raumdeuter:
Can he tell us why

The Non Ibo Prime Minister was killed but the Ibo President was spared
Why the 2 Non Ibo regional premiers were killed but the 2 Ibo premiers were spared
Why Sodeinde, Maimalari Ademulegun Okotie Eboh Lagerma Pam were killed and Ironsi plus all the Ibo Federal ministers were spared

Kellibae:
YORUBAS are naturally betrayers and sellouts.
No matter what u do for them at the end they will betray u.
Even if u spilled ur own blood and die to save them, they can't still be pleased.

Without IGBOS the entire Yoruba race would have been wiped out by Hausa FULANI.
But what did IGBOS get in return.
Betrayal, chronic hatred, envy, jealousy, from Yorubas it's sad!

theoldpretender:


Middle belt..the Tiv region...that one was due to the crisis between Northern Hausas and minorities...a crisis that played out in all the regions by the way.(Minorities vs Majorites)..and led to the agitation for states., and the breakup of the regions (from 1963 on wards..the Midwest region was created for minorities in the Western region.)...

Western Nigeria...the problem started when Akintola and Awolowo disagreed over the future political direction of the South West....which set off the chain of events that led to Awo being jailed for treason, the Operation Wetie...fighting between Awo and Akintola supporters that got so bad...the government was on the verge of declaring a state of emergency when the January 66 coup happened.

IbrahimDamola:


Can you also tell us why the Igbo Quater-master general of the Army Gen. Unegbe was killed by the 'IBO coupists', in an 'Igbo coup' that was supposed to kill 'other non-ibos and spare IBOs' according to your lazy propaganda.

Kux14:
See below

IbrahimDamola:
Papa Nwobosi has nothing to lose, so why should he lie. The north wanted to destroy our yorubaland with wetie-wetie, revolutionaries from the East revolted. We yorubas who are supposed to be thanking these soldiers wallow in all kinds of propaganda including calling it an 'IBO coup' and even joined hands to kill Eastern women and children.

Tufia!

Biodun556:



GOOD!

And after the coup ousted and got Hausa and Yoruba politicians killed in gruesome manner, and Ibo man, Agui Ironsi emerged as the military head and issue decree 34 which cancelled the semi autonomous regional structure and imposed unitary system on Nigeria. After that, Ironsi appointees were majorly igbos and that further fuelled fear of domination among other ethnic groups especially the Northerners that led to counter coup.

Oweku:
Hmm... why did they even cancelled history from school curriculum self?...there is God o..

Foodforthought:
Nigerians keep insulting this man and dismissing his Biafran Agenda. But step by step it continues to grow, many drops of water eventually turn to a puddle. They keep pressing, they keep wooing the Ibos . One day they might win them over eventually. They might create enough awareness, they might become politically structured. They might get referendum.
This looks to me like the first steps of history, like humble beginnings. I have this feeling all this struggle will define the history and birth of a nation called Biafra.
As a non Ibo I would also like to dismiss Biafra but something tells me not to

franchasng:
Nwafor Orizu the then Senate President of Nigeria had no power, had no visible contribution to the corruption happening among the first republic politicians.

And mind you, their plan was to kill the Prime Minister Tafawa Belewa, Ahmadu Bello the Northern Emir who was leading Tafawa Belewa on towards an Islamic agenda, and then President Azikiwe who always danced to northern politicians tune.

They planned to arrest others until Awolowo is installed as Prime Minister, but you know the man that has gun + alcohol + narcotics can go nuts cos they were under the influence of alcohol too according to my uncle.

My late uncle that participated in the coup said they only planned to kill 3 major politicians, namely:

1.) Tafawa Belewa
2.) Nnamdi Azikiwe
3.) Ahmadu Bello

Then arrest:

4.) Akintola
5.) Tam West
6.) The man from Edo. Forgotten his name.

He said some of them weren't happy with the way some of their fellow coupist handled the coup execution in their assigned region.

My uncle also told us that the political tuzzle between Awolowo and Akintola also played a key role in their decision for the coup because that Northern politicians wanted to use that opportunity of political turmoil between Awolowo faction and Akintola faction to invade Southwestern Nigeria and suppress the fast rising influence of Awolowo, a devout Christian, whole they liked and believed would make a better leader for Nigeria.

The northern politicians and traditional rulers liked Nnamdi Azikiwe because he played to their request always and remained ceremonious as he was more concerned with being a national leader respected all over Nigeria than fighting for the good of his people unlike other first republic politicians then.

franchasng:
Yes you are right, even my late uncle admitted that some of their fellow coupist made mistakes in the coup execution and Aguiyi Ironsi too made mistake.

You are right.

They had good intentions initially but failed to implement their plan well which cost Igbos a lot too; Igbos paid the price of the wrong execution of that first coup of 1966

dynicks:
Baba....hailings!!

Zombified creatures can go nd die for all I care!

erinalex:
the major problem with ur tribe is you "double - mouth" too much. No principle !

