seunmsg:


Hillary Njoku was the best military tactician of that era. Military strategist on the federal side like Adekunle and Alabi-Isama were scared of facing him. Ojukwu out of his insecurity locked him and many other brilliant officers up throughout the war.

T9ksy:



Hilary Njoku was only a handfull of folks who refused to be swayed by Ojkuwu's emotional outburst by reminding him of the futulity of going to war against the federal govt.

All the ibos who were opposed to the war, Ojukwu omitted to invite to the charade he termed a referendum to determine the fate of ibos in the new country.

Consequently, all those handpicked by Ojukwu for the villagesquare meeting chanted "Ojukwu give us guns" thereby mandating him to go to war.

Any other dissenting voices were either locked up or dubbed "saboteurs" and done away with

gidgiddy:


You dont know what you are talking about. Ojukwu did not go to war, war came to Ojukwu. I have read Hillary Njoku's book 'Tragedy without heroes'. The problem Hillary Njoku had with Ojukwu was more of seniority. Njoku was senior to Ojikwu and never got over the fact that by the declaration of Biafra, Ojukwu had become senior to him. Both men clashed on issues such as the preparation for the looming war amongst other things and Ojukwu had no choice but to fire him and place him in detention for the duration of the war because of the fear that Njoku might defect to the Nigerian side.

It should be noted that the only reason Nigeria won the war was due to the fact that British ships blockaded Biafra and Russian planes dominated the sky. Had Britain and Russia stated neutral, there no way Nigeria would have won. Nigeria wouldn't even have had the money to fight a war

Tolexander:
Lie from the pit of hell!

ProWalker:
May the soul of Ojukwu forever rot in the hottest part of hell fire for all his lies



He claimed Banjo was so meticulous with records but with all the toture they could not extract the name of any Yoruba conspirator from him.
Ojukwu bastard!
That is why I always tell people, you do secret things with Ibos at your peril

gidgiddy:


You dont know what you are talking about. Ojukwu did not go to war, war came to Ojukwu. I have read Hillary Njoku's book 'Tragedy without heroes'. The problem Hillary Njoku had with Ojukwu was more of seniority. Njoku was senior to Ojikwu and never got over the fact that by the declaration of Biafra, Ojukwu had become senior to him. Both men clashed on issues such as the preparation for the looming war amongst other things and Ojukwu had no choice but to fire him and place him in detention for the duration of the war because of the fear that Njoku might defect to the Nigerian side.

It should be noted that the only reason Nigeria won the war was due to the fact that British ships blockaded Biafra and Russian planes dominated the sky. Had Britain and Russia stated neutral, there no way Nigeria would have won. Nigeria wouldn't even have had the money to fight a war

Christistruth00:


Ojukwu fled when it was his turn to go down like a man

gidgiddy:


Waiting to killed by your enemies like a Chicken, is not going down like a man. That is going down like a fool because only a fool will wait to be killed


Well he fought for the independence of his people for three years before he fled

Nobody in your tribe can ever for independence for 3 minutes to even talk about getting to the stage of fleeing

Christistruth00:



Of the Four sent to the Firing Squad only Ifeajuna was Igbo

Agbam and Alele were from Rivers State and Ojukwu was already doubting their Loyalty

and Banjo was from Ogun State

Col Njoku’s name was removed at the last minute when Ojukwu Caved In to his

Kinsmens Pleadings And Njoku was Jailed instead

All of them had told Ojukwu to Negotiate a face Saving agreement before Biafra lost the War

Ojukwu refused their advice and framed them as Saboteurs for Coup plotting instead

The first Court Martial had already acquitted Banjo after finding him not guilty

Ojukwu quickly organised another one and the Men were executed the next day

Banjos family said they pleaded for Ojukwu to return Banjo’s body to his family for Burial

but Ojukwu refused to do so until he passed on

There was a Rumour that Ojukwu had fed Banjo’s body to dogs

which could have been quelled by Ojukwu returning Banjo’s body which he never did

gidgiddy:


Banjo, Ifeajuna, Alale and Abam were all tried for conspiring to remove Ojukwu and the penalty for that in military times is execution

If fact, Banjo and his fellow conspirators were secretly recorded at Progress hotel Enugu, by Ben Odogwu, who they brought into the plot, but was very loyal to Ojukwu

The recording of the men discussing how they would go to government house and get Ojukwu, was played in open court and it nailed the men

seunmsg:
Tissue of lies put together by Ojukwu to defend the murder of Banjo, Ifeajuna and even Nzeogwu.

Ojukwu hated all the brilliant guys that saw through his folly and incompetence. He either killed them or imprisoned the once he couldn’t find a good excuse to kill.

Hillary Njoku was the best military tactician of that era. Military strategist on the federal side like Adekunle and Alabi-Isama were scared of facing him. Ojukwu out of his insecurity locked him and many other brilliant officers up throughout the war.

ProWalker:


You mean Igbos?

oduademonest:
Never trust Yiibos

Never rent to them in Nigeria

Never allow them to become president in Nigeria