An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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Nice write up.

imagine where igbos started it from

Another deceptive write-up. Useless propaganda by a half-baked historian. TRASH

NLegendforte:
Another deceptive write-up. Useless propaganda by a half-baked historian. TRASH

write and bring out your own for everyone to see

This is very timely

BABANGBALI:
An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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Nigeria was born in murder... murder of indigenous people and the hanging and exiles of their leaders i.e. Oba of Benin.... Gowon was advised by his masters in England to reject what would have sustained a lasting peace and went to war.

The Eastern leaders, including Minorities from which the name Biafra was given (from an IJAW man) mandated Ojukwu to declare when Ojukwu was not going to.....

Today Nigeria is still held by force with leaders that are thugs and criminals who work for globalist.


IF you like you can stylishly write and rewrite stupid narratives of what criminals did that impoverished the British Nigger Area all day. This no be 1967 fake propaganda and we all have shined our eye...


NONSENSE

BABANGBALI:
An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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Poor student of Nigerian history. The January 15 1966 coup is not what caused the civil war, many countries in Africa went through coups and did not fight civil war. The civil war did not start until 18 months after January 15 coup anyway

What caused the civil war was the inability of Gowon to implement the agreement him and Ojukwu signed in Aburi, Ghana

Gowon and Ojukwu reached a 12 point agreement in Aburi, but when they returned, Gowon started denying the agreement, and broke the agreement entirely with Decree 14 which abolished all 4 Regions and created 12 states, then followed it up with Decree 15 which ended resource control

Item 7 on the Aburi agreement expressly forbade Gowon from tampering with the 4 Regional structure Nigeria had at the time unless "all 4 Military Governors of the time were in agreement that he should do so"

The truth about it all is that the Aburi agreement prevented Gowon and his fellow Northerners from getting that which they wanted most, the economic and political control of Nigeria

So when Gowon broke the Aburi agreement, Ojukwu had only two choices, accept the situation and bow to the North in slavery, or declare your freedom and fight for it, no matter the cost

What did anyone think an Igbo man like Ojukwu was going to do?

BABANGBALI:
write and bring out your own for everyone to see

Their is a full 1 hour documentary to choke on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RZhVrF91TE

Every body have their own version of the civil war.

The question today is which prominent Igbo leader is actually wrecking this country?

The answer is less than 1.

So it may not be out of place if another coup takes place today and it only affects northerners and southwesterners. These are those running the entire country to abyss

I

History of treachery..we know who wrecked this country and are still trying to.. opposite people

Psalmistproject:
Every body have their own version of the civil war.

The question today is which prominent Igbo leader is actually wrecking this country?

The answer is less than 1.

So it may not be out of place if another coup takes place today and it only affects northerners and southwesterners. These are those running the entire country to abyss

I

Over 50 years since the war ended, Igbos have been watching as those who claim they are "qualified" have been ruling

The same "qualified people" only wrecked the country and brought it where it is today, poverty capital of the world and one of the most insecure countries on earth

Yet someone is going back to the 60's to look at what Igbos may have done, even though he is the person who has been destroying the country for over 50 years

How long will you people keep regurgitating this story? The war is best forgotten it will only open old wounds if revisited the igbos are the ones that suffered the most in that avoidable conflict.

OP, The War was Inevitable.

Nigeria was structured for Hausa/FULANI dominance. 😒

And Ojukwu being Typically a Stubborn IgboMan tried to Fight them, but Pple didn't understand.🤨

After he Lost that War, The Hausa/Fulanis Seized the Opportunity to ensure a Full-time Domination of Nigeria's Affairs.

See how they Produced Head of States and Civilian Presidents with ease
such as Murtala Mohammed, Shagari, BUHARI, IBB, Abacha, Abdul-Salam, Umaru Yaradua, Buhari again.😕😔

We need a Bold South-south Christian as President that CAN thrash these Northerners and their Selfish Interests aside.

Dat's the Day Nigeria will Truly have our Independence.

