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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by AbuAeesha: 9:38am On Jun 18, 2022
irunoko:
Muslim Muslim supporters come and see the results of head knackers O

Uma still wan put Muslim Muslim person.

Anybody wey vote Muslim Muslim he go experience Wetin them do the worshippers for Ondo state
ogbeni shut up.
all these happened while the vice president is not just a Christian but a pastor.
for several decades it has always been Muslim/christian and what is the positive influence??
you. should think outside the box dude
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by Fairbanks(m): 9:49am On Jun 18, 2022
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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by Acefaruk: 9:49am On Jun 18, 2022
irunoko:
lmaooo funny headslammer grin


Stop fabricating lies to give a weak comeback Because you want to defend your violent religion
What is fabrication here?Every sunday mother, father, brother and sister dance with erected penis and clitoris.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by AkinboT22: 10:04am On Jun 18, 2022
Is terrible only GOD can save all for this country.
Olohun a fi ori ji gbogbo awon ti won ku. A bawa ro gbogbo awon idile naa lo ju.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by AkinboT22: 10:13am On Jun 18, 2022
Ki Olohun jowo fi wa lo kan bale ni orile ede Nigeria (Amin.)
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by gannod(m): 10:37am On Jun 18, 2022
Gideon110:
my uncle and his daughter are parts of them... Mr Virginus Ani and his daughter. cry cry cry cryRIP to them all.




Sorry about your loss.

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by AFONJAPIG(m): 10:42am On Jun 18, 2022
I thought they said only igbos died in the massacred... yellowbar Muslims are cursed
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by gannod(m): 10:43am On Jun 18, 2022
May their souls rest in peace.
To those tribalists who are fond of quarelling and insulting one another on a platform like this, should please respect the dead. This calls for sober reflections, not the usual name callings and mudslinging.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by SugarGirl44(f): 11:00am On Jun 18, 2022
ogwumgbe:


Lagos Lagos Lagos that we can't hear word about, which investments do your people own in Lagos, are you not ashamed of yourselves? The lazy region filled with non productive humans waiting for Dangote. I pity you people, your economy is entirely at the hands of strangers. Yes people can go anywhere they like to invest and make money ok, 80% of what igbos use are produced in igbo land especially Anambra even the plugs that power your cars. You are lazy and unproductive morons. USA as economic bouyant as it is has many of its citizens scattered all over the world especially Asian countries working as expats, or may be you have not heard that term. So there's nothing wrong in someone going to anothe place to invest and make profit ok, so stop saying rubbish. Go to Anambra, all the industries there are owned by the indigenes. Which industries in your region is owned by your indigene? Pathetic cursed useless people drawing Nigeria backwards

Sharap! All your ibo governors and elders govern their states from Lagos and reside in Lagos.
We are your destiny helpers.
Stop crying and admit it.
I dare you to go back to the east, especially on a Monday.
Your blood will be used to cleanse the land grin grin grin
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by irunoko(m): 11:16am On Jun 18, 2022
Acefaruk:
What is fabrication here?Every sunday mother, father, brother and sister dance with erected penis and clitoris.
lmaooo are you trying to be funny? grin

Which church did you go to that you saw men and women with erected penis and clitoris while dancing grin

You shouldn't waste your comedy talent slamming head on the ground,you should make money from it tongue

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by irunoko(m): 11:22am On Jun 18, 2022
AbuAeesha:

ogbeni shut up.
all these happened while the vice president is not just a Christian but a pastor.
for several decades it has always been Muslim/christian and what is the positive influence??
you. should think outside the box dude
your daddy Will shut up.o goh,ofenu hora.


If there's so much killing by headslammers with Muslim president and Christian VP,then headslammers will now Increase their nuisance value by increasing their lynching.abi is it because I didn't mention the Deborah lynching and some other regular killings in the north by headslammer.


Na migraine go kill that empty head wey you dey nack for ground
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by ogwumgbe: 11:23am On Jun 18, 2022
SugarGirl44:


Sharap! All your ibo governors and elders govern their states and reside in Lagos.
We are your destiny helpers.
Stop crying and admit it.
I dare you to go back to the east, especially on a Monday.
Your blood will be used to cleanse the land grin grin grin

You should first of all help your wrecked destiny before seeking for who to help
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by irunoko(m): 11:25am On Jun 18, 2022
shegz24:


I'm a Christian and I dont give two bleeps the religion of the people in the office as long as they are credible and perform.

Obama is one of the best US presidents ever and he came from a Black muslim lineage; he was also the one that killed US greatest terrorist-Osama bin laden that was also a muslim.

