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Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 1:03am On Nov 12, 2012 |
My take on this issue is that Prof. Chinua Achebe must be suffering from brain problem without knowing it. The fact that he keeps inciting hate and division among Nigerians as an aged man proves just that right. I would advise he goes on a medical checkup for brain problems. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Ngodigha: 1:10am On Nov 12, 2012 |
all4naija: My take on this issue is that Prof. Chinua Achebe must be suffering from brain problem without knowing it. The fact that he keeps inciting hate and division among Nigerians as an aged man proves just that right. I would advise he goes on a medical checkup for brain problems.While you require not only brain check up but eye, nose, throat, upper limb and lower limb, artery, vein, abdomen, lumber, bladder and gastric check ups, fool. 1 Like |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 1:15am On Nov 12, 2012 |
Ngodigha:Your overrated Igbo warlord will never stopped deceiving some of you brain-dead youths. Keep walloping in your ignorance and praise your warlord for trying to call you into another hunger war game. DIMWIT! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Ngodigha: 1:17am On Nov 12, 2012 |
all4naija: Your overrated Igbo warlord will never stopped deceiving some of you brain-dead youths. Keep walloping in your ignorance and praise your warlord for trying to call you into another hunger war game. DIMWIT!Take it once again, money. 1 Like
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Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Owen2(m): 2:01am On Nov 12, 2012 |
all4naija: As regard the memoir which people are taking on the ground of reality! Which is what it is, a memoir! His own personal account of events that occured at that time, as it affected him!! Did Chinua at any point state that all he'd written in the book was all that happened? If any other person had personal experience of what happened during the war, let them go ahead and write their own memoir for Gees sake! Why does Ozodi find it easier to gain popularity attacking people's work other than aiming to come up with his own literary piece that could earn him international applause? Ofcourse he wouldn't do that, as he already considers himself a failure in every aspect of his life. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Owen2(m): 2:09am On Nov 12, 2012 |
nku5: You're a budding intellectual. Cheers! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Owen2(m): 2:12am On Nov 12, 2012 |
shymexx: Achebe-ism = narcissism and propagandism... Go ahead and be the yoruba equivalent of your psychologically wrecked mentor, we're not holding our breath for you. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by okunoba(m): 4:41am On Nov 12, 2012 |
Ojukwu Made Biafra Fail? by naijaking1: 4:06am On Oct 24, 2009 Raph Uwachue is not just another Igboman who doesn't know what he's saying, the former ambassador is even the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo. His latest comment about the unsuccessful Biafran attempt to seperate from Nigeria, and Ojukwu's role are surely going to add a new dimension for historians of that era. All said and done, nobody should be surprised that Igbo leaders do challange each other, because at the end of the day, Igbo ama eze Uwechue’s bomb on Biafra • The making of sensational civil war revelation By ONUOHA UKEH Saturday, October 24, 2009 Elder statesman and President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Chief Raph Uwechue, has sensationally revealed, in a book, how ego and quest for absolute control by Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu ruined Biafra. He said, in the book, Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War – Facing the Future, that Ojukwu adopted a maximum ruler posture, shunned advice as well as believed in his won judgment, factor, which he said, caused the failure of the break away of the Eastern Nigeria. He said: “By keeping Ojukwu constantly enveloped in an atmosphere of superiority, it made him, as a matter of habit, distrustful and disdainful of other people’s judgment, impatient with their opinions and finally simply authoritarian.” Uwechue had visited the corporate headquarters of The Sun sometime ago and while fielding questions from a team of senior editors, he spoke about pre-independence Nigeria, the politics after independence, civil war and the country after the war. He had promised to send to The Sun copies of his book: Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War – Facing the Future, a revised and expanded edition of his previous book, Reflection on the Nigerian Civil War – A Call for Realism. The book was reprinted in 2004. True to his promise, the elder statesman sent copies of the book, which turned out to be expository. Indeed, the 199-page book told the story of the first military coup in the country, the