I was there at Umuahia that day when that bomb was dropped. Then a young 24 year old photojournalist experiencing his first taste of war having flown in to cover the Biafran Civil War on gun-running planes from Lisbon. I was assigned by UPI as was the Australian journalist interviewing Ojukwu. After meeting Ojukwu, I could no longer claim to be objective; his charisma and intelligence completely won me over to the Biafran cause.
Does anyone notice that that general of individuals like Ojukwu, Ironsi, Balewa, Gowon, and a few other prominent players on our national stage then, possess far far superior intellect than the garbage we have misruling Nigeria today? There is absolutely no comparison....not even close.
But the garbages have been able to run the nation without war. Intelligence is NOT measured by speaking another man's language. Independence in 1960, coup in 1966, followed by pogrom and war broke out in 1967 is no evidence of intelligence. Greed
Honestly! Go see Amadu Bello's interview . The level of intellect and usage of grammar and vocabs. The intonation and all. Compared to the nuisances we have today . Awon werey
Yes my dear leader, I agree with you, my mother was killed by Nigeria bombing our market and I was just 2 years old, you can imagine what I went through, I can never forgive Nigeria,am from Anambra state in Anambra East local government, to be precise Nando town,
Nwannem, all of them that committed this atrocities against Our parents will live to experience thrice what our parents experienced! It's karma and they can Never Escape it! Even to their 500th Generation.... Except they let Us go In Peace.
Miss big brother miss you. Your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, home and and away have waken up to the fight of our freedom. UP BIAFRA💪🏿🙏🏿💪🏿 we are on our way home.
The events of the Nigeria/ Biafra war leads up to the conclusion that Nigeria was never and may never be a homogenous society capable of existing as one nation.
intelligent? Intelligence in this case would have been good strategic thinking, which Ojukwu did not have, it is fair to say. I would rather ascribe intelligence to Nnamdi Azikiwe, who advised ojukwu against his course of action. We should not confuse being articulate with being intelligent. Articulate ojukwu was, because of his oxford education; intelligent he was not, because he misled his people into disaster. This is my opinion, as an igbo man.
Nigerian need men like you to fight for revolution and free the people of Nigeria from oppression/ poverty/ corruption/ disease/ nepotism. Free Nigeria people. Freedom
Ojukwu fought a war with a good cause but not a war based on a just cause.Truth matters, I think fear was the cause.In a war where people are going die and alot destroyed the cause better be JUST and God would be on your side.Victories in battle is no overall success as we know it.Long live Igboland and its majestic people long live Nigeria.
Biggest cap. Kanu sounds like a Village brought up and it's not an insult. OJUKWU has no Igbo accent. His English is polished and he's very intelligent
@@erepaboigbeita2821 So having an Igbo/African Accent is equal to unintelligent? Pls make it make since. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Mazi Ojukwu are both INTELLECTUEL!
What’s wrong with sounding like an Igbo man? The rest of Nigeria mock you into hating sounding as original as yourself. Sounding Igbo is awesome. A French speaking English person sounds french likewise a Russian or South African etc…
@Edruezzi I am just at a loss why you are having sleepless nights on matters pertaining to Biafra. You hate us with passion and wouldn't want us to go. What double life? No matter what people like you say or do, Biafra must come. It is only a matter of time.
Me i no understand O! You guys hate us with passion. Let us go & leave Nigeria for una to enjoy with the Fulani ruling class na problem again too. Forcing us to live among our enemies. We the Igbos have no fair share in desame country they call Nigeria. They desperately need us the Igbos more than we need them. And that's the facts & gospel truth.
but they were way more intelligent than the old bones you have as leaders now. Who cares about age if you are making sense. Check France president, also Canadian prime minister.
@@LadyDiuto Some achievements that certainly was if you call this immaturity of dragging the country into a needless war and sending millions of their countrymen to avoidable deaths one huge achievement.
@@LadyDiuto Yes. There are times when wars are inevitable. When fools and poets die, while those that lit the fire always scamper to safety because their own blood are obviously TOO PRECIOUS for sacrifice.