In one breath, you will be very quick to condemn PMB for 1984 coup, call him names for truncation of democracy.

Strangely now, u are praising the very first coup plotters in Nigeria; conveniently saying they killed corrupt politicians in 1966 coup.

I ask u, were the 1984 politicians,that pmb overthrown Not corrupt ?

The same tribe lampooned Yorubas for supporting PMB, claiming that Yorubas are slaves to Hausa.

Now,who are those rooting for Atiku?and d last time, I checked, atiku is still an Hausaman.
Should we now regard the people supporting Atiku as slaves too ?

I don't believe in PMB, neither do I have hope in Atiku.

My point to u is that, stop changing the goalposts, whenever the narratives doesn't suit u.

Always maintain the same sense of judgment, no matter whose Ox is gore.

raumdeuter:


Some of them had good intentions and some of them had tribal agenda

People like Ifeajuna Nwobosi and Anuforo has tribal agenda from day 1. They never had good intentions

That was why Ademoyega wrote in his book that he almost had a fight with Ifeajuna in prison

RockHard:


You are sick . Was Akintola's innocent nephew also corrupt? And how come no single corrupt igbo leader was killed? Abi Igbo had no corrupt leaders?? You are very sick.

abeggnow:
they are the ince thst started the trend of coup.he us ssy dey wanted to save the yorubas and midle belt, i wounder so they cant save them selves? And why is it that no single politician from the esst was killed or arrested durring the coup? Where dey all without blemish. The people from the east are selfish and thats a fact.

raumdeuter:


What is a mere quarter master to the premier of a region, prime minister and finance minister?

Biodun556:



SIR AHMADU BELLO'S (Sardauna) XMAS MESSAGE TO NORTHERN CHRISTIANS IN
1959
We are people of many different races, tribes and religions, who are knit together by common history, common interests and common ideals. Our diversity may be great but the things that unite us are stronger than the things that divide us. On an occasion like this, I always remind people about our firmly rooted policy on religious tolerance. Families of all creeds and colour can rely on these assurances. We have no intention of favouring one religion at the expense of another. Subject to overriding need to preserve law and order, it is our determination that everyone should have absolute liberty to practise his beliefs. It is befitting on this momentous day, on behalf of my ministers and myself, to send a special word of gratitude to all Christian missions. Let me conclude this with a personal message. I extend my greetings to all our people who are christians on this great feast day. Let us forget the difference in our religion and remember the common brotherhood before God, by dedicating ourselves afresh to the great tasks which lie before us.

Fatherofdragons:
Their greatest crime was helping those unfortunate yorubers and expecting gratitude instead they get blood shed and hate in return.

IjebuWarrior:
CRAP! For folks like us... we know this history better...

We know that coward Ojukwu NOT, FRN army killed a brave Major Patrick Kaduna Nzeogwu out of fear of his rising popularity and bravery!
He gorged out both of his two eyes for ritual purposes

We know that Major Patrick Kaduna Nzeogwu NEVER fought for Biafra (as against the media propaganda). He was OBJ's bestie, never a bigot, wanted the best for his country (Nigeria), killed the ethnic bigot (Ahmadu Bello) and wrote a detailed letter to OBJ to summarize his plans.

We know that Ojukjwu stripped Major Kaduna of all military exercises and duties cuz he freed him from prison simply to have a stranglehold on him.

We know that Ojukwu and Kanu (COW-nu) are COWARDS !!! Okoro Savages!

IbrahimDamola:


Same old lame come-back. So the 'IBO coupists' killed a whole Igbo Quater-master general who is about 4 ranks above them because 'what is a mere Quater-master'. Dayo, your intellect retrogresses significantly by a huge fraction everytime you punch your keypad on NL.

No go run mad o.

Mikora:

You are demented. Were all the people killed by the other coupists I mentioned corrupt? Tell them to apologise too or get lost!!!

franchasng:
Forget what leaders say, pay attention to what they do.

In life, don't listen to what people say, believe what they do.

Buhari for instance write even more, but his actions shows he is a tribal religious bigot, and Islamic extremist and reason why all the northern Almajiri love him, nothing more.

They hate Atiku because Atiku is not a tribal religious bigot ready to kill and undermine other tribes and religion to please Northern Muslims, that's the only reason they don't love Atiku as much.

If Atiku start attacking Christians and condemning Christians while supporting every Muslim extremism, you will see Northerners start to follow him massively, its their way.

They deserve to have their own Islamic nation and practice Islam their way without disturbance from any other tribe or religion, but due to long throat for crude oil, they refuse to seek for their own independent Islamic nation

zinizta:

You saved Yorubas? but couldnt save the millions of your people who died in the civil war? .....Swerve!

Kellibae:


U lack sense, IGBOS lost 2 million
Fighting, 5 different countries.
But The entire Yoruba generation would hav been wiped out if it were them.

I hope u have sense now.?
It shall not be well with that fool that removed history from Nigeria.. It made y'all so dumb and uniformed.