second military coup, the crisis after the second coup, the meetings to forestall a war, the secession of the eastern part of the country and the efforts to end the war. The book also has two epilogues, where the author analysed the fall of Biafra, in the topic: The Genesis of Failure and also there is the examination of government structure, in the topic: An Elastic Federal Union. Reading Chief Uwechue’s book, we found The Genesis of Failure very interesting and, therefore, decided to reproduce it. The chapter talked about the things, in the author’s opinion, caused the failure of the Biafra Republic. He pointedly laid the blamed on Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who led Biafra. He said that Ojukwu lacked tact, never took advice, suffered what could pass for inferiority complex and was power drunk. In the opening paragraph of that chapter, Uwechue said: “It is a sad but instructive irony that Lt. Col Odumegwu Ojukwu, one of Africa’s one-time most brilliant political promises, was the man that led his own people with such a lack of ingenuity into what was clearly a foreseeable disaster.” He said that the personality of Ojukwu robbed off negatively on Biafra, adding: “It can be said for the Nigerian Civil War that the personality of Odumegwu Ojukwu more than any other single factor determined much of the course and certainly the character of the end of the Biafran adventure.” The elder statesman said, in the book, that Ojukwu was ambitious and, therefore, paid attention only to the “politics of the war” instead of the security of the people he led. He said that owing to Ojukwu’s interest, two wars were fought with the territory of Biafra then: “The first was for the survival of the Ibos as a race. The second was for the survival of Ojukwu’s leadership.” He said that Ojukwu was more interested in the survival of his leadership at that time, which, he said: “Proved fatal for the Ibos” during the war. The Ohanaeze chieftain said that if Ojukwu were smart enough to understand the politics of alliances in the country, Biafra could have survived. According to him, there was an opportunity for Ojukwu to align with the Western Region then, but he did not see the necessity for that. He said that this opportunity came when the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was released from prison by General Yakubu Gowon and he declared: If “the Eastern Region was pushed out of the federation, Western Nigeria would quit the federation as well.” According to him, Ojukwu should have taken that declaration as a cue and wooed the Western Region. Uwechue said that another opportunity also came the way of Ojukwu to forge an East-West alliance when Awolowo visited Enugu, as Gowon’s emissary. According to him, what Ojukwu needed was to bring Awolowo to his side, but he did not utilize the opportunity and ended up describing the meeting as “ill-conceived child.” He had revealed: “When on 7th May 1967 the Yoruba leader (Awolowo) came to Enugu at the head of a reconciliation committee, Ojukwu had a handsome opportunity to play his card. He missed. Dr. Michael Okpara, who still enjoyed popular support in Eastern Nigeria and whose friendship with Chief Awolowo had sustained the UPGA alliances, was not even invited to meet Chief Awolowo. After a hurried reception, Chief Awolowo’s delegation left Eastern Nigeria.” He said that Gowon, understanding the way alliances worked in the country, had wooed Western Nigeria, first by releasing Awolowo from prison and second, by not only offering him an appointment, but also making him the highest civilian in the government as the vice president of the Federal Executive Council. According to him, by this appointment, there was an “unspoken understanding that Nigeria was his (Awolowo’s) as soon as the war was over and the army withdrew.” He said that this cemented the relation between the Northern Region and Western Region and, therefore, left the east in the lurch. Uwechue said that within Biafra, Ojukwu alienated talented Igbo, using iron hand to establish his authority. Towards this end, he said that Dr. Okpara, former premier of Eastern Nigeria, was jailed as well as others. “These political figures were to remain out of favour and far from the corridor of power, except for their occasional utility as window dressing, such as posing for photographs with General Ojukwu or flanking him on ceremonial occasions,” he wrote. He said that the same thing happened in the army, as Ojukwu suppressed officers and, therefore, had a “timid army tamed to unquestionable obedience.” The elder statesman said that Ojukwu had the opportunity of using the diplomatic front to sell Biafra, but that instead of doing this he shunned advice, especially on the need for compromise. He said that when the war dragged, many eminent Igbo advised Ojukwu to asked for a confederal nation, which would keep Biafra within Nigeria and also give it adequate local autonomy, but this was not only rejected but also those who suggested