₦airaland Forum

Chukapage:
I don't expect a barbarian to reason fine ,like I said you can start killing Igbos because of Ipob go and start nah Go!!

gidgiddy:
That's why I said that we are all different and have different way of seeing things. Even if I explain it to a none Igbo from now until tomorrow, they will never understand how much freedom means to Igbos.

Freedom means a lot to Igbos, without it, life has little meaning. It is one of the few things an Igbo man can die for. For the Igbos, it was far better to suffer and lose millions fighting for freedom that to submit willingly to slavery. Even if you don't achieve freedom, at least you can have the dignity of saying that you did not go down without a fight. In Ojukwus case, he didn't have the luxury of time. Gowon had renged on the Aburi agreement, abolished the 4 Regions, cancelled the Regional Army and created states. Had Ojukwu not declared the Eastern Region Biafra when he did, later there would have been no Eastern Region to declare Biafra. It was a now or never situation and his people stood by him.

I'm proud of my people that we stood up in the face of tyranny and enslavement and fought for our freedom with nothing for 3 years. Cowards look for all the excuses in the world to fight for their freedom and sovereignty, brave people stand up and fight no matter what.

After 3 years of tough fighting, things were not going well for Biafrans and the end was near. It made no sense at all for Ojukwu to stay back in the end just for his enemies to kill him. If Ojukwu had stayed to be captured and killed, it would have only benefitted Nigeria and done nothing to help Biafrans. So when people say that Ojukwu ran away, I ask them how his death would have helped the cause of Biafra that


There is nothing that is more honourable than for a people to rise up and fight for their freedom and I'm proud of my people and to Dim Ojukwu for leading us, no matter the condition

gidgiddy:
The reason you ask these questions is because you are not Igbo. You do not understand the Igbo mentality or how Igbos see things.

Have you asked your self why it is that despite the fact Igbos now know that Ojukwu did not have as much firepower as Nigeria and lost over 3 million souls, yet most Igbos revere Ojukwu in death?

Why is it that Ojukwu is like a demi-God amongst most Igbos despite leading them through difficult times and losing the civil war and over 3 million people?

The answer is that Ojukwu tried to give them something Nigeria will never give them, freedom.

Its remarkable what people will do and endure for freedom and independence. So Igbos would have rather have gone into battle with 3 bullets, fight and lose millions for the chance of being free.

It didn't work out for Igbos but the way they see it is that it was better to fight with for freedom, with catapults if need be, than to willingly submit to the caliphate without a fight on the excuse of not having enough firepower

7lives:
Shior I hope and pray that you guys won't wail genocide again.
Awon were.

Adakintroy2:
There would not have been a call for succession or talk of biafra had ironsI led on.

gidgiddy:
It is true that Ojukwu did not have enough weapons to fight the war but what choice did he have? To have Gowon break the Aburi agreement, watch the slaughter of his people and then bow to the caliphate of the North on top of that?

If it were me, I would go to war with catapults than to be reduced to a slave because of lack of weapons.

Either way, Biafrans gave a good account of themselves for 3 years. If it had not been for the far superior firepower and Airforce Britain and Russia gave Nigeria, Ojukwu would have won

meccuno:
I believe if the war was fought in the SW most of you here always heated up and ready to kill and chase out igbos (as if they are the problems of Nigeria) out of SW region experienced the war through the death of an uncle,a sister,a father,probably when making inciting comments, would be cautious.

orisa37:
azikwe wanted to be premier of Yoruba land.

Jaideyone:
lol the ibos only fought a single WAR not WARS and that WAR was lost woefully

orisa37:
it's a case of cunning man die, cunning man bury him.


The two have not done with outwitting themselves.

Sonnyboom:
I remember vividly the last one they fought, over 2 million of them perished just like that. Till date they are still wailing Awolowo Lille strength, this is a man that never carries knife talkless of appearing at the war front O.

Smoke55:
oga talk true,you care!

FisifunKododada:
Don't mind them. They keep denying reality. Bunch of snow-flakes.

@ cornflakes...........

I know from their continous narratives that they are conflicted but "cornflakes" is a new one to me.


