'm talking of Lagos the capital the then capital of Nigeria, what ever part that was under South West was never part of the federal capital and that was where biafran soldiers were heading, and I repeat igbos were killed in South West, chinue Achebe even gave a personal account of how some Yorubas were happy that igbos were returning to their region saying as igbos leave food will be cheaper in Lagos and Yoruba land

Banjo and the 5'000 biafran troops under him entered Midwest and killed no one it was a peaceful invasion, in fact the plan to reach Lagos was in 24 hours cause the road was free from any military road blocks because all the Nigerian soldier's available that time were already in biafra fighting biafran troops, banjo delayed for one week and never followed the initial plan , it was after one week that the Nigerian government organized a crash program and hurriedly trained some soldier's to block ore road


Awolowo played a huge part in the evil and should be blamed, he met ojukwu and got information on ojukwus plans which he later used against ojukwu , cause ojukwu informed him 2 weeks before he declared biafra

Point of correction!! The entire Biafran army in 1967 were not up to 5000 soldiers. The Biafra 101 brigade was undermanned because it has only three battalions which were not even up to a battalion strength.

Efewestern:


Assassination was just simply impossible, like I have said earlier, Ejoor had escaped several attempts on his life, he could have been killed during the coup but managed to escaped.

He was smart, intelligent and proactive and having Ogbemudia as the Quarter-guard commander was a plus to his life.

Not all Midwest Igbo Soldiers were loyal to Ojukwu, it was Lt. Col. Ochei that specifically attacked the Government house in Benin, Ogbemudia got info of the attack and replaced the guards who later defended Ejoor.

After the war, Lt. Col. Ochei was tried by the Nigerian Army Headquarters for involving in a coup d'etat against the Midwestern region of Nigeria.

Ogbemudia never ran away, he fought a guerilla warfare till support came in, a bounty was placed on his head, even at that, he raised thousands of soldiers who later went on offensive.

So yes, he was a hero of the Midwesterners.



I'm not claiming anything, we are discussing about history and I'm vast with what happened in my region decades ago. No Urhobo, Isoko, Isan, Bini or Ijaw chief sent any support to anybody. These people maintained neutrality from the beginning of the whole crisis.

Kill elders for refusing to support them? This logic is lame, these part I mentioned were neutral till the very end, they never sent any help to anybody, don't rewrite our history.

This is hilarious. The same Ogbemudia who ran passed his father's compound and hid at Onicha while thinking that Lt Bukka Dimka was still in his pursuit. Ejoor was the military governor of Midwestern region but was never the commander of military unit in Midwestern region. Such honor goes to Col Nwawo. Ejoor had no such power to deploy soldiers within Midwestern region.

Duru1:


This is hilarious. The same Ogbemudia who ran passed his father's compound and hid at Onicha while thinking that Lt Bukka Dimka was still in his pursuit. Ejoor was the military governor of Midwestern region but was never the commander of military unit in Midwestern region. Such honor goes to Col Nwawo. Ejoor had no such power to deploy soldiers within Midwestern region.

Lol, sorry had that laugh, that was the 1966 counter coup, Dimka was vexed at how Major Ogbemudia handled him prior to his release, so he organized some soldiers who chased him till he escaped at Ondo. He was clearly outnumbered, that doesn't take away his brave deeds during the Midwest invasion as that's our center of discussion.

Ejoor deployed soldiers when he was the governor, during the police action, he had some barricade set in Asaba, but due to the fact that majority of the commanders were loyal to the East, they didn't follow his instructions.

But he was still in charge, his unwillingness to side any part almost cost him his life.

Efewestern:


Assassination was just simply impossible, like I have said earlier, Ejoor had escaped several attempts on his life, he could have been killed during the coup but managed to escaped.

He was smart, intelligent and proactive and having Ogbemudia as the Quarter-guard commander was a plus to his life.

Not all Midwest Igbo Soldiers were loyal to Ojukwu, it was Lt. Col. Ochei that specifically attacked the Government house in Benin, Ogbemudia got info of the attack and replaced the guards who later defended Ejoor.

