gidgiddy:
I can see that Gowon is sitting down with General Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor of the Western Region, and General David Ejoor, Military Governor of the Mid-West. Both Adebayo and Ejoor were senior to Gowon. So why was Gowon their Boss?

This isn't correct.

So many people's blood are on his head.

What a name to make of yourself.

Look at the Nigeria that you tried to forcefully maintain, a sh1t hole.

Awesomefred32:
and so? will that remove Buhari from Seat

keep short and learn nincompop

opparadise:
So this was the man responsible for the 1966 counter-coup?
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Not even short in height but brief! Why are brief people that stubborn in life?

Like Oshomole and El-rufai abi ?

IvarTheTerrible:


He won't. They are filled with hate and lies. So gullible and easy to deceive.

That's why FFK dealt with Bianca ruthlessly. Came back to rule over them without even an apology.

The truth is that many more senior southern officers were passed over for promotion to make Gowon emerge as HOS. He was a Northerner and participated actively in Murtala Mohammed's Counter-coup of July' 66. That was d reason officers like Ojukwu, Nwawo, and co refused to recognize him as HOS. Kiss d fucking bitter truth.

Honestly the church and schools should start teaching us history

opparadise:
So this was the man responsible for the 1966 counter-coup?
.
Not even short in height but brief! Why are brief people that stubborn in life?

The Counter-coup of July 1966 was d brainchild of Murtala Mohammed. He wasn't chosen as supreme leader cos he was deemed too difficult to control by fellow coup plotters. 'Gentle Jack' Yakubu Gowon was seen as a more suitable candidate.

majamajic:
the man on the left will like food wella
see the excitement on his face

na Yoruba man,wat do u expect

stagger:


Gowon was chosen by consensus. Nigeria had no leader between July 29, 1966 and August 1, 1966. Three days.

Ojukwu was senior to Gowon and was irked by the decision. He could not see himself answering sir to his junior. That was partly why it was difficult for them to have reasonable talks over the violence that erupted in the North against Southerners (the pogrom). That was why the Ghanaian government decided to act as mediator by bringing them to the Aburi conference.

Gowon was not chosen by consensus, he was chosen by Murtala Mohammed and other Northern coup plotters because he was the highest ranking Northerner in the Nigerian Army at the time. The seniority problem was an issue between Ojukwu and Gowon because Ojukwu was technically senior to Gowon, however, it was settled at Aburi where Ojukwu decided to recognise Gowon as head of state if Gowon kept to the Aburi agreement. Unfortunately, Gowon could not keep to the agreement

MetaPhysical:


Learn to speak with facts. Produce the official seniority list to back your claim.

They were is senior, but the counter-coup change the all scenario of superioty, when the Northern element insist they must produced the head of state against the established rules know to military ethics. Funny enough their is Two more senior ahead Adeyinka and ejoor

gidgiddy:


They did have a choice, they could have stood up to the North like Ojukwu did. They all took the easy coward route out of a difficult situation

Not that easy as u might think. The western region back then had just handful Yoruba Son's among file and rank which constitute a large portion of the army, unlike the northern particular North Central, which has more than 55 percent of file and rank.
It is imperative to know that Yoruba land which house the nation capital has be seize by the coup plotter, so how do you resist this coup plotters when your tribal men are few in army and you caught in the middle of the war. The best option is to apply diplomacy in addressing the issue.

[quote author=majamajic post=77770239]the man on the left will like food wella

see the excitement on his face
Na Yoruba man go be that, na their way.

opparadise:
So this was the man responsible for the 1966 counter-coup?
.
Not even short in height but brief! Why are brief people that stubborn in life?

nope he was not.
The coup was spearheaded by Murtala Mohamed

Gowon never really wanted the war, history told me that he was pushed beyond his limits. As a Christian, he never meant to use hunger against Biafran Children, but those Military guys from North central and south west took the war so personal. So I read

The blood of millions of children you killed will haunt and torment you, even in grave. It shall never be well with your generations for starving millions of children to death.

mmb:
Just before the start of the SMC meeting in Benin, that Ojukwu boycotted on 10th March 1967.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9L_fZygVnE

THESE ARE GREAT HISTORY.

I CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL DAVID EJOOR THE GOVERNOR OF MIDWEST REGION.

General Ejoor died some months ago in Delta state 10th February, 2019 in Lagos.

GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON HAD SO MANY RICH HISTORY BEHIND HIM.

Generation unborn will continue to learn from this records.

The only area I would wish to fault General Gowon is that his old preaching that Nigeria is not negotiable.

It is this slogan that President Muhammadu Buhari was indoctrinated with that till date they do not want to accept RESTRUCTURING.

I pray that God Almighty touch the heart of General Gowon to accept RESTRUCTURING before his death to convince most northern to change from this wrong belief that is tying the progress of Northern Nigeria and Nigeria as a country.

epic video..elders dem

I find it very uncomfortable eating like that

Gowon looks much older than his 32years. I would have thought he was in his 40's or 50's.

gidgiddy:


They did have a choice, they could have stood up to the North like Ojukwu did. They all took the easy coward route out of a difficult situation

and when the heat became too much, he escaped to Côte d' voire

Rajosh:
and when the heat became too much, he escaped to Côte d' voire

It is better to fight and escape to Cote d'voire when the heat is too much than to be a coward who cannot fight at all.

seunmsg:


The counter coup was led by Muritala Muhammed and others like Danjuma. As a result of the success of the coup, the plotters nominated Gowon to take over government after the British thwarted their initial intention of secession. Ogundipe, Adebayo, Ejoor, Njoku, Ojukwu and others who were senior to Gowon had no other choice than to recognize him as the supreme commander or leave the army.

