Karlovych:
A courageous man that challenged the status quo unlike one that ingested hot rat poison after backstabbing the rest of the country.

WesternOligarch:
Imagine sacrificing 3 million of your kinsman just because you're a spoilt brat coward with a big ego.

saintkeppy:
A coward Biafran soldier, who flee from Eastern Region, regretting the civil war, which was absolutely needless, where millons of lives, properties, businesses were lost.

Thank God for Phillip Effiong who surrendered, signaling the end of 3years(1967-1970) of constant Eastern Region bombardment by a more sophisticated Nigerian gallant soldiers.

Everything no be fight, there are ways a particular region can use to break away from other regions.

PoliteActivist:




But you can't totally blame him. Remember Aburi accord that Gowon and Nigeria reneged on? He at least tried for peace.

Also remember that Awolowo promised him he'd pull the West out of Nigeria if the East seceded.

Karlovych:
A courageous man that challenged the status quo unlike one that ingested hot rat poison after backstabbing the rest of the country.

Abdul05:
don't rewrite the history oga..awolowo didn't mention the East. Abeg o

He said if any region secedes meaning if allowed to secede....

( any Region not east alone) be it North south, west,or east)

At the end , No region seceded...

Don't stockpile biafran's books in your library oga. Nigerian's history books is better..

PoliteActivist:


So you concede Aburi accord. Good.

Now, let's see who is rewriting history.

Below is a newspaper report of what Awo himself said publicly (note the bolded):

VANGUARD
26 SEP 2017
By Eric Teniola
ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations:
“I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional:

(1) Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy.

(2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation

(3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.

(4) The people of Western Nigeria or Lagos would participate in the Ad hoc Constitutional Committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with other Regions of the Federation”.

It was the gravest statement made by any leader in Nigeria at a crucial time.
...
The question is why did the Western Region not follow the Eastern Region when it seceded on May 30, 1967?

The Daily Sketch which published in full Chief Awolowo’s speech on May 2, 1967 sold out in Enugu at two shillings per copy which is more equivalent of today’s six hundred naira. The speech was hot cake in Igbo land - all and sundry understood it to mean Awolowo would pull the Yorubas out of Nigeria if Igbos seceded.
================================


On July 2001 Rudolf Okonkwo pointedly asked Ojukwu if there was such agreement. Here is what he said (note the bolded):

RUDOLF OKONKWO: Did the meeting take place, and was there such an agreement?

OJUKWU: We’ve said this over and over again, so many times, and people don’t understand; they don’t want to actually...

Don’t forget that the political purpose of the coup, the Ifeajuna coup that began all this, was to hand power over to Awo. We young men respected him a great deal. He was a hero. I thought he was a hero and certainly I received him when I was governor. We talked and he was very vehement when he saw our complaints and he said that if the Igbos were forced out by Nigeria that he would take the Yorubas out also. I don’t know what anybody makes of that statement but it is simple. Whether he did or didn’t, it is too late. There is nothing you can do about it.

Here is what Sam Aluko, who was at the meeting, said:

"What Ojukwu Told Me, Before, Durring, And After The War" - SAM ALUKO

"Awolowo said, if the East left the federation, the Yoruba would have to leave the federation."

PoliteActivist:


So you concede Aburi accord. Good.

Now, let's see who is rewriting history.

Below is a newspaper report of what Awo himself said publicly (note the bolded):

VANGUARD
26 SEP 2017
By Eric Teniola
ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations:
“I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional:

(1) Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy.

(2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation

(3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.

(4) The people of Western Nigeria or Lagos would participate in the Ad hoc Constitutional Committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with other Regions of the Federation”.

It was the gravest statement made by any leader in Nigeria at a crucial time.
...
The question is why did the Western Region not follow the Eastern Region when it seceded on May 30, 1967?

The Daily Sketch which published in full Chief Awolowo’s speech on May 2, 1967 sold out in Enugu at two shillings per copy which is more equivalent of today’s six hundred naira. The speech was hot cake in Igbo land - all and sundry understood it to mean Awolowo would pull the Yorubas out of Nigeria if Igbos seceded.
================================


On July 2001 Rudolf Okonkwo pointedly asked Ojukwu if there was such agreement. Here is what he said (note the bolded):

RUDOLF OKONKWO: Did the meeting take place, and was there such an agreement?

OJUKWU: We’ve said this over and over again, so many times, and people don’t understand; they don’t want to actually...

Don’t forget that the political purpose of the coup, the Ifeajuna coup that began all this, was to hand power over to Awo. We young men respected him a great deal. He was a hero. I thought he was a hero and certainly I received him when I was governor. We talked and he was very vehement when he saw our complaints and he said that if the Igbos were forced out by Nigeria that he would take the Yorubas out also. I don’t know what anybody makes of that statement but it is simple. Whether he did or didn’t, it is too late. There is nothing you can do about it.

Here is what Sam Aluko, who was at the meeting, said:

"What Ojukwu Told Me, Before, Durring, And After The War" - SAM ALUKO

"Awolowo said, if the East left the federation, the Yoruba would have to leave the federation."

