pazienza:


Ojukwu exhausted all peaceful means to resolve the conflict. He was even open to UN supervised plebiscite in Biafra. Gowon sure of victory with British unlimited weapon supply declined all peaceful means, he was itching for war, he knew he stood a greater chance of victory at the war front, so he scuttled every means to peaceful resolution. Why make compromise on the table, when you can have it all at the war front? That seem to be Gowon's motto.

pazienza:
BIAFRA’S PROVINCES & ADMINISTRATORS
Aba
Mr. Moses Onwuma*
Abakaliki
Mr. Samuel Mgbada
Annang
Chief Ekukinam Bassey
Awka
Mr. Paul Nwokedi
Calabar
Prof. Eyo Bassey Ndem
Degema
Mr. S. N. Dikibo
Eket
Mr. S. J. Edoho
Enugu
Mr. Christian Chukwuma Onoh
Nsukka
Mr. Frank Onyeke
Ogoja
Mr. Frank Ugbut
Oji River
Dr. Godwin A. Odenigwe
Okigwe
Mr. Sam I. Mbakwe
Onitsha
Mr. R. I. Iweka
Opobo
Dr. S. J. Cookey
Orlu
Mr. R. I. Uzoma
Owerri
Mr. Duke Njiribeakor
Port Harcourt
Mr. Emmanuel Aguma
Umuahia
Mr. Simeon Ojukwu
Uyo
Chief J. Udo-Affiah
Yenegoa
Chief Frank Opigo

Above are the list of Biafran provinces with their administrators. Ojukwu offered the non Igbo groups better deal than Gowon ever did, but folks were blinded by Igbophobia.

DiademSh07:

Where did he say his account was hacked?
Ibos and lies! Very synonymous.
What he said was that his words was manipulated. In his social media account, he made a statement that the ibos have started laying claim to other peoples' land and will then cry foul when they are being killed like suyas in the North, south africa, asia continent or when they being 'bused' down from Lagos to SE. He continued that whatever happens to them in south africa is no business of his but in Lagos, they will continue to 'bus' them back to SE.
That was the statement he made but the cry babies turned his statement into headline like 'Nigerian doctor wants igbo to be killed', 'Dr. Ariyo says people should kill all ibos' and e.t.c. That is the manipulation Dr. Ariyo was talking about, he never said someone hacked his social media account.
Did I make mention of ibo and comprehension problem? Geez!

pazienza:


I don't know his motives, but whatever his motives were, it's obvious that it wasn't pro Igbo, it was more of personal selfishness.

Osadebey and Okpara didn't willingly surrender their thrones and visions for the East and Midwest, they were forced to by Ironsi, likewise Orizu the speaker.

Okpara had plans of placing PH ahead of Lagos, he had been working on that plan diligently with just revenues from Enugu coal and Palm oil plantations spread mostly in Igboland and Ibibiolands, just when he got crude wealth to accelerate that master plan of his, Nzeogwu and his boys put a stop to everything.

barcanista:
I disagree with the "Igbophobia" position. I rather say a mix of ignorance and misunderstanding for majority of the non Igbo Eastern tribes and selfishness for some of our politicians and officers as at that time.

barcanista:
I took my time to review the events, I can't help but wonder whether we all have value 4 human lives. Some wars are avoidable, some tensions also are, Some deaths are avoidable too. We should put the events behind us because they will spark emotions. What we need is to learn important lessons and fine tune our present day struggle for liberation in the most appropriate and strategic manner.

zendy:


Oh really? My independence day is 30th May, the date of the declaration of Biafra.

superstar1:
Wonderful write up but 2 key things are critically missing :

1. He brushed over the incidence of Jan 1966 as if it was a none issue. Maybe, he did not understand the import of that singular action that spiralled out of control because he is not a Nigerian.

2. He also failed to disclose his blossoming friendship with Zik in this write up, in the spirit of objectivity. There is no way most of what he wrote would not have been based on hearsays of Zik. It took several diplomatic trips for Zik to convince Nyerere to recognise the new country and it was even done on friendship basis. He would have been fair enough to tell us in his write up that Zik was his very good friend.

pazienza:


Again, you are running in cycles. Remember that you are yet to prove how the control of the regions were not more beneficial to Ndiigbo more than the centralization of the government, considering the newly acquired crude oil wealth of the Midwestern and Eastern regions.

Now to address your current post.

Is it possible that the same reason why Orizu refused to swear Dipcharima in, was the exact reason why Ogundipe refused to pick up the mantle following Ironsi's death. You don't want to be on the way of an armed power hungry man with troops at his command. Do you ever consider the fact that Orizu was a human and 'might be scared of his life?


Why was Ironsi interested in taking over? Did you really ask that question? A man who had tested power as a high ranked military officer was presented with an opportunity to rule a country, and you wonder why he desired power? Isn't the desire for power a primordial instinct of most humans?

