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Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Nobody: 7:28am On Jul 18, 2020 |
myboy2111: Their plan backfired and blew up in their faces as usual, till today they continue to shoot themselves in the foot. Too bad, Fajuyi had to die for being such a wonderful host. I hope all omoluabis learn to stop being civil and playing hosts to these wicked people, they take your kindness for a weakness and won’t hesitate to spit in your face as soon as they get the chance, instead of them appreciating your kindness. That’s how their primitive barbaric minds work. 29 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by NazoTimes(m): 11:18pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
ogbuefi677:Quite pitiable |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by NazoTimes(m): 11:19pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
DuwaRepublic:Stay away from drugs they are dangerous. 34 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Deadlytruth(m): 5:19am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Ezeama400: If it wasn't Ironsi that dismantled the regions with Decree 34, then how come in going to Aburi summit, the first item on the agenda was the abrogation of all Ironsi's decrees? Secondly, if Ironsi didn't dismantle the regions through his Unification Decree, then why did he throughout his May 24 1966 national broadcast keep on referring to the regions as "former regions"? Also, why did he argue in that broadcast that regional system had caused tribalism and had to give way to a system that would engender nationalism spirit in the citizenry? Why did he change the official name of Nigeria from "Federal Republic of Nigeria* to just "Republic of Nigeria"? Removing the adjective "Federal" from the official name meant he no longer recognized the regions. On the Gowon angle: he (Gowon) on getting to power immediately began to reverse Ironsi's demolition of the regions. In fact he had restored the regions and returned their autonomy to them half way but had to halt it because of Ojukwu's intransigence about Biafra. Mind you in addition that Gowon's states creation was not out of place as the non-wazobians of the three regions had been agitating for their own regions in order to free themselves from wazobia domination. Moreover, Gowon's states enjoyed autonomy hence weren't really different from the regions unlike the groups of provinces which Ironsi broke the regions into and stripped them completely of their autonomy by unifying their civil services, imposing governors on them whom he asked to be reporting to him at the center thus killing the spirit of federalism in the country. In further confirmation that it was Ironsi that dismantled the regions, here is a link to an interview granted by Philip Asiodu revealing how Ojukwu told him of the plan of him and Ironsi to abolish the regions within six months of their Igbo dominated government: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/impunity-killing-nigeria-phillip-asiodu/ Please note where the report reads: Emeka Ojukwu and myself were very good friends in school, Kings College, Lagos, and Oxford University. In fact when the coup happened, he wanted me to join him in Enugu and I told him that I was not a regional man. And Ojukwu told me ‘we shall abolish the regions within 6 months NB: Philip Asiodu who made this revelation is an Igbo man and the Sun Newspaper which carries is owned by another Igbo man - Orji Uzor Kalu hence the usual accusation of Yoruba (Western) Press propaganda will not hold water here. Please also check my next comment below and explain what exactly Ironsi meant with the bolded lines of his May 24 national broadcast if you insist he didn't abolish the regions. 31 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Racoon(m): 5:26am On Dec 26, 2020 |
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Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Deadlytruth(m): 5:57am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Ironsi's broadcast to the nation - May 24, 1966. "The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966. Fellow Nigerians: During the past two weeks I presided over meetings of the Supreme Military council and the Central Executive Council at which many important state matters were considered. . . It is now three months since the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was handed over to the Armed Forces. Now that peace has been restored in the troubled areas it is time that the Military Government indicates clearly what it proposes to accomplish before relinquishing power. The removal of one of the obstacles on the way is provided for in the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree (No. 5) 1966 which was promulgated by me today and comes into effect at once. The provisions of the Decree are intended to remove the last vestiges of the intense regionalism of the recent past, and to produce that cohesion in the governmental structure which is so necessary in achieving, and maintaining the paramount objective of the National Military government, and indeed of every true Nigerian, namely, national unity. The highlights of this Decree are as follows: The former regions are abolished, and Nigeria grouped into a number of territorial areas called provinces Nigeria ceases to be what has been described as a federation. It now becomes simply the Republic of Nigeria. The former Federal Military government and the Central Executive Council become respectively the National Military Government and the executive Council. All the Military Governors are members of the Executive Council. A Military Governor is assigned to a group of provinces over which and subject to the direction and control of the Head of the National Military Government, he shall exercise executive power. In order to avoid any major dislocation of the present administrative machinery, the grouping of the provinces has been made to coincide with the former regional boundaries. This is entirely a transitional measure and must be understood as such. The present grouping of the provinces is without prejudice to the Constitutional and Administrative arrangements to be embodied in the New Constitution in accordance with the wishes of the people of Nigeria. The National Military Government assumes the exercise of all legislative powers throughout the Republic subject to such delegations to Military Governors as are considered necessary for purposes of efficient administration. The public services of the former federation and regions become unified into one national public service under a National Public Service Commission. There is a provincial Service Commission for each group of provinces to which is delegated functions in respect of public officers below a given rank. This rather drastic change will probably involve a reconstitution of the existing commissions, and the National Military Government reserves the right to do so in the manner stipulated in the Decree. Until this is done, the present Commissioners continue to act in their posts. Every civil servant is now called upon to see his function in any part of Nigeria in which he is serving in the context of the whole country. The orientation should now be towards national unity and progress. I expect all civil servants to co-operate and to consult at all levels, vertically and horizontally, between groups of Provinces and between Provinces and the Centre. People are aware that Study Groups have been set up to look into various aspects of governmental activity. One of them is concerned with problem relating to the Constitution........Read More here: https://www.dawodu.com/irons2.htm 21 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by 10kgod(m): 6:14am On Dec 26, 2020 |