We are still under Colonial Rule.

Colonized by Hausa/FULANI.😒😟

BABANGBALI:
An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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Trash from the moronic and demented rino o-mockery. You cannot deceive us with your hate filled lies and propaganda that's the fact.

Somebody should tell rino that the north started killing Igbos in 1945 and 1953 and I need to see him say something concerning that.

Enough of these lies and propaganda against the Igbo race.

enemybulldozer:
Trash from the moronic and demented rino o-mockery. You cannot deceive us with your hate filled lies and propaganda that's the fact.

Somebody should tell rino that the north started killing Igbos in 1945 and 1953 and I need to see him say something concerning that.

Enough of these lies and propaganda against the Igbo race.

Before you claim the North killed you, mention a single Igbo man that was killed when Nzeogwu killed leaders from the West and North.
Azikiwe was warned by the Igbo coup plotters, Nwafor Orizu was allowed to escape.

You callous people killed Ahmadu Bello and shot his wife who embraced him. Killed them together. But you refused to kill your own Igbo brothers in government.

What did Ironsi do to the coup plotters who were Igbos like him?
He moved them from Lagos to Owerri for protection and refused to prosecute them.

The history your parents didn't tell you, we will hammer it into your empty flat heads by force.

gidgiddy:


Over 50 years since the war ended, Igbos have been watching as those who claim they are "qualified" have been ruling

The same "qualified people" only wrecked the country and brought it where it is today, poverty capital of the world and one of the most insecure countries on earth

Yet someone is going back to the 60's to look at what Igbos may have done, even though he is the person who has been destroying the country for over 50 years

Igbos have been ruling Igboland since 1999. What has come out of it?

The idiot called Peter Obi who igbos are carrying on their heads, he's the least educated and the least accomplished of all the top 3 contestants. In fact, he doesn't have a single legacy project in Anambra where he ruled for 8 years.

I can show you pictures of Igbos complaining about his tenure. The same hypocrites turned around to proclaim him their messiah because he's contesting again a Yoruba man.

Oga, CBN has lifted withdrawal limits for Dorm accounts and Igbo businesses will flourish. If you like, keep supporting a 3rd class idiot who used a decade to study a 4 year course

BABANGBALI:
An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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Without being told, if you are honorable and have any iota of integrity in you, you ought to know that this concocted history of lies fabricated by a dangerous sneaky man called Reno Omokri trying so hard to rubbish Igbos to please Atiku, Northerners, Yorubas and Tinubu in exchange for political favor, is not just lies, but treacherous tale that will forever hunt after Reno and his unborn generations.



Try and read the history of the Nigeria-Biafra war written by a neutral foreign journalist. Or you can go and read the account of the coup as written by one of the key coup plotters, a Yoruba military officer Ademulegun's book titled: "Why we Struck".



The imminent cause of the 1967 civil war in Nigeria was the 1966 Northern Pogrom, not the coup or Ironsi's government action nor the Aburi Accord disagreement between Ojukwu and Gowon. The 1966 Pogrom made Igbos and majority of Eastern Nigerians of then which included Akwa Ibomites, Rivers people, Bayelsa, Cross Riverians to start agitating for a separate nation.



Your disjointed history said the pogrom happened under Ironsi's regime but that's pure lies. The 1966 Northern Pogrom started immediately after Ironsi was murdered (Pogrom started in July, 1966 to October, 1966) and Gowon took over and Northerners went on rampage as they told a BBC Journalist that they want to wipe out Igbos from the face of earth when a BBC Journalist visited a Northern city in the hit of the pogrom.


Gowon remained silent and couldn't order Nigerian Army to stop the pogrom instead Nigerian soldiers of Northern extraction joined in the pogrom unchallenged. It was the arrival of massacred Igbo civilians brought from the North to the East that caused a public uproar in the East that made Easterners to ran to Ojukwu the then Eastern Governor to do something. Ojukwu tried to calm the situation by entering into discussions with Gowon who failed to act.