Ironsi was interested in power because he was a human being, and not because he had a secret meeting with Ndiigbo.

Why Zik was not in the country during the coup, no one knows, but it's also on record that the impending coup was a public knowledge that most top government officials knew about, perhaps Zik was more careful than the rest.

Either way, it doesn't matter, as you are yet to tell me how the control of a centralized FG would have served Ndiigbo better than the control of the Nigerian two oil rich regions, considering the 50:50 revenue sharing formula between the regions and the FG.

after1:
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Trash from a jobless old man that still live with his aged mother in the village. Its only on nairaland we see fools open thread to curse and insult other tribe and still say people hate them. You insult other tribes and still want them to love you, are you insane? Channel the energy you use in cursing other tribes to your worthless life, you have been stagnant for years and your younger brothers now feed you. Sit and think deeply about your useless life cos you are just a walking corpse.

after1:


They committed suicide but the Biafra leader Ojuiku ran away in the middle of the night yet you call him your Hero. Bookmarked!

Remarkable:


.. he also didn't highlight the state of the nation that led to the Jan. '66 coup, and how the citizenry were yearning for a revolution; the cause of that coup would have been good insight.

AnambraDota:


www.nairaland.com/2271035/dr-ariyo-responds-accusation-igbo

AnambraDota:


If after the war that Nigeria is a peaceful place I will call Ojukwu a proud and arrogant power hungry man, but after the war.


Maitatasine in North,

Cartoon Riot killings,

US invasion of Iraq killings,

US invasion of Afghanistan Riot,

Boko hara everyday,

Ombatse group,

Militancy in Niger Delta,

ethnic cleansiing in Middle Belt,

Odi Massacre,


Zaki Biam,


election killings of 2011,


Miss World riots,


Reihard Bonke riot,


Israeli fight with Hammas riot,

Fulanis everyday killing of people.

Ethno Reliigious killings in Jos.

Fulani vs Jukun.

Tiv vs Jukun.

Fulanis vs Berom.

Killing killing killing everyday , blood everywhere.

Am yet to see any period in Nigeria timeline with 24 months without major bloodshed.

Who do the Zulus blame, the Zulus blame the Biafrans for seeking peace.

The Zulu king threatened to drown voters of particular tribe in the lagon.

A zulu youngman on twiiter called for the killing of the Biafrans.

A zulu doctor called for the elimination of the Biafrans.

A zulu governor deported Biafrans back to their land.

The zulus and their masters don't want Biafrans in Biafra and they don't want them in Nigeria.

They initiate high cut off mark to limit the Biafrans from gaining admissiona, they used quota system to scheme the Biafrans out in the system, they used zoning formular to make sure the number of Biafrans that merited every position is checkmated when Biafrans compalin they say they are fond of complaining.

Other have six and seven states but five were given to the Biafrans,
Thank God Biafrans have annexed some parts of Europe, what we lose here we gain it overthere.

Vessi:
DIPLOMACY and REDERENDUM.

If to go by referendum then the indegenes of the Biafran region must be educated on the benefits of having true federalism in a Biafran state. This enlightenment would put them in position to accept Biafran dream should referendum be the last deal.

This enlightenment and awareness must be deployed to avoid similar cases of the 60's where the non Igbo tribes of Biafran region were mostly anti Biafra as result of sheer ignorance.

The leaders of non igbo tribes and elected officials in Niger delta must be briefed and in accordance with this also.

pazienza:
BIAFRA’S PROVINCES & ADMINISTRATORS
Aba
Mr. Moses Onwuma*
Abakaliki
Mr. Samuel Mgbada
Annang
Chief Ekukinam Bassey
Awka
Mr. Paul Nwokedi
Calabar
Prof. Eyo Bassey Ndem
Degema
Mr. S. N. Dikibo
Eket
Mr. S. J. Edoho
Enugu
Mr. Christian Chukwuma Onoh
Nsukka
Mr. Frank Onyeke
Ogoja
Mr. Frank Ugbut
Oji River
Dr. Godwin A. Odenigwe
Okigwe
Mr. Sam I. Mbakwe
Onitsha
Mr. R. I. Iweka
Opobo
Dr. S. J. Cookey
Orlu
Mr. R. I. Uzoma
Owerri
Mr. Duke Njiribeakor
Port Harcourt
Mr. Emmanuel Aguma
Umuahia
Mr. Simeon Ojukwu
Uyo
Chief J. Udo-Affiah
Yenegoa
Chief Frank Opigo

Above are the list of Biafran provinces with their administrators. Ojukwu offered the non Igbo groups better deal than Gowon ever did, but folks were blinded by Igbophobia.

ECOTERRORS:
this is your 8th moniker bruteforce, brforce, subway 101, kororugged and others, do you know why nobody takes you serious is because you don't make any meaningful comment apart from curses and insults.