It seems Nigeria lost a great part of herself along with the conflict of resolution. Glory to God Almighty we have a democracy with the full backing of the Social Governance of the world; that we rejoice and return 🎉
As at the time of the civil war, the British had many options for oil market. Oil became a major resource when the prices quadrupled following the Yom Kippur war of 1973. Between 1967 and 1970 oil in Nigeria had not become a mainstay to our economy. It was Ojukwu that had some interest in the oil. The French government that saw Nigeria as a threat to their colonies also aided the war. I like your views, Okpara. But I have a question for you: if Biafra agitators had succeeded, what state would it have been today? Oil is in the South-south, the region of the minorities group, including the Itshekiris, Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, Urhobo, and others. Do you think that these regions would have been silent while the Ibos use their resources for development? My is answer is no: continued wars would have ensued, which would have further disintegrated the country. The British were benign enough to amalgamate the regions in 1914. It's only in Africa and Latin American countries that landlocked areas stand alone as countries. Why is Uganda, Central Africa Republic, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger and others poor? The commonality of these countries is that they don't have access to the seas. Biafra agitators today fail to realise that the South-south has been liberated. Actually they were liberated as at 1967, and that was why they succumbed to the Federal government. National issues are very sensitive. We should use our intellects to help build Africa and not further disintegrate it. How would African continent have 55 states and hope to overcome poverty? They cannot break even. When you fractionize inputs of production economies of scale is traded. However, political failure is worse than economic collapse. Which country in west and central Africa would receive refugees from Nigeria should war break out?
You divided the eastern region by mentioning their communities one after the other. Why have you not divided western region same way? Why do you call Lagos and Ibadan Yoruba land and you call rivers states South south? Why have you not divided north same way? Why do you call Benue states and Platue states including Kwara, Northern states? Why? But In Eastern part is where you can come and divide as Ibos and South South? We know the Divide and Rule tricks and it must end.
Oh yeah you also forgot that there`s oil in Imo state,Abia state,Anambra as well.And you also do not know that Imo state has the largest gas deposit in Africa?
Nigeria is the best and biggest country in Africa. We as a Africans are proud of you BUT can Nigeria really survive the threat of BOKO HARAM? GOD save NIGERIA AND AFRICA.
Boko Haram is state sponsored. How can a poorly trained crowd terrorise for so long, a country like Nigeria? The affluent and oligarchs have a stake in Nigeria and chaos is profitable to them.
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War? Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks. Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns. Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets. Poland: 1 Krakow war ship. USSR: 15 MIG Bombers. Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each. Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases. UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles. Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers. Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers Countries that helped Biafra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized. Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized. NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons. 98% of the weapons they used were locally made. They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it. They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower. Military cars that use palm oil as fuel . Off shore switch Mine bombs The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission. And many more. Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra! #igbohistory
You understood the surpassing might of your enemies and still continued to rebel against the federal government. How would an ethnicity follow this kind of person? Were there no elders in the Ibo national group to curb him? He wreak untold havoc on the whole country and still had the gut to return from exile after 12 years.
in 1968 there was no media like we have today, facebook, twitter, internet and the pogroms by the north on igbos so it was not very difficult to convince people to go to war.
Okey Opara, was there a common sense in 1968? You don't need social media to reason. Ojukwu proved to be wiser than Azikiwe. Perhaps he gave his people what they wanted. You appeal to reason before you act. Bravery is a virtue, and no virtue is devoid of reason.
Yeah Elisha but in 1968 it was a different time, The British were dominating Gowon using him to control the oil fields. if Ojukwu had been allowed to separate. 70% of the oil and resource control would have been controlled by him. The Western powers were not going to allow that. Gowon was just a puppet. Biafra was against the interest of the western powers. Ojukwu if you look at things carefully really had no choice.
