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Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by AshiwajuFoward: 5:07pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
WombRaiders: Dude, what are you smoking? ? Awolowo was in jail serving time during both coups. Hello? ? 9 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by zendy: 5:11pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
nduchucks: Long before the pogroms, there was a concerted displeasure at the Igbos by the northerners. Igbos were better educated, held important positions. This could be seen in the fact that in 1945 and 1952, there were massacre's in Kano and Jos of Igbos. The January 1966 coup, the subsequent counter coup and the massacre of the Igbos that followed that was eventually crowned by the civil was a long chain of events orchestrated by northerners to stifle and opposition to their goal to domination of the country. I have always believed that any Military officer who engages in coup is a criminal. I am an Igbo man, and I think that Nzeogwu,Anuforo,Okafor and all of them who participated in the first coup were and are criminals, but they were all punished (those of them still alive) at the end of the war. Coup plotting and its subsequent effects is why I think that Buhari is a criminal, but fortunately for him, he is a northerner 2 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by baralatie(m): 5:14pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
naijaking1:and the death of a powerful figure in the state of the Sarduana,emir of sokoto was to achieve what purpose exactly(was is to I,to make the Muslim north have respect for life? unfortunately,it did not.it lead to a big reprisal and it continually became one of the reference points against non tribal members of the community and it filtered into national politics. the actions taken by these men were far reaching! 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by T8ksy(m): 5:15pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
It was basically "an ibo coup within an ibo" coup. Most of their top military leaders and politicians were in on the coup hence Zik the big coward, was conveniently out of the country, two days before and ifeajunna, one of the inner coup plotter was having tea with okpara, (premier of Eastern region who too, was supposed to be eliminated by the coupists) barely 12hours after killing his brigade commander in cold blood whilst sparing his fellow ibo general, ironsi who could and did eventually quelled the rebellion, allegedly! 6 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by GspotAngela(f): 5:19pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
naijaking1:so what offence did Hajiat Latifat Ademulegun the pregnant wife of Brigadier Sameul Ademulegun commit which made the ibo coupist kill her alongside her husband? What was the offence of her unborn baby? The Jan '66 ibo Coup plotters were simply 'conscienceless' bloodsuckers and savages 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Nobody: 9:03pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
nduchucks:Super smart question 4 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Nobody: 9:05pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
GspotAngela:Another good question 7 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Nobody: 9:06pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
micklplus:Gbam 2 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Nobody: 9:10pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
naijaking1:soft pedal on the victim card for now. 5 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by CyberWolf: 9:10pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
Yes it's ibo, I know that's what you lots want to hear..Are you satisfied now? Bunch of useless ediots |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by micklplus(m): 9:31pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
AshiwajuFoward: Thank you o jare! 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by T8ksy(m): 10:09pm On Jul 26, 2015 |
GspotAngela: Simply 'cause it suits them right down to "T". Recall, this was also part of the slogan employed by Zik and the NCNC- a predominantly ibo party in their previous electoral campaigns. They wanted a "united" One nigeria at all costs even as the northerners were physically exhibiting their aversion to such a notion as evidenced in 1945 and 1953 slaughterings (of ibos) in kano and jos respectively. in fact, it is on record that ojukwu as the governor of the east central region came out on radio the following day after decree 34 was promulgated by Ironsi, boasting in his usual garrulous fashion, how he intends to "export" his kinsmen to take up most of the available civil posts in the northern region, by virtue of them been more educated than the indigenes. It's a pity, ojukwu didn't conceive biafra when his kinsman was at the helms of our political affairs and future. it would have been a walk in the park and would definitely have saved millions of promising young nigerian lives (on both side of the divide), to boot. 6 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by nduchucks: 2:43pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
naijaking1: Despite all you've written up there, I maintain that the pogroms which lead to the civil war would have never happened, if the January 15th coup had not taken place with the effect that of the six plotters, only one (Ademoyega) was not Igbo, and going through a list of their victims, there was only one Igbo man (Lt. Col. A. Unegbe) killed. And more importantly, the North lost the core of its political elite (Tafawa Balewa and Ahmadu Bello), and some of their best military officers. The acceptance of these unfortunate facts is necessary for any meaningful healing to take place. If you continue to hang on to the belief that the pogroms were bound to take place because there were disagreements back in 1940s, then you sir need to stop burying your head in the sand. You people need to let bygones be bygones, and join hands with the rest of Nigeria to build this great country and move it to the next level. 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Duru1(m): 8:01pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
nduchucks: When a Nigerian starts conversion with "I am detribalized", he or she exudes a culpable idiocy. It is safe to say that in the context of Nigeria, a person becomes culturally nobody when he or she assumes detribalized. The person becomes wondering ninny without a home. In addition, I had thought the poster of the above bunkum should have known better than tempting the forum audience with such a junk. It is unfortunate that individuals do not know how ignorant they sound when attempting to be mischievous. Fact: NPC and NCNC never were in alliance Fact: January 15, 1966 coup in Nigeria was not Igbo coup Fact: The coup was precipitated by Nigerian army officers led by Igbo and Yoruba descents. Fact: British, BBC, Gowon, Yusuf and Baba Usman connived to brand the coup an Igbo. 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by nduchucks: 8:23pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Duru1: This is irrelevant to the thread's topic. No one mentioned NPC or NCNC but you.
