Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [africanworldforum] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re;BIAFRA Dr. Adeniiran Adeboye, Please re -post the post by Prof Ibiyinka Solarin . Ya kpotuba! Ya gazie A.A.Madu On Sunday, October 5, 2014 8:26 PM, Adeniran Adeboye aadeboye@mac [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: Ezeana, Please read the post by Prof Ibiyinka Solarin and cure yourself of the disposition to blame on Awolowo and Adekunle the effect of mindless provocation of war on defenseless peoples of Eastern Nigeria. After that, read what patriots from minority areas of the East and the Midwest report of the way Biafran soldiers massacred the non-Igbo during that same war. When you point one accusing finger, watch where other fingers of the same hand are pointing. And I am Adeniran Adeboye Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Ezeana Igirigi Achusim pachusim@yahoo [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >Ade: > > >I dont know if you have been advised of the risk of fibbing when responding to Nwa Dim Orioha. Did Awo engage hunger as a tool of war? Did millions of Biafra children perish from hunger because Awo refused to let food go through to them? Who do you think are responsible for the death of these babies? Please tell us, where is the falsehood in the above assertions? > > >Adekunle apologized to uncle Hon. Amaechi and acknowledged the burden he carried for the senseless executions he was responsible for. I am sure that as human, Awo in hindsight, regretted his hunger as weapon of war against children. Can you fathom what history would have thought of him if he engineered the rescue of those children while he fought the Biafran soldiers? Only the sick of mind would celebrate the actions of Awo and Adekunle during the war. > > >And I am > > >Ezeana Igirigi Achusim >Odi-Isaa >Nwa Dim Orioha > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Oct 5, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Adeniran Adeboye aadeboye@mac [NaijaObserver] wrote: > > > >> >>Since it profits you and your co-travelers not only to hang onto but also propagate deliberate falsehood, the past has already judged you and the future will sentence you accordingly. >> >> >>And I am >> >> >>Adeniran Adeboye >> >> >> >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Oct 5, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Ezeana Igirigi Achusim pachusim@yahoo [NaijaObserver] wrote: >> >> >> >>>Nobody would dare to pile a smear on a smeared, especially when there is a self inflicted smear. When Awo authored and directed the hunger as weapon policy that killed millions of children, he was smeared with their blood. So how on earth can any folks on earth smear his reputation? Whatever reputation that he had was sanguine red with the blood of millions of children. >>> >>> >>>And I am >>> >>> >>>Ezeana Igirigi Achusim >>>Odi-Isaa >>>Nwa Dim Orioha >>> >>>Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>On Oct 5, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Adeniran Adeboye aadeboye@mac [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I do not agree because the question has been answered in one form or another several times. What remains is the undying commitment of certain folks to smear the records and reputations of certain personalities, most especially, Obafemi Awolowo. In that case, I often choose to counter when the smearer is judged >>>>to be sane and also demonstrates the courage of his conviction by displaying his/her true identity. >>>> >>>> >>>>Adeniran Adeboye >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>On Oct 5, 2014, at 1:51 AM, E26M2Atum@aol [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>But at issue is the question and not the personalities. >>>>>The distinction could not be clearer. >>>>>Do you agree? >>>>> >>>>>OE. >>>>> >>>>>In a message dated 10/4/2014 10:41:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (Me, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups writes: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Hmmmm!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>My point would be that anyone who lacks the courage of conviction to answer to his/her identity on a mere Internet forum cannot qualify to echo any person, let alone a sick person, accusing both Awolowo and Azikiwe of cowardice. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>I do tolerate anonymous presentation of issues, but not of personalities. I hold myself to a higher standard than Yahooligans. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Adeniran Adeboye >>>>>> >>>>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>On Oct 5, 2014, at 1:24 AM, E26M2Atum@aol [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Meaning that you concur? >>>>>>>Or cluless? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>OE >>>>>>> >>>>>>>In a message dated 10/4/2014 9:37:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (Mex, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups writes: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I believe that I will feel readier to answer your question when you are as open with your identity as I am with mine. Till then ....... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Adeniran Adeboye >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Oct 5, 2014, at 12:09 AM, E26M2Atum via AfricanWorldForum wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>How sincere would Awolowos advice have been to Ojukwu? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>It is instructive that these two cowardly leaders, Awolowo and Azikiwe, did not consider prevailing on Gowon, instead, to recall his army as a solution, the very action that forced Ojukwu to declare secession. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>So Adeniran, >>>>>>>>>Answer the question above.........the hint is on the second line. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Good luck. >>>>>>>>>OE. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>In a message dated 10/4/2014 8:56:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (Mex, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups writes: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Steven, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Lo toju ara a re. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>You have become a joke to every segment of the internet community. Well do the Yoruba say: were dun wo loja, ko se e bi lomo. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Adeniran Adeboye >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:46 PM, Steve Kueberuwa stevek940@yahoo [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Mr. Adeniran, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>How sincere would Awolowos advice have been to Ojukwu? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>I mean Awolowo was a civilian that has just been permitted to be released from prison for conviction of treasonable felony and conspiracy to wage war against the same country that he would be advising Ojukwu not to wage war to protect himself and his people against. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>At the very least, that would have been galloping hipocrisy with a capital H and patent insincerity! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>And once Gowon had ordered the Nigerian military forces to march against Ojukwus Eastern Enclave, the only way the Eastern Enclave could get International support to defend itself was to declare itself a sovereign country, that is, secede. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>And why would Ojukwu listen to Awolowo and Azikiwe and sit tight doing nothing till these godogodo entered the Eastern Enclave, completed the endgame of the Araba Coup, i.e., finish murder as many Esterners to their pogromic hearts content, >>>>>>>>>>>haul off Ojukwu for a kangaroo court martial at Dodan Barracks and execute him at Bar Beach by firing squad? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>It is instructive that these two cowardly leaders, Awolowo and Azikiwe, did not consider prevailing on Gowon, instead, to recall his army as a solution, the very action that forced Ojukwu to declare secession. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>You know why tgey didnt? Because there were scared shitless of marauding godogodo. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>You were there, old enough to teach at Kings College, Lagos, by your own account. So you ought to know. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>You need to show a little honesty in your contribution to the history of this era instead of being so irredeemablysteeped in atavistic tribalism. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Stevek >>>>>>>>>>>Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>>>>>>>>>>From:Adeniran Adeboye aadeboye@mac [NIgerianWorldForum] >>>>>>>>>>>Date:Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:48 PM >>>>>>>>>>>Subject:Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re;BIAFRA >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Prof Solarin, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Thanks for the posting. This is the clearest evidence that Nnamidi Azikiwe courageously argued against secession, just like Obafemi Awolowo had done. Ojukwu must have been under unbearable pressure for him to ignore those two elders who had not established any track record of agreeing on anything much. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Adeniran Adeboye >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>On Oct 3, 2014, at 5:45 PM, Ibiyinka solarin isolarin@yahoo [NIgerianWorldForum] wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Echoes of Biafra >>>>>>>>>>>>on October 02, 2014 / >>>>>>>>>>>>IN my last article captioned Zik, Ojukwu and Ndi-Igbo’ published Monday, 25th August 2014 by The Guardian, I averred that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s speech at the Consultative Assembly in Enugu opposing Lt Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s intentions to pull the Eastern Region out of Nigeria in 1967 earned him the ire of the latter. >>>>>>>>>>>>In order to gag and prevent Azikiwe from doing anything further to openly or covertly frustrate his desires or organize effective opposition to his resolve to pull the Eastern Region out of Nigeria, Ojukwu took the pre-emptive action of tactically placing Azikiwe under house arrest without letting the general public and even most government insiders know he had done so. >>>>>>>>>>>>Security operatives were simply put in place at Azikiwe’s residence ostensibly to provide security and protect the former Nigerian Head of State from harm but actually to keep unwanted or unauthorized visitors away. Zik’s close confidants, associates, friends, possible cohorts or likely supporters and even relatives were quietly kept at bay. Those who tried to see Zik were discreetly informed by the security men emplaced by Ojukwu that the great Zik did not wish to see them or words to that effect. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>*Members of Biafra Zionist Movement during a procession shortly before the re-declaration of independence of Biafra Republic by the group in Enugu, yesterday. >>>>>>>>>>>>Of course, some of Zik’s relations or kinsmen were not convinced or were distrustful of the farcical reports of Zik’s disinclination to be reached. Soon, highly informed sources say, some prominent Onitsha indigenes, Azikiwe’s kinsmen, especially those of themwho knew and agreed with Azikiwe’s position and nonsupport for secession began to meet to address the unfolding ugly situation. Apparently, they imagined that the traditional freedom of association and free speech everybody took for granted still existed. >>>>>>>>>>>>Of course, Ojukwu got wind of what was going on and promptly arrested the supposed ringleaders of the group and clamped them into detention on charges of sabotage and illegal assembly. >>>>>>>>>>>>Those arrested included such Onitsha prominent citizens as Barrister Dan Ibekwe, Solicitor-General of Eastern Nigeria;Mr. Michael Ibekwe, who