This isn't the first time I'm reading this story.

All I know is ,no matter how saintly Banjo is painted , he had skeletons in cupboard and that was why he and Ifeajuna were executed.

The whole Biafra actualization wasn't based on truth . It has always been a clear case of greedy humans trying to steal power for themselves . Ifeajuna tried it too many times but got caught . If ojukwu wasn't smart enough, he would be mudered by the notorious Ifeajuna without blinking an eye.

Ojukwu refused to heed to the advise of the elders (maybe a quest for power or a true justice fighter) but he went into a war anyways .......
Ojukwu realized his mistake years after and rebuked a second war but here we are again ...
Some1 who didn't witness the war , he wasn't among the kids that were starved, he didn't go through the hardship of the nation cos he spent his life being the rich son of a king and lived his life in the UK.
This man woke up , read some books and he decided to be famous !
He wants to experience what happened before his birth , he wants to take his tribe to the muddy road once again .
He is refusing to take advise of the elders again just like Ojukwu did to Azikiwe .
He is dragging the un-ambitious persons along in his stupidity !!
Call Kanu to order!!!
A call for secession is treason !!
Azikiwe begged for it in the constitution

Yes, an Igbo indeed. Probably an Igbo from Ijebu Igbo.

Who ever is running that moniker is not good at this impersonation business at all, he is a learner.

obiezed:

Look cretin,that was a answer to your previous point ,if the army didn't advance for their position,can they retake lost ground.also note,the Nigerian army never advanced beyond orji river until the end of the war.the first Nigerian boots to step in IHO and Mbaise were in January'70.

This one is calculating war like someone selling gala in Ojuelegba traffic.

Nairalanders, help me judge this matter o.

The Biafran Army lost a battle and moved back by 100Km. They finally moved forward by 20Km before being beaten back by another 70Km.

Did they make progress or retrogress?

Mrchippychappy:
Banjo was a traitor, I have read the full transcript, shame about it but Ojukwu did what had to be done by executing him. Traitors are dangerous

Your people are racists and ungrateful elements. When I was in a regimental institution some years ago, I had read so many books about the coups in Ghana and Nigeria, but later schooling in your land on study leave made me to understand your people better. It is better to give you quit notice out of Nigeria.

You are so selfish. Nothing is good except it is your people. No actor / actress or businessman or footballer or musician is good except it is from your area. Rice mills investment in Kebbi is nothing to you but a poultry farm established by your brother can take 20 pages of comments on nairaland. Establishment of petrochemical & refinery by a Nigerian businessman attracts a lot of condemnation by your people but you fought government as a people some years ago to protect your brother importing cement to repackage while others invest to produce locally.

Anybody who made Forbes nomination must be insulted on nairaland because they are not your people, but you soon forgot that establishment of refinery at Lekki FTZ is a wastage because electric motors are being rolled out when we are appreciating local petrol / diesel vehicles being produced in your region by an investor. You are the greatest traitors.

I think Afenifere , OPC and those crude talkative like FFK & Fayose need to situp. I had expected one of them to reply Prof ABC Nwosu while attacking Awolowo to defend the book 'There was a country' written by Prof Chinua Achebe few years ago, none of them did. I responded but not satisfied. Those making the money using the Yoruba as a coverage are well positioned to respond

obiezed:

So sorry to correct you,but Nzeogwu was an Igbo Man, though he was from the Midwest,an Okpanam man is an Igbo man.the problem is the ease with which the northern establishment blamed all igbos for the actions of a few,that is the genesis of the situation we are in today.

But I put it to you that nzeogwu never carried out the coup with the thinking of an Igbo in mind, he never claimed to be an Igbo man, based of ethnicity he is not an Igbo man. Because he bears chukwuma?

Modsenemy:
This isn't the first time I'm reading this story.

All I know is ,no matter how saintly Banjo is painted , he had skeletons in cupboard and that was why he and Ifeajuna were executed.

The whole Biafra actualization wasn't based on truth . It has always been a clear case of greedy humans trying to steal power for themselves . Ifeajuna tried it too many times but got caught . If ojukwu wasn't smart enough, he would be mudered by the notorious Ifeajuna without blinking an eye.

Ojukwu refused to heed to the advise of the elders (maybe a quest for power or a true justice fighter) but he went into a war anyways .......
Ojukwu realized his mistake years after and rebuked a second war but here we are again ...
Some1 who didn't witness the war , he wasn't among the kids that were starved, he didn't go through the hardship of the nation cos he spent his life being the rich son of a king and lived his life in the UK.
This man woke up , read some books and he decided to be famous !
He wants to experience what happened before his birth , he wants to take his tribe to the muddy road once again .
He is refusing to take advise of the elders again just like Ojukwu did to Azikiwe .
He is dragging the un-ambitious along in his stupidity !!
Kanu!!!