Another lie told in your concocted history is that the 1966 coup was planned and executed by only Igbo soldiers except Ademulegun, that's not true. There were more than 4 Yoruba officers, some middlebelt, Ijaw, Urhobo, Tiv, and even Hausa though the Igbo officers headed the coup execution in the 4 regions.


The song Ewu Na Ebe Akwa have been released even before the coup, and it was sung by a highlife musical artist from present day Delta state with an Igbo mother or so, but Reno decided to be stupid and treacherous, divinity will pay him and his generation back, he may think its all politics now, time will tell.


Did the 1966 coupist made a mistake? YES they did made huge mistake in their execution.


Did Ironsi made mistake? YES he did and majority of Igbos never liked his few months old government then just as Igbos never liked Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe but cherished Michael Okpara and Ikoku instead. Just as Igbos of today dislike Orji Uzo Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Theodore Orji, Okezie Ikpeazu, Chris Ngige, Dave Umahi but cherish Peter Obi a very wonderful man of our time. Tomorrow some of you will still tell your children lies of how Igbos supported Orji Uzo Kalu to truncate Bola Tinubu's presidency and how Igbos supported their senators to stop Godswill Akpabio from becoming Senate President even though majority of Igbos dislike those corrupt Igbo politicians but that's the people you none Igbos cherish and love attributing to Igbos.



I don't have much strength and zeal to tell you the full history of how the coup and war started and ended but I am only quoting you to let you know that this fabricated, disjointed lies you copied from Reno Omokri is not worthy of any sensible person's attention except for comic relief and maybe to entertain those who love to hate Igbos but still hate to see Igbos secede from Nigeria.



Get the below publications and Books and read:


"The British Press and The Nigerian Civil War" Oxford University Press pp. 408 - 426


"Douglas A. Anthony Poison and Medicine: ethnicity, power, and violence in a Nigerian city, 1966 to 1986.


"The Northern counter coup of 1966: The full story" by Max Siollun

BABANGBALI:
write and bring out your own for everyone to see

Tinubu is a complete mumu, that's why opportunistic rogues like Asari dokubo and Reno are busy trying to manipulate him. I know before long, Tinubu will also invite Reno to Aso rock or even appoints him since he has shown enough antagonism towards Igbos, which happens to be the only criteria he needs.

AmotekunSW:


Igbos have been ruling Igboland since 1999. What has come out of it?

The idiot called Peter Obi who igbos are carrying on their heads, he's the least educated and the least accomplished of all the top 3 contestants. In fact, he doesn't have a single legacy project in Anambra where he ruled for 8 years.

I can show you pictures of Igbos complaining about his tenure. The same hypocrites turned around to proclaim him their messiah because he's contesting again a Yoruba man.

Oga, CBN has lifted withdrawal limits for Dorm accounts and Igbo businesses will flourish. If you like, keep supporting a 3rd class idiot who used a decade to study a 4 year course

The SE region is still ahead of wherever region you come from in all indices of development, as measured using MDG goals.

AmotekunSW:


Igbos have been ruling Igboland since 1999. What has come out of it?

The idiot called Peter Obi who igbos are carrying on their heads, he's the least educated and the least accomplished of all the top 3 contestants. In fact, he doesn't have a single legacy project in Anambra where he ruled for 8 years.

I can show you pictures of Igbos complaining about his tenure. The same hypocrites turned around to proclaim him their messiah because he's contesting again a Yoruba man.

Oga, CBN has lifted withdrawal limits for Dorm accounts and Igbo businesses will flourish. If you like, keep supporting a 3rd class idiot who used a decade to study a 4 year course

Why are you guys drinking panadol over Peter Obi? He is not the one in Aso Rock

You people are the same ones who said that Buhari is the best thing in the world in 2015, today, how market?

Rather than focusing on who is in Aso Rock, you guys are focusing on Obi as if he is the one in Aso Rock making decisions that will decide your future

Wetin Musa no go see for gate?