Even today Civil war actors like Christian northerners are justifying Ojukwu's positions back in 67. Because today radical Islamists are attacking Christians in huge numbers in Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Plateau and Southern Kaduna. These people have no state police to defend themselves. There is a slow process of forced Islamization going on in Nigeria. But it started back in 1967. We need a confederation with a weak center. Like back in the old days for this nation to survive.
Ojukwu had the power/capacity to surrender par ceasefire. But his ego and possibly his advisors never did agree with a cease fire. He executed the army officers who tried to negotiate a ceasefire. Accusing them of Treason. Such (execution) was the fate of Ifeajuna, Victor Banjo, Phillip Alale, Sam Agbam... few hours before Enugu was captured. Ojukwu also Detained WACHUKWU, because he complained if the use of child soldiers. Many Avenue to shorten the lent of the war, but Ojukwu was still head strong. In the end, he left Biafra , a card move h must say, and left Biafra in the hands of Philip and Mbanefo, who called for a ceasefire. I see no heroism cos I did not even hear of casualties from his own family. He was very much in Nigeria from 1983 till his death. I wonder why he wasn't charged got the deaths of the Biafrans.
@@chinochino1300 No Blatant Hatred. You can not project the need to appreciate another, on other people. No need to appreciate someone who caused the deaths of many. Then resorting to use of child soldiers rather than an armistice or agreement or truce to end a war. ... Finally, in the end, the villain FLEES!
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War? Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks. Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns. Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets. Poland: 1 Krakow war ship. USSR: 15 MIG Bombers. Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each. Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases. UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles. Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers. Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers Countries that helped Biafra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized. Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized. NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons. 98% of the weapons they used were locally made. They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it. They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower. Military cars that use palm oil as fuel . Off shore switch Mine bombs The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission. And many more. Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra! #igbohistory
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War? Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks. Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns. Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets. Poland: 1 Krakow war ship. USSR: 15 MIG Bombers. Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each. Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases. UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles. Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers. Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers Countries that helped Biafra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized. Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized. NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons. 98% of the weapons they used were locally made. They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it. They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower. Military cars that use palm oil as fuel . Off shore switch Mine bombs The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission. And many more. Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra! #igbohistory
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War? Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks. Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns. Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets. Poland: 1 Krakow war ship. USSR: 15 MIG Bombers. Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each. Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases. UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles. Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers. Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers Countries that helped Biafra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized. Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized. NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons. 98% of the weapons they used were locally made. They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it. They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower. Military cars that use palm oil as fuel . Off shore switch Mine bombs The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission. And many more. Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra! #igbohistory
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War? Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks. Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns. Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets. Poland: 1 Krakow war ship. USSR: 15 MIG Bombers. Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each. Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases. UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles. Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers. Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers Countries that helped Biafra. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized. Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized. NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons. 98% of the weapons they used were locally made. They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it. They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower. Military cars that use palm oil as fuel . Off shore switch Mine bombs The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission. And many more. Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra! #igbohistory
Useless weakling - in the three years Gen. Ojukwu was Commander In Chief of the Biafran Armed forces what could any of you do even with all massive foreign military support? It does not look like you know the meanning of "coward" in English. When Biafra troops were approaching Lagos from Ore all your Nigerian leaders ran away to Zaria in private jet. British and American ambassadors urged the them back to Lagos - F. Forsyth. In the Abagana battle Biafra Major Uchendu's Battalion almoat wiped out Nigeria's 2nd Division led by Gen Muhammed. Wikepedia - " On 31 March 1968, a convoy consisting of 106 vehicles belonging to the Nigerian 2nd Division transporting 6,000 soldiers, as well as armour from Onitsha to Enugu was ambushed and decimated in the town of Abagana. Nigerian Tanker exploded and threw its contents onto a nearby Armour carrier setting everything ablaze. The multiple explosion commenced! Biafran soldiers attacked. In panic, Nigerian soldiers who already crossed over into Biafran line RAN in different directions in total confusion. When Uchendu learnt that Gen Muritala Mohammed was with the Convoy and somewhere in Nawfia, he set off hurriedly to capture him but was late as Muritala was sighted taking off (running away) with a Helicopter! Appears you don't know this. Who are the ones that ran away?