It appears that early blindness has started to set in o. Did you read this sentence in my post at all: "I do not believe that the coup of January 15, 1966 was meant to be an Igbo coup" ?
The 2 "facts" of yours above are unsubstantiated and are figments of your imagination and phobia. Stop manufacturing "facts" Finally, join hands with moral Nigerians and let us build this nation together. 2 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by omonnakoda: 8:27pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Eboe coup! 2 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Esperooke(m): 8:37pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
WombRaiders:Biafra oil? Are you high or something. For your information, oil has never been discovered in commercial quantity to attract high interest then. You need to see go back to history. By the way, where is Biafra oil situated? 6 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by owobokiri(m): 9:22pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
As far as I am concerned, Nzeogwus crime was that he didn't kill enough. Ditto Ifeajuna and co. Some of you hang a huge question mark on your intelligence when you defend ijiots that turned this countrys politics into a primordial contest between waring ethnicities. Nzeogwu didn't just wake up one morning and started killing people. From 1964 to 66, operation weties in the west, orchestrated by Sarduanas/Balewas NPCs deadly alliance with Akintola has sent awolowo to jail, decapitated AG, corrupted the army, brought back the british through the back door and ultimately led to the killing of thousands. . This was/is the fact the op won't mention. . The military officers killed by Nzeogwu and co were in bed with these political leaders whose diabolical politics was setting the young independent country on fire. Time was given for them to see reason and retrace their steps, they didnt. The 1964 elections were so massively rigged by balewa, akintola and the sarduana that Zik as the president, refused to invite the so called winners to form the government for months. Infact, it is a great injustice to history that these days, we seem to willfully villify Nzeogwu and co for trying to arrest anarchy while making little or no mention of the fact that the country was imploding slowly as a result of balewas tribally driven blood gulping politics. What we see these days are peacefull pictures of balewa and sons resting in bauchi, nobody shows us the endless streets of ibadan ,strewn and littered with corpses.. . Nzeogwu as a great revolutionary should have maimed more. That way, counter revolutionaries like murtala, babangida, buhari and danjuma, who usurped power 6 months later and turned Nigeria into an eyesore would have been taken care of. 4 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Duru1(m): 9:34pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
nduchucks: This is the first sentence of the thread: "After independence, a political alliance made between the leading Hausa and Igbo political parties, which ruled Nigeria from 1960 to 1966 had excluded the mainstream Yoruba parties under Awolowo". Please note that I was not born yesterday. If NPC and NCNC were not inferred in your previous post, can you expatiate the followings: a political alliance made between the leading Hausa and Igbo political parties. Were you referring to APC and PDP in that condescending statement? 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by omonnakoda: 9:35pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Duru1:Dende how is the new sanatorium? 5 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Duru1(m): 9:40pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
omonnakoda: I guess you reside in one. |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by baralatie(m): 9:45pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
owobokiri:did the coup arrest anarchy or it created a further anarchy! that is what this tread is addressing and if by their actions a further anarchy ensured. is it not better to state the obvious that the goal of the pursuit of ethnic divide does not work! 2 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by omonnakoda: 10:02pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Duru1:Just thought I'd do a welfare check on you.Are you being wiped and watered I know that was a problem at the last one where you were not changed frequently enough. 4 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by nduchucks: 10:03pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Duru1: I am not going to argue with you about NPC or NCNC as these political parties are irrelevant to the larger point being made - the point I might add, you are well aware of. The emphasis was on the fact that the power brokers of the day, regardless of their political affiliation, had excluded the mainstream Yoruba parties under Awolowo. To many, Igbo people were considered to be the main beneficiaries of this alliance, taking most of the top jobs and leading business opportunities in the Nigerian federation. Are you disagreeing with this assertion or just nit picking? 3 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by raumdeuter: 10:24pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Lol. Is all I would say |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by owobokiri(m): 10:33pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