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Why are you guys drinking panadol over Peter Obi? He is not the one in Aso Rock

You people are the same ones who said that Buhari is the best thing in the world in 2015, today, how market?

Rather than focusing on who is in Aso Rock, you guys are focusing on Obi as if he is the one in Aso Rock making decisions that will decide your future

Wetin Musa no go see for gate?

Forget Peter Obi? Okay.

You are blaming other Nigerians but Ndigbo are blameless, no problem.

The Governors like Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi in your region, who elected them?

BABANGBALI:
An account of the Nigerian Civil war by Reno Omokri .

The root cause of the Civil War was the January 15, 1966 coup by five majors, who were all of Igbo origin, except Major Adewale Ademoyega.

When the coup was announced, there was a nationwide celebration, especially in the North, as it was wrongly assumed that all political leaders of the First Republic had been killed.

However, after the BBC reported on January 17, 1966, that politicians and soldiers from every region had been killed, except those of Eastern region origin, and that the killers had all been Igbos (Major Adewale Ademoyega did not participate in the killings), the celebrations turned to condemnations.

On January 16, 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, assumed power. He promised to try the coup plotters. However, this promise was not fulfilled.

Ironsi, appointed a three man advisory committee. They included Chief Francis Nwokedi, Dr Pius Okigbo and Colonel Patrick Anwunah. Many leaders of thought, including foreigners living in Nigeria, publicly encouraged Ironsi to appoint at least one non Igbo to that committee. That never materialised.

And from a Western Region of Nigeria perspective, Ironsi stirred the hornet's nest by replacing the then Attorney-General, Dr Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke, also an Igbo.

Soon after the coup, some Igbo brothers almanacs with caricatures insulting prominent Northern, Western and Mid-Western leaders.

In one of them, Chukwuma Nzeogwu was shown with his leg on top of Sir Ahmadu Bello's head, which was put on the body of a goat.

The almanacs outraged Northerners, turning them against the Aguiyi Ironsi government.

In February of 1966, a famous Igbo highlife maestro, Celestine Ukwu, released a song titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa, meaning ‘the goat is crying’. 

Rightly or wrongly, other Nigerians believed the song mocking the killing of the Sardauna by Nzeogwu. That song and almanacs ignited a p0grom against Igbos in the North.

Because he had not punished the January 15 coup plotters, it was hard for Ironsi to punish those behind the p0groms.

The final straw was when Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 on May 24, 1966, which ended regionalism, took control of all resources, including oil, which had hitherto belonged to regions, and domiciled them in his military government. Other members of the Supreme Military Council alleged Ironsi did not consult them before promulgating the decree. It is not known if their allegation is true. However, Ironsi's Attorney General, Chike Onyiuke, claimed Ironsi did not need to consult them.

That decree ignited the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, in which Ironsi was killed and replaced with Lt. Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who did not participate in the coup but was a compromise candidate.

All Military Governors accepted him except Ojukwu. Eventually, the then Ghanaian military leader, General Ankrah, invited Gowon and Ojukwu for a peace meeting in Aburi, Ghana, between January 4-5, 1967. Agreements were reached, including that Gowon would broadcast first, followed by Ojukwu.

However, upon return, Ojukwu made his broadcast first, which shocked other regions, and jeopardised Gowon, who was almost removed by those who made him Head of State.

As a result of Ojukwu's broadcast, Gowon issued Decree Number 8, and later, on May 27, 1967, broke Nigeria into 12 states.

Ojukwu rejected both actions, and declared the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1967, which ignited a police action by Gowon's government on July 6, 1967. Things degenerated into war, which did not end until Biafra's defeat on January 15, 1970, after Ojukwu fled on January 11, 1970.

The war may have been prevented if Ojukwu broke away with only the East Central state, which was homogeneously Igbo. However, he insisted on the whole Eastern Nigeria, which included non Igbos in Calabar and Rivers, whose leaders, like Isaac Boro, and Ken Asari-Wiwa, rejected Biafra.

