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22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 5:41pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Below is a picture of a 22 year old, Biafran warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his aunty, Winifred Ojukwu, shortly after he returned to Nigeria in 1955 on completing his studies at Oxford university. Ojukwu bagged a Degree in History. Ojukwu attended Kings College Lagos, Epsom College, Surrey, England and the prestigious Oxford University, England. By the time Ojukwu returned to Nigeria in 1955, his father had become one of the richest businessmen in the country with a business empire that spanned Transportation, Banking, Retail, Construction and Manufacturing. Ojukwu's father took him to his corporate headquarters and showed him a well furnished airconditioned office, offering him a top position in his business organisation. Ojukwu turned his father down, telling him he wanted to make his own way in life. Ojukwu eventually secured a job in the civil service as an assistant district officer of Udi division, just outside Enugu. In 1956, Ojukwu was posted to Aba. It was at Aba that Ojukwu attended a party that would change the course of his life. At this party, Ojukwu met a young Yoruba man called Adeyinka Adebayo, who had just been newly commissioned as an officer of the Nigerian Army. Adebayo told Ojukwu that the Army was in the process of being indigenized and their was a shortage of officers. A few weeks after this party, Ojukwu was promoted to District Officer and posted to Calabar. On hearing that his son had been posted to Calabar, Ojukwus influential father prevailed on the authorities to cancel the posting. When Ojukwu learnt of what his father had done, he angrily resigned his job and drove all the way to Kaduna where he enlisted into the Nigerian Army as a lowly recruit. 163 Likes 19 Shares
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 5:42pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
The British officers at Kaduna kept wondering what an Oxford graduate was doing as a private in the Army and sent him for officers course in England. Ojukwu returned in 1957 and was commissioned a second Lieutenant, the first graduate to join the Nigerian Army. Ojukwu rose rapidly through the Army. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1958, Captain in 1960, Major in 1962 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1964. Ojukwu was commander of the 4th battalion, Kano, when the first coup happened in January 1966. As the coup unfolded, Major Nzeogwu called on Ojukwu to join the coup to which Ojukwu refused. Ojukwus refusal to join Nzeogwu is one of the major reasons why Nzeogwu's coup eventually failed. General Ironsi then siezed power and appointed Ojukwu Military Governor of the Eastern Region. 6 months later, mid-level officers of the Nigerian of Northern extraction conducted a coup that led to the overthrow and killing of Ironsi, and the installment of Lt Col Yakubu Gowon as head of state. The coup also greenlighted a pogrom in which over 30,000 Easterners, mainly Igbos, were killed all over Nigeria, particularly in the North. The inability of Gowon to stop the killings, the resentment in the Eastern Region against his government and the fact that Ojukwu was senior to Gowon caused bad blood between both men The crisis became so bad that the then President of Ghana, General Joe Ankrah, intervened and invited both Gowon and Ojukwu to his Hiltop Mansion in Aburi, Ghana, for peace talks in January of 1967. After two days of discussions, Ojukwu and Gowon signed an agreement that was to be known as the Aburi Accord. A few months after their return from Ghana, Gowon broke the Aburi accord they signed by issuing decree 14 of 1967 which abolished all the 4 Regions, created 12 states, reversed the fical federalism practiced, changed the revenue sharing formular, all in a bid to increase the power of the North over the rest of Nigeria For Ojukwu, it was the last straw. Ojukwu convened the Eastern Nigerian Consultative Forum, a body that comprised of all the chiefs and head of the 20 provinces that made up the Eastern Region. They sat and discussed for 2 days and mandated Ojukwu to declare the Eastern Region a separate country. On the 30th of May 1967, Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region a separate country called the Republic of Biafra. In retaliation, Gowon declared war. The war raged on for 3 years and ended in January 1970 with Ojukwu handing over to his deputy, General Effiong, flying into exile in Ivory Coast and the subsequent surrender of Biafra. Ojukwu later returned from exile 12 years later. He died in London in 2011 aged 78. His burial remains the greatest ever witnessed in Nigeria Ojukwu is still revered by most Igbos because they believe he fought for their freedom. 