Were you deprived in your childhood

Were you abused by your maid in your childhood

Did your parents have sex with you in your childhood

Were you bullied in your childhood

Were you dumped by your gf in your adulthood

Are you from a broken home

Do you have insomnia

Do you have acute migraine

Plz try to answer my questions in a cultured manner so that I can recommend the drugs you need to take and schedule you for counselling.

Thanks.

Ecoterrors

Your Shrink

SOUNDKING:
kings are primary the object to protect during wars...go and learn.

zendy:



There is no territorial integrity to protect if the state has no legitimacy.

Vessi:
there are online reports that a jihad led my sardauna was to be launched about a day after the coup. That prompted the coup plotters to execute the coup and get rid of sardauna and Co. Thereby saving Nigeria from the act of being Islamized.

superstar1:


Definitely the demented you woke up this morning, omo ti o niran.

Your father told you and you are not even ashamed of yourself. Lazy way out of having an informed knowledge. Some of us did not wait for our fathers to tell us, we read every book and article available on the war. That was the same way Chimamanda was telling us how her uncle told her his make-me-feel-good tales by moonlight stories.

Do yourself a great service of reading up.

His colleagues committed suicide and their supposed sissy leader spared his own life by dressing as a woman while running away to Abidjan.

Definitely they died a worthless death just like suicide bombers of Boko Haram,

SOUNDKING:
your hatred had made you not know, that the best side of a story is from an eye witness, this is it, my father fought in the war under x brigade let by major joe achuzia,he show me pix of himseft with H.M.G, the way he told me the story was similar to what i heard from other people including what i saw online,history is pased from father to children may be you were not opportuned to sit with your father for reasons best known to you.in my biafra land when someone told you, ''his father said'' you have to respect him cos he is seen as responsible. Irresponsible people don't have any story to pass from their father to their children.

AnambraDota:


Nobody is behind those hate mongering except the Zulus on Southern Nigeria, they are everywhere calling for disaster and hate against Igbos but they won't challange a Fulani man that call the Kaffirs.
Their kings want Igbos death, their intellectuuals want igbos destroyed, their youth are singing disaster to igbos because they covetous people who are obsessed about others properties.

They tell you tell will take over your houses when Biafra is actualize to show you they are no different from the Zulus in SA who can't stand a whiteman but will fight a blackman.

These zulus of Nigeria with their lagoon drunk bribe collector called king lilwayne is an inferior muslim, a cripple gambari worth more than him in a mosque

Vessi:
there are online reports that a jihad led my sardauna was to be launched about a day after the coup. That prompted the coup plotters to execute the coup and get rid of sardauna and Co. Thereby saving Nigeria from the act of being Islamized.

superstar1:


I laugh in Greek.

Your father told you of his false heroics. If he was such an hero, he would also have joined his friends to commit suicide. Why did he not?

Your father was resoundingly defeated and he had to tell you a story to make him look like a superman that he never was and he will never be.

How do you expect the story of your father to be objective? Tell the world how many books you have read n the war and not the tales by moonlight story that was told you by your father, under the orange tree.

superstar1:


Nice angle to the untwining of this convoluted mess.

What were the events that led to the coup, that justified selective killings of leaders of other regions?

superstar1:


That is where greed, acting-before-thinking and lack of foresight comes in. Ironsi should have been contented with being in control as HOS and he should have left the regions the way they were. He created a monstrous political structure that is eating us all up.

Back to your question. A centralised govt would have given the Ibos the chance to fully harness the opportunities that abounds in the north then, knowing fully well that the Northern Regions was not as well educated as the south, It would have given them the opportunity to take over all the civil service jobs in the north. We are all aware of the open bigotry of Sardauna, publicly saying they will consider foreigners for employment first before southerners.

superstar1:


Nice angle to the untwining of this convoluted mess.

What were the events that led to the coup, that justified selective killings of leaders of other regions?

If at any point in your lifetime you want to be objective, one way is to check your personal bias is to use the basic labelling of events with letters or number.

X happened, and it led to Y which led to Z.

Your question then is what is X, right? You have to tell me your age first, so i'll know how to further educate you...

barcanista:
I am in agreement with this. The awareness is high but needs improvement. Personally, I can't count on some of our elected officials especially those in Abuja because some of them(if not most) are self-centered stooges that serves their own interests and not our collective goal. God Help Biafra Republic

after1:
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May devil punish me if am those monikers you listed, may you and your generations perish if you lie, may you never do anything good with your life anymore till you join your ancestors if am not the owner of those monikers. Also, May you never prosper if you are a Male using F to deceive people on nairaland. Amen.... Say Amen!!!!! I am waiting before i fire you back with a normal response.

after1:
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May devil punish me if am those monikers you listed, may you and your generations perish if you lie, may you never do anything good with your life anymore till you join your ancestors if am not the owner of those monikers. Also, May you never prosper if you are a Male using F to deceive people on nairaland. Amen.... Say Amen!!!!! I am waiting before i fire you back with a normal response.