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Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Bede2u(m): 1:17pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander: U mean they killed soldiers who came to resist their occupation or they went inside people's rooms and killed them for saying they dont like biafra? I thought i was talking to a sane mind 10 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by PFRB: 1:17pm On May 04, 2019 |
MyGeneration:Nigeria itself has not moved on. 2 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by wifeesnatcher(m): 1:19pm On May 04, 2019 |
PFRB: Your stupidity is out of this world. An intercontinental imbeciles Is who you're 7 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by PFRB: 1:20pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander:So he should not have sent the images? 6 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:22pm On May 04, 2019 |
Bede2u: Who cares anyway? It was ibo soldiers who decided in January 1966 to murder people in the middle of the night right in front of their family who started the whole violence. 11 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by PFRB: 1:23pm On May 04, 2019 |
Bede2u:It was not them that looted the cbn. Even the Igbo hater Nonwa Omoigu confirmed that it was Nigerian soldires that did the looting. 5 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:24pm On May 04, 2019 |
PFRB: He should actually, but he should also have told them that the food meant for the populace was being diverted to feed Biafran soldiers. Have you ever seen the picture of a malnourished Biafran soldier? 11 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by PFRB: 1:31pm On May 04, 2019 |
wifeesnatcher:You are just showing that you are a gutter and garbage personality. 7 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Bede2u(m): 1:32pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander:was ademoyega or victor banjo igbo? Cos they were part of the coup 7 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by PFRB: 1:33pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander:Was the food yours? 6 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Bede2u(m): 1:34pm On May 04, 2019 |
PFRB:u are right When the 12th Brigade reached Benin City they alerted their comrades and, instead of mounting a defense, Murtala and his troops began looting the city, even stealing $5.6 million from the Central Bank. When the Nigerian 2nd Division arrived in Benin City they discovered the city largely abandoned but managed to find a trapped Biafran unit stationed in the Benin Prison, most of whom were killed while attempting an escape. 4 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:36pm On May 04, 2019 |
Bede2u: You think Nigerians are so dumb that they didn't know the mastermind of the coup was Emmanuel Ifeajuna. It wasn't even Nzeogwu. Banjo and some Yorubas later fought for Biafra did that turn to Yoruba and Ibo secession? 7 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Bede2u(m): 1:38pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander:ok so u agree yorubas took part in the ''igbo'' coup? Great! 9 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:39pm On May 04, 2019 |
PFRB: It was Nigerian food. The same Nigeria you were running away from. It wasn't surprising that the rebellion ended when the food stopped arriving from Nigeria. 3 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by KidsNEXTdoor: 1:46pm On May 04, 2019 |
seunmsg: Instead of going back and forth Let's tell ourselves the honest truth We have nothing in common... Our diversity is the bane of our development as a nation We need to go our separate ways.. The earlier the better... All these pretence will not take us anywhere.. It only favors the thieving politicians... Nigeria is a glorified disease and a huge mistake 11 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by wifeesnatcher(m): 1:47pm On May 04, 2019 |
PFRB: Don't let me make u cry like a baby this afternoon. For the fact you're suffering from brain dis.order, you must learn to limit it to those that suit your foolishness Must everyone know your brain don't function on Saturday? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:51pm On May 04, 2019 |