baralatie: What caused the "anarchy" afterwards is not Nzeogwus actions! What caused the anarchy is the primodial reading of events by tribal upstarts like you. Nzeogwu was a patriotic nationalist determined to rid Nigeria of fulani hegemonistic trappings. His actions were spured in no small measure by greater violence pepertruated by the NPC and their intellectualy starved 'slaves' down south. . You can't single out Nzeogwu for maximum lampooning while ignoring the underlying factors that spured his revolutionary frenzy. . Those who in their sophisticated idiocy redefined a revolutionary act to mean a tribal onslaught and thereafter went on a genocidal expedition based on this warped interpretation of events are the real culprits here. 1 Like |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by baralatie(m): 3:24am On Jul 28, 2015 |
owobokiri: and there is the answer in Gold. A military agenda lead by tribal inclinations!it did not stop there,it had the death of an emir,the truncating of democracy. and this action lead to other reprisal actions because this action by these men was not the solution rather it was the seed for the next turn of events. 3 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by vicadex07(m): 4:19am On Jul 28, 2015 |
Lol...you really under estimate the power of the human pride in relation to taunting and indirect vexation. I hope you remebered the lagoon debacle that occured not to long ago. You dont destroy, dehumanize and desecate any aspect of human life that is held sacred by a group of people and expect no consequences. The murdered sardauna of sokoto was a great political figure among the hausas...his murder wasnt just enough. The igbos went ahead and began taunting the abbokkis abt the death of their leaders and probably stated that their land was no mans land because of their populous physical presence in the North back then just as we have them in the southwest today. Why is it always difficult for you people to humble yourselves and respect your hosts. Probably your large numbers wherever you migrate to is what is decieving you. naijaking1: 3 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by vicadex07(m): 4:41am On Jul 28, 2015 |
Lol u mean members of a nationality can plan the murder of just one person...the president of usa without devastating consequences to all of its citizens by and large. Remeber 9/11 and what happened to afghanistan and iraq. naijaking1: 3 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by carnegiefan: 4:50am On Jul 28, 2015 |
vicadex07: So now you are comparing what happened between different nations to what happened within same nation, among same citizens? You see why any intelligent eastern Nigerian will NEVER believe in Nigeria. We won't because the noisiest proponents of it don't believe in it. lol One always have to wait patiently for a hint from their forked tongues and hopefully be intelligent enough to analyze the duplicitous and fallacious arguments to decipher the real truth. Funny people. |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by vicadex07(m): 5:04am On Jul 28, 2015 |
Lol werent you guys off to form another nation during that period. What makes a nation if not the people in it. You had already set the battle line but wasnt prepared for the coming storm. carnegiefan: 3 Likes |
Re: Was The Jan 15, 1966 Coup An Igbo Coup? A Detribilized, Historical Perspective by Xyg12: 5:47am On Jul 28, 2015 |
micklplus: Though it seems over, but it is not as Hausas have made their young ones to kill the igbos instead of snake first. I grew up in the North, and am 100% sure of this. I almost started writing a book on ' if the war is over' I know it will ignite more harm than good. If you ask me, that war ended in the mind of the SE but to the Northners, it haven't. Things like yamiri wouldn't be known in the North, we would have seen ourselves as a nation but for someone to have an extent to which he can associate with you because you are from Igbo tells it all. Why will you kill anyone who did nothing, just because sham from a particular region and you want me to believe the war is over? For the sake of Nigeria, the unity and end to tribalism, that war should be addressed but I don't see any hope with 95% and 5% president. |
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