₦airaland Forum

The war aim and (final) solution properly
speaking of the entire problem, is to
discriminate against the Igbos and in their
own interest. Such discrimination would
include above all the detachment of those
oil-rich territories in the Eastern Region,
in addition, the Igbos' freedom of
movement would be restricted, to prevent
their renewed penetration into other parts,
leaving any access to the sea to the
Igbos, is quite out of the question,
"(Federal Nigerian Minister speaking to E.
C. Schwarzenback, Swiss Review of
Africa, February 1968).


We achieved all those despite existing in a country with such an evil policy against us enshrined as part of its DNA.

Against all odds, we are ahead.

Think of what we can achieve without such evil policies and mechanizations against us. It's truly limitless what we can achieve in Biafra free of the negative influences and draw backs of the Arewa Odua.

Now, you know why the shout and clamour for Biafra will never end, as long as the Igbo continue to exist.

iwatch:
lol... What i see is mere speculations. What are the plans, blueprints on ground to ascertain the possibility of your claims? To the best of my knowledge, non exist.

Even in the bible, the isrealite saw signs that God was with them before they embarked on Journey.

Only a fool will discard certainty for uncertainty.

If truly it 'wil' be as you postulated, by now the east would have been far ahead of other regions. That utopia only exist in cranials of dreamers.

You don't need to disintegrate before you progress. Go to Imo nothing. Anambra, the so called japan of africa, nothing... Abia worse. With the sort of news emanating from Imo and Ania, is this how the imaginary utopia of biafra will be ran or are these states mentioned ruled by a yoruba or hausa man in place of ignos as governors?

If I were the bastard called Nnamdi Kanu, I would rather solicit for funds to be used to develop the east instead buying arms and ammunitions so as to become the dubai of current world in the future so that when we decide to go our ways, the world will node and say yes, they deserve it.

Nothing of that sort.

Hey... Don't feed me the 'we need to disintegrate before we develop that's blatant rubbbish and an excuse.

You guys clamouring for biafra ars so disorganize.

You must be living under the rock not to have known that SE is the most advanced part of Nigeria in terms of human resources and human development.
https://www.nairaland.com/2263635/south-east-south-west-south-south-lead-attainment
https://www.nairaland.com/237534/look-going-school-nigeria-statistics

Kagawash07:
Eediot, I think you're behind time or brain dead to think Ironsi wasn't the one that destroy our true federalism!
That fool, Ironsi didn't only destroy our regionalism but had the stup!d audacity to appoint his foolish ibo kinsmen to be governing all regions after the murder of Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Akintola et al.
Eediot, tell me what business does that fool, Ojukwu has, governing the northern region after the murder of Ahmadu Bello by ibo coup? The hausas were even too slow with their progrom!
Bunch of dishonest revisionists!

Mugu. We survived the progrom, and we are still standing tall.

Awo the power hungry ewedu eater whose power lust ultimately led him to suicide, was the same person who was there when Gowon dissolved the regions,and created anomalies called states probably it was his( Awo) idea, just like his evil starvation policy. And yet you want us to believe the Yorubas wanted regionalism? Lol! You were too blinded! by your greed to partake in the Eastern region oil wealth that you quickly aided Gowon to dissolve the regions, and created land use decree act.

But never mind, it was the Nzeogwu and Ironsi that arose from the grave and pushed you lots into state creation and land decree act. Ndi ara!

ollyruffy:
Please leave SW out of your struggle.

Of course, we will leave you lots to your Arewa masters in a new Islamic free country, you can be proud of. Atleast you would have been freed of those " petulant" Biafrans. Should be a win-win scenario for all.

iwatch:
i pity your kind.

You all keep shouting marginalization... While you were screaming marginalization, igbos who know that true existence of life is independecy, rose from grass to grace... The likes of don jazzy, basket mouth. Psquare, kanu nwankwo. Jj okocha... Chinua Achebe, Chimamada Edichie... Just to name a few all rose to prominence in the same country you claimed to be marginalized...
The above listed names had something in common--they had something to offer the world, they had value added to peoples life in exchange for money.