Bede2u: This is not a Nollywood movie and we know how it ended. We know who is still sulking 50 years on. We know who is engaging in self destructive behavior. We know the sane and the not so sane. 6 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Temple1288(m): 1:53pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander: Owa of Ido-Ani, Oba Olufemi Olutoye INTERVIEW 1966 coup plotters planned to make Awolowo Head of State — Olutoye Published July 31, 2016 The Owa of Ido-Ani, Oba Olufemi Olutoye, is a retired Major-General in the Nigerian Army. In this interview with PETER DADA, he shares his experiences as a soldier and his level of involvement in the 1966 military coup Can you share your background with us? My name is Olufemi Olutoye. I was born in Ido Ani town, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. I spent the early part of my childhood days in Benin City, Edo State, when my father was the headmaster at St. James’ Primary School, Benin City. From there, I went to Government College Ibadan in 1945. I completed my secondary school education in 1949. I then gained admission to the University of Ibadan in 1950 and I graduated in June 1954. I also went to Cambridge University and concluded my course there in 1955. When I returned to Nigeria, I started teaching at the Olu-Iwa College, Ijebu Ode, (now Adeola Odutola College) . Later, I left teaching to join the Nigerian Army in 1957 and I retired in 1977. What informed your decision to join the army, when you were a university graduate? I believed then that I had attained the height of the teaching profession, because teaching then was different from what we have now. I worked in a private school and I believed I had already reached the limit and that there was nothing to look forward to again. Secondly, I wanted adventure. I taught briefly in a public school in England where there was a Cadet Corps, where young boys were given uniforms. I asked myself then that why couldn’t we have such kind of school in Nigeria? I was the acting principal for a year, so I had to leave after that. That was when I got to the army where I rose through the ranks to become Major General before I eventually retired in 1977. You were in the army when the first coup happened in Nigeria. Can you tell us your experience? I hope that I will have time to write more about that coup but I am doing something on it right now. The coup was led by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. He was a Major in rank and of course, I was a Major then too but I was his senior. So I knew about that coup. I can say that now but I could not say that then because, in the army, the mere knowledge of a coup is a problem. We were together in India. So, he informed me about it and I enquired more on how he hoped to carry out the plot. When he told me that it would involve killings, I told him to count me out. I told him that I did not join the Nigerian Army to kill Nigerians. Was he the one that personally approached you to inform you about the plan? Yes, he personally came to inform me about it in 1964 when we were in India and the coup was carried out in 1966. There are few other things that happened which we cannot say now until the time is ripe. Did he specifically tell you that the coup was going to be bloody ? Yes, that was why I told him to count me out. When I joined the Nigerian Army it was called West Africa Frontier Force. We were part of the Colonial Army. I did not join to kill fellow Nigerians. So, I told him I would not be a party to any military exercise that would result to loss of lives of any Nigerian. So, that was why I did not participate in the coup. The coup seemed to have been targeted at military officers from a particular part of Nigeria and it was also tagged, ‘Igbo Coup’. Why? It later turned out to be so, although all the six majors who plotted it were Igbos except one — Major Adegboyega from Remo, Ogun State. I want to assure you that, that was not Nzeogwu’s intention. As I told you, the coup was planned as far back as 1964. Maybe between 1964 and end of 1965, he changed his mind. I can’t say why he did so but those that showed interest in the coup turned out to be Igbos. Even his utterances when the coup took place on January 15, 1966, showed that he didn’t mean it to be an Igbo affair but unfortunately, it turned out to be so that an Igbo man could also become the Head of State. Did he tell you that he planned the coup to become the Head of State? "No. Infact what attracted me to Nzeogwu at the early stage when the coup was being planned was that I asked him if he was going to make himself the Head of State and he said no. He said he was going to bring a civilian who was more knowledgeable and who had what it took to make Nigeria great. I then asked him who that person was and he said the man was in Calabar prison. I said is it Chief Obafemi Awolowo? He said yes. That was why I gave him my support but when he told me it was going to involve killings, I said no I was not interested again." Those were the exact words of Owa of Ido-Ani, Oba Olufemi Olutoye 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Temple1288(m): 1:56pm On May 04, 2019 |