it were witch-hunted. He said: “The climax came on 7th of September 1968, just before the OAU summit meeting in Algiers. A number of anxious Ibos, including Dr. Azikiwe, former president of Nigeria, Dr. Michael Okpara, former premier of Eastern Nigeria (Biafra), Dr. K. O. Dike, former rector of Ibadan University and myself made a formal recommendation in which we told General Ojukwu that as Africa was sympathetic to the Ibo cause, but at the same time opposed to secession, he should use the opportunity of the Algiers meeting to seek OAU guarantee for a confederal arrangement, such as was agreed at Aburi (Ghana). General Ojukwu not only rejected this advice outright but also asked some of us to recant or resign. Dr. Azikiwe left Paris in disgust and went to London in voluntary exile. I myself chose to resign.” Uwechue said that Ojukwu saw himself as a supremo during the war and only trusted his own judgment. In trying to explain why this could have been so, he said: “To this special development of his ego and the feeling of self-sufficiency was added the confidence acquired from an Oxford University milieu and from the fact of his father’s great wealth. Back to Nigeria, Ojukwu soon joined the army, where, as an officer, he got more accustomed to giving orders and receiving prompt obedience than meeting opposition and arguments.” He said that Ojukwu found himself always at the “giving end” rather than at the “receiving end,” adding: “By keeping Ojukwu constantly enveloped in an atmosphere of superiority, it made him, as a matter of habit, distrustful and disdainful of other people’s judgment, impatient with their opinions and finally simply authoritarian.” The elder statesman concluded that owing to Ojukwu’s attitude, Biafra failed. He said that the failure was mainly a “political one,” which, according to him, “was, in turn, the failure of the leadership, which firstly, made a wrong tactical choice – outright secession – instead of maneouvring appropriately for vital political alliances within Nigeria and exploiting in that context the numerous weaknesses of its opponents.” He said that by breaking out of the country, “the Biafran leadership abandoned the Nigerian field to those who had then only recently wrenched federal control from the Ironsi government, thus uniting various shades of political opinions in the country behind the new federal authorities, as had never been the case before in Nigeria’s political history, in defence of Nigerian unity.” http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by nku5: 8:41am On Nov 12, 2012 |
This man you are blessed. I would have become a bigot if not for the likes of you tomakint: |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 9:35am On Nov 12, 2012 |
tomakint: You're a cretin! I gave you a serious reply on page 12 and I thought we can have a healthy debate but you disappear only to team up with your flat headed relatives to spew rubbish. It's obvious you have banged your head either as an adult or as a child otherwise how would a grown up adult not know which tribe and lineage he belongs to? Several times you've be shouting on many threads that you're Yoruba and your lies have been exposed on several threads to proof that you're a flat headed Igbo. If you are normal why will you keep shouting you're what you aren't? What about so many unprintable posts you've made against Yorubas or are you the Yoruba version of Osuji Thomas Ozuji? Let me give you a pice of advise go and watch Jackie Chan's movie 'Who am I?' You might get some tips there on how to identify your real self. Omo ale jatijati 2 Likes |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 9:39am On Nov 12, 2012 |
Ngodigha: Ret.ard.ed flat headed Igbo monkey! If am a bigot then what about you? It's due to several bigoted posts of people like you that make me to join NL, you and your likes converted me to a bigot and ill continue to bash you and your tribe. Stupeed son of a baboon Ngodigha = confused lobotomised ape 2 Likes |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 9:45am On Nov 12, 2012 |
M-16: Your Igbo head is a special flat one that's why you'll always bark, the way you bark shows me that you can respond well to stimuli especially in your normal yiboistic and non yiboistic environment so keep doing what you know best. BTW no more special treat for you, you didn't keep your own part our agreement so I will lock you back in your cage for a very long time. Digbolugi aja Igbo 1 Like |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 9:47am On Nov 12, 2012 |
Atori,ati imu, ati eti ko si eyi ti ori ko lee gbe sare! Eyin Igbo eeti po to e lo po si wa! 1 Like |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by tomakint: 12:24pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
