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Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by God2man(m): 6:42pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
Bottom line, let's avoid war by all means. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by lawani: 6:58pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
logica:If He wasnt yoruba he probably would not have been arrested. its better to split the country along yoruba hausa igbo lines |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 9:12pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
logica:That is what they call success, o! ![]() 4 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Dedetwo(m): 9:28pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
CeterisXVII: Please stop regurgitating what you copied from Nowa Omogui. 101 was not division but mere invading force of less brigade strength. They had hoped on surprise attack but lost the surprise when the goofy commander in Victor Banjo stopped the momentum of the force. The lead Battalion commander even questioned the stability of Banjo as commander in Ore and he was thrown into guards room. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 9:42pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
Dedetwo:Even if Banjo had not stopped, he would still have been annihilated before he ever got to Lagos. Do you think the federal forces would have rolled out the red carpet and popped champagne to welcome Banjo and his army, once they sighted their advance? Or do you think they wouldn't have launched a counter attack against Banjo, long before he got to the outskirts of Lagos? 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Vivere: 9:45pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
PFRB:Ojukwu recalled him back to Enugu. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 5:04am On Oct 11, 2017 |
CeterisXVII: WRONG! Very wrong. Gowon was not involved in Awo's release. Ironsi signed his release papers just before he was killed. Ojukwu was the only authority in the east as the Gowon coup did not work in the east. Ojukwu was the only one who had the power to release Awo and he was the person who released him. Here are Ojukwu's words: OJUKWU: We’ve said this over and over again, so many times, and people don’t understand; they don’t want to actually. If you remember, I released Awolowo from jail. Even that, some people are beginning to contest as well. Awo was in jail in Calabar. Gowon knows and the whole of the federal establishment knows that at no point was Gowon in charge of the East. The East took orders from me. Now, how could Gowon have released Awolowo who was in Calabar? Because of the fact that I released him, it created quite a lot of rapport between Awo and myself and I know that before he went back to Ikenne, I set up a hotline between Ikenne and my bedroom in Enugu. He tried like an elder statesman to find a solution. Awolowo is a funny one. Don’t forget that the political purpose of the coup, the Ifeajuna coup that began all this, was to hand power over to Awo. We young men respected him a great deal. He was a hero. I thought he was a hero and certainly I received him when I was governor. We talked and he was very vehement when he saw our complaints and he said that if the Igbos were forced out by Nigeria that he would take the Yorubas out also. I don’t know what anybody makes of that statement but it is simple. Whether he did or didn’t, it is too late. There is nothing you can do about it. So, he said this and I must have made some appropriate responses too. But it didn’t quite work out the way that we both thought. Awolowo, evidently, had a constant review of the Yoruba situation and took different path. That’s it. I don’t blame him for it. I have never done." humilitypays |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by PFRB: 7:24am On Oct 11, 2017 |
lawani: 3 Igbos were arrested with him and executed |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by zoedew: 7:27am On Oct 11, 2017 |
Bolustical: Do not speak ill of the dead having not spoken up while he was alive to clarify issues. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by lawani: 7:59am On Oct 11, 2017 |
PFRB:He was arrested alone by Ironsi's Men before the civil war broke out and charged with an intention to assasinate Gen Ironsi |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by T9ksy(m): 10:51am On Oct 11, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: It seems that Ojukwu was not just a b.a.stard (afterall, his mother was a northerner whom his father had slept with in one of his numerous business visits to the north) but also a damn mischievous liar to boot. In his (Awo's) own words, culled from his book ”Adventures in Power, Book One” .............. "For the two days of the 30th and 31st of July, there was black-out on the news. But on I August, as Giwa-Osagie had said, cheering news came through on the radio. A new Head of National Military Government had taken over from General Ironsi. He was Colonel Yakubu Gowon. In his radio broadcast, he promised, among other things, to pursue most vigorously the question of the release of political prisoners. On 2 August, I listened to the six o’clock news bulletin. It was then I heard the joyful news I had been waiting for since my incarceration that I, together with six others, had been pardoned and released from prison . The word that came to my lips unconsciously and loud and clear was ‘hallelujah!’ And in ecstasy, I took my Diary instantaneously and recorded the following in Speed-writing Shorthand. On this triumphant occasion, I reiterate one of my credos as follows: “I believe that the following decision of mine is irrevocable under all and any circumstances, namely: that I hereby solemnly and resolutely dedicate the rest of my life, every second of it, to the service of the Peoples of Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general by promoting their welfare and happiness. So be it-Amen." 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 11:49am On Oct 11, 2017 |
