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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:12pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Even in death, Nzeogwu was still respected by federal and northern troops. Domkat Bali referred to him as: “a nice, charismatic and disciplined officer, highly admired and respected by his colleagues. At least he was not in the habit of being found in the company of women all the time messing about with them in the officers mess, a pastime of many young officers then….we believed that he was a genuinely patriotic officer who organised the 1966 coup with the best of intentions who was let down by his collaborators….If we had captured him alive, he would not have been killed. I believe he probably would have been tried for his role in the January 15 coup, jailed and probably freed after some time. His death was regrettable.” Enough said. 2 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by scoundrel(f): 8:55pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
I thought he died at an older age. It was nice to see he was adamant with decisions in life. I wonder why he refused to stay in position and get captured by the Nigerian force. The real heroes die in war, cowards live to tell tales. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by TGMISKY(m): 8:58pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
So all this biography and history na just to show us Ojukwu 22 years old picture. Na wa o 3 Likes
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Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by AceRoot(m): 9:01pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Please note that this is not true at all. A Yoruba officer who had finished from Oxford before Emeka had the honour of being the first graduate to join the Nigerian Army. Sadly the gentleman joined the Education Corps of the Army and never became famous or infamous. I wish I could remember his name though. 14 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 9:02pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
TheGoodJoe: Ojukwu did not betray Nzeogwu, there was nothing to betray. Ojukwu was never part of Nzeogwu's coup and owed Nzeogwu nothing 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:15pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Now it is strange that Nigeria forgot that those who foiled the Nzeogwu coup were Igbo senior officers. General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi, Lt.Cols Emeka Ojukwu, Conrad Chukwujimje Dibia Nwawo (NA 10), Alexander Attah Madiebo and Major Alphonso Keshi. As Brigade Major, 2 BDE Kaduna, Keshi informed Madiebo of the coup. Madiebo moved over to the Brigade Headquarters where Nzeogwu had taken over Ademulegun’s seat and worked on Nzeogwu. Ojukwu, Commanding Officer Third Battalion, Kano stood his ground strategically and all worked with Ironsi to fly in Nwawo, then Defence Attaché in London, and Nzeogwu’s teacher. Only then could the Major be softened. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/intelligence-failed-nzeogwu/amp/ Ojukwu was behind the failed attempt of Nzeogwu. At the end, it was always about Ojukwu's ambition. Which finally led people to war, his greed to not surrender against the advise from his solders on the battlefield. Rounded them and executed them because they asked him to surrender and save the lives of the Igbo people. Then ran away and let the Igbos die in millions. Mtcheww. 12 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by MetaPhysical: 9:42pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Duru1: Yes. Someone named Duru! 8 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 9:43pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
AceRoot: There was no Nigerian who graduated from Oxford university and joined Nigerian army before Ojukwu. Ojukwu was the first Nigerian with university degree to join the army. James Olufemi Oluleye joined the army with Grade III teachers certificate. Victor Banjo was already Regimental Sargent Major when he was commissioned as an officer and later obtained university degree. Olufemi Olutoye graduated from Cambridge in 1956 and taught as a high school principal then enlisted in 1959. 17 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 9:47pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
MetaPhysical: I guess appropriately, MetaPhysical. |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by unbitchable(m): 10:35pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
Lol. Col. Adeyinka Adebanjo was the most important person in his life, without him, ojukwu would have been a cloth merchant in his father's shop. yoruba have done so much for these people. 8 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by BanevsJoker(m): 11:05pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
FrLukas:Awolowo was the reason Gowon broke the Aburi Accord. He said if the Igbos were allowed to leave, the Yorubas would leave as well. At that time, Lagos was the most important state in Nigeria in terms of revenue. The oil boom hadn't started yet, so the cowardly Gowon reneged on the agreement, in order to keep Lagos. Ojukwu insisted on the Aburi accord, and declared Biafra. Gowon declared a war he thought he could win in weeks, it lasted 3 years. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Duru1(m): 11:28pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
unbitchable: You are a very frustrated individual. Ojukwu's father was not a cloth merchant. Must Nigerians resented the idea of Ojukwu, the son of a millionaire, joining the army. Yari.ba peep was not important in this case because any young man could have been enlisted as Adeyinka Adebanjo did. Who was the father of Adeyinka Adebanjo? 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 11:33pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
unbitchable: Really? How many people would join the Nigerian Army if their father was one of richest people in Nigeria? Would do this if it was you? But Ojukwu abandoned his fathers millions to join the Army, tells you a lot about the man 15 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by valentineuwakwe(m): 11:35pm On Mar 05, 2020 |
one of the greatest men ever to originate from Nigeria! 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by fk002: 12:07am On Mar 06, 2020 |
