Americans teach their kids the history of America and the American civil war

Germans teach younger Germans the history of World war 1 & 2 which they fought

Rwanda teaches Rwandans about the Hutu- Tutsi war that claimed almost 1 million lives.

But much of Nigeria's history up to the end of the war has been hidden, in my view, for 12 reasons.

If they taught Nigerian history, Nigerians would know that:

1. The North have been killing Igbos since colonial times such as the Jos massacre of 1945 and the Kano massacre of 1953

2. On October 12 1960, shortly after independence, the Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello said:

''The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our grandfather, Othman Danfodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and South as conquered territories and never allow thier future.''


3. The 1963 census crisis, the fall out from the 1964 elections and 'operation wetie' of 1965 were amongst the violent events that led to the first military coup in January 1966

4. The January 15th 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup, as testified by the non Igbo participants such as Major Ademoyega and Captain Adeleke

5. Ironsi did not introduce unitary rule with decree 34, the 4 Regions of the time still had their boundaries, resource control, fiscal responsibility, which are the basics of true federalism

6. When the Northern officers retaliated 6 months later and killed Ironsi and 300 Igbo officers, their main intention was to declare Northern Nigeria a seperate country. Infact, in Gowons first announcement, he said "There is no basis for Nigeria's unity".They only changed their minds back to 'one Nigeria' when they were reminded of the huge Oil deposits in the Eastern Region

7. The counter-coup greenlighted a massacre of Easterners, mainly Igbos. Over 50,000 men, women and children of Eastern origin were murdered all over Nigeria, mainly in the North

8. The crisis led to the President of Ghana, General Ankrah, hosting Ojukwu and Gowon to a meeting in Aburi, Ghana, where both men reached an agreement which both signed

9. Gowon caused the civil war by promulgating decree 14 of 1967 which forced Ojukwu to declare Biafra because the decree broke the terms of the Aburi agreement

10. Gowon was the one who introduced unitary rule with Decree 14 of 1967. That Decree abolished the 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 unitary states, took away resource control and fiscal federation and made the Federal Government at the centre too strong.

11. That starvation was what killed the majority of those who died in Biafra and the use of starvation as an instrument of war is a war crime.


12. When the war ended in1970, the three "R's" were never implemented


Know history, no matter how they try to hide it.

Nigeria Citizens sef doesn't cares to know

IntellectOzone:
Nigeria Citizens sef doesn't cares to know

We actually care

IntellectOzone:
Nigeria Citizens sef doesn't cares to know

And watch it happen again , this time it might be ur kit and kin , so be careful my good man

this is why its better to keep it off the curricullum, if you want to learn about it do so with your own resources..

no matter how you tell the story North would continue being angry about the killing like dog of their revered Ahmadu bello, Tafabalewa some of their most educated leaders, while Igbos would never forget 3million people who starved to death when Nigeria closed its borders

The relative peace we are having is because civil war history isnt spoken about

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GIDDY GIDDY REPORT!!!

Wish I was alive in all of these...!

Anyway... the signals are hitting red already