O gaa ooo 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Deadlytruth(m): 6:18am On Dec 26, 2020 |
OfoIgbo: Wrong! Ojukwu, Fajuyi, Hassan and Ejoor being governors of subnational units under Ironsi's rule doesn't change the fact that Ironsi abolished the regions. Stop being clever by half. Here are the details of the issue: Ironsi took power through the backdoor on the 17th of January 1966 and immediately proceeded to replace the democratic regions based structure he met in place with a military structure. So he appointed these mentioned soldiers over the regions first and operated a regions based Federal Military Government from that January 17 to May 24 of same year... meaning he ran a military controlled regional system for the first four months and seven days of his six months tenure. Then on the 24th of May, he issued a raft of centrifugal decrees by which he dismantled the regions and by his own pronouncement converted from federal military government to national (Unitary) military government whereby the regions were broken down to powerless provinces headed by the same military governors who were now ordered to be reporting to the military head of state (Ironsi himself) at the center henceforth. At this point the civil services of the regions had been unified and placed 100% under the control of the just created national (unitary) military government. This was why it was at that point in time that Governors Hassan and Ejoor began to complain against Ironsi. So beginning from May 24, the military governors to the exception of Ojukwu, were forced against their wish and will by Ironsi to start ruling over groups of weak and powerless groups of provinces and not regions. This continued till July 29 that Ironsi was toppled and killed hence as at when Ironsi died the regions were no longer in existence. It was the coming of Gowon that saw a partial reversal to autonomous regions first followed by a breakdown of those semi-autonomous regions into semi-autonomous states. Get it now? 37 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by tit(f): 6:22am On Dec 26, 2020 |
phemmyfour: Fulani master, yaya de? |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Rodwave: 8:49am On Dec 26, 2020 |
NazoTimes: Nigeria is a actually a country as in the USA definition of country not a state. No state will be as disorganised and stupid as Nigeria. 2 Likes |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by OfoIgbo: 9:46am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Deadlytruth: So were Ojukwu, Ejoor, Hassan and others no longer the governor's of the regions? Was it Ironsi that removed resource control? This is the major characteristics of true federalism and we know resource control and regionalism were removed by Gowon, Murtala and Obasanjo 6 Likes |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by RevDesm0ndJuju: 9:50am On Dec 26, 2020 |
kingzizzy: Play stupid games, win silly prizes. Why did Ironsi over throw Balewa Govt ? 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by RevDesm0ndJuju: 9:58am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Deadlytruth:. They will never accept this bitter truth. Ironsi was being teleguided by Igbo marxists . 22 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by capitalzero: 9:59am On Dec 26, 2020 |
kingzizzy:If igbos were being massacred even before 1960, why would ironsi announce unification degree. It did not make sense. Even danjuma and gowon are crying because of their foolish decision. Their people are being massacred iby the so called northern brothers. Well, they were so young then and lacked experience 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by RevDesm0ndJuju: 10:02am On Dec 26, 2020 |
OfoIgbo: Can you tell us why Ojukwu out of all the regional military governors welcomed decree 34 but later demanded for a return to regional govts' at Aburi? 18 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by jneutron4000: 10:14am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Firstorderwizard:That was the evil intention of the Igbos to dominate everyone in Nigeria. They killed Hausa/fulanis leaders, killed Yoruba leaders then destroyed Regional government. What Hausa/fulanis are doing now is what the Igbos intended to do, they brought this problems with all are facing in Nigeria now. 23 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Mayng01(m): 10:16am On Dec 26, 2020 |
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Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Patrioticman007(m): 10:17am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Firstorderwizard: Karma served them right with smelly apku with nyamiri water. Envy is the root of all problems, because Regionalism favoured Northerners the enemies of progress struck & killed northern leaders & Akintola. the height of it, is the hypocrisy of wanting the regionalism back, because 12 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by chatinent: 10:19am On Dec 26, 2020 |
He led a coup and was also killed in a coup the same year. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Neddstark: 10:20am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Ironsi should have executed Nzeogwu and the fellow coupists if he were to survive. Keeping them alive and not pacifying the North was apparent suicide. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Seyi8750: 10:20am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Like for Ironsi and share for Fajuyi 1 Like 13 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by ekestic1976(f): 10:20am On Dec 26, 2020 |
The guy got what he deserved by being nepotistic, killing Northerners and Westerners excluding his Eastern Brothers. He was the one that form Unitary Govt abolishing Regional Govt and Devolved Powers that his people are clamoring for today in the name of restructuring all because of greed and the grand plan to make his tribe to dominate other tribes in Nigeria. You've said it all. 10 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by AbumChetachi: 10:21am On Dec 26, 2020 |
flokii: His so called brothers that initiated the coup are also included in your map of Niger Delta so you can say that Niger Delta are the ones that did the first coup 2 Likes |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Miracle2020: 10:21am On Dec 26, 2020 |
donstan18:that man was there and he was not killed so be ready to die before him. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Nobody: 10:22am On Dec 26, 2020 |
kingzizzy:He won't escape DEATH too. It awaits everyone. His might be painful. 1 Like |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by Nobody: 10:22am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Sai mama 1 Like
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Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by fabsyl(m): 10:23am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Aguiyi killed himself. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by woky: 10:24am On Dec 26, 2020 |
omoiyamayor:Ironsi was never among the officers that initiated the 1966 coup 10 Likes |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by BigBrother9ja: 10:24am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Mraphel:The attack was on the OSUs. Well dealt with ![]() 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Throwback Photos From The Burial Of Aguiyi Ironsi In 1966 by ruggedtimi(m): 10:24am On Dec 26, 2020 |
Thl |
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