I on my own is on a journey to revolutionize a particular product the entire nation as been eating for decades without thinking of how it's being handle nor the hygiene involved.

I didn't have to go too far. I simply found a product and thought a better way to make it appealing... By offering a better product of what existed before... That's common sense which is lacking in many of you.

What do you have to offer Nigeria or biafra that will make them pay you? If nothing, i am afraid you will still blame the biafra society.

Great minds don't blame anyone for their woes. In the face of challenges, there abounds enamous opportunity.

Disintegration isn't the solution and one thing you just don't know yet is that the average Nigerian is very selfish. Be careful whom you place your trust on. The bible tells you to trust NO MAN but GOD. So thinking one super hero from somewhere will save you is foolery. HARDLY will anyone fight for freedom in thiis current generation without huge benefit to themselves alone.

The selfishness of the average Nigerian has spread so wildly that EVERY ethnic group in this country has been affected. Do not be surprise if at the end of your struggle... Only crumbs reaches you in your new utopia of biafra society. What am I say? The same selfishness of current Nigerian leaders will continue. It's like a malignant cancerous cell.

You are not making any sense. In Biafra we will produce thousands of Phyno Okocha and Achebe and the rest.

They are products of the Igbo society, not Nigeria.

The world is now a global village. You mustn't share the same country with Nigerians, to reach out to them.

aishababa:
Don't mind him. They think they are clever to use SW against Nigeria as if SW is not an integral part of Nigeria, which she shed her blood so that Nigeria remained one.

It is only in Nigeria that we have this fanciful idea that every tribe should be a country, which means Nigeria will disintegrate into 300 or more tribe-countries.

Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Angola, India, China, Russia, etc have different tribes and nationalities coexisting peacefully and prosperously without being hindered or weighed down by unnecessary tribal bigotry and clamour for tribal countries as is being spearheaded by the Ibos.

Ndiigbo want an Arewa/ Odua free country. And that is exactly what we will get. Sharing same country with you guys is not, and can never be by force.

Ndiigbo are not aversed to multi ethnic nationality, we had shared the East with many ethnic minorities for ages. But Odua-Arewa? We don't want to have anything to do with you lots. It's our belief that you lots will make a good country together. Arewa-Odua country should be good.

Imokay:
It was that same policy that led to the death of over 1 million Eboes while the one that lead you to death ran away.

Thank God SW has leaders with common sense who will protect us from annihilation or rather sacrifice themselves than lead us into destruction

Yeah, protect you from annihilation by Turining you into Cowards, accepting your slave status without putting up a fight, like we see in Kwara. I guess cowardice is a mark of common sense in Odualand.

Awo panicked over the presence of Arewa soldiers in Odualand, and like a true coward, decided to play second fiddle to Gowon. Only Cowards willing accept to play subservient role to anyone.

" It is better even from a historical perspective, to fight and be conquered, than to be conquered without putting up a fight"- George Orwell.

Ndiigbo must leave this union one day, that way, you will have more room to apply your common sense( Aka cowardice) with your Gambari masters like you have been doing since the day Oyo Ile was ransacked by the Nupes.

iwatch:
these fools think everyone but themselves are their own enemy. Their type had never contributed a kobo to the development of their state let alone Nigeria.

Who will be the president of Biafra when they disintegrate? Nnamdi I guess. Like Pentiumpro pointed out, this noise wasn't so loud like these until GEJ lost.

Who would become the president of Biafra should be the least of your concerns.You should focus more on Odualand.

HopeAtHand:
U tried to defend your people which is expected..in truth, this system benefits Yorubas the most and the hausas are also very comfortable.

In a regional system, i doubt if the NE, NW and NC will fare better than the SE (the SE wouldnt make much gains but they wouldn't be worse off) but the SS will obviously make the biggest gains..the SW (or maybe lagos) will lose some of its monopoly..but every region will at the end dig in to survive.