later became the Police Chief in the East Central State; Mr. Edwin Nzegwu, a very successful lawyer; Justice Araka, who later became the Chief Justice of East Central State; and a host of others. It is not for me to talk about what became of the Araka family or wife! It is equally remarkable that many of those arrested or detained were not even remotely associated with the said meetings of concerned Onitsha indigenes. >>>>>>>>>>>>There was no doubt that many Onitsha people, Azikiwe’s kinsmen, were going to rally behind Zik and his idea that it was premature, risky and rash to declare the secession of Eastern Nigeria at least at that point in time. Many of them agreed with Azikiwe’s pragmatic viewpoint that the action could lead to the annihilation and humiliation of Easterners by Nigeria’s Federal troops given the fact that the East was at that point ill-equipped for war. >>>>>>>>>>>>The said meetings and possible rally against secession were of course actions which under normal circumstances could have passed as an inherent democratic expression of a group’s preferences, enacted to moderate government policy. But from the way the matter was handled, Onitsha people became a byword for saboteurs in the region. Many suffered various degrees of discrimination and persecution as a result of the smear campaign that followed both in the region and later in Biafra. >>>>>>>>>>>>No doubt, this matter created intra-ethnic disharmony between Onitsha people and the hinterland Igbo during and after the Nigeria-Biafra war. Indeed, the faceoff and mistrust between Ojukwu and Onitsha people got so bad that Colonel Chude Sokei, an Onitsha indigene, is even up to dateequated to or regarded by Onitsha people as the “Uriah” of the Biafran State; to say nothing about the attitude of ndi-Onitsha to the condemnation and execution of their son, Lt Colonel Emmanuel Ifeajuna, by the Biafran authorities. >>>>>>>>>>>>It is against this backdrop that one might begin to rationalize or understand the nuances, undercurrents and simmering tension in Onitsha today over some of Peter Obi’s actions towards the end of his tenure as governor of Anambra State. >>>>>>>>>>>>Indigenous population >>>>>>>>>>>>When Peter Obi erected Ojukwu’s statues in Onitsha metropolis, the indigenous population of the town gasped. They would rather prefer that Governor Peter Obi took the statue away from Onitsha land! >>>>>>>>>>>>Somehow, it appears, some Onitsha elders and influential citizens have so far managed to check the palpable anger of the people over the issue. But the people’s anger is not by any means extinguished. It is seething. The place is restive. The embers are in fact smouldering, and my reading of the situation is that sooner than later there will be an explosion. Onitsha people regard Peter Obi’s action in this regard as an affront on the indigenous population of Onitsha. >>>>>>>>>>>>The situation calls for the immediate attention or intervention of Dr. Willie Obiano, the State’s new governor. There is need to nip the gathering storm in the bud; to forestall an impending civil commotion in the town over the matter. >>>>>>>>>>>>Over the weekend, I overheard an Onitsha man grumble to his mates in a restaurant in the city that the planting of Ojukwu’s statue in Onitsha land is as insensitive and provocative as erecting the statue in Calabar, Uyo, Port Harcourt or Yenegoa. It is unacceptable, he lamented. Come to that, it is doubtful whether any Igbo town for that matter would accept to have Ojukwu’s statue in its town square if the people have an inkling of how Ojukwu actually handled the crisis leading up to secession and Biafra, and the war that followed. >>>>>>>>>>>>It is my considered opinion that governments in the Southeast should always take steps that would not exacerbate tensions arising from the war. If anything, they must adopt policies that will help mitigate the injustices, real and imagined, perpetrated by the Biafran government as well as join hands with other groupings in and outside the old Eastern Region for the achievement of reasonable reconciliation; to bury the hatchet and provide psychological and material relief to those who were scorched by the violence of war and the attendant discriminatory enactments and inflammatory and adverse propaganda orchestrated before and during the entire crisis period on all sides. >>>>>>>>>>>>There is need for understanding and empathy. In the case of ndi-Onitsha and their travails in Biafra, such empathy has not been forthcoming from the rest of ndi-Igbo, not out of wickedness and lack of care but simply because most people are still ignorant of what really happened; why ndi-Onitsha were erroneously branded saboteurs based on the cover-ups and lies peddled by the powers that be at the material time. >>>>>>>>>>>>Indeed, governments in the Southeast must also continually adopt ideas and policies to recreate cherished Igbo values and society that were destroyed by the Nigeria-Biafra war. To borrow a refrain of Mrs. Rose Adaure Njoku, the long suffering wife of Brigadier Hilary Njoku, we must endeavour to “withstand the storm”. >>>>>>>>>>>>Uchenna Nwankwo is the author of the book: Zik, Ndi-Igbo and their Southern Neighbours >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>--- >>>>>>>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups AfricanWorldForum group. >>>>>>>>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to africanworldforum+unsubscribe@googlegroups. >>>>>>>>>To post to this group, send email to africanworldforum@googlegroups. >>>>>>>>>Visit this group at groups.google/group/africanworldforum. >>>>>>>>>To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google/d/msgid/africanworldforum/317d6.54a382e0.41621e6f%40aol. >>>>>>>>>For more options, visit https://groups.google/d/optout. >>>>>>>>> __._,_..___ ________________________________ Posted by: Adeniran Adeboye ________________________________ Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (28) Visit Your Group * New Members 6 • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use .
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