You think i will rather go for Okorocha over Fashola as his running mate simply because of an obsession with religion?

I'll take Fashola all day.
lol Obama you're mentioning is a moderate Muslim With high level of education and exposure.hes a university professor by the way and his wife is an academic Dr so you don't expect him to reason like the typical headslammers

Let me even give you more headache, he's part of the people supporting the LGBTQ community.abi head slamming supports that? wink grin
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by irunoko(m): 11:28am On Jun 18, 2022
erubati:


No no no no no no
Am not pained
Ur forefathers experienced the same fate u guys are experiencing now.
They were seriously dealt with and became humbled in the end.
No be today stupidity dey run for una blood
no wail too much o grin tongue

The thing wey go flog you dey Inside your body grin tongue

Even the bandits your Muhamed trained don dey kidnap you for inside where una dey knack head for ground grin

The fowl he has finally come home to roost grin
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by SugarGirl44(f): 11:33am On Jun 18, 2022
ogwumgbe:


You should first of all help your wrecked destiny before seeking for who to help

I am from the region where people love to come to uninvited, they make a living and their destiny changes for better.
I am a proud daughter from an enviable race.
I love my region and can never take a trip to a barren region, let alone sleep for a night there.
If I need to take a trip anywhere, it is outside d country, not a despicable region.

Once again, I dare you to go home.
Dem no born your papa well, lost soul.
Since you're homeless, u want to claim Lagos by force.
Una no get shame aje.

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by ogwumgbe: 11:38am On Jun 18, 2022
SugarGirl44:


I am from the region where people love to come to uninvited, they make a living and their destiny changes for better.
I am a proud daughter from an enviable race.
I love my region and can never take a trip to a barren region, let alone sleep for a night there.
If I need to take a trip anywhere, it is outside d country, not a despicable region.

Once again, I dare you to go home.
Dem no born your papa well, lost soul.
Since you're homeless, u want to claim Lagos by force.
Una no get shame aje.

No wonder you have apeman mentality in this digital age, lack of travel is the reason you people think like goats. Travel to the place you call barren, you will come back with premium tears. Fool that has not gone out of his state chatting with me: please don't quote me again and find your class: I have traveled all the continent of the world and presently I am not there with you now so Bleep off
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by erubati: 11:40am On Jun 18, 2022
irunoko:
no wail too much o grin tongue

The thing wey go flog you dey Inside your body grin tongue

Even the bandits your Muhamed trained don dey kidnap you for inside where una dey knack head for ground grin

The fowl he has finally come home to roost grin

If only u could take a cue from what happened to ur forefathers who were starved and humiliated and made to eat each other to survive the hardship of the war.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by biafranrealson: 12:56pm On Jun 18, 2022
80% Igbos
Just to confirm my earlier thought.
My people it's a pity that we lost these innocent brothers , sisters and children in such a horrific manner .
Take heart ,the most effected bereaved.
Rip to the dead.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by SugarGirl44(f): 1:00pm On Jun 18, 2022
ogwumgbe:


No wonder you have apeman mentality in this digital age, lack of travel is the reason you people think like goats. [b]Travel to the place you call barren, [/b]you will come back with premium tears. Fool that has not gone out of his state chatting with me: please don't quote me again and find your class: I have traveled all the continent of the world and presently I am not there with you now so Bleep off

grin grin grin grin
The devil is a liar!
You sha want me to go to your yeast and fall in the hands of ipob and UGM. No way!
Nobody wants you guys or want to have anything to do with you or your barren land, I know that's painful but learn to deal with it, in your next world, beg angel Gabriel to attach you to yoruba parents.

I'd rather go to sambisa than go to barren east.
Even Tinubu went to all d regions for consultation except your SE, instead he summoned your elders to meet him grin grin grin and they shamelessly ran to him.

That's how we Yorubas role cool
We easily detect nonentities and put them in their place.

If they born una well, I dare you and your elders to snub Lagos or summon a Yoruba person.