I was there at Umuahia that day when that bomb was dropped. Then a young 24 year old photojournalist experiencing his first taste of war having flown in to cover the Biafran Civil War on gun-running planes from Lisbon. I was assigned by UPI as was the Australian journalist interviewing Ojukwu. After meeting Ojukwu, I could no longer claim to be objective; his charisma and intelligence completely won me over to the Biafran cause.
Hm
So lucky
Interesting. So how far did you report the genocide being committed against my people?
@@ifeanyibarth5137 My photography appeared in a lot of publications (magazines and newspapers) including Newsweek and Der Spiegel.
@@42degreesouth how can we get it,post it on TH-cam
Does anyone notice that that general of individuals like Ojukwu, Ironsi, Balewa, Gowon, and a few other prominent players on our national stage then, possess far far superior intellect than the garbage we have misruling Nigeria today? There is absolutely no comparison....not even close.
I don't know of intellect but they had far more superior command of English than our present leaders
But the garbages have been able to run the nation without war. Intelligence is NOT measured by speaking another man's language. Independence in 1960, coup in 1966, followed by pogrom and war broke out in 1967 is no evidence of intelligence. Greed
You are very correct my brother
@@thetruthwithoutfearorfavou5178 Fast-forward and you see what that garbage has done and is still doing to Nigeria.
Honestly! Go see Amadu Bello's interview . The level of intellect and usage of grammar and vocabs. The intonation and all. Compared to the nuisances we have today . Awon werey
Yes my dear leader, I agree with you, my mother was killed by Nigeria bombing our market and I was just 2 years old, you can imagine what I went through, I can never forgive Nigeria,am from Anambra state in Anambra East local government, to be precise Nando town,
Nwannem oga adi nma
Obi Maduka aw😔❤️ May God continue to guide you
My local Govt ..... Ndiigbo are bless
Nwannem, all of them that committed this atrocities against Our parents will live to experience thrice what our parents experienced! It's karma and they can Never Escape it! Even to their 500th Generation.... Except they let Us go In Peace.
Who is watching him in 2021 and loving him even more 🥺🥺🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Miss big brother miss you. Your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, home and and away have waken up to the fight of our freedom. UP BIAFRA💪🏿🙏🏿💪🏿 we are on our way home.
The events of the Nigeria/ Biafra war leads up to the conclusion that Nigeria was never and may never be a homogenous society capable of existing as one nation.
Your stuck here, kid. Get used to it.
Edruezzi why, do you need them?
@@Edruezzi Get used to revolting like France?
Intelligent man, who love his people.
lucky chinedu really so why did he abandon them
do u call dis love ? he rather caused the death of his people and abandoned them and run .
@@marvinhowells7758 say what you know dude👎
intelligent? Intelligence in this case would have been good strategic thinking, which Ojukwu did not have, it is fair to say. I would rather ascribe intelligence to Nnamdi Azikiwe, who advised ojukwu against his course of action. We should not confuse being articulate with being intelligent. Articulate ojukwu was, because of his oxford education; intelligent he was not, because he misled his people into disaster. This is my opinion, as an igbo man.
@@jasminjune79 Don't display moronic naivity here. If you got nothing to say just keep quite. Gen. Dim Ojukwu is the man who saw tomorrow yesterday.
Nigerian people will one day know the truth that will finally set them free.
I love this man rip
Biafra must be restored. The labours of our heroes shall never be in vain.
has nobody notice that Nnamdi Kanu as the same voce of Ojukwo
CN Chineke it is called accent, Ibo accent. You can't be that dumb
CN Chineke that's because they're both British agent used to destroy their people.
honestly...
Both are God sent to save our people. And they both have British education.
@@w4814252 don't ever discredit or disrespect the people's General. Mind your words
So he prophesied the three year duration too.
Nigerian need men like you to fight for revolution and free the people of Nigeria from oppression/ poverty/ corruption/ disease/ nepotism.