Stop blabbing. What elders? If it's easy to be that famous, why are you not famous?

Why are we talking about NK today and not you?

obiezed:
He was taking a jab at you for the common insinuation that an anioma isn't an Igbo man only when it suits the argument,other times he will be reffered to as. Niger deltan.

No, go back and re-read what mansakhalifa wrote. Read it slowly. Then come back and tell me where you saw Niger-deltan in his post, and what type of jab he took. There is no need for you to get confused.

pazienza:
Yes, an Igbo indeed. Probably an Igbo from Ijebu Igbo.

Who ever is running that moniker is not good at this impersonation business at all, he is a learner.

My brother your head dey dere, don't mind this subhumans that aren't bold or proud enough to stand up tall and represent the tribe that they are actually from, instead they choose to pretend to be one of us, but then again no matter how hard a goat tries to imitate a lion, it just can't eat flesh. These weaklings are subhumans - they have been rolled over and trampled upon by the Hausas, the Igbos and lately the Ijaws have been causing mayhem on their water ways but they wouldn't tell you about that lol, they are low life serpents, forever in the dust. IGBO AMAKA 24/7!

laudate:

Oga, go back and read what your friend Mrchippychappy wrote. I merely responded to his erroneous assertions. And you have not traveled up and down the breath of Anioma area. If you had, you would still find a number of indigenes from there who would tell you they are not Igbo, in the same way you would also find those who affirm their Igbo identity, with all seriousness.

As a matter of fact,I have, the anioma are a mix of peoples, some like the ibusa and ogwashiukwu claim Igbo ancestry, while others on the northern end claim igala and other yet claim migration from the binis.but the all speak Igbo and practice Igbo culture, hence they are nominally reffered to as igbos.

This is a wonderfully insightful piece, but I must say that the core conservative north's adamant non progressive attitudes is responsible for the relevance of people like KANU,the north is always vehemently opposed to meaningful change in this country out of greed,fear n laziness but this should not be so as the north is never never poor,just look at the just past constitutional amendment in the national assembly n the reasons the north gave for opposing devolution of powers to states!,the north always feels it's either they have their way or nothing changes n this is what is causing problems in the polity thus giving rise to kanu's of today.

nkemdi89:

But I put it to you that nzeogwu never carried out the coup with the thinking of an Igbo in mind, he never claimed to be an Igbo man, based of ethnicity he is not an Igbo man. Because he bears chukwuma?

Nzeogwu was an Igbo man, because he hailed from an Igbo town called Okpanam.

It doesn't matter what he or anyone else think about his ethnicity.

Yes, I concur that Nzeogwu was a misguided fellow who refused to see the non feasibility of Nigeria, and through his misguided actions put the rest of the Igbo nation between the rock and a hard place.

pazienza:


Nzeogwu was an Igbo man. We have Igbos in Mid-west, today's Delta and Edo states.

If IBO's were wise enough to had dissociate themselves from the coup it would have gone a long way in preventing counter coup, because nzeogwu never had IBO's in mind, it was just his own ideology, when Samuel ogbemudia dissociated himself and every mid west from biafra, and igbos was that not the reason Midwest including that okpanam was not affected by the war.

pazienza:


Stop blabbing. What elders? If it's easy to be that famous, why are you not famous?

Why are we talking about NK today and not you?

You can be famous for various reasons . Good and bad .

Kanu is famous for being stupid and he is dragging you un-ambitious youths along .

I will be famous for a good thing.

You ask what elders ? Apparently, The kanu syndrome has taken over you. You don't regard the elders anymore , Azikiwe is no more your hero.

nkemdi89:

But I put it to you that nzeogwu never carried out the coup with the thinking of an Igbo in mind, he never claimed to be an Igbo man, based of ethnicity he is not an Igbo man. Because he bears chukwuma?

Not trying to argue with you,Nkemdi89,he was from okpanam,hence he is ethnically Igbo,what he was really is another kettle of fish,he could barely speak Igbo,intact he could only speak Hausa.
Pray tell,in what other Nigerian language does Chukwuma and Nzeogwu have any other meaning??

nkemdi89:

If IBO's were wise enough to had dissociate themselves from the coup it would have gone a long way in preventing counter coup, because nzeogwu never had IBO's in mind, it was just his own ideology, when Samuel ogbemudia dissociated himself and every mid west from biafra, and igbos was that not the reason Midwest including that okpanam was not affected by the war.

