As supporters of Biafra continue to celebrate the success of their stay-at-home directive on May 30 in some states in the Southeast, a publication has surfaced on the internet showing how the former Biafran warlord, the late Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, prevented food aid from getting to thousands of starving Biafran children.

According to Robert Goldstein, the foreign public relations expert Ojukwu contracted to launder Biafra’s image to the outside world, by refusing to allow food aid through the land borders, the Biafran war chief contributed to the death of thousands of starving Biafran children during the three-year Nigerian civil war.

Goldstein wrote: ”It is inconceivable to me that you would stop the feeding of thousands of your countrymen (under auspicies of world organizations such as the International Red Cross, World Council of Churches and many more) via a land corridor which is the only practical way to bring in food to help at this time. It is inconceivable to me that men of good faith would try to twist world opinion in such a manner as to deceive people into believing that the starvation and hunger that is consuming ‘Biafra’ is a plot of Britain, Nigeria and others to commit genocide.

”I cannot in all conscience serve you any longer. Nor can I be a party to suppressing the fact that your starving thousands have the food, medicine and milk available to them…..it can and is ready to be delivered through international organizations to you. Only your constant refusal has stopped its delivery.”

In his open letter of resignation to Ojukwu, published by Morning Post, Lagos, August 17, 1968, Goldstein stated:

OPEN LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO ODUMEGWU OJUKWU
FROM Robert S. Goldstein
Public Relations Representative of Biafra in the United States
(Published in the Morning Post, Lagos, August 17, 1968)

As your Public Relation’s Representative in the United States, it is my distasteful duty to tender my resignation based on the following points:





POINT 1 – In November of 1967 when we met in Umuahia, you and your Cabinet were very impressive. You told me of the woes of your little Republic, that thousands of people had died, were dying and more were prepared to die for freedom’s sake.

You and your Cabinet told me you believed world opinion would help your cause if you could get your story across.

You expressed the opinion that very few if any people in the United States knew of the plight of the Biafrans.

You asked me to tell the world that Britain had teamed up with Russia in a conspiracy with the Federal Government of Nigeria to murder every Ibo in Biafra. You suggested I use my talents to induce the Press to write about the Biafran side of the war, as at that time all news came out of Lagos.

You will recall I did not take the assignment that day but stayed on several days before deciding to take that job.

To help win the peace

At that time I stated to you and your cabinet that I was taking the assignment making it crystal clear I would try my best to help win the peace not the war.

POINT TWO – I immediately arranged the first world Press conference in Biafra inviting the US Press as well as journalists and television people from England, France, Switzerland, Africa and other parts of the Globe. This was the first news break through. I arranged regular trips into Biafra for the world Press, helped set up stringers, etc., so that your statements and the statements of your Cabinet would be heard.

At that time, I was absolutely positive you were right and your cause was a just one in the best interests of the free world and your countrymen.

POINT THREE – Finally the Republic of Biafra was recognized first by Tanzania, then quickly followed by Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Zambia. Our public relations work was paying off, world opinion was starting to side with us.
Peace talks were arranged at Kampala. I thought that if anyone walked away from the table it would be the Federal Government. But to my dismay it was Biafra that left the Conference. After all the fighting and killing, I knew that peace would not come easy but I could not understand leaving the Peace Conference until the last point was negotiated and the avenue explored.

POINT FOUR – Then urgent telex messages were received from ‘Biafra’ telling of tens of thousands of people starving in the refugee camps, the villages, the bush country – stating if something weren’t done in the next few months over a million women, children and aged would be starved to death. I immediately contacted the Press, urgently petitioned the State Department for action on their part. Food, medicine and milk were sent to the only available ports open for immediate shipment to ‘Biafra’ via land routes through Federal and Biafra territory, under the auspices of world organizations such as the International Red Cross among others.

Then came the incredible answer from ‘Biafra’ that land corridors could not be acceptable until there was a complete ceasefire, and that an airlift was the only solution to feed the starving.

You then appeared before the various Heads of State and representatives of the OAU at Niamey in Niger. I fully expected you to at least accept the world help that was offered your starving throngs. However, you delayed, hoping to use these unfortunates with world sympathy on their side as a tool to further your ambition to achieve war concessions at the upcoming peace talks in Addis Ababa. Thus innocent victims continue to perish needlessly of starvation, the most agonising death that can befall any living creature.

POINT FIVE – This was incredible to me. I am now convinced that I have been used by you and your cabinet to help in military adventures of your origin….using your starving hordes as hostages to negotiate a victory.
If at some later date, following the issuance of this letter, you do concede to allow a mercy land corridor…would you expect me to agree to espouse before the world Press the incredible delay of your decision. What explanation could I honestly give for the needless prolongation of this horror.

Inconceivable acts

I pray this communication may in some small way influence you to move affirmatively, allowing the mercy land corridor to be born.