Abdul05:
don't rewrite the history oga..awolowo didn't mention the East. Abeg o

He said if any region secedes meaning if allowed to secede....

( any Region not east alone) be it North south, west,or east)

At the end , No region seceded...

Don't stockpile biafran's books in your library oga. Nigerian's history books is better..

rajiedreez:


ALLOWED TO LEAVE and FORCED OUT OF

Which of these two scenarios happened then?

Abdul05:
oga de.. he didn't mention the east" if any region secedes"... Go and get Nigerian history book...

rajiedreez:


ALLOWED TO LEAVE and FORCED OUT OF

Which of these two scenarios happened then?

jerseyboy:
OJUKWU SHOULD HAVE DECLARED SOUTH EAST ONLY BIAFRA
BIAFRA WAS THEREBY A FRAUDULENT STATE AND WAS BOUND TO FAIL FROM WITHIN

UrPapa:

What’s the point being courageous and coming back to eat your vomit?
Ojukwu is the most dishonorable man I’m Nigeria’s history
Killed someone’s dream just to flag his own(adaka boro)
Dressed as a woman to run from a fight
Came back to what he opposed to contest as a president
Well if that’s courage to you, then I’m sorry for whoever settles down with you cuz she’ll only give birth to cowardice

saintkeppy:
A coward Biafran soldier, who flee from Eastern Region, regretting the civil war, which was absolutely needless, where millons of lives, properties, businesses were lost.

Thank God for Phillip Effiong who surrendered, signaling the end of 3years(1967-1970) of constant Eastern Region bombardment by a more sophisticated Nigerian gallant soldiers.

Everything no be fight, there are ways a particular region can use to break away from other regions.

PoliteActivist:




But you can't totally blame him. Remember Aburi accord that Gowon and Nigeria reneged on? He at least tried for peace.

Also remember that Awolowo promised him he'd pull the West out of Nigeria if the East seceded.

Golan007:
Why did he run away after sacrificing the lives of over 3 million people?

Why did he come back to contest for presidency of Nigeria?

Why did his people not vote him when he contested?


These are the questions.

Ekpeitit:
How did that end?

Paretomaster1:


We wouldn't have gotten to the stage of Aburi if his kinsmen have not taken their greed too far by killing leaders from other regions, and Ironsi pampered the plotters instead of bringing them to justice.....

Cowards as always, expecting Awolowo to pull out, senseless mugu..

Karlovych:
A courageous man that challenged the status quo unlike one that ingested hot rat poison after backstabbing the rest of the country.

PoliteActivist:


So you concede Aburi accord. Good.

Now, let's see who is rewriting history.

Below is a newspaper report of what Awo himself said publicly (note the bolded):

VANGUARD
26 SEP 2017
By Eric Teniola
ON May 1, 1967 at a meeting of Leaders of thought of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo made the following declarations:
“I consider my duty to Yoruba people in particular and to Nigerians in general to place four imperatives, two of them categorical, and two conditional:

(1) Only a peaceful solution must be found to arrest the present worsening stalemate and restore normalcy.

(2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation

(3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.

(4) The people of Western Nigeria or Lagos would participate in the Ad hoc Constitutional Committee or any similar body only on the basis of absolute equality with other Regions of the Federation”.

It was the gravest statement made by any leader in Nigeria at a crucial time.
...
The question is why did the Western Region not follow the Eastern Region when it seceded on May 30, 1967?

The Daily Sketch which published in full Chief Awolowo’s speech on May 2, 1967 sold out in Enugu at two shillings per copy which is more equivalent of today’s six hundred naira. The speech was hot cake in Igbo land - all and sundry understood it to mean Awolowo would pull the Yorubas out of Nigeria if Igbos seceded.
================================


On July 2001 Rudolf Okonkwo pointedly asked Ojukwu if there was such agreement. Here is what he said (note the bolded):

RUDOLF OKONKWO: Did the meeting take place, and was there such an agreement?

OJUKWU: We’ve said this over and over again, so many times, and people don’t understand; they don’t want to actually...

Don’t forget that the political purpose of the coup, the Ifeajuna coup that began all this, was to hand power over to Awo. We young men respected him a great deal. He was a hero. I thought he was a hero and certainly I received him when I was governor. We talked and he was very vehement when he saw our complaints and he said that if the Igbos were forced out by Nigeria that he would take the Yorubas out also. I don’t know what anybody makes of that statement but it is simple. Whether he did or didn’t, it is too late. There is nothing you can do about it.

Here is what Sam Aluko, who was at the meeting, said:

"What Ojukwu Told Me, Before, Durring, And After The War" - SAM ALUKO

"Awolowo said, if the East left the federation, the Yoruba would have to leave the federation."

Golan007:
Why did he run away after sacrificing the lives of over 3 million people?

Why did he come back to contest for presidency of Nigeria?

Why did his people not vote him when he contested?


These are the questions.

Randy100:

He went on an exile, which is normal with those considered to be rebellious. Like he said, he will never give his head to Gowon, remember, this was an ego battle. Subsequently, Gowon too went on an exile. Always try to read. But I doubt if a doubt if a tribal warlod like you will understand anything.