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gidgiddy:
Not true. Chief of Naval staff was Akinwale Wey, IG of Police was Louis Edet, Education minister was Akinjide, there was nothing called chief of defence staff back then. At least half of this list is wrong



Not true again. One of the most senior officers from the so called SE, Lt Col Unegbe, was killed



This is the same ago old lie that Ironsi abolished Regionalism and introduced unitary rule with decree 34. Most of those who say this never even bothered to read decree 34. Ironsi did not abolish Regionalism nor did he introduce unitsry rule, it was Gowon that did that with decree 14. If anything, Ironsi was the only military head of state who maintained true federalism.



No one has managed to tell me how one man called Zik managed to decide if secession clause was going to be in the Nigerian constitution or not. There was a constitutional conference in London where most the representatives met to decide the constitution of Nigeria will be. How is it that one man called Zik, who only had one vote, managed to decide what will enter the Nigerian constitution



So laughable that I cant even answer

Check here for education minister under Tafawa Balewa, balewa changed cabinet 3 times during his time

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Abubakar_Tafawa_Balewa

Dedetwo:
Do you know what posted is the same falsehood known to perpetrated by loudmouths from southwestern Nigeria. Please do better than the free education given to you by Awolowo. You are one of the Yari.ba peeps whom Chief Richard Akinjide meant when he lambasted free education in western region of Nigeria.

Let assume the post is a lie, where is your own fact to counter it

Unik3030:
bro this is 100% fact,share with Nnamdi so he can understand Nigeria's stand on seccesion

No mind them

Arrewa:
But they labeled him a bigot for saying the bitter truth about the Igbos

What he said about them came to past

EzeOnyembo:
S waste people are dangerous and can't be trusted

Derail the thread all u want, we will not stop posting the fact

Akanbiedu:
Not much has changed though.

If they have another chance again today, I bet they will kill Buhari and Tinubu first and blame all Nigeria's woes on the two of them.

No mind them, the last time they came closed to power(during Jonathan's regime), they litere everywhere with insult, they brought down Jonathan with their hatred for other tribes

Arrewa:
These same people Humiliated and killed Belewa!!

Ahmadu Bello was right about them, give them a room and they'll plot behind you to take your house

muykem:
You don't need to be repeating it all the time. The problem of south east is purely ego and nothing more. Do you know that GEJ government didn't construct 1km of road or any other infrastructure for five years in the whole east? Do you know that Buhari government have ongoing projects in all south east states and second Niger bridge is about 50% completed as we speak. Why do you think they love GEJ and hate PMB?

Let us repeat it for the newbies on nairaland, the Igbo I know won't stop spreading fake history, we have to counter them with fact

BigTableShaker:
Give them Nigeria, they'll cry for not getting USA, give them USA, they will still cry foul.

Those yeeboees are the worst set of pple in Nigeria.

I'll forever keep it in my archive and share it on nairaland every year to refresh our memory.

Saw this on nairaland last year and I decided to refresh our memory

IGBO POLITICAL LEADERS AND THEIR PAST MISADVENTURES RESULTING IN CURRENT NATIONAL POLITICAL PROBLEMS


Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;

Chief of Army Staff was from SE
Chief of Naval Staff was from SE
IG of Police was from SE
Chief of Defence Staff was from SE
Internal Affairs Minister SE
External Affairs Minister SE
Education Minister South SE
Many other key ministries to SE
Parliament President SE
Unilag VC from SE
The University of Ibadan VC from SE
North resisted same at ABU!

Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!!!!

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!

We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets. There is a tendency to think those are truths and facts.

*What follows are documented facts that can be cross-checked for authenticity!"*

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

*“Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central government because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.”*.

WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation. The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating.

However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.

To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution. While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis). As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:

"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949). Anascopeterson: As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria. With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.

But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region. But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.

Anascopeterson: While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.
Anascopeterson: When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how:

In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address. But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard. Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony. Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance.

On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.

Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint". After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.

Anascopeterson: The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority of Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.

Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day. In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.

In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.
But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.

Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers. Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.
Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra. But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge. Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:

After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging. Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.

Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest of Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.

First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle. Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand.

Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference. Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.

In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.

That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians. On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise. But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft. That was the height of Irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.

So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.
Anascopeterson: Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.

My name is George Udom, let those who have ears hear.

Written By

George Udom

http://freshreports.com.ng/igbo-political-leaders-and-their-past-misadventures-resulting-in-current-national-political-problems/

https://www.nairaland.com/5059451/igbo-political-leaders-past-misadventures

Almaot rigan kowa, Rip to the dead

Beautifulminde3:
Stop running from pillar to post, I asked you to mention one town in Nigeria all the industries owned by indeginous people just like Nnewi

He already answered ur question, no town in the whole wide world is 100% built by d indigenous ppl

Osaze007:
They are now trying to say they didn’t like him ? So
Does that change the facts he’s Igbo and an ethnic monster he’s the real cameleon

He championed Nigeria thinking igbos will dominate it after wards supported Biafra with national anthem then when he saw he was losing joined ng back

What a shameless Arrow
He opposed reunify of Ilorin kabba into west
He wanted Lagos taken out of western region
Supported creation of mid west

All of which backfired on his head with 3m igbos being starved and economically bankrupted today they are the poorest in southern Nigeria

The yorubas that he wanted to subdue will go on to be the richest, industrialized and educated people of Nigeria
Today they are no longer playing opposition now they are in mainstream
They have ruled as Presidents and not ceremonial president as well as Vice Presidents
Some of the richest black people on earth are Yorubas

That bold part is another reason to hate these monkeys, so it was azikiwe that prevents ilorin and kabba from joining West, eleribu lawon people yi

9japride:
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I thought you said Igbos are the ones insulting people here on nairaland? But rather, you derive joy in hateful comments. Your moniker is minorityopinion; but you specialize in propaganda and hatred towards the east. Nairalanders should take note of the kind of people they have intelligent discussion with, its a pity one will go so low to say disgusting things about a people who are minding their business.

Actually, what u are seeing now is yoruba fighting back, u don't do this shit with the northerners or South south, even when asari called u slave, u did nothing because u know they won't tolerate ur nonsense, yoruba people are waking up, no more Mr Nice guy. In fact Ahmadu Bello was right about u people.

Awol1:
It's a documentary by TVC, a Yoruba owned TV station.

Are you in sifia pain?

So tvc no be ibadan express news again?

ogbuefi677:
That is afonja muslims for you
One phone call from the their masters in Sokoto caliphate, story go change

Ode, oyekan wasn't a muslim

SLAP44:
Raising alarm or bringing the building down immediately?

We miss Ambode.

Na you and who miss ambode?

Many people hide under fulani herdsmen to commit crime.

helinues:
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Is Prof Akintola saying Northern Nigeria are not practising Islam ( Almajiri system) according to Prophet Muhammad's teaching?

Aside from nothern Nigeria, show me any other country practising almajiri, is it Saudi, dubai, not even war thorn iraq

Blackfire:
I pray no country buys our oyel for 2 years...


I tell you, you will see people resigning from there post... and Nigeria sitting up ,looking inward for solution..


I pity the man that will rule Nigeria 2023

Next president go surely suffer

Macro231101:
Sir its d simple truth ...U can only Get to God through Jesus ,if u don't blive in him u re going to Hell

Yenyen, u mean same jesus that cried for help on the cross?

Titto93:
So it took dem 2 years to repair d bridge China could do in 2 weeks

Nothing go satisfy una

Is gov Makinde alright? U want sch to resume despite the daily increase in covid-19 cases