Una 1000000 no reach to, una go dye of hunger.
grin grin
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by codemaniacs: 1:09pm On Jun 18, 2022
nedekid:

I don't think this is politicizing anything. The leasons have to be learnt, especially the issue of division, the kind of hatred you see between SE and SW. Especially on this forum. Look at the names of people killed, Igbos and Yorubas, the shooters did not discriminate.
I am sure if there was a way to blame the igbos or Yoruba there for causing the shooting, it would have been done.
This sudden division has become pronounced during the past 7 years.
We that grew up in the 70s, 80s, 90 seriously never considered ethnicity, atleast not in the south.
Now the hatred among the younger folks is just terrible!
Ethnicity has always been considered.

in the 1960s , Nzeogwu exhibited such behaviors towards Yorubas.

below ( gotten from wi:ki ):

"According to a Nigerian Police Special Branch Report, Nzeogwu executed at least 4 army and police security personnel including one of the men on his team (Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke). nzeogwu also participated in the execution of Col. Raph Shodeinde, his superior officer at the Nigerian Military Training College and is reported to have shot indiscriminately at fleeing women and children.."..

the statement above shows pure hatred for Yorubas and a lot of igbos all have this similar behavior towards Yorubas and this was in the 1960s..
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by zedegit: 1:21pm On Jun 18, 2022
God1000:
There's ongoing funeral service for the victims of terror attack at Saint Francis Catholic church owo, ondo state.

40 worshippers were brutally murdered by unknown gunmen and dozens wounded during a church service on June 5.

Here are their names and pictures

May their souls rest in peace

This kind of death is painful. Why are fulanis this wicked and yet people are routing for Atiku. Is it a curse?

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by Nobody: 1:25pm On Jun 18, 2022
rentgyd2000s:
Until the Igbo know that Jagaban and Yoruba people are not his enemies,
Until the Yoruba know that Okoro and the Igbo are not his enemies there won't be real progress, though there will be individual progresses.

Enough of the stupid and superfluous rivalry: F.latinos Vs Afonjas.

It's not reasonable to continue repeating the mistake of Awo and Zik.
It is evident that Yorubas and Igbos are closer to each other but few political demons has been using their selfish ambition to cause division among the people. From my experience Yoruba and Ibos easily cohabit from time immemorial to the extent that you won't know they are not from the same tribe with the exception of few bad eggs that are spoiling the whole crates.

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by dragunov: 1:38pm On Jun 18, 2022
irunoko:
lol Obama you're mentioning is a moderate Muslim With high level of education and exposure.hes a university professor by the way and his wife is an academic Dr so you don't expect him to reason like the typical headslammers

Let me even give you more headache, he's part of the people supporting the LGBTQ community.abi head slamming supports that? wink grin

Madam obscene moniker, Obama is a Christian. Do ya research "proprolee"
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by ogwumgbe: 1:39pm On Jun 18, 2022
SugarGirl44:


grin grin grin grin
The devil is a liar!
You sha want me to go to your yeast and fall in the hands of ipob and UGM. No way!
Nobody wants you guys or want to have anything to do with you or your barren land, I know that's painful but learn to deal with it, in your next world, beg angel Gabriel to attach you to yoruba parents.

I'd rather go to sambisa than go to barren east.
Even Tinubu went to all d regions for consultation except your SE, instead he summoned your elders to meet him grin grin grin and they shamelessly ran to him.

That's how we Yorubas role cool
We easily detect nonentities and put them in their place.

If they born una well, I dare you and your elders to snub Lagos or summon a Yoruba person.

Una 1000000 no reach to, una go dye of hunger.
grin grin

Like I said, look for a local champion like you
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by SugarGirl44(f): 1:41pm On Jun 18, 2022
ogwumgbe:


Like I said, look for a local champion like you

Gerrout!!! You don't have a point again.
We travel too, but to pregressive places, not to the land of the cannibals, awon eyan Clifford orji.

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Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by bizzibodi(m): 1:42pm On Jun 18, 2022
ISLAMABAD! WICKED!! GODLESS!!! cry cry
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by ogwumgbe: 1:44pm On Jun 18, 2022
SugarGirl44:


grin grin grin grin
The devil is a liar!
You sha want me to go to your yeast and fall in the hands of ipob and UGM. No way!
Nobody wants you guys or want to have anything to do with you or your barren land, I know that's painful but learn to deal with it, in your next world, beg angel Gabriel to attach you to yoruba parents.

I'd rather go to sambisa than go to barren east.
Even Tinubu went to all d regions for consultation except your SE, instead he summoned your elders to meet him grin grin grin and they shamelessly ran to him.

That's how we Yorubas role cool
We easily detect nonentities and put them in their place.

If they born una well, I dare you and your elders to snub Lagos or summon a Yoruba person.