After the Igbo coup plotters killed the Sardauna, Tafawa Balewa, S.L Akintola while leaving Igbo leaders alive, the Igbos in the North went around, taunting the Hausas about how their leaders were killed like dogs.

They got served pressed down, shaken together and running over.

pazienza:


Nzeogwu was an Igbo man, because he hailed from an Igbo town called Okpanam.

It doesn't matter what he or anyone else think about his ethnicity.

Yes, I concur that Nzeogwu was a misguided fellow who refused to see the non feasibility of Nigeria, and through his misguided actions put the rest of the Igbo nation between the rock and a hard place.

He didn't put the Igbo nation, they brought it upon themselves, why didn't ironsi and the rest come out openly and condemned his action, due to their own personal vendetta they kept quiet, and you think the north won't revenge? Even zik was against the move and if ojukwu had kept pride aside, the problem we are experiencing today wouldn't have happen.

nkemdi89:

Nzeogwu is not an IBO man, he was from Midwest and he didn't carry the act as one, they wanted sanity and as a young major full of hormones, he organized a coup, which unfortunately had many people in north affected and he did that for awolowo too. The problem with Nigeria started with the youths and that's why the elders of today are afraid to relinquished power to youths, so that what happened in the 60s won't repeat itself. Assuming the killings targeted every tribes equally it wouldn't have raised sentiments. The North's are yet to forgive IBO's for the killings of their leaders.

I tell you!!! - an unfortunate mistake that has left hatred btw both tribes to date

Modsenemy:

You can be famous for various reasons . Good and bad .

Kanu is famous for being stupid and he is dragging you un-ambitious youths along .

I will be famous for a good thing.

You ask what elders ? Apparently, The kanu syndrome has taken over you. You don't regard the elders anymore , Azikiwe is no more your hero.

You are not famous for anything, that's the glaring truth.

Kanu remain the number one recognized Igbo leader today , he has the support of majority of Ndiigbo.
Kanu seek no fame, he seeks for the freedom of his people, and majority his people recognizes this fact,reason why he commands massive fellowship.

Azikiwe had played his role and is no more. Now we the present Igbo generation have a destiny to fulfil, and in Kanu, we had found a brave soul who will not betray this destiny.

and these people still want southwest to support one yeye Biafra when banjo was paid with murdered, Soyinka peace record and lawlessness imprisonment was paid with insult from igbos. from banjo to Soyinka to adekunle fajuyi



I swear this region called Yoruba is just too full of tolerance and forgiveness



once again I thank you lord for making me a child of this region and in my next world if possible, if Nigeria will still be your option for me, I'll still like to be a Yoruba

nkemdi89:

If IBO's were wise enough to had dissociate themselves from the coup it would have gone a long way in preventing counter coup, because nzeogwu never had IBO's in mind, it was just his own ideology, when Samuel ogbemudia dissociated himself and every mid west from biafra, and igbos was that not the reason Midwest including that okpanam was not affected by the war.

You are right to an extent,when the coup struck,it was celebrated in the newspapers of the as the Nigerian revolution, but as soon as the counter coup struck,it became the ''Igbo coup'',that is why we are here.
And don't forget the asaba massacre,while an entire generation of men were wiped out by the orders of Muritala,so the Midwest wasn't spared as you put it,asaba is just 12 minutes from Okapnam.

nkemdi89:

He didn't put the Igbo nation, they brought it upon themselves, why didn't ironsi and the rest come out openly and condemned his action, due to their own personal vendetta they kept quiet, and you think the north won't revenge? Even zik was against the move and if ojukwu had kept pride aside, the problem we are experiencing today wouldn't have happen.

They? Thought you are supposed to be Igbo? Or had you forgotten so easily?

nkemdi89:

He didn't put the Igbo nation, they brought it upon themselves, why didn't ironsi and the rest come out openly and condemned his action, due to their own personal vendetta they kept quiet, and you think the north won't revenge? Even zik was against the move and if ojukwu had kept pride aside, the problem we are experiencing today wouldn't have happen.

Question 1: Why did Nzeogwu fail to kill Igbo leaders when he killed Hausa and Yoruba leaders?

Question 2: Why did Igbos in the North taunt Hausas about the killing of the Sarduna and the Prime Minister?

Question 3: Why did Ironsi fail to put Nzeogwu on trial and instead kept him in a prison in Igboland for 5 months?

pazienza:


They? Thought you are supposed to be Igbo? Or had you forgotten so easily?