The biafra agitators aren't sincere..i tune in to their station sometimes and all i hear is very petty accusation and lies allover..there are some truths but the falsehood is too much..i see the station as only for the gullible..

Igbos are the originators of this mess they complain about, except if they are saying Nzeogwu and Ironsi aren't Igbos..but i wouldn't unnecessarily want to dwell on the past, id prefer the now and the future.

You are talking trash as usual.

Ironsi never dissolved the regions and their autonomy, he merely united the federal service. It was Gowon and Awo that dissolved the regions. killed their autonomy and created anomalies called states.

It was Obasanjo who propagated the evil Land use decree.

How exactly is that the fault of Nzeogwu or Ironsi? You are insincere, you must be a Yoruba person, that's their trademark.

I dare you to mention one falsehood that Radio Biafra propagate?

destinysaid:
be that as it may, NG has never really been a hostile place for the SW, not because they are slaves, but because they are able to co exist perfectly ............ when you see a tipical igbo man, the first tin that comesd into ones head is ''money'' , quite alright, the igbos are hardworking ppl, but they hv isolated themselves too much, this in its own effect will lead to oda tribes pulling away from them (its like an endless cycle) the result is that it would look like the SE has been marginalised.

The best tin the Igbos can do is to integrate themselves into NG communities, who be d madman that will say he/she do hates p-square, don jazzy, phyno? these are ppl who put aside their hate and worked with oda ethnic groups and hv profited of it, the part tro secession is a long and hardc one, but it cannot be accomplished through war, ask south sudan, ask rewanda. ask the palestians and isrealies ppl, war wil just bring about death to both sides, at the end of d day, the west will force a cease fire and all previous deaths would hv been for nothing

STOP THE HATE.

Trash as usual. How can hardwork now be equated to love of money? The biggest looters in this country, from Abacha, IBB to OBJ, none of them are Igbos, I guess they all hate money?
No group travels out of their region to interact with other Nigerian groups than Ndiigbo, and no where had it be written that we attacked our hosts.


No one wants war .What we want is to not share a country with Arewa and SW, how does that equate to seeking for war? Is it by force to share a country with you lots?

superstar1:
Another ranting and make-me-happy- lies of the ibos.

Who knows the stup1d website you are quoting? According to his death certificate and not according to ibos that their hearts are full of bitterness, he died of NATURAL CAUSES. If that is paining you, jump insde the lagoon.

Achebe, the f00lish old man that ought to be using his latter days to preach peace, that wrote that his satanic book that was full of lies and lame attempt to re-write history died on his wheel chair, a frustrated and conquered man, that never had the award of Nobel Laureate, despite all his efforts.

Abiola died a martyr by dying for the cause he believed in rather than sacrifice even 300people, while ojukwu sacrificed 3milllion for the cause he never even believed rather than dying.

How willyou know Radio Kudirat, when you were just an embryo in 1993. Ask your leaders, they will tell you what Radio Kudirat was. I am not google, i cannot be wasting my time on you to teach you what you cn ask your elders or read up.

Abacha died out of international politics, because the country was too peaceful for the international community to comprehend? You are drinking daftness on a daily basis, wallahi tallahi.

Show us one thing igbos have achieved in this country, just 1 thing apart from being slaves to Ijaws, slaves to the entire country and being the descendats of wandering Cain. Secession you failed. Presidency you failed woefully. You promised to return GEJ to Aso rock, you failed again. You promised Jimi Agbaje you will make him the Gov of Lagos, you failed. Bunch of eternal failures and slaves.

[quote author=superstar1 post=36058450]Awo died a miserable death committing suicide. betrayed by his greedy people( Jakande) and disgraced by the Arewa after he failed again at treason. Deal with it. There is nothing natural about suicide or treason, blame Awo insatiable hunger for power.