Una 1000000 no reach to, una go dye of hunger.
grin grin

We don't need a stinking shaking corpse to come and stain our region with his rogue attitude, he wouldn't have been welcome, UGM would have roasted him alive. I am proud of my ethnicity ok, The greatest black race in the world. You can't compare with us in any ramification, you are far behind. Idiot stinking demon, you are not ashamed to compare yourself with people that fought war, were give 20 pounds and now surpass you econonimically, I spit, you people are cursed, common Bleep off before you infect with your curse.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by nedekid: 2:04pm On Jun 18, 2022
codemaniacs:

Ethnicity has always been considered.

in the 1960s , Nzeogwu exhibited such behaviors towards Yorubas.

below ( gotten from wi:ki ):

"According to a Nigerian Police Special Branch Report, Nzeogwu executed at least 4 army and police security personnel including one of the men on his team (Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke). nzeogwu also participated in the execution of Col. Raph Shodeinde, his superior officer at the Nigerian Military Training College and is reported to have shot indiscriminately at fleeing women and children.."..

the statement above shows pure hatred for Yorubas and a lot of igbos all have this similar behavior towards Yorubas and this was in the 1960s..
Your quote from wiki, does not in anyway show nzeogwu in any way targeted the Yoruba. According to the write up, he executed 4 security personnel in his team, 1 of them apparently was the Yoruba Sergeant. There is no evidence he targeted the officer because of his etnicity.
Nzeogu also "participated" in the execution of the col.
The issue is that killings took place, in military coup, such things happen. That does not generalize or says one tribe is essentially against the other.
The fact nzeogwu being igbo killed someone does not summarize the attitude of millions of igbos.
If I may ask, what reasons in your opinion do the igbos have to harbor hatred against the Yoruba and vice versa? As I said, in our younger days, we knew of no difference, my Yoruba friends spoke igbo and igbos spoke Yoruba. My best friends from primary to sec and uni till date are Yorubas. My father was the English to Yoruba interpreter in the church. I am married to a Yoruba princess.
In my house presently my paddy that came from the UK is staying for the next 2 months. He is Yoruba.
Where does this hatred come from?
Nb: someone just said it is the poor folks that see hate.
Tinubus son is married to an Igbo lady, flew her in PJ with her mother and kids during end Sars.
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by ogwumgbe: 2:09pm On Jun 18, 2022
[quote author=SugarGirl44 post=113922047]

Gerrout!!! You don't have a point again.

Skull miner, you are not welcome in the east
Re: Names And Photos Of The Victims Of Owo Massacre by codemaniacs: 2:15pm On Jun 18, 2022
nedekid:

Your quote from wiki, does not in anyway show nzeogwu in any way targeted the Yoruba. According to the write up, he executed 4 security personnel in his team, 1 of them apparently was the Yoruba Sergeant. There is no evidence he targeted the officer because of his etnicity.
Nzeogu also "participated" in the execution of the col.
The issue is that killings took place, in military coup, such things happen. That does not generalize or says one tribe is essentially against the other.
The fact nzeogwu being igbo killed someone does not summarize the attitude of millions of igbos.
If I may ask, what reasons in your opinion do the igbos have to harbor hatred against the Yoruba and vice versa? As I said, in our younger days, we knew of no difference, my Yoruba friends spoke igbo and igbos spoke Yoruba. My best friends from primary to sec and uni till date are Yorubas. My father was the English to Yoruba interpreter in the church. I am married to a Yoruba princess.
In my house presently my paddy that came from the UK is staying for the next 2 months. He is Yoruba.
Where does this hatred come from?

It comes from something called superiority complex.

Which can be found in people who consider themselves supremacists.

In summary,
It comes from " Ig:bo supremacists ".

You can read the below quote from another nairalander when you have time.

olas24u:

(By Prof. Ihechukwu Madubuike)

*THIS IS SIMPLY THE REASON WHY HAUSAS, YORUBAS, EDO AND THE NIGER DELTA MAN WILL NOT TRUST THE IBO MAN AT THE CENTER AND WHY THE HAUSAS MAY NOT WANT TO RELINQUISH POWER IN NIGERIA*

Any historians in the house to vet this but no insults or character assassination please:

Forgotten History Of Igbo Tribe And Northern Alliance.

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 government because his brother Aguiyi THEORY WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa fulanis, 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 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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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 heroes.

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.

Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest of 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.
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.

Anytime i hear or watch NNAMDI KANU talk i never take it serious but only as a noisemaker.

Thank God for this author. The Lord will bless him for us all! Everyone needs to know this for real. Knowing the truth sets free. We need healing as a Nation.

We need to face facts, admit the stupid errors of history and eventual forgive ourselves for the sins, enormous sins committed by our forefathers. Love covers a multitude of sins.

Very important history please read, understand and also share and encourage others to know.
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They slaughtered igbos like never before! Ndi igbo, iberibe unu enwelo limit!

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