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miraculous manner of death/survival thrived. A riot almost broke out when an attempt was made to replace Brigadier Maimalari's commanding officer nameplate at the 2nd Brigade Headquarters in Lagos. Rumours were so rife that many northern NCOs believed that Maimalari had made a miraculous escape from the January Majors and was still alive. This had a tiny semblance of truth, Maimalari had managed to escape from the first attempt to arrest him by Major Don Okafor, but as he was escaping on foot, he came across the car of his Brigade Major: Emmanuel Ifeajuna. Recognising Ifeajuna, Maimalari waved down the car, and was promptly shot dead by Ifeajuna.



The de facto leader and co-coordinator of the north's revenge coup was the Inspector of Signals; Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed. Having finalised arrangements for their coup, northern officers twice postponed it because of last minute changes of heart and logistical problems. An opportunity arose when the Head of State, Maj-Gen Ironsi decided to undertake a nationwide tour. On the first leg of this tour, gunshots were heard while Ironsi was at Kaduna airport. Nothing further than this occurred on the northern lap of Ironsi's tour, thanks largely to the personal intervention of the Emir of Kano. Northern traditional rulers had cautioned against spilling Ironsi's blood on northern soil. Thus northern soldiers decided to deal with Ironsi when he arrived in Ibadan (where a large contingent of northern soldiers was based, and which had an indifferent local population) for the western leg of his nation-wide tour.



After addressing an assembly of western traditional rulers on July 28th, Ironsi decided to spend the night in the Ibadan State House with the members of his entourage. In an effort to prove that he was not heading an "Igbo regime", Ironsi had with great courage entrusted his personal security to northern soldiers (including Major Yakubu Danjuma, Lieutenants William Walbe, Titus Numan and Sani Bello). One of his ADCs was the younger brother of Lt-Col James Pam (who had been murdered during the January coup). By surrounding himself with northern soldiers, Ironsi sealed his own fate.

We all need to heal and move on. We can’t undo what had happened in the past. Most of the people commenting on the civil war today were not even born when it happened. 1966 is 57 years ago. We need to collectively think about how to heal and move on.

ABEOKUTA: THE CATALYST

On July 28th, the commanding officer of the Abeokuta Garrison; Lt-Col Gabriel Okonweze became concerned by reports he had received which indicated that another coup was imminent. Anxious to avoid a repeat of the killings that had occurred in January, Okonweze decided to call a meeting of, and addressed officers at the Garrison. Rather than calm tempers, the meeting further agitated junior northern troops, who assumed that the meeting was discussing plans to finish them off. While the meeting of officers was going on, northern NCOs led by Sergeant Sabo Kole and Corporal Maisamari Maje burst into the officers' mess, and shouted "hands up gentlemen" before shooting Lt-Col Okonweze and the commander of the Recce Squadron in Abeokuta: Major John Obienu. Obienu had been billed to appear in the January Majors' coup but lost his nerve on the D-Day and failed to show up. Lt Orok was also shot dead after driving into the mess premises and stumbling on the commotion occurring. Shortly afterwards, Captain Domkat Bali (later General, Defence Secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Babangida's regime) arrived at the mess and was shocked to discover the corpse of Lt Orok.



Lt Rowland Ogbonna telephoned Lagos to inform Army Headquarters of the killings. Unfortunately, Ogbonna's call was connected to Lt Nuhu Nathan (who unknown to Ogbonna was within the coup plot). Ogbonna's call merely served as the rallying call for other northern troops (who up till now were unaware that the coup had begun) to mobilise. In Lagos, Lieutenants Nathan and M.M.Nassarawa alerted the coup leaders: Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed and Major Martin Adamu. Lt Pam Nwadkom telephoned the Adjutant of the Ibadan battalion; Lt Garba Duba, and informed him of the killings at Abeokuta. Nwadkom advised Duba (who later rose to the rank of Major-General and became a prominent member of Babangida's government) to commence the coup in Ibadan. Now in control of the Abeokuta garrison, northern soldiers then conducted a door to door search of the garrison for Igbo soldiers. When found, Igbo soldiers were shot and their bodies dumped into a vehicle parked near one of the officers quarters (a full account of events in Abeokuta, and interviews with some of the principal actors such as Col D.S.Abubakar, Abduhalli Shelleng, and T.Y.Danjuma, is given in the Nigerian Army’s history of the civil war entitled “History and Reminiscences” – edited by Hafiz Momoh).