T9ksy: Very wrong again. You can't re-write history. Here is what happened, from a ph.D specialist of that era. READ. Don't be a stubborn mumu: If Ojukwu did not release Awo, I'd have no business disputing some people's attempts at crass revisionism. I'll simply accept it. But as their increasing vacillation shows, the truth haunts because it is stubborn. They have moved from one angle to the other in a shifting sand that only amuses people like me. Note: the story has since gone from Ironsi did not release Awo to "Ironsi's release was CONDITIONAL." I have never before in my life found greater irony. Now he is squirming under the weight of interpretation - the wheres and wherefores that belong to legal doublespeak - which is when you really need to close an argument. Awolowo's letter is rather self-explanatory. Emissaries sent to him to Calabar arrived Calabar with a plane on July 27, 1966. The SMC wanted him in Lagos on July 29. In the early mornings of July 29, Ironsi and Fajuyi were murdered in Ibadan by a coup in which Gowon was very active. On the day that Ironsi was supposed to make the announcement publicly in the gala planned for his final day in Ibadan as a gesture of goodwill to the West, he was killed. The crucial point to note here from Awo's diary is that (a) his release was already final. A plane had been sent to him to leave Calabar to Lagos. He did not leave because it was a one-engine plane and he just did not like the idea of traveling in that plane. (b) Having being released, a second declaration of release was no longer necessary by Gowon because the papers releasing him had been signed and sealed and effected. The only person who could stop further action on that release document in the circumstance was the Eastern Regional governor whose authority was required to effect the wishes of the Federal government, (c) there is no place in the annals of Nigeria's administrative records where you will find an order or paper of release for Awolowo in which Yakubu Gowon's signature appears. But I'd like to bet Ayo and co $1000 that if we go into the archives of the Nigerian Cabinet Secretariat, the signature that will be on the release order for Chief Awolowo will be Ironsi's signature by the power conferred on him by the SMC, and that there is no second release order unless it was backdated. Ironsi's order was fully carried out by the administrative requirements that compelled the Governor of the East to issue administrative writ to the Director of Prisons in Eastern Nigeria to comply. It is as simple as that. If Gowon issued an order in that regard, Emeka Ojukwu would have very clearly and deliberately ignored it to fully press the point that he was under no obligation to heed Gowon's authority and Chief Awolowo would not have been released. He would most likely have ended up in the East, like Banjo and co during the war all of whom were released by Ojukwu's orders. Awo's diary confesses quite clearly that Ironsi's regime had kept his release "secret." Why did Ironsi feel the need to thread carefully about such a matter? Would it be to placate the East, the West, or the North? From whom was Ironsi keeping this secret and why? Who would be more grieved by the news of Awo's release? Awo's release was apparently affected by the confusion in Lagos. If Ayo were Ojukwu, would he have let him go on July 29th 1966, the day he was expected to be taken to Lagos from the East and the day Ironsi was murder or wait for things to clear up a bit? Why did Ojukwu feel the need to release Awo on the 3rd before a reconstituted SMC? Clearly, Ojukwu thought that Awo's presence in the West would help rally the rump of his supporters in the West to act against the coup in evolution. Awo told Ojukwu plainly when they met in Enugu later in May that he could not act because of the presence of Northern troops in the West. As soon as he arrived Ibadan, Awo was placed under clear surveillance. Military sentries were kept daily at his gate in Ibadan and Ikenne. That is a version of House arrest. Anyone who talks about "conditional release" does not know how governments function. Awo was to be put through a safe, transitional house, no more than a week after the public announcement of his release, debriefed, and released to his home. The same thing happened to Mandela. It is the normal administrative process in these matters. What really makes me happy is that "Nebu and Obi" can no longer be said to write about things that are not in the public domain. We were both clear about who released Awo and why. Awo's diary