WHY I CANNOT DESCRIBE GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON AS A HERO

When the real history of the country is written the role of General Yakubu Gowon and the other Nigerian commanders during the civil war will be put in proper perspective. The slaughter of 3 million Biafran civilians in that war is the greatest act of black on black genocide in human history.

I cannot celebrate the birth of a man who presided over such carnage and neither can I describe him as a hero. Nigeria cannot make much progress or truly prosper until she apologises to the Igbo and Biafrans for the great evil that we visited upon them duing the civil war.

The waging of war is different to the mass murder of civilians. The former is lawful, the latter is not. War between two armies is legitimate but the targetting and slaughtering of innocent and defenceless men, women and children is a violation of international law and a crime against humanity.

Worse still such savagery and barbarity is simply unacceptable in a society or nation that lays claim to being rational, reasonable, decent, benign and civilised.

The truth is that those that were directly involved in the carnage have innocent blood on their hands and that blood cries to God in heaven for vengeance and justice.

We as a nation would do well to learn from others and muster the decency and courage to apologise and make reparations to the people of the South East for the abominable cruelty and wickedness that we visited on them in the name of the Nigerian civil war.

(Femi Fani-Kayode)

donbachi:
Achara soup is working...nice one.

ContentedK:
FFK is very right on this

ContentedK:
FFK is very right on this

henrynwafor:


Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon celebrated his 85th birthday a few days ago and he was largely hailed and celebrated as a 'hero'.



Femi Fani-Kayode has however explained why he cannot celebrate Gowon or describe him as a hero.



According to FFK, 'when the real history of the country is written the role of General Yakubu Gowon and the other Nigerian commanders during the civil war will be put in proper perspective. The slaughter of 3 million Biafran civilians in that war is the greatest act of black on black genocide in human history'.

SOURCE:https://www.ligitnews.com/post/i-cannot-celebrate-the-birth-of-a-man-who-presided-over-the-slaughter-of-3-million-biafran-civilians---ffk-to-yakubu-gowon

Who will call a murderer a hero

Except illiterates that doesn't know what it means to be a hero

It's just like calling Buhari the father of modern day democracy

helinues:
Who again hid FFK's stuffs from him?

This is unfair ooo.. Make Una people beware of Rabies oo

LegendHer0:
FFK the lunatic again!

muykem:
FFK is a useless kid that refused to grow up at age of about 60years. Whenever we are preaching against war and IPOB is beating drum, this is what we are saying. Nobody save any arsenal during the war, in fact, the stronger the opposition, the deadly the arsenal needed. God himself need to killed all the first born in Egypt before they allowed Israel to go.

Faeton:

Wrong....read

LegendHer0:


I’ve read it countless times!

FFK still remains a lunatic.

Faeton:

Not FFK , history of Nigeria

LegendHer0:


Lol, I know the history of Nigeria even more deeper than you can think.

What FFK is saying is just plain rubbish. He is a deranged adult that take pleasure in stoking the fire of hatred and attacking people all to appeal to his illiterate and hateful base.

LegendHer0:


Lol, I know the history of Nigeria even more deeper than you can think.

What FFK is saying is just plain rubbish. He is a deranged adult that take pleasure in stoking the fire of hatred and attacking people all to appeal to his illiterate and hateful base.

gidgiddy:


Is what he said wrong? How do you celebrate a man who superintendents over the killing of 3 million people?