LAGOS

The coup in Lagos was initiated by Lts Nathan and Nasarawa who managed affairs until their superiors; Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed, Major Martin Adamu, Shittu Alao, and Baba Usman arrived.


At the Ikeja airport in Lagos, northern troops commanded by Murtala Mohammed took over the airport and hijacked a British plane which they intended to use to ferry their families back to northern Nigeria after the northern region’s secession. Captain Okoye who was passing through Ikeja airport, was captured, tied to an iron cross, beaten and left to die an agonising death in the guardroom. A detachment of troops sent to try to recapture the airport was ambushed and routed by northern soldiers. In an irony of fate, ten years later, the international airport at Ikeja was renamed after the man who had captured it by force.


Some Igbo soldiers were able to escape from Lagos due to the clemency of Captain Mumadu of the 1st Brigade signals troops who allowed them to flee

KADUNA

The theory that the counter-coup was prematurely triggered by events in Abeokuta is lent credence by the fact that nothing happened in the north until 24 hours after the murders of Okonweze, Obienu, and Orok at Abeokuta. After hearing what had happened in the south, the Igbo commander of the Kaduna based 3rd battalion; Lt-Colonel Israel Okoro addressed his troops and asked them to remain loyal despite events that had just taken place.



Okoro's plea was ignored. His northern Regimental Sergeant Major informed him that he was required in the guardroom. When Okoro arrived for the non-existent assignment in the guardroom, he was questioned, then shot by two of his northern troops. The whole guardroom episode had been a ploy to lure Okoro into being murdered. Deception played a large part in the murders of Igbo soldiers. A consistent pattern emerged whereby northern officers would disarm their southern counterparts, sound an alarm, and then segregate and murder Igbo soldiers when they came to answer the alarm.


Also in Kaduna, the commander of the 2nd Recce Squadron; Major Isong (an Eastern officer of non-Igbo origin) was killed. Among the officers stationed in Isong’s squadron in Kaduna was a young Lieutenant named Ibrahim Babangida

KANO

The 5th battalion in Kano was commanded by Lt-Colonel Mohammed Shuwa. Thus northern officers did not have to forcibly take control there. However, in October 1966, Shuwa lost control of his own troops who mutinied and joined civilian mobs in murdering and terrorising Igbo civilians. Such was the mayhem that Shuwa was forced to flee for his own safety.



ENUGU

A coup in the Eastern region (and the elimination of the Eastern region's military governor, Lt-Col Emeka Ojukwu) was also planned. However, this plan was forestalled by the responsible acts of the commander of the Enugu based 1st battalion, Lt-Col David Ogunewe. On learning of the mass murder taking place in other military formations in the country, Lt-Col Ogunewe locked his battalion's armoury and placed it under the joint guard of northern and southern officers. He also encouraged northern and southern soldiers to live together in the mess and grounds of the battalion. Among those who were to have staged the Enugu coup were Lt Shehu Musa Yar'Adua and Captain Gibson Jalo (who later rose to the rank of Lt-General and became President Shagari's Chief of Defence Staff).


As in January, the coup did not take off in the east or mid-west (where no troops were stationed). However, Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed repeatedly sent signals for northern soldiers in Enugu to complete the coup in the Eastern region. Some northern officers attempted to break into the Enugu armoury but were overpowered. The failure of the coup in the east created a stalemate similar to the one that existed in January 1966 when Nzeogwu was in control of the north, while Ironsi had the south. This time, the counter-coup had succeeded in every region other than the east. The desire of the northern officers to extend the coup to the east led to the civil war, and the war itself may be regarded as a continuation of that coup. Only in January 1970 did northern troops gain control of the east (and by extension the whole of Nigeria) and finish the counter-coup after a four year stalemate.