After the war, Lt. Col. Ochei was tried by the Nigerian Army Headquarters for involving in a coup d'etat against the Midwestern region of Nigeria.

Ogbemudia never ran away, he fought a guerilla warfare till support came in, a bounty was placed on his head, even at that, he raised thousands of soldiers who later went on offensive.

So yes, he was a hero of the Midwesterners.



I'm not claiming anything, we are discussing about history and I'm vast with what happened in my region decades ago. No Urhobo, Isoko, Isan, Bini or Ijaw chief sent any support to anybody. These people maintained neutrality from the beginning of the whole crisis.

Kill elders for refusing to support them? This logic is lame, these part I mentioned were neutral till the very end, they never sent any help to anybody, don't rewrite our history.

My friend I repeat if the biafran plans was to kill Ejoor he could have being killed even before the invasion, he didn't survive cause of any smartness he survived cause the biafrans were never after him, this argument is going in circle


If ogbemudia got a tip that the biafrans were coming to kill his boss Ejoor, changing Ejoor guards was not enough, only 15 men were guarding that government house and there was no single resistance on their way to Benin the road was clear, ogbemudia fought no guerrilla warfare against anyone, he was hiding just like his boss Ejoor, all these movie script you all write to portray ogbemudia a hero are funny script, ISAMA ALABI wrote his own Midwest version of biafran invasion like he was writing a movie script of John RAMBO just to portray himself as the hero that's just it nothing more

I believe ojukwu no matter what you say, I still stand by his words, biafrans were never out to kill Ejoor or do any harm to Midwest Region the plan was Lagos the capital of Nigeria, a capital for capital that was it.

1) first picture: King of Igbodo
2) second picture: Obi of Agbor in the 1930's
3) Ika Kings

look, I am not interested in trolling, only facts matter to me.

Why are you telling me about Igbodo and Anioma traditional rulers whereas I was addressing the regalia of Obi of Onicha which you claimed was all borrowed and the Obi is from Anambra.

Who doesn't know that the dressing of the Obi Agbogidi is purely Nri/Anambra styled. Only a history neophyte would not know that.

But , just a little education for you. The Anioma before the rise of Bini Kingdom practiced the traditional Igbo style kind of administration until the spread of the Bini empire and influence. Henceforth, the borrowed monarchial system of administration and it's items like the sword and beeded crown.

Hahahaha, this would be a dagger straight to the hearts of ndi ofenmanu and the "we South South". I read this amazing piece and was so happy that our Igbo brothers West of the Niger are wiser than our enemies.

God bless the Igbo nation, we will continue to rise above our enemies. All our people will one day be united including those that were forcefully pushed into Edo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta. Igbos are a proud race and it would be a shame for any of us to be suppressed under any minority group.

Expect more of such realignments once it becomes clear that Nigeria is about to break up. I doubt any Igbo village will ever want to remain outside the larger Igbo nation where they would be devoured by vultures.

Efewestern:


Lol, sorry had that laugh, that was the 1966 counter coup, Dimka was vexed at how Major Ogbemudia handled him prior to his release, so he organized some soldiers who chased him till he escaped at Ondo. He was clearly outnumbered, that doesn't take away his brave deeds during the Midwest invasion as that's our center of discussion.

Ejoor deployed soldiers when he was the governor, during the police action, he had some barricade set in Asaba, but due to the fact that majority of the commanders were loyal to the East, they didn't follow his instructions.

But he was still in charge, his unwillingness to side any part almost cost him his life.

Again Ejoor had no such powers to deploy soldiers in Midwestern region. This fact applied to all military governors in Nigeria during the era in discuss. Military unit commanders in the four regions of Nigeria were the only characters vested with the power to deploy soldiers.

Hmmm

Duru1:


Again Ejoor had no such powers to deploy soldiers in Midwestern region. This fact applied to all military governors in Nigeria during the era in discuss. Military unit commanders in the four regions of Nigeria were the only characters vested with the power to deploy soldiers.

Thanks for the correction, will look into this.

I know the commanders had powers but never knew they didn't take instructions from the governor.