396 Likes 45 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 5:46pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Dem resemble Meanwhile hope buhari has employed all the almajiris in the north already. Would be surprised if there are abokis without job despite the operation give all positions to gworo chewers 98 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Edusteve(m): 5:48pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Racoon(m): 5:53pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Humn! Eze gburugburu ndigbo.Handsome young man then and always.Rest on! 205 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Witcher(f): 5:55pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Ojukwu, The Coward Secessionist- Dimka Odumegwu Ojukwu of Biafra-Biafaa or Bia-Kpara, Ogoni version! With due respect to reasonable Igbos and the public. It isn't proper to rejoice over anyone's death. I'm also not doing so, rather pointing to the man Ojukwu. I hope readers would understand my truth that can be found through history and can't be disproved otherwise. Ojukwu, who was good in his own right couldn't stand Ken Saro-Wiwa and his truth about Ogoni-saving our people from Biafra and Ojukwu's madness and greed (popularly known as Nigerian-Biafran Civil War, 1967-1970), was the number one coward. Ojukwu sold Biafra due to his greed for oil and disrespect for Ogonis and other minorities of today's Niger delta. Biafra was mostly harshed due to the presence of Ogoni/Niger delta oil. If it succeeded Ogonis, who were already enslaved by Igbos in Ogoni land will be registered slaves today. Saro-Wiwa saw this and fought against it. Thus his crime at the hands of Ojukwu and other Biafran praise-singers who then sought Saro-Wiwa's head. Meanwhile, Ojukwu ran away from his people at a critical moment into exile. Millions of innocent Igbos (Ogonis and other minorities also died in numbers at home and Igbo camps) killed while he ran away. No wonder seasoned Igbos, including late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe refused to support Ojukwu and his Biafran insanity! Though Ojukwu returned from Ivory Coast under Shehu Shagari or so. He couldn't have the opportunity to fight to revive Biafra again. This was contrary to the saying: he who fight and run away lives to fight another day. Saro-Wiwa stood by his people to the end. He's a global hero while Ojukwu is the Igbo coward! As mentioned inter alia, death is an inevitable end, so not proper to rejoice over the death of others. I'm not rejoicing over Ojukwu's death. Ojukwu's death, however, can't come without the truth about him, unlike the lies he told abroad about Saro-Wiwa and Ogonis. I hope readers may understand. Because Ojukwu was cheap, greedy, yet with one of the best education but knew nothing to do with it, he's bribed by the Federal government of Nigeria (under Sanni Abacha), sponsored abroad to justify the world's environmental and human rights hero's (Saro-Wiwa) unjust hanging. The coward in Ojukwu couldn't get away with that trash! He's bathed in rotten eggs; a high profile disgrace given in the West, when he went to London justifying Saro-Wiwa's unjust death of Nov. 10, 1995. Today, Ojukwu is left to the Igbos of his kind and some Nigerians such as Goodluck Jonathan, who love violence and has already said, according to Sahara Reporters' Nov. 26 report, "Ojukwu's place in Nigerian history is assured." Anyone still unsure that Jonathan and his Nigerian cabal hate Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni? How shameful to see a country love and honor violence and trash nonviolence and intellectual discussions, arguments for rights (as with Saro-Wiwa and Ogonis) and freedoms to the cutters! That is the Nigeria run by the so-called majority ethnic groups for you. We can see Boko Haram like Ojukwu's Biafra, in action, supported also by Jonathan and his Hausa counterparts. We can see Jonathan sit and look confused, not sure of what to do with Boko (like he paid off Niger delta militants whose agitation was just, if not their greed and unintellectual approach) begging for help from America. Finally, is Jonathan, one of the Ojukwu-Biafran violent praise-singer confused about the peaceful Ogonis, their just agitation for political, social and economic justice, ruined environment? No! He and the Federal government is hardened, waiting for a period when news may come that all Ogonis are extinct due to environmental degradation and government, $hell's inaction and stupidity. Shame on Nigeria, because Ogoni, which is older than Nigeria will live to shame the Ojukwus and its Nigerian oppressors! 99 Likes 16 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by PapaBaby: 5:59pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Legend 55 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by PapaBaby: 5:59pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
[s] Witcher:[/s] The legend that fought Nigeria for 3yrs. 198 Likes 11 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by biafraisdead(m): 6:01pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Witcher:Hello! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by ZombieHUNT: 6:04pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by ZombieHUNT: 6:04pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
biafraisdead: Your region is dead 65 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by slimfit1(m): 6:06pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Don't know why Hausa people can not just go on their own and have Sharia law in peace. 128 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by biafraisdead(m): 6:13pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
