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Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by Coldie(m): 5:52pm On Jul 11 |
confusedlady:I hv given u ur answer, u hv just made up ur mind to beleive what you want. Government whether state, military or federal control information. Many non eastern states are anti Biafra, in the east you can publish Biafra memoirs or books, since you are surrounded with easterners and eastern government the consequences might be minimal, but outside the east. Just u talking about it can provoke attack from citizens, mk the state or local government sanction you. This here is a fact. It’s not every story that makes it to the internet as a result of the fact that the internet is just 2 decades old, the Biafran war happened almost 60years ago. That apart I don’t really give a F what u think of my opinion, I hv asked u questions over 10times in different threads and u didn’t answer any, so i don’t owe u anything. |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by confusedlady(f): 6:02pm On Jul 11 |
Coldie: Guy, Nice vulgar language shows I am hitting a sensitive spot ....... Below are a list of civil war memoirs by authors from the East .... 1) Sunset in Biafra by Elechi Amadi. 2) There was a country by Chinua Achebe. 3) Women and the Nigeria-Biafra was:Reframing gender and conflict in Africa by Gloria Chuku and Sussie Okoro. 4) Oil,politics and violence:Nigeria's military coup culture (1966-1976) by Max Siollun. 5) Surviving Biafra by Elizabeth Bird and Rosina Umelo. 6) The politics of Biafra by Chudi Offodile. 7) Surviving in Biafra by Alfred O. Uzokwe. ![]() 9) The Untold Story of the Nigeria-Biafra war by Luke Nnaemeka Aneke. 10) Surviving a war by God's grace by Daniel N.Okoro 11) Once upon a time in Biafra 1967-1970 by Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus 12) The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran war by Alexander Madiebo 13) Biafra Africa died: The diplomatic plot by Emefiena Ezeani 14) The Nigeria civil war by Phillips O. Okoro 15) Divided we stand by Cyprian Ekwensi 16) On a darkling plain by Ken Saro Wiwa 17) Fact and fiction in the Literature of Nigerian civil war by Akachi Ezeigbo 18) The economics of the Nigerian civil war by Reuben N. Ogbudinkpa 19) Because I am involved by Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu 20) Reflections on the Nigerian civil war by Raph Uweche. 6 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by T8ksy(m): 6:43pm On Jul 11 |
opamoses1: @ Bolded, above.........Exactly on point. That was the reason behind zik and his minions support for One Nigeria. See how they bent over backwards to accommodate the north in their fake One Nigeria. Everything the Sardunna asked for, he got except of course, all the citizens in the new country converting to Islam. Zik even delayed self-rule for his region just to wait until the north are ready for it. He also went ahead to take up a supporting position to the "illiterate " Northerners than unite the progressive Western region as the numero uno.The reason wasn't far-fetched as the sardunna had been unambiguous in his decision & statement of not willing to taking orders from a bunch of infidels in the new country. No sooner had we got independence before zik used his position in the new govt yo get Awo and most of his aides jailed on trumped up charges then went further to split awo's influence in the western region by creating the mid-west region whilst the minorities in the north and the east did not get a look in. Oh well, their "hunter" later morphed into the "hunted" in 1966 when they tried to snatch power from the "uneducated" north. 2 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by AntiMarxist: 8:04pm On Jul 11 |
Coldie: Lol See publication. If you like lie from now till you reach hell, the truth can never be hidden. The SS people that did not waste time to chase you out after the liberation by Nigerian forces? Keep decieving yourselves. 5 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by AntiMarxist: 8:08pm On Jul 11 |
confusedlady: And every single one of those books deserve only to be used as either door stoppers or to balance a rickety table. Pure fiction and half truths. The fact that they had to continue their Biafra propaganda shows that they needed to rehabilitate themselves before the world . 1 Like |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by confusedlady(f): 8:47pm On Jul 11 |
AntiMarxist: Lol.... A few of them are actually good...I found Raph Uweche, Ken Saro Wiwa, Elechi Amadi and Max Siollun were a bit fair in their books. Most of the others in particular Achebe were biased,one sided books not worth the paper they were written on......I just listed them out because coldie was lying that the government did not allow Ibo writers to talk about the civil war. On the contrary the government did not disturb anyone who chose to write about the civil war,in fact as early as 1971,a year after the war Elechi Amadi wrote Sunset in Biafra. 3 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by AntiMarxist: 8:56pm On Jul 11 |