Free Nigeria people.
Freedom
Ojukwu fought a war with a good cause but not a war based on a just cause.Truth matters, I think fear was the cause.In a war where people are going die and alot destroyed the cause better be JUST and God would be on your side.Victories in battle is no overall success as we know it.Long live Igboland and its majestic people long live Nigeria.
This guy spoke impeccable English I must confess
Better to fight a defensive war than waste resources to try to invade federal territory.
Our supreme leader
Love you sir, even in death, Biafra will come.
Did anyone notice that nnamdi KANU and ojukwu has the same voice ?
Biggest cap. Kanu sounds like a Village brought up and it's not an insult. OJUKWU has no Igbo accent. His English is polished and he's very intelligent
@@erepaboigbeita2821 So having an Igbo/African Accent is equal to unintelligent?
Pls make it make since.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Mazi Ojukwu are both INTELLECTUEL!
@@Kiki33112 Did I say he's unintelligent because of his accent? Read what I typed again
@@erepaboigbeita2821 di anyi biko, Reread your first comment " Kanu sounds like a Village brought up"
Abeg keep quite biko!
Eze Igbo
What I love in ojukwu is his voice .he doesn't sound like Ibo man
He had his B.A. in Leeds
@@samuelikonallaholokpo9063 ooh really ? He's English is excellent.
@@samuelikonallaholokpo9063 Ojukwu studied history at Oxford university not Leeds university
@@onyejiikechukwu6185 Thank you for the correction. I apologize for the terrible mistake.🙏🏾
What’s wrong with sounding like an Igbo man? The rest of Nigeria mock you into hating sounding as original as yourself. Sounding Igbo is awesome. A French speaking English person sounds french likewise a Russian or South African etc…
Rip sir
@Edruezzi I am just at a loss why you are having sleepless nights on matters pertaining to Biafra. You hate us with passion and wouldn't want us to go. What double life? No matter what people like you say or do, Biafra must come. It is only a matter of time.
Me i no understand O! You guys hate us with passion. Let us go & leave Nigeria for una to enjoy with the Fulani ruling class na problem again too. Forcing us to live among our enemies. We the Igbos have no fair share in desame country they call Nigeria. They desperately need us the Igbos more than we need them. And that's the facts & gospel truth.
What a brilliant mind.
Both Nigeria and Biafra were under the leadership of kids under 35. Very sad.
but they were way more intelligent than the old bones you have as leaders now. Who cares about age if you are making sense. Check France president, also Canadian prime minister.
@@LadyDiuto Some achievements that certainly was if you call this immaturity of dragging the country into a needless war and sending millions of their countrymen to avoidable deaths one huge achievement.
@@chidiezeafulukwe5250 there are times in nations when wars are inevitable.
@@LadyDiuto Yes. There are times when wars are inevitable. When fools and poets die, while those that lit the fire always scamper to safety because their own blood are obviously TOO PRECIOUS for sacrifice.
@@chidiezeafulukwe5250 somebody got to start it when absolutely needed and they don't have to die because they started a war.
Ojukwu had a great vision for Nigeria
2023 are you here ?
Odimegwu nwa chineke your face look like j j okocha ...agu mba
That is war crime against Biafrans.......
SIR WE LOVE YOU MORE
You’re blessed
Here he was living in luxury while his people were been bombed n shot at.
God punish U
@@wisdomezego5822 he'll start with you
Good video
We must be free no matter what it costs instead of being a slave in our land.
A man!❤
It seems Nigeria lost a great part of herself along with the conflict of resolution. Glory to God Almighty we have a democracy with the full backing of the Social Governance of the world; that we rejoice and return 🎉
Great ojukwu
What if UK and Russia supported Biafra during the war?
This guy is speaking good English what happened to current English In Nigeria 😅😅😅
As at the time of the civil war, the British had many options for oil market. Oil became a major resource when the prices quadrupled following the Yom Kippur war of 1973. Between 1967 and 1970 oil in Nigeria had not become a mainstay to our economy. It was Ojukwu that had some interest in the oil. The French government that saw Nigeria as a threat to their colonies also aided the war.