Achebe died a fulfilled man, he didn't need Nobel prize to be relevant, he was voted times magazine most influential man in Africa before his death. He remains the foremost African literature giant. His works speak for him.

Abiola died in ignominy and shame, striped of his ill gotten wealth by his Arewa masters, allowed to rot in prison by greedy hungry Obas, and then died in misery and neglect. If that's your idea of martyr, then be my guest, I wouldn't know, after all I am not from the lands where "suffersticated" politics are played.

Radio Kudirat was a personification of cowardice from the usual suspects from SW. It was a joke.


Yes International politics killed Abacha, he refused to roll with the powers that be, and so his head had to roll. Kinda similar to Mutala Muhammad.

It wasn't some cowards that can't even liberate themselves and their towns from Fulanis in Kwara, that got rid of Abacha, lol!

Before you knew what presidency was, while Awo was busy plotting treason, Zik was already a President. Before you produced a military head of state, Ndiigbo already had, you are today celebrating VP in 2015, but Ndiigbo achieved that since 1979, we became house speakers and Senate presidents, before you knew the meaning of those.

We have been where you are only aspiring to be tomorrow. Your today is our yesterday, we are operating under different time zones.

superstar1:
Is Emirship a traditional title or a religious title? which religion is more prevalent in ilorin? If the people of Ilorin decides to take a title based on their on religious affiliation who cares? Who has teh political powers in Ilorin? All that will tell you how daft you are.

Meanwhile, our town was not renamed, our street were not confisctaed, our properties were declared abandoned. Say that about you and your people and Obigbo, all the Umus and abandoned properties in PH, Calabar and Uyo will readily come to mind.

That shows why you are a conquered and declared official slaves of the Nigerian State an dthat is what you will forever be in this entity.

So you did not know the role of Tinubu in MKO's campaign team? You must definitely be a toddler in diapers around that time. Tinubu re-packaged PMB and sold a new image of him to the world. it takes political sagacity to do that. Which of your politicians has that acumen? Like i said earlier on, NONE.

Awolowo died of natural cause, unlike the 3million that were suyanised by your then northern ally.

Emir is both traditional and religious title to your conquerors, the Hausa-Fulani. Listen to your conquerors talk here: https://www.nairaland.com/311148/saraki-fulani-mali they( Your conquerors have both the religious and political power in Kwara.


London named by the Romans, but what matters is that the Anglo Saxons are in charge in London today, not the Romans.

Ndiigbo indigenous to Oyigbo are the EZES of all towns in Oyigbo, they are the councillors and LGA chairman.

Tinubu was of no use to Buhari campaign, numbers don't lie, without SW votes, Buhari would still win, Tinubu couldn't even deliver Ekiti, lol! The local champion is currently being put in his place.

Awo died of unnatural cause. Two failed treason attempts was always going to be too much for a power hungry Awo.

superstar1:
Who are the caucasian powers or what is the drunken master saying?

Awo died peacefully in his death and your effort to re-write history is nul and void. he did not die like Zik that was senile at death or Achebe that was paralysed or teh coward ojukwu that turned to vegetable before death while others were rocking his wife in his lifetime.

Abiola died a martyr, unlike the coward ojukwu that sacrificed just 3milion of you to Amadioha for nothing and when it was his turn to die, he developed cold feet and ran away in spaghetti strap mini skirt stilleto heels with lipstick and mascara.

IBB just strolled out of Aso Rock on his own accord.

The country was very peaceful for Abacha that the powers that be just decided to kill hi for the fun of it.

You need to take a lesson of how the pen is mightier than the sword from NADECO and Radio Kudirat. With that you will know how Abacha was systematically killed.

Awo died a painful death after his second failed attempt at suicide: http://ihuanedo.ning.com/m/group/discussion?id=2971192%3ATopic%3A5376

Abiola was not a martyr, he was a rich Yoruba crook that was stripped of all his splendor by Gambaris, Betrayed by greedy and hungry Yoruba Obas and then died like a church rat in a prison with no dignity.