I blame that Adeyinka for giving him that advice OJUKWU But the said Hero came back years later after the civil war and contested for the seat of President of the same country he fought, while his people that are hailing him now were theseame people that stabbed him on the back by not voting for him. 5 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by fk002: 12:13am On Mar 06, 2020 |
Nice one but this is a Biafran version/perspective of the civil war history. Our own version clearly stated that it was Ojukwu that broke the Aburi agreement Why did Nzwego Kaduna start the first coup in the first place, what was he aiming at by annihilating all the northern and western leaders while he spared the lives of Azikiwe and Ironsi. Hypocrisy at its peak. After the Major Kaduna coup, Igbo traders in SW and North were mocking and rubbing it on the face of Northerners and Yorubas that the country belongs them. We know how Narcssist they can be. Hence the reason for retaliation from the Northerners. Instead of Ironsi to court marshal Nzwego, ifuajana and their cronies he didn't, he decided to give them presidential pardon in a lowkey, thats what infuriated the Northern and western military officers which lead to the second coup. In conclusion from the start to the end of the civil war igbos were the genesis they caused it all. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 2:27am On Mar 06, 2020 |
fk002: If your version is that Ojukwu broke the Aburi agreement, then may be you can tell us how he did that? 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by dheaven: 3:25am On Mar 06, 2020 |
History like this is good once in a while in this forum. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by jpphilips(m): 3:57am On Mar 06, 2020 |
gidgiddy: Which teenager wrote this nonsense? 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 7:41am On Mar 06, 2020 |
gidgiddy: And when the opportunity to sever ties came, guess who fought for one Nigeria. No, not Lugard. That's right Nnamdi Azikiwe. Not just one opportunity, but plenty. He thought the Igbos had firm control of Nigeria. You can blame Lugard all you want, bit you are reaping the karma right now. If Azikiwe had allowed the secession clause into the constitution, his children wouldn't have fought a war where millions of them died and his children's children's children won't be on Nairaland today screaming for freedom. 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 7:42am On Mar 06, 2020 |
BanevsJoker: Wrong narrative. Ojukwu declared a war on Nigeria when he seceded. 4 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 7:43am On Mar 06, 2020 |
jpphilips: Irrefutable historical facts 3 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by gidgiddy: 7:50am On Mar 06, 2020 |
FrLukas: Stop listening to propaganda, it is not possible for one man to decide what is added or removed from a constitution in a democracy. Zik was not the owner of Nigeria. If secession clause never made into the constitution then it means that majority did not want it. One more thing, even if secession clause had entered the constitution, it would not have changed anything because the military suspended the constitution as soon as they came in. The independence constitution is no longer what Nigeria uses today 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 8:00am On Mar 06, 2020 |
gidgiddy: I don't think you have really read the history of Nigeria. I'll suggest you do that and learn how Azikiwe sold out his people and the agitators for secession. It is a statement of fact that the Northerners too were agitating for their own Republic. Go search for the speech Azikiwe made to convince them to stay in Nigeria. These aren't fables. They are facts. I won't do your research for you. The constitution was suspended during the military era. Before the military era, Nigeria could have disintegrated. But for Azikiwe's intervention. The inclusion of the secession clause was so that every ethnic group then could review its inclusion in the Nigerian project. By now, each unit that broke away would have celebrated over 30 years independence of their own. Azikiwe is to blame for that. When Adaka Boro wanted to secede with his Niger Delta people, guess who crushed his bid? Ojukwu, another Igbo. Can you see the pattern? Yorubas have formed a regional security outfit now. A prelude to being able to stand on their own. Guess who the saboteurs are. Guess who just sold out the South. Guess who has agreed to community policing instead of forming their own regional security outfit. Do you see the pattern there? 18 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by DModeCntStopMe: 8:02am On Mar 06, 2020 |
Gowon should be tied to a stake and burnt alive, he contributed largely to what Nigeria is today. What a progressive nation Nigeria was before the devil abolished true federalism Nigeria practised Thank God he is still alive to witness what Nigeria finally turned out to be even the North he selfishly tried to place higher above others are the worse hit Since that 1960 something Nigeria has never made any headway, worst of it all enthroned a jihadist, a religious extremist and a blood sucker in the person of buhari Gowon shall never know peace even in death 1 Like |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by OluwaDamilola01: 8:02am On Mar 06, 2020 |
[s] FrLukas:[/s] 5 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by netflicks(m): 8:03am On Mar 06, 2020 |
Did any body ask u to post this..op |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by ohosi4real(m): 8:04am On Mar 06, 2020 |
This guy look like who I no somewhere in the east part of Nigeria |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by fordunit(m): 8:04am On Mar 06, 2020 |
Ikemba himself. Live on.... 3 Likes |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by ednut1(m): 8:05am On Mar 06, 2020 |
slimfit1:they cant survive on their own. Britain could not run them at a deficit hence merged us. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by israelmao(m): 8:05am On Mar 06, 2020 |
Educated and born with sliver spoon in his mouth still led the fight against marginalization of his people.Heroes never die because their histories immortalize them. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 22-Year-Old Ojukwu And His Aunty, Winifred, On His Return From Oxford In 1955 by Nobody: 8:06am On Mar 06, 2020 |
TheGoodJoe: True, but he would have done a lot better if he had resigned from the Army and gone into politics.... Because his coup led to 4 years of appalling carnage. |
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