Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;

Chief of Army Staff was from SE
Chief of Naval Staff was from SE
IG of Police was from SE
Chief of Defence Staff was from SE
Internal Affairs Minister SE
External Affairs Minister SE
Education Minister South SE
Many other key ministries to SE
Parliament President SE
Unilag VC from SE
The University of Ibadan VC from SE
North resisted same at ABU!

Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!!!!

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!

We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth. This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets. There is a tendency to think those are truths and facts.

*"What follows are documented facts that can be cross-checked for authenticity!"*

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

*“Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central govt because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.”*.

[21/10 8:45 pm] Anascopeterson: WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausafulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to a play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation.
The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating.
However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.
To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions. He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution. While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.

https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/…/my-opposition-to-seces…/

It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).
As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:
"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949)
[21/10 8:46 pm] Anascopeterson: As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria.
With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.
But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region. But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.
[21/10 8:48 pm] Anascopeterson: While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.
[21/10 9:02 pm] Anascopeterson: When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how:
In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address.
But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard.
Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony.
Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance.
On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.
Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint".
After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.
[22/10 6:22 am] Anascopeterson: The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority of Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.
Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day. In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.
In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heros. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.
But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.
Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers.
Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.
Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra.
But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge.
Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:
After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging. Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.
[21/10 11:23 pm] Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.
First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle. Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand.

Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference. Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.

In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.

That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians.
On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise. But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft. That was the height of Irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.

So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.
[22/10 6:26 am] Anascopeterson: Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.fact

Let those who have ears hear.

lolzzz


I wish I could have read this...

Biafra always their night mare.

Meaning you guys can't stay alone for once.


So Op you sit and what you thinking about coming is just biafra.

I never for once think about Arewa or oduduwa...


prescription: Take Felvin 20, is a nice pain reliever .

So is all this epistles the justifications of marginalizing SE people or what is the moral of this copy and paste story?

If you want to get any Yoruba man angry, just call biafra and watch his countenance change.

Suddenly becomes. hostile to every discussion


They should really tell us why they are obsessed with biafra.

The lost red mud Jews will soon become irrelevant just create unnecessary thread
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Watch how those morons like the ugly pig above drag other tribe

Igbo's this Igbo's that allow them to go mbanu what is your problem

This is the bitter truth.
But they will Never look at this from an objective point of view but rather a sentimental one.

They are too biased against everyone to accept their own faults.

They are the ones who ushered in officially TRIBALISM in the country.

But they will never accept their wrongs nor make attempt to correct them

Rather they prefer to keep on playing the victim,blame and insulting everyone else, looking down on all other tribes with their inflated egos.

In fact even this Biafra of a thing... The civil war could have been avoided if years prior to this event, Azikiwe agreed to sign the secession clause.
This would lead to good governance and if they wanted to ever quit, leave peacefully without any conflict.

They story of the Niger Delta succession pains me so much and most Nigerians hardly know about, see how igbos mercilessly dealt with them.

Niger deltans alongside northern Christians are truly the ones who have suffered the most from this forced union called Nigeria.

austinsmat:
Igbo's this Igbo's that allow them to go mbanu what is your problem

Who is holding them

Marineghost:


Who is holding them

Supporters of 'one Nigeria' of which i'm sure you're among going by the daft question you're asking!

Igbos have been murdered for this quest for freedom, yet you sit on your ass and ask dumb questions like 'who's holding them'!

PolymathDave:
This is the bitter truth.
But they will Never look at this from an objective point of view but rather a sentimental one.

They are too biased against everyone to accept their own faults.

They are the ones who ushered in officially TRIBALISM in the country.

But they will never accept their wrongs nor make attempt to correct them

Rather they prefer to keep on playing the victim,blame and insulting everyone else, looking down on all other tribes with their inflated egos.

In fact even this Biafra of a thing... The civil war could have been avoided if years prior to this event, Azikiwe agreed to sign the secession clause.
This would lead to good governance and if they wanted to ever quit, leave peacefully without any conflict.

They story of the Niger Delta succession pains me so much and most Nigerians hardly know about, see how igbos mercilessly dealt with them.

Niger deltans alongside northern Christians are truly the ones who have suffered the most from this forced union called Nigeria.

The average Igbo will cry to high heavens for u killing his chicken in revenge for him killing ur cow!

richie240:


The average Igbo will cry to high heavens for u killing his chicken in revenge for him killing ur cow!

Care to cite examples?

IGBOSON1:


Care to cite examples?

really?

.....Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10from the west, 2 were killed........

The premiers of d north and west (Sadauna and Akintola respectively) were killed but that of d east (mike opara, an igboson) was unscathed. The prime minister-Tafawa balewa was killed, but azikiwe (an igboman) was untouched.
Leaders and soldiers of the north, west and midwest were killed, but how many Igbo political leaders/soldiers were killed? NONE! This callous and treacherous act of the igbos led to d northern pogrom which snowballed into d Biafra war. But an average ignoman will cry bluemurderfor d deaths (majorlly from starvation) of over a million Igbos. Rarely will they mention how they used their own hands to cause their own woes
The average ignoman will be d first to throw the first punch/cause trouble and also d first to complain of a bruised nose.

The igbos were the real McCoy in d first republic, but as customary with d greedy, they had rather lose it all than not have it all!