Disgraced by the Oligarchy, betrayed by his greedy hungry people, died miserably, Like Awo like Abiola.

Achebe died a fulfilled man and was given befitting burial, Zik died at a ripe age and was given a befitting burial, Ojukwu died a National Hero and was given the most colorful burial Nigeria had ever witnessed.

Nobody know your stupid Kuditat radio. Abacha death was international politics at work, not your tactless Amala politics that haven't been able to liberate Kwara. Lol at Yorubas stopping Abacha, what a deluded set of people.

superstar1:
Our everlasting conquered slaves will always talk like a slave because they lack the political acumen and mental capacity and doggedness to wrestle power away from a mere minority talkless of a major ethic group.

No wonder minority groups confiscated your fathers properties, renamed your streets and town and till today it is still like that. Recover that and come back to talk of Ilorin where we control the political power.

Tinubu was given a lesson in politics but he rightly taught them one in 1993, another one in 2011, before he used GEJ and South East to take a PhD degree in 2015. OBJ remains the untouchable baba. name any of your clueless politician that can tie the lace of any one of those two. NONE.

You tamed the Oligarchy, yet an Emir rules over Ilorin. You couldn't liberate yourselves from the Oligarchy in your lands yet in your deluded mind you stopped them in Nigeria. Every one know the eternal slaves in Kwara.

Tinubu was given a lesson in politics, his inferiority and eternal slavery revealed before all.

What lesson did Tinubu teach anyone in 1993 lol, 2011? since when does collecting money to sell your region vote now equate to mastery?
2015? what exactly was Tinubu contribution to Buhari victory? Minus SW votes, Buhari still won, even your masters recognizes this, hence the lesson they are currently teaching Tinubu.


Awo was a demigod until he was ran into suicide by the Oligarchy, OBj and Tinubu day of reckoning are coming.

Who ensured power left North? Really nobody, the North willingly surrendered power to diffuse tensions, knowing they can take it back any time they wanted.

OBJ emergence had nothing to do with Yoruba politics, he wasn't the Yoruba candidate, he was simply selected by the Oligarchy, who saw him as a loyal servant.

Who grounded the country to halt under Abacha? Really? You must be deluded, I don't remember anyone grounding the country under Abacha, Abacha simply took what he wanted and did want we wanted to do.

Why should you lots be grounding the country under Abacha, when your current messiah Buhari was an apostle and disciple of Abacha govt, and had even assured all that Abacha was corrupt free?

Do you really want to eat your cake and have it?

Akunyili was the one who stood up against the kitchen cabinet of Mrs Yaradua, not Yorubas.

- It was Balewa and his sidekick Adekunle in addition to the Yoruba justice that rightly sentenced Awo to jail for corruption charges and treason.

- It was greedy hungry Obas playing "suffersticated" politics that betrayed Abiola and sold him out to your Gambari masters.

Who demystified the powerful Oligarchy? Answer: No one did, they are still in charge, no thanks to their eternal slaves and vassals, who once again helped them regain power.

On the contrary, the Oligarchy demystyfied Yoruba demigods, starting from Ilorin where Afonja was toppled and an emirate was established by the Oligarchy, to Awo that was firstly humiliated by Balewa, and then was later forced into suicide by IBB,and then Abiola was demistified by the Oligarchy, as he turned from one of the richest men in Nigeria, to a miserable prisoner, who died in agony.

OBj and Tinubu days of reckoning are coming too, should they try to forget their vassal status, Tinubu had already been given a lesson in politics by the Oligarchy.

1. Who removed the military from power? Answer: The Caucasian powers that be.

Awo your demigod was disgraced and frustrated into committing suicide by IBB, haven been betrayed by Yoruba money greed politics as exemplified by Jakande.
Abiola was disgraced and died in jail by the military, and your greedy Obas collected money from IBB.
You didn't fight any military to a standstill, you are too weak and your cowardice stinks to high heavens.