It is inconceivable to me that you would stop the feeding of thousands of your countrymen (under auspicies of world organizations such as the International Red Cross, World Council of Churches and many more) via a land corridor which is the only practical way to bring in food to help at this time. It is inconceivable to me that men of good faith would try to twist world opinion in such a manner as to deceive people into believing that the starvation and hunger that is consuming ‘Biafra’ is a plot of Britain, Nigeria and others to commit genocide.

POINT SIX – I cannot in all conscience serve you any longer. Nor can I be a party to suppressing the fact that your starving thousands have the food, medicine and milk available to them…..it can and is ready to be delivered through international organizations to you. Only your constant refusal has stopped its delivery.

I am this date, tendering my resignation and am returning to Mr. Collins Obih of the African Continental Bank all the fees you have given me (Letter of Credit No. 354 $400,000 US.)

I have sent your representative in New York a Bond in the amount of 800.000 pounds that I was holding in your behalf. I have also this date, sent the Bond of 200,000 pounds issues by the Central Bankl of Nigeria back to them for disposal.

POINT SEVEN – I am now convinced that one Nigeria is the only solution to peace. I also call upon you Mr. Ojukwu to allow your starving people to be fed. Their well-being is of deep concern to me as well as other right thinking people of the world.

Your acting in the utmost haste in this matter is in my opinion the first step toward any lasting peace in your country.”

Robert S. Goldstein.


https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/06/01/historical-excursion-ojukwu-starved-thousands-biafran-children-death/

I laugh Dumbos who blame our lovely queen for their misfortune.
Blaming Britain for supporting it's ally (nigeria)..They should hold their clueless leader who didn't take responsibility before starting a war by declaring a new state..

Why are the "Nigerians"not complaining of the casualties they also got during the war? Or was it only the Biafrans who got casualties?
Or have they forgotten how they murdered the then prime minister of Nigeria later to plant their own?
How their leader lived a high life(king of Biafra) but never for once fought at the warfront against the Nigeria army during that period..or how he ran out of his country to leave his people to rot away..
And you blame the queen for that?

He should rest in HELL

For deliberately starving beautiful children to death because of your greed and selfishness, Ojukwu and his manhood will continue to burn in the hottest part of HELL. Ase

Incredible

Lagos Ibadan Expressway brown envelope blogs and Yoruba propoganda mouthpiece trying to turn history by its head.

When will you hateful, bitter souls leave Igbos alone? We are not the cause of your backwardness.

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Complete bullshit.. People who have never fought any physical war coming here to spil shit... Your fathers or grandfather where in their villages hiding and at the same time raping women,marring wives of slain soldiers. They never saw the warfront,weren't connected/held any important military positions during the war. Here their children are disgracing their ancestors.. Some war crimes were committed by nigeria but were just allowed to be forgiven but won't be FORGOTTEN.. peace

The idea to starve Biafrans of food using the food blockade was ingloriously suggested by Obafemi Awolowo and was used by the Gowon government.

There is even a video of the late disgraced "Black scorpion"- Brig Gen Adekunle Benjamin vehemently supporting the idea as a policy of war. My friend, you can never distor histroy.

Correct, it was ojukwu fault....

So ojukwu was offering his people as sacrifices to the gods ..

See the people and Gowon who starved Biafra.
Nonsense

Ojukwu and all the igbos ( both dead and alive) that worked together to kill over 3million people will rot in HELL.

OJukwu Ina ajooku ni fun ooo

Guess that the simple reason Awolowo dined with the rats ..

That’s a foolish dead ..

When the fool and the stupid Awolowo did connived with the federal to poison Biafrans .. as a quick end .. not knowing Ikemba was 50 years ahead of the zombies

Rejected their offer ... how can same Awolowo the imp that gave Gowon the idea of food blockage now decide what was to enter Biafra or not
You don’t take the advice of your enemy during war .. is all to his advantage


Awowlwo remains a very stupid imp till his bones rottens.. hope he still the burn for hell fire unlimited

God purnish his soul ..


Power to the people

Op is just a Buster

Making mockery of the death of innocent children..

The death and destruction they wished Igbo, they have gotten in hundredth folds and still counting.

The Sun keep shining from the East!

Very foolish thread by Yoruba people ...

And the fool knowing he didn’t succeed left the shores of Biafra land disgraced

The man lived as a satanist... he worshiped Lucifer
Awowlwo Na confirm ogboni too..

And this idiots are the fools wey Dey expect Ikemba pass their poison to igboland

Today

Igbos survived .. for that single decision of Ojukwu

If not ...
there would have been nothing like igbos in Nigeria
Atworst

They will be contained in one state ..

People don’t actually know how demonic Obafemi awowlwo was ..

The ain’t stupid to change a.m. for am ?

Impish awowlwo advice the government not to allow igbos near power till another 100 years of civil war

That’s a satanic agent ..

Is documented ..
imagine that fool

The bastard that wished to terminate a tribe ..