It sure s.u.c.ks to be....................(4 lettered word) - fill in the blanks.

olisaEze:
Get well soon.

olisaEze:
There is a lot of anger in you!

Why u think it should be my problem I don’t know.

Las las u go dey alright!

DollyParton1:
Yorubas do not have frozen brain like the Igbos, who make just any talking thing their leader. Y'all too dumb to realize what being a leader actually entails. . Y'all think its all about talking shyte all over the place. Shyte-talking landed Nnamdi Kanu in the DSS detention.


FFK will never be a Yoruba leader...

olisaEze:
mehn, if Yoruba people actually know the literal translation of ‘ola ni yi’ & ‘ola ni ike’ in Ibo means eh!!

Rubbiish:
Even if he had aligned with Awo, that wouldn't have stopped Nigeria from becoming one?

MetaPhysical:
Mrs Olakunrin's death shocked us to the realities of the dangers that enveloped us in SW. I follow all the pro-Yoruba groups. OPC have people on the ground in most communities and noticed a trend in movements and a pattern in casualties so they raised alarm. Aare Gani Adams began sounding alerts to the traditional rulers and also the Governors many months back.

Mrs Olakunrin's death resulted in outcry and a shock. The surged alarm and opposition caused Ondo Governor to reverse some of the "peace deals" already conceeded to fulani bandits. Akeredolu is in bondage. He was put in that office by Fulanis in Abuja against the wishes of his brothers in SW. He is also struggling and likely will be thrown out at end of term so he is bending backward to do just anything and survive, even if bringing in fulani vigilante will do the magic. Very dangerous situation! The action of Akeredolu gives glimpse to how some of us are inconsiderate and dangerous to the political security in Yorubaland. Ondo State had meetings with macban and agreed to involve them in security watch against fulani herdsmen. This is same with Matwalle is doing up North. Violators should be dealt with under existing security laws and statutes, the enforcement will serve as deterrent.....not formulate new security watch to deter crime committed by the file and rank of same people positioned at the sentry gate. It's a good thing the secret peace deals with macban came out in open, otherwise in another two years Yorubas will have to go through fulani checkpoints to travel from Akure to Ife or anywhere else.

FisifunKododada:
You are a fool! I reside in the states. I can get radio biafra by just going online.http://www.forum.radiobiafra.co/index.php/kunena/index The problem with people like you is that you don't want to hear what makes your people look bad even if its true. Shame on you.

Ziggylady:
Oldman clocking 70 act your age....i cant imagine why a great-grandfather will be indulging in silly teenage talk like this.

Tragic.

MetaPhysical:
They called this fvckery a peace deal. We have moved away from enforcing law, now we just hand out peace deals!

LibertyRep:
Didn't one governor claim to have paid the bandits handsomely to stop the killings in his state?

Were the killings stopped afterwards?

What would be the feelings of the victims of the marauders seeing their attackers going free?

gidgiddy:
Of course. Only a Yoruba man , who had no sense of self determination, will say that a a war of liberation is "shambolic" and 'I'll thought". If you can't fight for your freedom, what exactly is it you can fight for?

And to show the level of slave mentality Yorubas have, they are talking about Igbos and Ojukwu fighting and losing 3 million people.

The Igbos that fought under Ojukwu for Biafra are not angry at Ojukwu, it is a Yoruba man who has nothing to do with who is pained

The Igbos who lost 3 million are not pained that they fought for freedom, it is a Yoruba man who will never have the backbone to fight for Oduduwa Republic, not even in a thousand years, who is lamenting that Igbos lost millions

It is far better to be an Ojukwu who fought and ran away than to be a Yoruba man who cannot fight, to even talk about getting to the stage of running away

Awoist:
I still don't understand why people are saying Awolowo introduced tribalism to Nigerian polity. In the early life of a multi ethnic nation, every tribe is ruled by their own person. So the yorubas should have allowed Zik to rule them or what.
See to me anybody pointing accusing finger here is a tribalist. We are different tribe with different interest so this things are bound to happen. And when Zik betrayed Awolowo, I could have viewed that too as tribalism but no he did what he had to at the time.
This whole tribal arguement and stuff is only a proof that we are not ready to grow.

LZAA:

Sai Ruga