Bede2u:
As for the article.....like pazienza my friend would always say....it is left for the pro-igbo of Delta to counter the anti-igbo of Delta. We in the east are done playing the big bro. We haven't gained anything from aligning with delta-igbos...but we sure have lost a lot. Hell our whole tribe suffered genocide because of the atrocities of a man from Delta (Nzeogwu).
Sort yourselves out

Nzeogwu NEVER committed any "atrocities"!
It will be nice if you will humbly retract the statement!
Nzeogwu as the Chief of military intelligence unit became aware of the Sarduanas/Balewa/Akintola schemes that were ultimately going to lead to massacres as Buhari/Tinubu politics is doing today, and responsibly unleashed a chain of actions to neutralize the evil culprits! He did well! Irrespective of what later days revisionists would like us to believe! Ironsi took over afterwards and bungled the whole thing otherwise the country was getting out of the woods with that surgical military action.. Nzeogwu was a vintage fearless patriot , who should be celebrated and not villified! Please, kindly take note of these facts...

Rugaria:


Nzeogwu NEVER committed any "atrocities"!
It will be nice if you will humbly retract the statement!
Nzeogwu as the Chief of military intelligence unit became aware of the Sarduanas/Balewa/Akintola schemes that were ultimately going to lead to massacres as Buhari/Tinubu politics is doing today, and responsibly unleashed a chain of actions to neutralize the evil culprits! He did well! Irrespective of what later days revisionists would like us to believe! Ironsi took over afterwards and bungled the whole thing otherwise the country was getting out of the woods with that surgical military action.. Nzeogwu was a vintage fearless patriot , who should be celebrated and not villified! Please, kindly take note of these facts...

nonsense. You are the only revisionist here. What led to Nzeogwus coup was the aftermath of the 1964 general election which led to imprisonment of Awolowo and riots in the west and lagos. Nzeogwus main goal was to free Awolowo from prison and possibly form a govt with him. It failed because he was very short sighted...immature and unorganised.
There was no grand plan by balewa to start killing people. What type of childish nonsense propaganda is that. What deliberate buhari's policy is killing ppl? Was it today fulani herders started causing issues in nigeria? Or did islamic terrorism start under buhari? I agree he isnt handling it well but pls lets call a spade a spade. Nzeogwu fvcked up big time and is no hero!!! Ask other real igbo nationalists here. Ojukwu and Ironsi never trusted the idiot and treated him with contempt

Rugaria:


[s] Nzeogwu NEVER committed any "atrocities"!
It will be nice if you will humbly retract the statement!
Nzeogwu as the Chief of military intelligence unit became aware of the Sarduanas/Balewa/Akintola schemes that were ultimately going to lead to massacres as Buhari/Tinubu politics is doing today, and responsibly unleashed a chain of actions to neutralize the evil culprits! He did well! Irrespective of what later days revisionists would like us to believe! Ironsi took over afterwards and bungled the whole thing otherwise the country was getting out of the woods with that surgical military action.. Nzeogwu was a vintage fearless patriot , who should be celebrated and not villified! Please, kindly take note of these facts...[/s]

What did I just read......Are you okay?


You are as small sighted as Nzeogwu. At end did awolowo recognize his struggle. He is nothing less than foolish.

leave balewa out of the nonsense. Most times I used to tell people that Nnamdi Kanu is seriously killing the youths by always passing the wrong message and many will think it as true....very wrong message

Rugaria:


Nzeogwu NEVER committed any "atrocities"!
It will be nice if you will humbly retract the statement!
Nzeogwu as the Chief of military intelligence unit became aware of the Sarduanas/Balewa/Akintola schemes that were ultimately going to lead to massacres as Buhari/Tinubu politics is doing today, and responsibly unleashed a chain of actions to neutralize the evil culprits! He did well! Irrespective of what later days revisionists would like us to believe! Ironsi took over afterwards and bungled the whole thing otherwise the country was getting out of the woods with that surgical military action.. Nzeogwu was a vintage fearless patriot , who should be celebrated and not villified! Please, kindly take note of these facts...

Nzeogwu was foolish and gave Igbophobic entities in Nigeria the window of opportunity that had been craving to hammer Ndiigbo.