It saddened me to know that the north wanted to secede after they realised the havoc they had wrecked but they were still reintegrated.

gidgiddy:


Gowon was not chosen by consensus, he was chosen by Murtala Mohammed and other Northern coup plotters because he was the highest ranking Northerner in the Nigerian Army at the time. The seniority problem was an issue between Ojukwu and Gowon because Ojukwu was technically senior to Gowon, however, it was settled at Aburi where Ojukwu decided to recognise Gowon as head of state if Gowon kept to the Aburi agreement. Unfortunately, Gowon could not keep to the agreement

Not only Ojukwu being a senior to Gowon but his (Gowon) instructor in the Academy.

gidgiddy:


They did have a choice, they could have stood up to the North like Ojukwu did. They all took the easy coward route out of a difficult situation

Ojukwu that took the difficult route, where did it lead him to?

gidgiddy:
I can see that Gowon is sitting down with General Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor of the Western Region, and General David Ejoor, Military Governor of the Mid-West. Both Adebayo and Ejoor were senior to Gowon. So why was Gowon their Boss?

In 1966 these men were Lt. Colonels and not Generals. Gowon was a safe choice for all at that time because though a northerner he was of neither Hausa nor Fulani ancestry and also not a Muslim, at a time when the Nigerian political landscape was rife with ethnic tension. Who better to appease all sections of the country than a man the north could relate to as their son, and the majorly Christian south-east could also look at as one of theirs.

PS; unfortunately, Nigeria has been on the descent since then as common sense and merit has been a thousand times over sacrificed on the altar of ethnicity/tribalism. We the youth don’t even realize how precarious a position our nation is in right now. We just keep mouthing expletives while mortgaging the future of our children as our fathers did ours!

stagger:


Gowon was chosen by consensus. Nigeria had no leader between July 29, 1966 and August 1, 1966. Three days.

Ojukwu was senior to Gowon and was irked by the decision. He could not see himself answering sir to his junior. That was partly why it was difficult for them to have reasonable talks over the violence that erupted in the North against Southerners (the pogrom). That was why the Ghanaian government decided to act as mediator by bringing them to the Aburi conference.

make una no twist fact ojukwu was not senior to gowon he only wanted brigadier ogundipe to take over as the senior man available den but ogundipe saw d situation untenable he had to back out...stop ignorance...go watch Real story of Nigeria by Jide...it's on you tube...watch and thank me later...distorted history is worst Dan not teaching at Al...

Neddyogu:


The Counter-coup of July 1966 was d brainchild of Murtala Mohammed. He wasn't chosen as supreme leader cos he was deemed too difficult to control by fellow coup plotters. 'Gentle Jack' Yakubu Gowon was seen as a more suitable candidate.

that's a lie...murtala wanted secession for the north...it was d UK and US foreign rep who saw gowon a conservative Christian northerner as a better alternative to a radical murtala a Muslims northerner...gowon knew about the coup anyway as he was occupying a privilege position den in presidential villa Lagos...infact when Colonel Anthony madiebo came to inform ironsi about an impending coup...gowon and the Ig rubbish such when ironsi called them...40 days later ironsi would be killed with fajuyi in Ibadan...it's either some of u guys are historically ignorant or choose to distort facts to sway gullible minds...like I say go download or watch Real story of Nigeria by Jide...Peace...

seunmsg:


Ojukwu that took the difficult route, where did it lead him to?

Better to try and fail like Ojukwu than to surrender like a slave like Adebayo and Ejoor the rest did

Look at both men saluting Gowon, their junior, just because they did not have the courage to rise up like Ojukwu

gidgiddy:


Gowon was not chosen by consensus, he was chosen by Murtala Mohammed and other Northern coup plotters because he was the highest ranking Northerner in the Nigerian Army at the time. The seniority problem was an issue between Ojukwu and Gowon because Ojukwu was technically senior to Gowon, however, it was settled at Aburi where Ojukwu decided to recognise Gowon as head of state if Gowon kept to the Aburi agreement. Unfortunately, Gowon could not keep to the agreement

everything here u wrote is a blatant lie...murtala was unhappy after gowon was favored to take over...why do u take he later overthrew gowon in 1975 after gowon WAs not akin to hand over to a civilian regime...ojukwu no senior gowon I know u be igbo go read or watch Real story of Nigeria by jide

sanmisantos:


It saddened me to know that the north wanted to secede after they realised the havoc they had wrecked but they were still reintegrated.

blame Britain they neva wanted their newly independent colony to break up before dier eyes...and that was why they infleunced gowon to be head of State...and after gowon was overthrown he was accepted in UK wer he studied up to PhD political science in university of Warwick

stagger:


Gowon was chosen by consensus. Nigeria had no leader between July 29, 1966 and August 1, 1966. Three days.

Ojukwu was senior to Gowon and was irked by the decision. He could not see himself answering sir to his junior. That was partly why it was difficult for them to have reasonable talks over the violence that erupted in the North against Southerners (the pogrom). That was why the Ghanaian government decided to act as mediator by bringing them to the Aburi conference.

you are very correct.

gidgiddy:


It is better to fight and escape to Cote d'voire when the heat is too much than to be a coward who cannot fight at all.

I'll rather not fight if I can't win and I'll put innocent lives on the line than fight and kill many innocent people then run away. At last, his cowardice took the better of him. That's selfishness and bad leadership quality.