I like your views, Okpara. But I have a question for you: if Biafra agitators had succeeded, what state would it have been today? Oil is in the South-south, the region of the minorities group, including the Itshekiris, Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, Urhobo, and others. Do you think that these regions would have been silent while the Ibos use their resources for development?
My is answer is no: continued wars would have ensued, which would have further disintegrated the country. The British were benign enough to amalgamate the regions in 1914. It's only in Africa and Latin American countries that landlocked areas stand alone as countries. Why is Uganda, Central Africa Republic, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger and others poor?
The commonality of these countries is that they don't have access to the seas. Biafra agitators today fail to realise that the South-south has been liberated. Actually they were liberated as at 1967, and that was why they succumbed to the Federal government.
National issues are very sensitive. We should use our intellects to help build Africa and not further disintegrate it. How would African continent have 55 states and hope to overcome poverty? They cannot break even. When you fractionize inputs of production economies of scale is traded.
However, political failure is worse than economic collapse. Which country in west and central Africa would receive refugees from Nigeria should war break out?
Well said my friend.
Elisha,
Oil,oil,oil. Is that all you see in the Biafra/Nigeria conflict?
Useless poster
You divided the eastern region by mentioning their communities one after the other. Why have you not divided western region same way? Why do you call Lagos and Ibadan Yoruba land and you call rivers states South south? Why have you not divided north same way? Why do you call Benue states and Platue states including Kwara, Northern states? Why? But In Eastern part is where you can come and divide as Ibos and South South? We know the Divide and Rule tricks and it must end.
Oh yeah you also forgot that there`s oil in Imo state,Abia state,Anambra as well.And you also do not know that Imo state has the largest gas deposit in Africa?
God bless Biafra God bless Israeli God bless Biafra soilders
I wonder why youbiafrans keep on mentioning Israel in what ever you do.
Nigeria is the best and biggest country in Africa. We as a Africans are proud of you BUT can Nigeria really survive the threat of BOKO HARAM? GOD save NIGERIA AND AFRICA.
Boko Haram is state sponsored. How can a poorly trained crowd terrorise for so long, a country like Nigeria? The affluent and oligarchs have a stake in Nigeria and chaos is profitable to them.
Best? It's eventful, but I don't know about best😅
Dis guy speaks wisdom's...... Very educated....... Am looking at his cigarette lol
Me too😂🤣
I love this guy.
The corporate press treated him as a spectacle, they never took him seriously as you can tell by this gleeful reporter here with the loaded questions.
This man solely led the igbos to their demise !!
Fool
@@Meallion98 Your olosho Mama!!
@@Famelord lol 😆 big fool
@@Meallion98 Your NYAMIRI mama!! 🤣
@@Famelord lol you're really really hopeless. No p 😘
Hear his CLEAN ENGLISH
nigeria even used machineries what a shame, why hire outsiders to help you fight your neighbors
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War?
Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks.
Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns.
Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets.
Poland: 1 Krakow war ship.
USSR: 15 MIG Bombers.
Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition
Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each.
Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases.
UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles.
Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers.
Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers
Countries that helped Biafra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized.
Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized.
NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons.
98% of the weapons they used were locally made.
They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it.
They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers
The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower.
Military cars that use palm oil as fuel .
Off shore switch
Mine bombs
The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission.
And many more.
Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra!
#igbohistory
Langworth Landing
This man's accent doesn't sound Nigerian
He either grew up or schooled abroad🤦🏾♂️
The accent was acquired when he was educated at Oxford University in the UK. His command of English was excellent.
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Trouble and coward man
Shut up u hausa fulani devil stupid violent demons
Far from a coward, you must understand circumstances before you speak.