basically confirmed the following: (a) A plane had been sent to Calabar to bring him to Lagos on 27th July, two days before Ironsi was killed; (b) the SMC expected him in Lagos on July 29th the day Ironsi and Fajuyi were killed in Ibadan. In fact, they were desperate that he must arrive Lagos by the 29th! It prompts the question: Why the hurry to bring him to Lagos on the 29th? Were these facts communicated to the coup plotters? If so, who but those in the inner circle of the SMC could have communicated this highly classified policy to the coup plotters who had to act quickly to eliminate Fajuyi and Ironsi before the effectuation of the orders on July 29? (c) Awo refused to travel in the one-engine plane for fear of his safety and (d) But above all, no other order is required once the order of release has been gazetted for the release of a prisoner. Therefore, Gowon could no longer have re-issued an order already being carried out. It is elementary. TO RECAP: By the very decree establishing the National Military Government under Ironsi, the Governor of the Eastern Group of provinces was a member of the Supreme Military Council, and the Chief agent of the federal government in the East. All federal institutions, including the Federal Prison Services, were under his jurisdiction and authority. That is one. As at August 3 1966, with a coup in evolution which had not succeeded in the East, the laws of the federation ceased to exist in the East. The only laws that existed in areas under Ojukwu's command were the emergency laws that he assumed. 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Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by lawani: 12:25pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Ironsi Had 6 months to release Awo But he did not only for Gowon to release him in his maiden takeover speech. credit goes to Gowon. You People talk as if Ojukwu could have held up Awo, But for what? that is not possible he could not have held up Awo because Awo was imprisoned and later released by Lagos Nigeria. My Own late grandpa J O LAWANSON was also jailed and released in thesame way for thesame offense by the federal government 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by T9ksy(m): 12:27pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
^^^ Abegi jstfu!!! The man himself kept a diary and in his diary he wrote about the announcement he heard on the radio about his release and you are coming here to regurgitate some spurious tales by a phd. Phd ko, Pmd ni!! Btw, at the time of Awo's release, who was paying ojukwu's salary and the staff of the prison where awo was incarcerated? Was it the central bank of nigeria or the central bank of biafra? Moreover, the offence that Awo was jailed for was against the federal republic of nigeria and not the eastern region and as such if ojukwu had truly released awo, he would have subsequently, been rearrested the moment he set foot in lagos. 3 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Guestlander: 4:39pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
T9ksy: This was even before the war broke out. How Ojukwu could have released someone jailed for a federal offense is beyond me. Moreover, Ojukwu was alive for many years after Awo published his memoirs not once did anyone contradict his account. 2 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Dedetwo(m): 4:53pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Olu317: If Ojukwu had flaws and weakness, the appointment of Col Banjo as CO of 101 Brigade magnified such shortfalls in a human. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Dedetwo(m): 5:02pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
CeterisXVII: Are you a student of military tactics? How could he have been annihilated when Gowon would have been on the run to Kaduna? Remember there were Yari.ba who readied themselves to join the liberation force. Did you think that uprisings of the so-called cocoa famers were mere coincidence? If Lagos was securely under 101 Brigade, please tell how northern region and Gowon would have flooded Apapa Wharf with war materials? Both sides depended on the element of surprise and Banjo lost that key aspect for Biafra. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Dedetwo(m): 5:07pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
T9ksy: How could Gowon who was not able even approach Ibadan at the moment in discourse release Awo is Calabar in eastern region when the military governor never recognized the person of the so-called head of state? It is unfortunate that most Nigerians seem to lose the balance of logic under the heavy dose of tribalism. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by lawani: 6:03pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Dedetwo:It is very funny for you people to keep saying or inferring that Col Ojukwu did Awo a favor! that is very childish my people. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 10:19pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