@inufele2 u're a funny nigg.er ain't u? why not try a career in d group of Baba Suwe. In case u don't know, I don't giv a tinker's damn what u think about me. You did not giv me a cogent response on any pg 12, stop lyin! all along u av been brutish in ur many posts here, hence no word 4 ur type. If u can prove where I av said anything degradin about the Yorubas, show it! Mr tribal-minded Yoruba see me as ur liberal-minded Yoruba rival that will take u out of ur cave-man mentality.My point! 1 Like |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:30pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: L.M.A.O!!! Boobo yi...o badt gaan ni ooo! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:34pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: Page 11 tomakint I'll soon dig out your anti Yoruba posts once I get the time- if you don't edit them before then |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:38pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: No point wasting your energy...it's given that he is not a Yoruba guy. We don't take him serious again on this forum...that is certain. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:44pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: Why won't some people stop claiming they are Yoruba when it's obvious they are not! Asee waaaa!!! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:52pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: Una get time sha Don't we all know that 'omo ale ni fi owo osi juwe ile baba e', besides, ile ti o ntoro ni, 'omo ale 'be ni o ti dagba'. 3 Likes |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:54pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
okunoba: Political tactics and strategy is not the forte of the Iboz.... |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 12:57pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
*Owen*:We are saying the memoir is fictitious and is meant to divide the people while he fails to explain to people his warlord role in recruiting child soldiers. Whatever, stop exonerating your old troublemaker writer of his error here. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by T9ksy(m): 1:04pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
tomakint: Sorry to say but yeah, it means nada to me whether Gowon intended seceeding or not however am sure He (Gowon) wouldn't have attempted doing so with just 120 rifles..................whilst publicly acclaiming, "No force in africa can match us(Biafrans) on sea, land or air"! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Katsumoto: 2:27pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
okunoba: #justsaying |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Owen2(m): 4:29pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
all4naija: We are saying the memoir is fictitious and is meant to divide the people while he fails to explain to people his warlord role in recruiting child soldiers. Whatever, stop exonerating your old troublemaker writer of his error here. Twisted thought pattern you've got there. Why would a revered international figure such as Achebe set out to divide the country? |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by aribisala0(m): 4:45pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
Good question why would a revered international figure like BC smoke cigars with ML |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Dede1(m): 4:58pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
Ngodigha: As my Igbo ancestral straits would I allow me to say, Lt Col. Ayo Ariyo, Wole Soyinka and Ijabu Ode cocoa farmers assoc\Agbakoya are the greatest Yoruba person(s) that have ever walked the surface of earth. From the above list, the only characters worthy of such compliment are Soyinka and Tomakint. 2 Likes |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by nku5: 5:18pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
Dede1 - kindly add the Late Hon. T.O.S. Benson to the first list Dede1: 2 Likes |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by T9ksy(m): 5:32pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
That my dear "Prof", is your da.mn bigoted opinion but fortunately no yoruba "shoin of the shoil" gives a rat's ar.se for them so you know what you can do with it. |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 7:00pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
Soon Chief Ralph Nnwuche mother will be Yoruba... |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Katsumoto: 7:03pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
ilugunboy: Soon Chief Ralph Nnwuche mother will be Yoruba... And his REAL father will be called Kehinde and be from Ijebu-Ode. 1 Like |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by Nobody: 7:24pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
T9ksy: That my dear "Prof", is your da.mn bigoted opinion but fortunately no yoruba "shoin of the shoil" gives a rat's ar.se for them so youI am going to slap you for acting as ~Royal~ in disguise! |
Re: Achebe's Book Is "Fictitous, Full Of Lies" - Ozodi Thomas Osuji by tunnytox(m): 7:35pm On Nov 12, 2012 |
inufele2: OMG |
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