OGUNDIPE IN DISTRESS

Following the murders of 200-300 Igbo soldiers (names, ranks, units and numbers are listed in Hilary Njoku’s: "A Tragedy Without Heroes" and the Eastern Ministry of Information’s "January 15th: before and after", Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe (a mild mannered Yoruba officer with no political ambition) was now the most senior surviving officer. When the British handed over command of the Nigerian army to indigenous soldiers in 1965, the outgoing General Officer Commanding, Major-General Welby-Everard had recommended Ogundipe as his replacement without success. However, as mayhem ensued following the mutinies across the country, Ogundipe could not assert his authority over the northern troops.


Via telephone, Ogundipe informed the military governor of the Eastern region; Lt-Col Ojukwu, that northern troops had stated their conditions for a “ceasefire”: the killings of Igbos would continue until the northern region seceded from the federation, and northerners and southerners were repatriated to their respective regions of origin. Ojukwu replied "if that is what they want, let them go" and replaced the receiver (see N U Akpan - "The Struggle For Secession".


The Ikeja cantonment became the undeclared Headquarters of the mutineers. Ogundipe dispatched a platoon from the Federal Guard to Ikeja cantonment. However the northern troops refused to accept their orders and turned them away. Ogundipe’s own orders received a similar response. The “limit" came for the Brigadier when a northern Sergeant quipped to him: "I do not take orders from you until my (northern) captain comes". To a seasoned professional soldier like Ogundipe (accustomed to unquestioning obedience of his orders during a military career spanning over 20 years), such disobedience was beyond comprehension. A northern private similarly refused to obey orders from the Military Governor of Lagos State; Major Mobolaji Johnson.


The exasperated Ogundipe sent the Chief of Staff (Army), Lt-Col Yakubu Gowon to bargain with the mutineers. Gowon like other senior northern officers Lt-Col Hassan Katsina, and Lt-Col Mohammed Shuwa was not personally involved in the mutiny. However, when the smoke temporarily cleared, they gave their assent to the fait accompli and were brought in to participate in the Ikeja negotiations. When Gowon arrived, it appears that he was not a free agent and was held in circumstances amounting to arrest (see Ruth First: “The Barrel Of A Gun”). The northern officers were joined by a number of federal secretaries, two Judges, prominent northern civil servants and by British and American diplomats who asked the northern soldiers to drop their plan to secede from the federation. As negotiations continued in Ikeja, the explosive Lt-Col Murtala Muhammed was the most vociferous and uncompromising advocate of northern secession. The civilian participants managed to persuade the northern soldiers to drop their secessionist plan, and their most senior member; Lt-Col Gowon was appointed Head of State.


Convinced that he was to be the next target of the northern soldiers, Brigadier Ogundipe departed with his pistol, to emerge in London as Nigeria's High Commissioner in the United Kingdom.

If they start another war, they will get the same treatment

MURTALA MUHAMMED

As the leader of the counter-coup, Murtala Muhammed commanded almost mythical loyalty from northern soldiers. He was from an influential northern family with close links to the NPC, and his uncle Inuwa Wada, was the former Defence Minister. Even when Gowon became the Head of State, he remained the power behind the throne. If anyone was going to rebel against a perceived anti-northern regime - it was Murtala. He would not tolerate disobedience from his subordinates, despite himself having "very little respect for constituted authority" (see Oluleye: "Military Leadership In Nigeria".