Abacha was "removed" by powers that be, the rest they say was history, it had nothing to do with Yorubas.

superstar1:
South Beasterners always think everybody is like the conquered slave and 5th class citizen that they are.

Who removed the military from power? SW

Who demystified the ones powerful northern oligarchy? SW

Who ensured that power leaves the north? SW

Who grounded the country to a halt against Abacha? SW

Who was at the forefront of the clamour for presidential power to be delegated to GEJ when Yar Adua was on the sick bed and went AWOL? SW

Who teamed up with the north in 1960? South East

Who connived with the north to jail Awolowo in 1963? South East

Who teamed up with north in 1979? South East

Who teamed up with the north to ensure cancellation of June 12? The same South East

Who was organising 5million match for Abacha? The cursed South East.

Spot the difference between the Master and the conquered slaves, our official war booties and official ijaw a55 lickers

Empty chestbeating as usual. Well, as always, I am here to spoil the fun, so here we go.

taiocol:
sunshine stars

Ok, that's good to know. Toppling them shouldn't be a problem for the elephant. They are lightweights, not a heavyweight like Pillars.

Enyimba is in sizzling form, we will surely win the league. Our nemesis, Kano pillars are fumbling this season.

Please who are the current league leaders?

That was and remain the policy upon which one Nigeria was built, economic and political strangulation of Igboland was the agenda of the "victors".

Whenever you see an Igbo man shouting one Nigeria, 3 things are involved:

1. He is mentally retarded and should in that case be forgiven.

2. He has selfish interests to protect in Nigeria, it doesn't matter if the rest of his people burns and are denigrated, as one Nigeria must be preserved to serve his selfish interests, which might range from political, emotional( love) , economic and other senseless interests

3. He has no knowledge of his Igbo history. You know they don't teach history in Nigerian schools. His Nigerian education system failed him, and worst still, his parents failed him, for not teaching him about the history of his people. He ultimately gets to learn the history of his people through outsiders and detractors, and of course the version of history they give him is a false one albeit anti- Igbo, so he develops self hate for himself and his group. We have many of them on NL. This happens more to Igbos born and raised in Lagos and other non Igbo parts of Nigeria.

Any mentally stable, unselfish Igbo man who knows the history of Igbo people in Nigeria, is innately Biafran to the core.

He might disagree with methods used by Igbo groups to achieve Biafra, but he is never pro Nigerian, Never!

presher:
buhari is lying or Sahara is lying for him

What's the difference?

Either way, Sharia reporters are hate spreading media that also propagates Yoruboid false propaganda. And should be shut down, for peace and unity of Nigeria.

presher:
so buhari did not arrest her, one day they will lie that buhari refuse to eat becos of boko haram

Where is the evidence of Allison offering that ridiculous amount to Buhari. If you believe Allison offered Buhari such a ridiculous amount, then you better believe that Buhari offered Nnamdi Kanu Billions to shut down Radio Biafra. Since both news are coming from " sources" .

Sharia reporters fanning the embers of hate and propagating falsehoods, yet Yorubas are more interested in Radio Biafra, they want to have the monopoly of media propaganda.

Where is the evidence of this claim by Sharia reporters other than their usual imaginary "sources" ?

CreekReporter:
are you Igbo?

He is not. Don't let the name and language confuse you. He is an Hausa-Fulani.

The international community has no single written way of reacting to succession by groups from dysfunctional entities, they are rather more interested in the protection of their interests, which more often than not is exploitative

Can Buhari satisfy exploitative international interest on Nigeria, just to keep the dying entity united?

What are the international interests of the rulers of the world over Nigeria currently?

Those are the relevant questions, since it's obvious that Nigeria can't manufacture weapons and hence it's survival as a dysfunctional entity depends heavily on international support from the world powers, whom themselves have agendas for Nigeria.