ZombieHUNT:This one seeking for attention, but i tell u shi shi i will not give to u. 14 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Conner44: 6:19pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
slimfit1: No ![]() There’s a reason why our spoken language is English and Arabic is inscribed in many stuffs ‘Nigerian’ 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 6:20pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
If only Adeyinka Adebayo had known, he wouldn't have told him and millions would have been saved. ![]() 19 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 6:38pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
FrLukas: And if Lord Lugard had known, he would never have amalgamated North and South and millions of lives would have been saved 182 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 6:40pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Witcher:says the one who has been harassed by a few dozen boko-haram boys for over 12 years now ![]() ![]() Cc lzaa gmbuharii 70 Likes 9 Shares
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Gallagher01: 6:43pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
[s] FrLukas:[/s] 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by limeta(f): 6:43pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Gowan is yet to tell the truth about Aburi accord 53 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Witcher(f): 6:44pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
immhotep:really do u think gurriella warfare is easy. America runs away in Vietnam, Cuba, Korea, now Afghanistan 2 Likes
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 6:45pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: We can't keep blaming Lugard. He may have amalgamated Nigeria, but he hasn't continued to force us together. Several times people had wanted to put secession clause in the constitution only to be opposed by some other selfish humans. Even the Niger Delta led by Adaka Boro wanted to break away only to be stopped and crushed by the same Ojukwu. I won't mention any tribe, but I'm sure we all know whom to blame. 28 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 6:45pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Witcher:so that is why you cannot confront a handful of boko-haram boyz running amok ![]() ![]() 18 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Gallagher01: 6:46pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
[s] FrLukas:[/s] 22 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 7:49pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Mikehot: Ojukwu was truly a LION. Respekt to him 38 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:52pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
As the coup unfolded, Major Nzeogwu called on Ojukwu to join the coup to which Ojukwu refused. Ojukwus refusal to join Nzeogwu is one of the major reasons why Nzeogwu's coup eventually failed. Possibly Ojukwu's boys at Enugu betrayed Major Nzeogwu. Interesting. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 7:57pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: There are more than one typo or lack of accurate facts in the above post. Ojukwu was the commander of 5th battalion and Gowon was Lt. Col. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by TheGoodJoe(m): 7:58pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
From Wikipedia One of the coup's prominent targets, Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, caught wind of the plot and escaped capture. He then began to move against the coup conspirators. Ironsi eventually managed to prevent the coup and then took power himself. Jesus Christ. From the article above. General Ironsi then siezed power and appointed Ojukwu Military Governor of the Eastern Region. You mean Ojukwu was among those that betrayed Nzeogwu for power. Unbelievable. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 8:01pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Ojukwu's transfer to Aba was as a result of his altercation with British DO whom Ojukwu slapped. The British DO was equally transferred out of Udi to northern region of Nigeria. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 8:01pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
FrLukas: You cant blame Lugard but you can blame Ojukwu? Which clause did Lugard use in creating Nigeria? Blame Lugard for if he had not created Nigeria, there would be nothing to fight about. Since when he created Nigeria in 1914, the people have been fighting each other to this day 33 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by MetaPhysical: 8:05pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: The greatest burial ever witnessed in Nigeria was Fela Kuti. 26 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 8:06pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: British and Lugard had expected the likely outcome of the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Protectorates. Nigeria is not an accident to them instead a designed outcome. 8 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 8:08pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
MetaPhysical: Does anyone of reputable character in Nigeria had such a name? 24 Likes 3 Shares |
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