He set the ball rolling, Ironsi complicated issues, and Ojukwu was left with a mission impossible to deal with.
But it was he(Nzeogwu) who started it all. It was stupid of Nzeogwu to want to interfer with what was happening in Western region, he was Igbo and it was none of his business.

Nigerians are still as Igbophobic as yesterday, even worst now, which is why I have been shouting from rooftops that Ndiigbo should maintain golden silence on any issue happening in Nigeria that is not directly related to us. I advised we stay off end SARS protest, IPOB and MNK wouldn't listen and we paid the price in Obigbo.
Similarly, we should only mind Herdsmen menace in SE and Proudly Igbo parts of SS( this excludes Ikwerre,Ekpeye ,Ndokwa/Ukwuani and Ogba) . We should not think we have any allies outside Igbo land, we should learn to see non Igbo's in Nigeria for who they are.
We don't want another senseless Nzeogwu who would present Ndiigbo as sacrificial lamb for a national problem. We all saw how Lagos-Ibadan media propaganda machine twisted Lagos SARS protest and Oba palace sacking to anti Igbo rhetorics and indictment of IPOB and MNK, simply because MNK and IPOB stupidly reenacted Nzeogwu foolery again. If not for the power of social media that Ndiigbo now has to counter them, we could be talking of second Igbo progrom starting from Lagos.
This was how they twisted Nzeogwu intents and actions unchallenged , and appealled to innate Igbophobia of Nigerians.

Nzeogwu is not an Igbo hero. He is a bad egg Ndiigbo must watch out for in the future and ensure we subdue before he puts us in harm's way.

Bede2u:
nonsense. You are the only revisionist here. What led to Nzeogwus coup was the aftermath of the 1964 general election which led to imprisonment of Awolowo and riots in the west and lagos. Nzeogwus main goal was to free Awolowo from prison and possibly form a govt with him. It failed because he was very short sighted...immature and unorganised.
There was no grand plan by balewa to start killing people. What type of childish nonsense propaganda is that. What deliberate buhari's policy is killing ppl? Was it today fulani herders started causing issues in nigeria? Or did islamic terrorism start under buhari? I agree he isnt handling it well but pls lets call a spade a spade. Nzeogwu fvcked up big time and is no hero!!! Ask other real igbo nationalists here. Ojukwu and Ironsi never trusted the idiot and treated him with contempt

Utter hogwash.. Most of you have this problem of trying to pontificate on issues way above your pay grade! You don't even have the slightest knowledge of what you're talking about but you're determined to talk like an authority on the issue! If any discerning mind doesn't see any correlation between Sarduanas attacks in the middle belt using the army and buharis attack on the same middle belt using the herdsman, then you are just politically naive. To say tht herdmens killings have been here way before Buhari, as if what is going on now is somewhat normal is to say the least criminal! NPC was not just all about the North, the NPC was interested in subjugating the south violently and there are many instances were Sarduana went wild with his demeaning outbursts against the south! Balewa was his willing lackey and as such culpable! A policy of segregation was in full force within the northern civil service for instance, were whites were constitutionaly preferred to be recruited to jobs that can be done by qualified easterners! Sarduana was a rampaging nuisance!

Way before the coup, Nzeogwu has complained bitterly about the desperate attempts by the northern minister of defence to flood the army with hordes of unqualified northerners! This was when the buharis, the Abachas, the Babangidas and co were all railroaded into the army with their amorphous certificates to beef up the northern numbers there.. He complained of the federal minister using Hausa to address Nigerian soldiers at parades! Could not understand why the soldiers state of origin has to be ascertained in such events! Moaned about corruption and unproductivity in government. Even danjuma has talked about this..Please go and read "The Nigerian five Majors" by Gbulie.. Soldiers were used to squash the Tiv uprising leading to the killings of many! Akintola was always flying into Kaduna in the dead of the night while "operation wetie" was ongoing in the west to plot with the Sarduana! It led to Awolowo being jailed,.. the 1964 general elections being rigged! And the western streets littered with bodies! The country was spiralling out of control while the Sarduana was talking about Nigeria being his grandfather's "estate"! He needed to be stopped and a gallant officer did that!