COLLAPSE OF DISCIPLINE

The deaths of hundreds of Igbo soldiers, and the sight of one of their number as Head of State did not mollify some northern soldiers. Discipline among them got so bad that some northern officers had to on occasions, threaten to shoot their own wayward troops. This threat was hardly ever carried out, although Lt-Cols Hassan Katsina and Mohammed Shuwa had at great risk to themselves put down an army mutiny in Kano. Even northern officers became cautious around their own troops, some of whom were behaving in bizarre manner. Lt-Col Akahan was kept away from his barracks by his own men. Tied in to the furious violence of the coup were strange attempts by junior northern officers to militarily legitimize their actions by asking their superior officers for "orders" to kill Igbo soldiers, or to turn a blind eye when they did so. For example, the junior officers who killed Ironsi asked their superiors for permission to deal with him. This pattern of behaviour was repeated in 1975 when the officers who were planning to overthrow the Head of State: General Gowon (Babangida, Yar'Adua, Buhari, Ibrahim Taiwo, Abdullahi Mohammed) asked their superior officers; (Danjuma, Murtala Muhammed, Martin Adamu) to turn a blind eye while they got on with the job of removing Gowon.



In the early stages of the counter-coup, Igbo soldiers were killed if they were suspected of complicity in, or supporting the coup of the “Five Majors” in January 1966. Later on, simply being Igbo became reason enough to be killed. As Gowon struggled to stabilise himself in power, random murders of Eastern Region soldiers continued to occur. The army's Provost Marshal, Major Ekanem, was shot dead on Carter Bridge by Sergeant Lapdam while en route to an errand for Gowon. Senior northern officers could no longer control the violence they had unleashed. Some northern NCOs became prone to strange superstitious behaviour bordering on mysticism. Such acts included mutilation of the bodies of murdered Igbo soldiers, and addressing themselves by the rank and names of the men they had killed (see Luckham: "The Nigerian Military". It is likely that some of the NCOs were psychologically affected by the murders they had carried out. Such an outcome would not be surprising. After murdering the Sardauna of Sokoto in January, the normally fluent Major Nzeogwu became nervy and uncomfortable when asked by journalists about the night he killed the Sardauna.



Some of the officers involved in the January coup were subjected to grisly treatment by northern soldiers. In August 1966, northern soldiers raided the Benin prison and released the northern troops who were detained there for their part in the coup of January. Igbo officers also held for the same offence were not spared. Five of them (including Majors Chris Anuforo and Don Okafor) were tortured to death. Anuforo was shot dead, and Okafor was buried alive (see Ruth First, Forsyth: "The Biafra Story", and Madiebo).

BROTHERS-IN-ARMS?

Amidst the murders, tension, and mutual suspicion, there was a remarkable display of military camaraderie in the 1st battalion at Enugu. Northern and Igbo officers toasted each other with drinks, and posed together for a final photograph before northern soldiers departed the battalion following the agreement to return all soldiers to their respective regions of origin. Such comradeship in the midst of bitterness was not isolated. Ironsi’s ADC Captain Nwankwo managed to escape due to a pre-existing agreement he had with one of his northern captors. The two men had previously agreed that whomever of them came out on top during the counter-coup should save the life of the other. Despite the murders of Ironsi and Fajuyi, the northern officer honoured the “gentleman’s agreement” (see Madiebo). Such honour and camaraderie was again evident the following year, when members of the Supreme Military Council met and deliberated at Aburi, Ghana, in the most cordial manner despite months of mutual suspicion, accusations, and murder. The smooth procession of the debate stunned civilians who were present.



THE ROLE OF SOUTHERN OFFICERS

The counter-coup was carried out almost exclusively by northern officers. However, consternation at Igbos was so great that a few southern officers also participated. Six Yorubas are known to have taken part. Of these, four were northern Yorubas from the Ilorin and Kabba provinces of the northern region. One of them (Major Shittu Alao) later became the head of the Air Force. One mid-western officer also took part (see Luckham).



Southern officers of non-eastern origin were largely left alone during the counter-coup unless they obstructed the work of the mutineers. In the early stages of the coup, some Yoruba soldiers were detained, but then later released.