You're asking if an Nkem is Igbo when someone just said Chukwuma Nzeogwu is not Igbo.

pazienza:


Nzeogwu was an Igbo man, because he hailed from an Igbo town called Okpanam.

It doesn't matter what he or anyone else think about his ethnicity.

Yes, I concur that Nzeogwu was a misguided fellow who refused to see the non feasibility of Nigeria, and through his misguided actions put the rest of the Igbo nation between the rock and a hard place.

Baba you get strength. Word of advice just sleep and save your energy.

obiezed:

Not trying to argue with you,Nkemdi89,he was from okpanam,hence he is ethnically Igbo,what he was really is another kettle of fish,he could barely speak Igbo,intact he could only speak Hausa.
Pray tell,in what other Nigerian language does Chukwuma and Nzeogwu have any other meaning??

Thankyou for that, most of us need to visit our history book, nzeogwu never had an Igbo blood in him, he was more of a northerner and he carried out the coup not on ethnicity, because during pre independence north were handling so many positions and they were really active in the independence negotiations, post independence had them still occupying top positions.

While I can not be against any one people's right to self determination, Ojukwu was a very big problem. Same path Nnamdi Kalu is towing.

nkemdi89:

If IBO's were wise enough to had dissociate themselves from the coup it would have gone a long way in preventing counter coup, because nzeogwu never had IBO's in mind, it was just his own ideology, when Samuel ogbemudia dissociated himself and every mid west from biafra, and igbos was that not the reason Midwest including that okpanam was not affected by the war.

It may have seemed like his people were betraying him. The northern elite/media played a major role in whipping up tribal sentiments in the north. And so, even though Nzeogwu did not have Igbo Vs Hausa in mind, it was twisted to look exactly so.


Ojukwu was a big problem, even to his own cause.

Okoyiboz3:


Question 1: Why did Nzeogwu fail to kill Igbo leaders when he killed Hausa and Yoruba leaders?

Question 2: Why did Igbos in the North taunt Hausas about the killing of the Sarduna and the Prime Minister?

Question 3: Why did Ironsi fail to put Nzeogwu on trial and instead kept him in a prison in Igboland for 5 months?

Imagine two Afonjas conversing with Each other, heck, this could even be a monologue, between two monikers owned by one Afonja.

Modsenemy:
This isn't the first time I'm reading this story.

All I know is ,no matter how saintly Banjo is painted , he had skeletons in cupboard and that was why he and Ifeajuna were executed.

The whole Biafra actualization wasn't based on truth . It has always been a clear case of greedy humans trying to steal power for themselves . Ifeajuna tried it too many times but got caught . If ojukwu wasn't smart enough, he would be mudered by the notorious Ifeajuna without blinking an eye.

Ojukwu refused to heed to the advise of the elders (maybe a quest for power or a true justice fighter) but he went into a war anyways .......
Ojukwu realized his mistake years after and rebuked a second war but here we are again ...
Some1 who didn't witness the war , he wasn't among the kids that were starved, he didn't go through the hardship of the nation cos he spent his life being the rich son of a king and lived his life in the UK.
This man woke up , read some books and he decided to be famous !
He wants to experience what happened before his birth , he wants to take his tribe to the muddy road once again .
He is refusing to take advise of the elders again just like Ojukwu did to Azikiwe .
He is dragging the un-ambitious along in his stupidity !!
Call Kanu to order!!!
A call or secession is treason !!
Azikiwe begged for it in the constitution

This is the first time the Victor Banjo side of the story will be told. None of the books (those I read & life stories from veteran) ever did. The book should be published.

Look at the way, you guys keep calling igbos all sorts of names, and yet you have refused to let them go...

I honestly don't understand..

pazienza:


Imagine two Afonjas conversing with Each other, heck, this could even be a monologue, between two monikers owned by one Afonja.

When you lose the argument due to genetic intellectual failure, you resort to infantile comments like this.

When Afonja was winning battles, your ancestors were selling your fathers for slippers and walking sticks.

I doubt if we will ever see a truly united Nigeria. The forces of tribalism and corruption are just too powerful to conquer in all spheres even among the military ranks which is meant to be a strong brotherhood formed in blood and sweat.

Okoyiboz3:


Question 1: Why did Nzeogwu fail to kill Igbo leaders when he killed Hausa and Yoruba leaders?

Question 2: Why did Igbos in the North taunt Hausas about the killing of the Sarduna and the Prime Minister?

Question 3: Why did Ironsi fail to put Nzeogwu on trial and instead kept him in a prison in Igboland for 5 months?

Are you aware that same coup affected sir okotie eboh first finance minister also from delta, they killed people in major positions and ironsi was only selfish. Who doesn't like power.