confusedlady: I used to own a copy of Max Siollun's Oil,politics and violence:Nigeria's military coup culture (1966-1976) . The book only provides a glancing mention of the Jan 15 coup which he dismissed as being a coup carried out by misguided Marxists. Siollun will go on to dismiss the Jan 15 coup being an Ibo coup by claiming all coups in Nigeria subsequently had an ethnic coloration within its conspirators. It's a daft book like all others because it focused not on the root causes of the war but rather focuses on the war itself and Ibo suffering and there was no single mention of the atrocities committed by the biafran orcs. Total trash. 2 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by gidgiddy: 9:16pm On Jul 11 |
The only thing that is funny about this thread is people who are digging up old history from 60 or 70 years ago, but have not learnt from the history they are digging up that we should not be together We should have conducted a referendum long time ago and gone our different ways as history has only shown that the creation of Nigeria by the British was a huge mistake |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by confusedlady(f): 1:53am On Jul 12 |
gidgiddy: Gidgiddy, You have been repeating the same thing like a broken record and refused to address the issues raised in the original post. The issue raised was why pre independence the Ibo led by Nnamdi Azikiwe were vehemently opposed to referendum and secession but after they lost out in the political power play post independence have been shouting for referendum and secession ever since? While answering this question you need to take into consideration the Ibo attempt to hijack power through the barrel of the gun in 1966 and the civil war of 1967 -1970 plus the IPOB terrorists of today. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by BabaRamota1980: 3:34am On Jul 12 |
In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail The were used fear tactics to cajole North against their desire for secession. I thought Lugard formed this nigeria together, why is Zik lying against nature? Shyyyt! 1 Like |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by Buccalcavity2: 6:59am On Jul 12 |
gidgiddy:Don't be confused and repeating same. The only way a referendum could have been conducted is if it was in the constitution- secession clause. Now your man opposed and criminalized it, how then can a referendum be conducted when it is alien to the constitution? All subsequent Constitution grew from previous ones. So how? 3 Likes |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by gidgiddy: 6:34pm On Jul 12 |
Buccalcavity2: Referendum is already in the constitution of Nigeria. Before you can create a state, referendum must be held But the funny thing is that those who are against referendum today to let Nigeria breakup, are the people who complain the lodest that Zik was against referendum |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by Buccalcavity2: 6:56pm On Jul 12 |
gidgiddy:Why do you like mischief? We are aware that referendum is required for state creation. The thread is about referendum for secession (secession clause) and that is the issue here. Nigeria constitution today criminalises secession as initiated by the representatives of South Easterners ab initio . So how will a referendum hold for Biafra creation? For me, the narratives of you and Coldie here attempt to insult the intelligence of others and the more you do it, the more irritating it becomes. 1 Like |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by Yorubafather: 7:02pm On Jul 12 |
Buccalcavity2: Who made the constitution? you sound like a educated illiterate who can’t survive without Nigeria as a country |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by Buccalcavity2: 7:22pm On Jul 12 |
Yorubafather:Don't be slow and no need to insult. I mentioned it in my first response. Constitution in every country is a living document that grows. Every constitution is written with reference to previous ones (whether abrogated or not). So concede it, Igbos shot Biafra in the foot pre-independence; which is what exposes your motive. Your rationale now is "forget what we did previously, let's write another one" as if others are at your beck and call? Igbos are the one Nigerianist (historical fact) NB: not that one Nigeria bad or good. |
Re: Nnamdi Azikiwe's 1953 Speech Opposing Secession. by gidgiddy: 10:11pm On Jul 12 |
Buccalcavity2: The point is that it is not a must you must have secession clause in your constitution before a part of a country can leave Britain has no secession clause, but Britain gave Northern Ireland refendum in 1972, and also Scotland in 2014, for them to decide if they want to go East Timor left Indonesia by a UN Sponsored referendum USSR broke up into eleven countries just by the agreement of USSR Government. Czechoslovakia broke up into Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovakia, just by an order of the National Assembly, with no referendum So there are several ways a new country can emerge from another, it is not must you must have secession clause |
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