"No. Infact what attracted me to Nzeogwu at the early stage when the coup was being planned was that I asked him if he was going to make himself the Head of State and he said no. He said he was going to bring a civilian who was more knowledgeable and who had what it took to make Nigeria great. I then asked him who that person was and he said the man was in Calabar prison. I said is it Chief Obafemi Awolowo? He said yes. That was why I gave him my support but when he told me it was going to involve killings, I said no I was not interested again." The ones who knew the truth can tell you it was a coup to favor the Yorubas more. 6 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 1:57pm On May 04, 2019 |
Temple1288: It was still a dumb idea to kill all these people just to make Awo the prime minister. I am not surprised the General extricated himself if indeed this story is true. 2 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Temple1288(m): 2:01pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander: He granted that interview. Punch can bear witness.. And on the 05 of July 2002, Ojukwu said those same words while in New Orleans, Louisiana (When he traveled for World Igbo forum) on a private Radio Station... You can confirm them yourself.. 4 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Guestlander: 2:03pm On May 04, 2019 |
Temple1288: No matter who said it, it was a dumb idea. That single act changed the course of Nigerian history forever. 3 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Cjrane2: 2:07pm On May 04, 2019 |
TANID: I don't think the Biafrans want a war. BUT, the Biafrans MUST prepare for a war. You cannot merely expect a barbarian looting your homeland to give it up just like that. WHY would they give it up without a fight? My only comment is that Biafrans should NEVER plan a defensive war as they did in 1965. They should plan on an offensive war that solely aim to capture the capital of their adversary. Biafrans must imbibe the Banyamulenge strategy of Laurent Desire Kabila to take over the capital of your adversary, not waiting in the bush to be surrounded and attacked. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by ednut1(m): 2:08pm On May 04, 2019 |
Invading soldiers allowed u snap picture lol. Naso 3 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by Frankdoz29: 2:23pm On May 04, 2019 |
ednut1:shut up you Yoruba Muslim afonja. I don't know why afonjas are devoid of rational reasoning! I don't blame you Yoruba Muslim because your ewedu decimated brain can not allow you to understand that there are international aids and media covering the war that took the shot. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by seunmsg(m): 2:48pm On May 04, 2019 |
Bede2u: Victor Banjo was not part of the coup. |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by MetaPhysical: 2:58pm On May 04, 2019 |
Frankdoz29: Your leaders have the power to take you out of Nigeria. Instead they are further puahing you deep into Nigeria by sending you to migrate out of your homeland. How is your struggle going to succeed when you fight from Lagos, Akure, Kano, Abuja, Maiduguri, Jos, Kaduna and everywhere else? Your energy is scattered and your mission is scattered as well. Your mission and energy to stand together as one is dissipated. Your leaders are secured in one nigeria, and so must you. 1 Like |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by MetaPhysical: 3:00pm On May 04, 2019 |
Frankdoz29: How come a child is shot but the adult is spared? Were you using innocent children as bullet shield? 2 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by gidgiddy: 3:08pm On May 04, 2019 |
seunmsg: Do we also teach them about the 1945 Jos massacre or the 1953 Kano genocide? Easterners were slaughtered in both circumstances The killing of Easterners has long been going on by you Nigerians long before there was any coup 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by gidgiddy: 3:11pm On May 04, 2019 |
Guestlander: Is that what they taught you? Google the 1945 Jos massacre and the 1953 Kano genocide. Igbos were slaughtered wholesale in both of them and this was long before January 1966 The killing of Igbos has been happening long before January 1966 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by seunmsg(m): 3:11pm On May 04, 2019 |
Temple1288: Ojukwu also said repeatedly that Emmanuel Ifeajuna was the leader of the January 1966 coup and not Kaduna Nzeogwu. Nzeogwu and Ademoyega were revolutionaries who had good intentions. Ifeajuna and others like Okafor didn’t really share their revolutionary ideas. That was why no single effort was made to release Awolowo or at least secure Calabar prison during the execution of the coup. It also explains why they succeeded in killing all their targets in the south except Azikiwe (who was away for convenient reasons) and Agunyi Ironsi (who drove successfully through the plotters road block). 2 Likes |
Re: Picture Of Biafran Children Shot To Death In 1968 #may30th by melodyogonna(m): 3:13pm On May 04, 2019 |
seunmsg:what were this atrocities? 5 Likes |
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