If Buhari doesn't guarantee these international agendas, be rest assured that Nigeria won't get the help or sympathy of the international community, but would rather be allowed to die a slow and painful death at the hands of better armed Boko boys and Biafrans.

This is the reality.

ezeagu:
If Nigeria is the last hope of Africa then Africa is completely hopeless.

A country that can't manufacture weapons in this modern era, is the hope of Africa? Chai! Chukwu aju!

zendy:
There are so much convoluted,diluted and distorted stories about Ojukwu out there. Many people don't know anything about the man except that he led the short lived breakaway republic of Biafra and that later he fled into exile at the end of the war. This thread is to enlighten people on certain aspects about the man Ojukwu because, love him or hate him, Ojukwu is an indelible part of our history. Note: I didn't make this thread for it to be turned into a tribal-bashing- circus.

Languages:- Ojukwu is one of the few people who could speak the three main languages of Hausa,Igbo and Yoruba fluently. Ojukwu was born in the north to Igbo parents but grew up in Lagos as a young boy. Ojukwu would later work in East as a district officer, in the north as commander of Kano Garrison and in Lagos as Quarter- master general.In all, Ojukwu was fluent in 5 languages, Igbo-Hausa-Yoruba-English-French.

Affluence:- Ojukwus father, Sir Louis Ojukwu was one of the richest men in Africa. Ojukwus father made his money by taking advantage of the post world war 2 economic boom to make shrewd investments. His Business empire spanned shipping,banking,import and export,manufacturing,transportation and properties. He sat as chairman of John Holt west Africa, African continental Bank,Nigerian stock exchange and Ojukwu transport company. Ojukwu transport company was one of the major reasons Igbos fanned out across Nigeria using it to travel outside Igbo land and some of Ojukwus earliest drivers were the late chief Ilodibe (Ekene dili Chukwu) and Izuchukwu (Izuchukwu Trans) who all later became transport magnets themselves. It is estimated that in today's money, Ojukwus father would have been worth about 10 Billion American Dollars. People who say that Ojukwu declared Biafra to enrich himself make me laugh

Humbleness:- Despite Ojukwus fathers wealth, despite Ojukwus first class education at Epson college,Surrey and Oxford University. Ojukwu shunned his fathers wealth, rejected the plush position his father offered him in his organisation and joined the civil service as an assistant district officer when he returned from England in 1955. This enraged Ojukwus father who felt his son deserved better and when he tried to remove his son as a civil servant, Ojukwu did worse by joining the army as a common recruit! How many of us would have done such a thing if we had rich fathers?Imagine Dangotes son joining the Army as a private. After this,Ojukwus father wouldn't talk to him for a long time.

Army:- Ojukwu was the first graduate to join the Nigerian army. He was also the first indigenous Qaurter-Master General of the Nigerian army. Ojukwu would later serve as an instructor at NMTC Kaduna where he taught future military leaders like Murtala Mohammed,Obasunjo and Ike Nwachukwu military tactics.

Seniority with Gowon :- It has often been a subject of debate about who is senior between Gowon and Ojukwu. Gowon stated recently while celebrating his 80th Birthday that he was commissioned as an officer in 1956 while Ojukwu was commissioned in 1957 making him Ojukwus senior in the army. This is true,however it should be noted that an Army officer is still a civil servant. Ojukwu joined the civil service as a graduate in 1955. When Ojukwu joined the Army and was subsequently commissioned 1957 after undergoing officers training abroad,the government backdated his commission date to 1955 to reflect the year he joined the civil service and that is how Ojukwu gained seniority over Gowon. The government just saw his joining the military as transferring from one Government department to another. To this day, the Government still recognises Ojukwu as senior to Gowon while the Army might recognise Gowon as senior to Ojukwu.

