agoha_vivi: This is so, so true. It's unfortunate how Nigerians celebrate war crime criminals and refer to them as heros.

dayokanu:

The bolded is very true. Imagine for example a man like Ojuku a common war criminal who should be hung at the stakes and stoned for leading 3million people to their death and when things got hot Fled in the middle of the night leaving the vulnerable to their fate is being hailed as a Hero

Very unfortunate

Onlytruth:

You have a very dark soul, and I have decided to interact as little as possible with dark souls henceforth.

So, I would say this once to you and then leave you to continue on your usual path.

History states that Ojukwu never planned nor wanted war. He went to Aburi and painstakingly negotiated a peaceful settlement (an internationally supervised Accord) to end the Nigerian crisis.
Everybody, including Gowon, signed onto that Accord happily, raised glasses, hugged and all the rest, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria to trash the Accord. History also recorded that Gowon was the first to order a military action against Eastern Nigeria. All these are facts. Ojukwu never initiated any war; Gowon did.

History also shows that Ojukwu was given a burial which even Nigerian presidents never got. His fame is all over Africa and people like Jerry Rawlings graced his funeral. His coffin was carried by GENERALS in the Nigerian army. These are FACTS.

Now, lets wait for your hero Gowon to die, and lets compare notes then.

Bye.

Akshow: Oh no! Not another biafra whining again. What gives you guys the right to think you can heap blames of your own stupidity and foolishness on others? Was declarin war against a nation that you know you cant defeat in all ramification a wise step? When the heat was too much and casualties rising could.nt ojukwu have given up arm? What gowon did was to protect the nation's unity and he owes no maga apologies for that. Get a grip of yourselves pls. The civil war was decades ago for cryin out loud! Stop spreading hate and bitterness and hold yourselves accountable for your actions for once.

chosen04: So can your age you still don't know who declare war? I can now understand why Jesus wept!

modicum: Many people have urged Gen. Gowon to write his memoir.Mounting such pressure on him is an exercise in futility because there are five key issues, which he will never be able to explain convincingly to all Nigerians. So he prefers to avoid talking about them. The first is the Aburi Accord. How on earth can Gowon justify dumping an agreement he signed freely in a foreign country, surrounded by a crowd of advisers and technocrats?

The second is the pogrom of 1966/1967 in Kano and Kaduna? Till date, nobody was arrested. Nobody was prosecuted or convicted for murder, arson and looting. Lest we forget, it is this impunity over the years that has metamorphosed into an controllable monster called Boko Haram. Boko Haram is not imported. It is a phenomenon nurtured by the Northern elite to consolidate their hold on power at the centre. It may have developed some international “tentacles” but it was wholly home-grown. The Northern elite have lost control of what they created.

Third, how can Gowon justify the signing away of the Bakassi Peninsular without consulting the indigenes, all in a desperate move to win his war against Emeka Ojukwu? Gen. Gowon traded away a people, their land, the resources and the strategic position of the Bakassi Peninsular. Fourthly, what is Gowon’s explanation for the starving to death of two million children in Biafra? Was there no other way to avoid this monumental human tragedy?

Finally, how will Gowon justify signing the Abandoned Property decree? How will Gowon reconcile that decree with “No victor, No vanquished”? How will he reconcile the Abandoned Property law with his “RRR” (Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction)? The “RRR” was cleverly hijacked by the Lagos/Ibadan propaganda machine because Western Nigeria benefited immensely from Gowon’s dictatorship. “RRR” existed only on the pages of Tribune, Sketch and Herald newspapers. There was nothing on ground for the devastated Easterners. It was Sam Mbakwe and Jim Nwobodo that started reconstructing roads in 1979 (nine years after “RRR” was declared by the Federal Government). It is now (40 years after the war) that Rotimi Amaechi and Godswill Akpabio are reconstructing and expanding pre-war roads in their states. Nigerians waiting for Gowon’s memoir may have to wait forever.

dayokanu:

The bolded is very true. Imagine for example a man like Ojuku a common war criminal who should be hung at the stakes and stoned for leading 3million people to their death and when things got hot Fled in the middle of the night leaving the vulnerable to their fate is being hailed as a Hero

Very unfortunate

Ngwakwe: Why should somebody with healthy brain want to derail this educative thread?

It is time the Civil liberties and well meaning Nigeria force him to write his memoir.