T9ksy: My friend THINK. Use your brain for once, not go by what is written under who knows what circumstances and possibly changed or manipulated. There is a forrmal process to releasing someone from prison. It is not done through radio announcements.There are things to.be signed and then someone has to actually physically do it. Ojukwu was the only one in a position to physically release Awo. Ojukwu, right from the beginning, made it clear he did not accept Gowon as head of state. If Gowon had the power to come to Ojukwu's domain and release Awo why didn't he have the power to simply relieve Ojukwu of command and be done with him? Ojukwu also said many.times that he released Awo from Jail WHILE AWO WAS ALIVE and Awo never contradicted him. Anything can be written or re-written after the fact, which is why YOU MUST USE YOUR HEAD. Only thing u can say is that Gowon could have re-jailed him, so in that sense he released.him. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by Olu317(m): 10:25pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Dedetwo:The war was simply lost because of two factors; The killing of Victor Banjo,which brewed more hatred toward Biafra and the Boastful nature of Odimegwu Ojukwu,who had no known strategy to win the war but killed the whole Nigeria Army with his lips. 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 10:35pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Guestlander: Not true. Ojukwu said many.times that he released Awo from Jail WHILE AWO WAS ALIVE and Awo never contradicted him. There was no "federal" at that point. The coup did not.work in the east so, as Ojukwu said many times, the war was part of the coup. He said Gowon should be in Guiness record for.having the longest coup. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 10:41pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
lawani: He did do him a big favor. Awo was entirely in his power and he could have done as he wished with him, including "disappear" him. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 10:59pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Dedetwo: Bros, I beg to differ. Remember Awo, who Yorubas recognised as.their leader, was alresdy entrenched in Gowon's administration. The Yorubas were not about to join any invading army to go sack Lagos. Ojukwu had no chance of winning that war and older, wiser Igbos like his father.and Zik advised him so. But youthful exuberance and optimism urged him on. Though, in his defence, he was also counting on Awo keeping his word, which he didn't. 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 11:15pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Olu317: Banjo should not have been killed. But even with ten Banjos, Biafra still would have lost the war. U r right, Ojukwu was full of youthful exuberance abd optimism 2 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 1:22am On Oct 12, 2017 |
Dedetwo: What gave you the idea that Gowon would have been on the run to Kaduna?? With the ammunition at his disposal and the MiG Jets, what would he have been thinking of going to do in Kaduna? And you said the Yoruba did what? Readied themselves to join the liberation force?? When? Where? How? Who rallied them to do so? What was the population of Yorubas in the Armed Forces? Oga you are too old to have believed such tales by moonlight o!! And that element of surprise you spoke about, would have lasted for how long? A few minutes? And you think the federal Forces would not have swung into action to contain the threat immediately they saw it? Are you aware that the army had it's own intelligence forces or teams who would have alerted Lagos, the minute Banjo's soldiers were sighted anywhere in the West, before they even got to the outskirts of Lagos?? |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 1:26am On Oct 12, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: The same Awo asked Ojukwu not to declare secession because he knew Yoruba land was occupied by Northern troops, and the proportion of Yorubas in the army were few. Awo was part of the team that went back to persuade Ojukwu to have a re-think, so how on earth could the Yoruba people have agreed to join the liberation forces??! When and where, was such an agreement made? 2 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 1:34am On Oct 12, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Proof has been posted in black and white on this forum that Gowon released Awolowo and NOT ojukwu. Google is your friend. Kindly stop the lies. Cc : MasterChen, Jetleee 1 Like |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 1:38am On Oct 12, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Ojukwu DID NOT release Awolowo as the order for Awo's release came from Gowon which was why he joined Gowon's cabinet. |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by CeterisXVII: 1:49am On Oct 12, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Ojukwu never signed Awolowo's release papers. Gowon did. And you need to go back and read Awo's statement again. He said if the Igbos were forced out - but they were NOT forced out. Instead they were forced inwards to remain within Nigeria. Think man, think! 2 Likes |
Re: Olayinka Omigbodun, Victor Banjo’s Daughter: Ojukwu Betrayed My Dad, Killed Him by WetinConsignMe: 2:53am On Oct 12, 2017 |
CeterisXVII: Did u read what I wrote? Awo promised Ojukwu to pull Yorubas out if Igbos were forced out in front of witnesses who have collaborated the story. I never said Yorubas agreed to join the liberation force. |
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