And they keep attacking civilians till today
You understood the surpassing might of your enemies and still continued to rebel against the federal government. How would an ethnicity follow this kind of person? Were there no elders in the Ibo national group to curb him? He wreak untold havoc on the whole country and still had the gut to return from exile after 12 years.
in 1968 there was no media like we have today, facebook, twitter, internet and the pogroms by the north on igbos so it was not very difficult to convince people to go to war.
Okey Opara, was there a common sense in 1968? You don't need social media to reason. Ojukwu proved to be wiser than Azikiwe. Perhaps he gave his people what they wanted. You appeal to reason before you act. Bravery is a virtue, and no virtue is devoid of reason.
Yeah Elisha but in 1968 it was a different time, The British were dominating Gowon using him to control the oil fields. if Ojukwu had been allowed to separate. 70% of the oil and resource control would have been controlled by him. The Western powers were not going to allow that. Gowon was just a puppet. Biafra was against the interest of the western powers. Ojukwu if you look at things carefully really had no choice.
Even today Civil war actors like Christian northerners are justifying Ojukwu's positions back in 67. Because today radical Islamists are attacking Christians in huge numbers in Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Plateau and Southern Kaduna. These people have no state police to defend themselves. There is a slow process of forced Islamization going on in Nigeria. But it started back in 1967. We need a confederation with a weak center. Like back in the old days for this nation to survive.
Elisha Oluwafemi , is it by force to be one even if you yoruba is too lazy to stand on your own survives
Ojukwu had the power/capacity to surrender par ceasefire. But his ego and possibly his advisors never did agree with a cease fire.
He executed the army officers who tried to negotiate a ceasefire. Accusing them of Treason.
Such (execution) was the fate of Ifeajuna, Victor Banjo, Phillip Alale, Sam Agbam... few hours before Enugu was captured.
Ojukwu also Detained WACHUKWU, because he complained if the use of child soldiers.
Many Avenue to shorten the lent of the war, but Ojukwu was still head strong.
In the end, he left Biafra , a card move h must say, and left Biafra in the hands of Philip and Mbanefo, who called for a ceasefire.
I see no heroism cos I did not even hear of casualties from his own family.
He was very much in Nigeria from 1983 till his death. I wonder why he wasn't charged got the deaths of the Biafrans.
Once again, a blatant display of hatred for the Igbo man. Appreciate the legend he saw what many are just seeing.
@@chinochino1300 No Blatant Hatred.
You can not project the need to appreciate another, on other people.
No need to appreciate someone who caused the deaths of many. Then resorting to use of child soldiers rather than an armistice or agreement or truce to end a war.
... Finally, in the end, the villain FLEES!
Ojukwu would have Resisted the War.
If not for the blockade, Ojukwu would have resisted.
He didn't have the funny Nigerian accent
He's very much educated
Coward he ran
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War?
Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks.
Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns.
Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets.
Poland: 1 Krakow war ship.
USSR: 15 MIG Bombers.
Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition
Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each.
Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases.
UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles.
Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers.
Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers
Countries that helped Biafra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized.
Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized.
NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons.
98% of the weapons they used were locally made.
They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it.
They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers
The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower.
Military cars that use palm oil as fuel .
Off shore switch
Mine bombs
The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission.
And many more.
Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra!
#igbohistory
Mohamed also ran away to avoid being killed
Sunday Igboho also run away to avoid being arrested .Such is life Dss no be Father Christmas
In the end, he ran away like a coward 😂😂
Ur father is d coward for not even coming out to fight as for that time
Anu Congo
He is more a man than your entire generation
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War?
Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks.
Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns.
Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets.
Poland: 1 Krakow war ship.
USSR: 15 MIG Bombers.
Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition
Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each.
Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases.
UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles.
Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers.
Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers
Countries that helped Biafra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized.
Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized.
NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons.
98% of the weapons they used were locally made.
They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it.
They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers
The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower.
Military cars that use palm oil as fuel .
Off shore switch
Mine bombs
The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission.
And many more.
Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra!
#igbohistory
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War?
Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks.
Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns.
Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets.