Saying all is fair in his papa village

Oga just shut this thread

If you get sense

FERNANDEZISBACK:
I laugh Dumbos who blame our lovely queen for their misfortune.

1. Igbo man, teamed up with the North to create the same Nigeria that Igbo people don't want today.

2. Igbo man started the first coup and bloodshed in Nigeria, we are yet to recover from that derailment, they slaughtered military and political leaders from the SW and the North, Azikiwe, Igbo man was conveniently spared, tipped off to leave the country before the bloodbath.

3. The SW and the North did not respond in kind, they even made another Igbo man the next head of state, expecting him to let justice prevail by punishing the coup plotters and sadistic killers, but the Igbo head of state did the usual Igbo think, he did not do anything to khis kinsmen, the coup plotters, not even a slap on the wrist when in fact the standard punishment for sedition and coups was the death penalty.

4. The same Igbo head of state abolished regional administration and created a powerful central government just to consolidate their power within government and the civil service, but it backfired, they did not see power ending up in the hands of other regions later in the future, now all of a sudden, they hate and don't want the same central power system of government that they created, the same way they created the same Nigeria they hate and don't want.

5. Biafra was self-inflicted by another Igbo megalomaniac called Ojukwu, he embarked on a foolish and destructive adventure that killed millions of Igbo people and Nigerians from other parts of Nigeria, at the end of the day, the man ran and left his people for dead on the battlefield, he starved them to death all because of cheap propaganda scheme to embarrass the Nigerian government.

Now, they play the victim all over the place when in fact they were the aggressors, they created our problems from day one.

One Igbo professor said the most disgusting, inhumane, and barbaric things about the Queen of England, RIP, her reason was the same tired, crooked and deceptive igbo narrative and worn-out rubbish that other people are responsible for their own self-created and self inflicted problems.

A sad reflection of hate-fed and raised parental radicalization and indoctrination, a dangerous and crippling disease ravaging and poisoning generation after generation of igbo people.

This is a sad human tragedy.

It's only a fool that doesn't know his left from his right that will peddle such narrative and promote it.

Assemblies of fools are not lacking on Nairaland.

Useless op and his foolish family



God punish the irresponsible op.

children of hate

God bless Nigeria God bless the queen

plaindealer:



1. Igbo man, teamed up with the North to create the same Nigeria that Igbo people don't want today.

2. Igbo man started the first coup and bloodshed in Nigeria, we are yet to recover from that derailment, they slaughtered military and political leaders from the SW and the North, Azikiwe, Igbo man was conveniently spared, tipped off to leave the country before the bloodbath.

3. The SW and the North did not respond in kind, they even made another Igbo man the next head of state, expecting him to let justice prevail by punishing the coup plotters and sadistic killers, but the Igbo head of state did the usual Igbo think, he did not do anything to khis kinsmen, the coup plotters, not even a slap on the wrist when in fact the standard punishment for sedition and coups was the death penalty.

4. The same Igbo head of state abolished regional administration and created a powerful central government just to consolidate their power within government and the civil service, but it backfired, they did not see power ending up in the hands of other regions later in the future, now all of a sudden, they hate and don't want the same central power system of government that they created, the same way they created the same Nigeria they hate and don't want.

5. Biafra was self-inflicted by another Igbo megalomaniac called Ojukwu, he embarked on a foolish and destructive adventure that killed millions of Igbo people and Nigerians from other parts of Nigeria, at the end of the day, the man ran and left his people for dead on the battlefield, he starved them to death all because of cheap propaganda scheme to embarrass the Nigerian government.

Now, they play the victim all over the place when in fact they were the aggressors, they created our problems from day one.

One Igbo professor said the most disgusting, inhumane, and barbaric things about the Queen of England, RIP, her reason was the same tired, crooked and deceptive igbo narrative and worn-out rubbish that other people are responsible for their own self-created and self inflicted problems.

A sad reflection of hate-fed and raised parental radicalization and indoctrination, a dangerous and crippling disease ravaging and poisoning generation after generation of igbo people.

This is a sad human tragedy.

You said it all.

Only Zombies are Obidient

God punish badman

Correct, it disciplined ojukwu culpability

They will starve again very soon.

If Ojukwu was really passionate about his people, why didn't he end the war immediately people start dying of hunger? I really don't care about who initiated the hunger strategy, but I don't think Ojukwu would have continue the war, if his own family members were hungry too.

Agbado masquerades haven't told us what their master fūcking has to offer us if we vote him as president. Agbado masquerades are not smart at all

Racoon:
The idea to starve Biafrans of food using the food blockade was ingloriously suggested by Obafemi Awolowo and was used by the Gowon government.

There is even a video of the late disgraced "Black scorpion"- Brig Gen Adekunle Benjamin vehemently supporting the idea as a policy of war. My friend, you can never distor histroy.

Ojukwu started the war.
And u expect Nigeria to fight with u and still feed u?

Yes, and they are about to repeat the same mistake.