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Did Igbo Truly Want Biafra by sunto: 10:51am On Sep 25, 2019
A month and 8 days after the first coup igbo 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 Unclad, 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.

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?

Did Igbo truly want Biafra? If yes why did ojukwu humiliate Isaac boroh Naked him and Hand him over to Aguiyi Ironsi to be kill.only for him to want declared Biafra a year later the same thing Isaac wanted


Why did Ojukwu kill cornel Banjo after help him to Chase Nigeria army as far as Ore in ondo state and hand over Biafra to him, but Ojukwu was not satisfy because he wanted Biafra with capital in Lagos.

They cry Biafra after the death of Aguiyi Ironsi when the things may not favour them that much, the same thing They cry when Jonathan was defeated cry victim
Re: Did Igbo Truly Want Biafra by adoboy04(m): 11:33am On Sep 25, 2019
sunto:
A month and 8 days after the first coup igbo 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 Unclad, 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.

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?

Did Igbo truly want Biafra? If yes why did ojukwu humiliate Isaac boroh Naked him and Hand him over to Aguiyi Ironsi to be kill.only for him to want declared Biafra a year later the same thing Isaac wanted


Why did Ojukwu kill cornel Banjo after help him to Chase Nigeria army as far as Ore in ondo state and hand over Biafra to him, but Ojukwu was not satisfy because he wanted Biafra with capital in Lagos.

They cry Biafra after the death of Aguiyi Ironsi when the things may not favour them that much, the same thing They cry when Jonathan was defeated cry victim
Don't you know that Igbo are the smartest black people on the planet. Now let me tell u that Yoruba wants republic and we Yoruba start to advise ourselves that we should not include any other tribe in it or else they want join us. I'm not against their struggle for biafra, they should not be dragging Yoruba names to Biafra whenever they want to start their struggle.
Re: Did Igbo Truly Want Biafra by delishpot: 11:33am On Sep 25, 2019
They can not even speak in one voice in the their Biafraland today. Even the Niger Delta are split on religious lines and we know some leader who will betray the greater good for the sake of religion. Rather sellout the land to invaders if it will propagate the religion. That is why the elites from the North who are under the umbrella of 1 religion will always speak with one mind when they decide to speak and that is why they hardly betray themselves. Instead they work to brainwash people from other tribes to join them, help conquer their land and install their person at the top while the betrayer of the people is given a juicy bone to eat. Any group with members who frolic with those kinds of people will NEVER speak in one voice.

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