One Nigeria:- Believe it or not, Ojukwu used to be a staunch believer of one Nigeria. "When we were British subjects,we saw our selves as one but as soon as Britain granted us independence and left, everything unravelled fast,everybody suddenly remembered that they were Hausa,Yoruba,Igbo etc. We could never see our selves as Nigerians and it became increasingly clear to the discerning mind the one Nigeria was a mirage"

Beard:- Ojukwu started growing his trademark beard the day he was appointed Military Goveror of Eastern Nigeria. Before then, Ojukwu was always clean shaven.

Secession:- Contrary to popular opinion, Ojukwu did not get up one day and declare Biafra, neither did he start the war. The counter-coup of July 1966 of which the president-Elect Buhari was a ring leader saw the massacre of mostly easterners all over Nigeria. An estimated 30,000 men,women and children were butchered in wave after wave of remorseless violence. There are two things Ojukwu did to show he still believed in Nigeria. After the first wave of killings,Ojukwu asked many of those who fled home to the east to return to the north and even encouraged those who were planning to return to stay put. Ojukwu even escorted the returnees to the border between the north and eastern region as they went back,sadly many of them were killed in the next wave of violence. The second thing Ojukwu did was that even though he was besieged by his people who asked him to pull the Eastern region out of Nigeria, Ojukwu resisted and went to Aburi,Ghana to negotiate with Gowon on how to keep Nigeria one. Ojukwu and Gowon reached an agreement called the Aburi accord which both men signed in front the president of Ghana. Sadly,Gowon returned to Lagos and repudiated the agreement and to make matters worse, Gowon went ahead to create States without the permission of any body. With the the failure of Gowon to stop the killings, his abandonment of the Aburi agreement, the eastern Nigerian consultative assembly (a body which comprised of traditional rulers and district heads that adviced Ojukwu on how the east should be run) gave Ojukwu the mandate make Eastern Nigeria self Governing. Ojukwu the declared Biafra. Even then,Gowon could have returned to negotiation table.Instead,what he did was to rally troops and attacked,starting the war. If anybody caused the war, it was Gowon.

The war:- It should be noted that Ojukwu went on numerous peace missions during the war to end the crisis but to no avail. What type of Warmonger does this? Despite being outgunned and out manned,Biafra fought gallantly almost 3 years

End of the war and exile :-Contrary to what some people say on Nairaland, Ojukwu did not dress up as a woman to leave Biafra. He also did not abandon his people in the middle of the war to save his skin. I urge people to read the following books to get the true idea of how the war ended and how Ojukwu left Biafra. 'The struggle for secession' by NU Akpan and 'Nigeria and Biafra: My story' by General Effiong ( in Biafra,the 2 most high ranking officials after Ojukwu were both from the south-South. Effiong was deputy and Akpan was secretary to the Biafran Government) Ojukwu was adviced by his commanders after the fall of Owerri that the war had become hopeless. Ojukwu convened a meeting of his Government where it was decided that Ojukwu and top members of his Government and their families would fly out of Biafra. Ojukwu would hand over to his deputy General Effiong. Ojukwu later went to Uli airport with the contingent that was to travel with him. Ojukwu even inspected a guard of honour. NU Akpan what was on the flight stated that Ojukwu was the last one to enter the plane. Two days later, Biafra collapsed and Effiong surrendered to Obasunjo. Some people call Ojukwu a coward for leaving at all but ask the same people what would have been the point Ojukwu staying back to be slaughtered when the war had virtually ended and had been lost? People become martyrs for a cause that is still alive, not a cause that is dead. Ojukwu spent his entire fortune financing the war and flew into exile virtually a penniless man. He would later raise a loan start business and by the time he returned from exile 12 years later, had become a successful international business man. Ojukwu often said that he did what did to protect his people and he had no regrets. Former minister of Health, Professor ABC Nwosu once said that if Ojukwu had not declared Biafra,he would have killed by his people because only a deranged human being can be shouting one Nigeria as 40,000 of his brethren are being killed.

Ojukwu always slept with his boots on during the war. " three things a Soldier never loses are his sense of purpose, his weapon and his boots

This is gold.