Poland: 1 Krakow war ship.
USSR: 15 MIG Bombers.
Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition
Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each.
Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases.
UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles.
Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers.
Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers
Countries that helped Biafra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized.
Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized.
NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons.
98% of the weapons they used were locally made.
They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it.
They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers
The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower.
Military cars that use palm oil as fuel .
Off shore switch
Mine bombs
The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission.
And many more.
Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra!
#igbohistory
God will punish ojukwu
List Of Countries That Helped Nigeria InThe Civil War Against Biafra And How They Helped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When You Hear Them Boasting Of Nigeria / Biafra War, Ask Them who Fought The War?
Russia : 2 Fighter Jets and 3 Armour Tanks.
Burma (Manyamar): 2000 Veteran Soldiers and guns.
Slovakia (Czech): Two 129 Delfin fighter jets.
Poland: 1 Krakow war ship.
USSR: 15 MIG Bombers.
Norwegian: 2000 cases of Ammunition
Germany: 1 Navy ship containing 300 tonnes of 60mm and 90mm ammo, ten 6 mm recoilless rifles and 2 High explosive anti tank war head they bought 8 mark2 bombers at $105000 each and 15 sabre mk jets at $100000 each.
Ghana: A navy boat (sakumo lagoon) containingn1000 bullets cases.
UK: 1 cargo plane containing 1000 automatic fabriquenational rifles.
Niger and Chad: Over 9000 Foot soldiers known as the Sweepers.
Egypt- The Egyptians pilots were the ones bombing hospitals and market place with jet bombers
Countries that helped Biafra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Haiti: Clothes and Food which the Nigeria government seized.
Gabon: Food which the Nigeria Government seized.
NB: No Country helped Biafra with weapons.
98% of the weapons they used were locally made.
They seized a Nigeria fighter jet and made 2 replicas of it.
They built their armoured tank , Short and long range missile, Grenades, B26 bombers
The first country to locally make and use of the Flame thrower.
Military cars that use palm oil as fuel .
Off shore switch
Mine bombs
The famous Ogbunigwe ( the only non nuclear explosive device that generate 0.6 magnitude of earth tremor with out nuclear fission.
And many more.
Chiukwu Okike Abiama bless Biafra!
#igbohistory
Howwwww he is not to blame blame the Nigerian government gowon and alll other tribalist northern devils ur a disgrace to ndi igbo to say that useless
@@Robio_scorpio ignore the lies your parent told you and go find out what happened. Ojukwu wasted the lives of Igbos for selfish greed
The useless coward that ran away and leave his people without caring for them.
U are real mad man
Useless weakling - in the three years Gen. Ojukwu was Commander In Chief of the Biafran Armed forces what could any of you do even with all massive foreign military support? It does not look like you know the meanning of "coward" in English. When Biafra troops were approaching Lagos from Ore all your Nigerian leaders ran away to Zaria in private jet. British and American ambassadors urged the them back to Lagos - F. Forsyth. In the Abagana battle Biafra Major Uchendu's Battalion almoat wiped out Nigeria's 2nd Division led by Gen Muhammed. Wikepedia - " On 31 March 1968, a convoy consisting of 106 vehicles belonging to the Nigerian 2nd Division transporting 6,000 soldiers, as well as armour from Onitsha to Enugu was ambushed and decimated in the town of Abagana. Nigerian Tanker exploded and threw its contents onto a nearby Armour carrier setting everything ablaze. The multiple explosion commenced! Biafran soldiers attacked. In panic, Nigerian soldiers who already crossed over into Biafran line RAN in different directions in total confusion. When Uchendu learnt that Gen Muritala Mohammed was with the Convoy and somewhere in Nawfia, he set off hurriedly to capture him but was late as Muritala was sighted taking off (running away) with a Helicopter! Appears you don't know this. Who are the ones that ran away?
Musa Usman Kabir can you fools fight us alone #Abuki.. Rest in peace my Mentor 💔🇮🇳🇦🇪
Your generation is useless
Mumu