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Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by pgmind: 10:43am On Jul 14, 2020 |
TANTUMERGO007:Youths should continue from where he stopped? Do you expect him to continue activism at that age? 3 Likes |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by LogicStatement: 11:05am On Jul 14, 2020 |
9gerian:I watched the interview too. It was Omatsaye's show on TVC. Soyinka said he had private discussions about the civil war with Gowon and Ojukwu separately, and they all agreed the war was unnecessary and pointless. He said Ojukwu wouldn't have gone to war if he knew better, reason why he never had a grudge with Awolowo who took the decisions he took (pre or during the war) for the interest of his own people 2 Likes |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Ojukwudfugitive: 11:08am On Jul 14, 2020 |
temptnow:Then, Ojukwu, who facilitated the killings as a result of his greed to corner the Niger Delta oil, is already burning in hellfire. 2 Likes |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by ProfBrugo: 11:08am On Jul 14, 2020 |
He was your guest but you held him in solitary confinement. You wanted to break his spirit and destroy his mind. But Wole Soyinka is an extraordinary mind. He survived unjust incarceration (in solitary confinement) and went on to win the nobel prize for literature. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Nobody: 11:16am On Jul 14, 2020 |
Today is his 86th birthday I was born in 86 his book the man died is delivering to my house today, this can only be God 1 Like |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by SAMBARRY: 11:20am On Jul 14, 2020 |
TANTUMERGO007:a fool that cannot spell fool. Uncle take it easy before you quench on top woles matter 2 Likes |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Natilolo(m): 11:27am On Jul 14, 2020 |
temptnow:what if God has forgiven him? We can't see beyond our noses. 1 Like |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Dedetwo(m): 11:43am On Jul 14, 2020 |
laiperi: Soyinka did not standup for Ojukwu and was never a traitor as most Yari.ba peeps regraded him. He was smarter than most loudmouthed Yari.ba who did not understand the war was unnecessary and would leave everlasting wound among Nigerians. It is apparent Nigeria is headed the way of disintegration all thanks to the Nigeria\Biafra war. Even as I write this post, Nigeria is perpetually retrogressive due to the war. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by TruthinAction: 12:03pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Gowon should please talk on more sensitive issues in the country. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by ProfOlu(m): 12:15pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
ProfOlu: Detaining him, could not stop him, rather it gave him more strength. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by ProfOlu(m): 12:16pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
ProfOlu: After his release from detention, he now became hardened, he became more of Activist during those military era, even during Abacha regime, he became serious nightmare for Abacha. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Elzakzaky: 12:24pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
XXXXTENTACION:What can Soyinka do to Gowon? You too funny |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by barrwebilor(m): 12:39pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Please somebody should save me from hunger and starvation. May God bless u abundantly. 0025050908. Stanbic ibtc |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Neddyogu(m): 12:44pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
APCNig: Dumb/mute |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Commonsense99: 12:47pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
![]() Gowon the Nigeria you brag of fighting for, how far? Could he Gowon even move freely in his own hometown as at this July 2020 without the fear of fulani herdsmen? Idiaat ![]() So 53 years later your demented skull have not yet deciphered that the likes of Ojukwu and Soyinka was right? ![]() |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Halo22: 12:58pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Like play like play, this man is heading towards 90. He must have been very careful with his health all these while. Wish him many happy returns. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by EzeVals90: 1:40pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Heaven and hell will reject you if u don’t confess your sins[/quote] |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by frog12: 1:44pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
GOWON was responsible for the WAR . HE was SELFISH ! |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Anointedvik: 2:20pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
![]() At least those wit zero regard for anything good will know nothing about them..simple! |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by sesan85(m): 2:24pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
TANTUMERGO007:So, ill-bred, ill-mannered oloriburuku, you're not aware of the endless insults Buharists now direct at him because of his criticism of Buhari? Where was your own useless father or grandfather while Soyinka was facing the military? Maybe you should go and learn how to spell first, ill-educated scoundrel! "FULL" indeed. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by engrchykae(m): 2:50pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
sportFX:another yoruba writer stated that in biafra ,africa died. soyinka is a wiseman,he understood what he was fighting for,he just like herbert marcaulay was fighting for the good of the south but the awolowos and obasanjos decided to fight for politics 1 Like |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by engrchykae(m): 3:02pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
BluntTheApostle:what did i hear you say? things are now better for the south? before awolowo helped entrench the caliphate,the southern men were pillars,men who could talk where the northerners dare not open their illiterate mouths,men like anthony enahoro,herbert macaulay,zik,awolowo,ko mbadiwe, men who rallied african youths to fight for independence when armadu bello and tafawa were busy staging anti independence riots in the north. the south lost in biafra war,adekunle was dismissed ,obasanjo was a good slave,the north did sharia,he looked the other way,if it were to be odi,he will send soldiers. cia warned him of boko haram in 2003 but because he need the vote of the north in 2004,he did nothing. SINCE THE WAR,THE SOUTHERN POLITICAL FORTUNE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY OF THE NORTH,MKO,GEJ, AS WOULD SOON HAPPEN TO TINUBU |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Seun360(m): 3:14pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
TANTUMERGO007: Full glass of wine? Olodo boy. TANTUMERGO007: See this full that was shouting during Jonathan's regime has now finally lost his voice. Full glass of wine? Olodo boy. TANTUMERGO007: Full glass of wine? Olodo boy. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by YemyTemmy: 3:29pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
SaintBeehot: Are you saying elders are always right? Everyone deserves to be respected , not just elders..... We have a long way to libration in Nigeria...it's really shameful |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by BluntTheApostle(m): 3:39pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
engrchykae: When did I write that things are now better for the South? Things are generally not better for any of the regions. As a matter of fact, things have merely deteriorated, and it has nothing to do with Biafra. It has more to do with our lack of discipline, and the rise of institutionalized corruption and our rising dependence on oil. Please, the South did not lose in Biafra. It was the Southeast that lost. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by SaintBeehot(m): 4:01pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
YemyTemmy:Not Soyinka who has fought for them them(justice) all his life. |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by petrage(m): 4:44pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
temptnow:Keep quiet..... are u God? |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Bimpe29: 4:51pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Happy birthday to a legend, Prof Woke Soyinka |
Re: Yakubu Gowon: Why I Detained Soyinka During The Civil War by Amanda4life: 5:01pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
TANTUMERGO007: The fear of bubu is the beginning of gray hair |
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