IGBOSON1:


Supporters of 'one Nigeria' of which i'm sure you're among going by the daft question you're asking!

Igbos have been murdered for this quest for freedom, yet you sit on your ass and ask dumb questions like 'who's holding them'!

Same way you sit on your dumb ass to fight for biafra freedom on nairaland
Even cownu is a typical example

helinues:
So is all this epistles the justifications of marginalizing SE people or what is the moral of this copy and paste story?

What kind of person are you ,I thought u will tank him for rubbishing igbos you hate

......... and the Igbo obsession continue. Yawns. Post a new thing biko.

Rekhina:
What kind of person are you ,I thought u will tank him for rubbishing igbos you hate

Cos you are probably be misunderstanding me.. We only stand for truth

Me hating igbos might be your own fabrications

richie240:


really?


The premiers of d north and west (Sadauna and Akintola respectively) were killed but that of d east (mike opara, an igboson) was unscathed. The prime minister-Tafawa balewa was killed, but azikiwe (an igboman) was untouched.
Leaders and soldiers of the north, west and midwest were killed, but how many Igbo political leaders/soldiers were killed? NONE! This callous and treacherous act of the igbos led to d northern pogrom which snowballed into d Biafra war. But an average ignoman will cry bluemurderfor d deaths (majorlly from starvation) of over a million Igbos. Rarely will they mention how they used their own hands to cause their own woes
The average ignoman will be d first to throw the first punch/cause trouble and also d first to complain of a bruised nose.

The igbos were the real McCoy in d first republic, but as customary with d greedy, they had rather lose it all than not have it all!

Interesting!

I had a feeling you'd be zeroing in on the actions of Nzeogwu and co as THE ONLY example to butress the hackneyed and bigoted narrative in the core muslim north that: 'The average ignoman will be d first to throw the first punch/cause trouble and also d first to complain of a bruised nose' and 'The average Igbo will cry to high heavens for u killing his chicken in revenge for him killing ur cow'!

Your posts on this thread show the hateful and vindictive mind of the average core muslim northerner: revenge, vindictiveness and murder! I think it stems, not only from your wrong interpretation of the Islam you practice, but also from a deepseated inferiority complex and pure unadultrated hate! All you scum know is killing.....killing.....killing, and this is why we down south (esp' Ndigbo) have said we have no business staying together as fellow compatriots....that our values, culture and world-view run parallel to each other and can never meet at any point! Funny thing though is that while we've realised this and are doing what we can to detach ourselves from a wicked, vindictive and leeching so called 'fellow countryman', you duplicitous and two-faced lot on the other hand are the ones screaming 'one Nigeria' at any given opportunity, and are hell-bent on sustaining a union where you're tied to the very same people you accuse of sanctioning the actions of a handful of their kinsmen on 15th Jan' 1966! Because essentially, that's what you're saying: that Ndigbo overwhelmingly voted and agreed to sanction the actions of Nzeogwu, et-al to go and kill the leaders of other ethnicities while leaveing theirs unscathed! You see how in addition to being extremely wicked, how daft you sound!?

Just a few days ago, we were regaled by the words of a few core northern leaders who were yet again trumpeting 'one Nigeria' on the rooftops...saying they're all for its continued existence as presently constituted! This is the hypocrisy i'm talking about! I think Nigeria is the only country where muslims with the kind of wahabi and jihadist mindset you lot up north have, are desperate to continue sharing the same country with infidels.....not just infidels, but infidels you accuse of being dishonest and out to subjugate you! This two-faced and duplicitous nature is the hallmark of the average core muslim northerner!

To naive and gullible southerners in general, and Ndigbo in particular: if you are so trusting and hopeful as to think that these people -after more than 50 years- are going to change and become a bit more humane and caring, then you have another think coming! As we speak, we have countless examples of their unforgiving nature, thirst for blood and jihadist/conquering mindset! If you want to bequeth a country to your children and future generations where even after another 50 years from now they will be faced with just trying to figure out how to survive and dodge marauding bands of kidnappers, killer herdsmen and an elite who feel the presidency is their birthright....if you feel this is acceptable and the future you want for your children, then God help us all!

I am Igbo & these facts are true.
our marginalization today is the punishment of the sins of our forefathers. if not for their greed & domineering impunity tribalism, corruption & one sided witch hunt we won't be in this situation.

I support the Biafra proposition but we the igbos can only Blame ourselves for our predicament. we have so much potential but failed woefully in politics on a national level.

Azikiwe & Ojokwu etc, will never be heroes in my book. because their actions caused all this.

I accept this truth objectively without sentiment.
but maintain that Nigeria still is a failed project.
God bless those fallen leaders from SW, North, SS & middle belt that saw the future but our stubborn igbo leaders disagreed

Inteltower:
I am Igbo & these facts are true.
our marginalization today is the punishment of the sins of our forefathers. if not for their greed & domineering impunity tribalism, corruption & one sided witch hunt we won't be in this situation.

I support the Biafra proposition but we the igbos can only Blame ourselves for our predicament. we have so much potential but failed woefully in politics on a national level.

Azikiwe & Ojokwu etc, will never be heroes in my book. because their actions caused all this.

I accept this truth objectively without sentiment.
but maintain that Nigeria still is a failed project.
God bless those fallen leaders from SW, North, SS & middle belt that saw the future but our stubborn igbo leaders disagreed

cc IGBOSON1