We need to the know the truth from his perspective as the Head of State and Commander of Armed Forces.

If it does require granting him Amnesty even before the memoir, Nigerians are ready for to pardon him, in that the memoir is more important than his incarceration at the Hague.

modicum: Many people have urged Gen. Gowon to write his memoir.Mounting such pressure on him is an exercise in futility because there are five key issues, which he will never be able to explain convincingly to all Nigerians. So he prefers to avoid talking about them. The first is the Aburi Accord. How on earth can Gowon justify dumping an agreement he signed freely in a foreign country, surrounded by a crowd of advisers and technocrats?

The second is the pogrom of 1966/1967 in Kano and Kaduna? Till date, nobody was arrested. Nobody was prosecuted or convicted for murder, arson and looting. Lest we forget, it is this impunity over the years that has metamorphosed into an controllable monster called Boko Haram. Boko Haram is not imported. It is a phenomenon nurtured by the Northern elite to consolidate their hold on power at the centre. It may have developed some international “tentacles” but it was wholly home-grown. The Northern elite have lost control of what they created.

Third, how can Gowon justify the signing away of the Bakassi Peninsular without consulting the indigenes, all in a desperate move to win his war against Emeka Ojukwu? Gen. Gowon traded away a people, their land, the resources and the strategic position of the Bakassi Peninsular. Fourthly, what is Gowon’s explanation for the starving to death of two million children in Biafra? Was there no other way to avoid this monumental human tragedy?

Finally, how will Gowon justify signing the Abandoned Property decree? How will Gowon reconcile that decree with “No victor, No vanquished”? How will he reconcile the Abandoned Property law with his “RRR” (Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction)? The “RRR” was cleverly hijacked by the Lagos/Ibadan propaganda machine because Western Nigeria benefited immensely from Gowon’s dictatorship. “RRR” existed only on the pages of Tribune, Sketch and Herald newspapers. There was nothing on ground for the devastated Easterners. It was Sam Mbakwe and Jim Nwobodo that started reconstructing roads in 1979 (nine years after “RRR” was declared by the Federal Government). It is now (40 years after the war) that Rotimi Amaechi and Godswill Akpabio are reconstructing and expanding pre-war roads in their states. Nigerians waiting for Gowon’s memoir may have to wait forever.

Chris†Kid:
As usual SW slaves defending their northern masters like their lives depend on it.

ochukoccna: Another Biafran lamentation thread
This Biafrans no dey tire

dayokanu:

You are a lost soul thats if you ever had any soul

They say discretion is the greater part of valor. A Man comes to your house with a gun and slaps you. Discretion dictates that you wait until you arm yourself or in a better placed position before you retaliate and make the retaliation very decisive

Ojuku in his thoughtlessness rushed to a war he didnt plan for and wasted 3million lives when he should have surrendered he continued and wasted 3million innocents. When its time for him to be held accountable he fled like a coward he is and left defenceless lives

His coffin raised, He was pardoned, got his military benefits, got to nyansh his friends daughter etc selfish gazillion stuffs, what about the millions he wasted with his brainlessness

ilugunboy: He defended the oat he swore too...so why are you asking him to explain his roles with a memoir...he just did the job he signed for...

You guys do get too sentimental at times..

~Bluetooth:


Shut up your mouth.

Gowon was the Head of state and commander in chief of the Armed forces saddled with the responsibility of defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria and curbing internal aggression.


Biafra was a pain in his asss that threatened the unity of Nigeria,so he kicked their jewish blackass in order to keep Nigeria one.

Chris†Kid:
come shut it nah.

One moment you're asking Igbos to go back to their land, the next you're praising and defending those that fought and died for us to be one. Does being yoróba come with perks of being a confused fool?


Abi dem swear for say you must defend your hausa masters at all costs fa?

T9ksy: I surely would love to read Ojukwu's memoir about the war and why he absconded in the middle of

the night to exile even though he promised his people that he was ready to fight till the end. Am also curious as

to why ojukwu LIED to his people about the northerners' intention to exterminate all ibos in alaiboland?

slimghost:

Yorubas with their "yes Massa" attitude! . The thread is for intellectuals, not for some semi-literate bigot like you. So if you cant contribute intelligently, you can go and open a "Ojukwu should write his memoir thread". ok?