Emeka Ojukwu: Hero or Coward?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Emeka Ojukwu was born on November 4, 1933, in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria to Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, a businessman from Nnewi, present-day Anambra State in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Ojukwu Snr. was into the transport business; he took advantage of the business boom during the Second World War to become one of the richest men in Nigeria.
Emeka Ojukwu started his secondary school education at CMS Grammar School, Lagos at the age of 10 in 1943. He later transferred to King's College, also in Lagos, in 1944 where he was involved in a controversy leading to his brief imprisonment for assaulting a white British colonial teacher who humiliated a black woman.
At 13, his father sent him overseas to study in the United Kingdom, first at Epsom College and later at Lincoln College, Oxford University, where he earned a master's degree in History. He then returned to colonial Nigeria in 1956.
Ojukwu joined the Nigerian military, against the wishes of his father, receiving his commission in March 1958, as a 2nd Lieutenant from Eaton Hall as one of the first and few university graduates to join the army as a recruit. Upon completion of further military training, he was assigned to the Army's Fifth Battalion in Kano.
Emeka Ojukwu's background and education guaranteed his promotion to higher ranks. At that time, the Nigerian Military Forces had 250 officers and only 15 were Nigerians.
After serving in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in the Congo, under Major-General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, Ojukwu was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1964 and posted to Kano, where he was in charge of the 5th Battalion of the Nigerian Army.
He was in Kano when the January 15, 1966, coup was executed. #HistoryVille #EmekaOjukwu
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Even in the next 1000 years, you can never speak of Nigeria without talking about Biafra, Igbos and the great actor (OJUKWU) history has been made forever.
Why do you igbos think you are better than everyone.
I hear u but why did u call him an actor?
The greatest HERO in the world.
That's Ojukwu.
You will forever be loved by the Igbos.
Rest on Eze ndi Igbo.
Ochiagha, rest in perfect peace ❤
In the world daboro banza
Am an Ijaw Man but OJUKWU remains my Hero after which ADAKA ISAAC BORO
Someone who could speak English,Igbo,Hausa,Yoruba,French,Latin.Fluently.He was a genius abeg
Rex Lawson from ijaw spoke more it's nothing
@@americaandrussia9688he is a big hero ,, ONE OF THE BEST HERO IN NIGERIA,, I STILL RESPECTING YOU OJUKWU TILL I DIE
@@americaandrussia9688if it's common, how many languages do you speak?
@@emmanuelifejieme3057nah thief Dey respect thief now
What is the definition of a hero, a man who had a strong passion for his people, fought against genocide by the entire world on his people, with absolutely no mercenaries, produced his own arms and ammunitions. Ojukwu is combined all known war heroes one can fathom.
Biafrans survival still remains a mystery.
Rest in Legend ❤
Ojukwu remains a hero for ever
I feel that Gowon spoke then as a young man, but God allowed Gowon to be alive powerless and moving around with his Nigeria Prays, and witnessing the present day Massacre of people of plateau State, meanwhile the Igbos Gowon soldiers killed recovered and are obviously the richest tribe in Nigeria through hard work while Northern Nigeria remains the poorest and most insecure region of Nigeria simply because Gowon didn't implement Aburi Accord and went to war against the Igbos. Ojukwu remains the Greatest Igboman that lived in Modern History. A leader with foresight more than Gowon. Nigeria is now trying to agree to accept Aburi Accord 55years later. Ojukwu ran a government that was self sufficient producing it's military weapons that fought the work from guns, bombs, vehicles, refinery and everything Biafra used were produced locally while Gowon imported all the weapons Nigeria used to fight the war from Europe and America. Most United Nation countries fought against Biafra with mercernaries yet Igbos inflicted heavy casualties to Nigeria for 3years of war. If Ojukwu is not a Hero then that word has no definition. Ikemba: May your soul rest in peace.
Gowon tell us what happened in ABURI ...Cos it would quicken the healing that you inflicted on the igbos
Sir Gowon you are the reason why Nigerians are suffering now ,if you have agreed according to Aubrey accord regional government for now Nigeria have be a good country.
As a Plateau man, now realizing our parents fought that civil war on a wrong deceitful notion by the core North to fight our Christian Brothers, seeing yakubu Gowon speaking in this video gave me shame, today the middle belt of Nigeria is been taking over by jihadist northern Muslim and people like Gowon can't talk now
Ojukwu was one of the greatest Nigerian to ever live!
Strange compliment coming from Omo Yoruba. Why such praise on Ojukwu when majority of your Yoruba kinsmen called him a COWARD?
Never😄! Ojukwu is NOT a coward by any metric. Most Nigerians are not very well read. It is not uncommon to find Nigerians talking about matters they know nothing about. Just pure sentimental nonsense. OJUKWU IS A NIGERIAN HERO. He saw the problem of northern domination and proposed a confederal structure to remedy the problem. The Yorubas are very tribalistic and servile. So they follow their leaders blindly even to their own peril. southern leaders know the truth but are unwilling to speak cuz of their lust for power. The constitution of the country is dangerously demonic. Restructuring and a new constitution are the only things that can save Nigeria. The first “coup” was not a “coup” but a revolution. It was A revolution for the soul of the country. Sadly, it did not stand. Ojukwu like many other powerful Nigerians at the time, saw the problem of northern domination. However, he was the only one who had the guts to do something about it. Sadly, he failed in the attempt. The yorubas were a divided house at the time, and fell under the control of the north. The Yoruba to this day, remains a stooge of the powerful northern houses.
@@ukoparah yeah because all Yoruba’s think alike, this is 2023 let’s elevate our thoughts on the type of stereotypes that set our country back
The greatest coward you mean ? Only a coward takes his people to war and dressed like a woman ran and left his people .
@@ukoparah He was a COWARD bastard!
All what Ojukwu was fighting against is what is happening now
As an African who happens to be a Cameroonian. I see Emeka Odumegwu ojukwu as an African hero in general and a Nigerian hero in particular.
he is a bloody coward
No be Cameroonian u be
@@mr.t2220 You are a Coward Mr, hiding behind your keypad to call names to a man who dared to challenge the existing norm.
@@mr.t2220 Gowon was the coward, and it'd be unfortunate for people like you not to see it
@@florencenwafor8595Well, you guys are deluded - Ojugwu said he would fight to the last drop of his blood but did a runner. He got the Ibos killed and ran away whilst protecting his own family. Same with your silly Nnamdi Kanu. Your guys need to think like normal people.
Biafra is the end of the journey 🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼
From Nairobi, Kenya. A hero. What a man.
Then why did he flee? He was a coward
@@donzibee6709 its not good to talk about the dead for me, he is a Big COWARD.
@@donzibee6709 He was pressed into escaping after 30 months of fighting.
fighting Nigeria, The US and the UK
@@davidododa4674 He should have said No. And keep on fighting. Look at Zelenski. The US asked him to let them evacuate him, but he refused. Sha, ma Ojuku RIP.
@@donzibee6709 You just a foolish person
A movie In honor of a the great Ojukwu is supposed to be done
Go an see the movie ENCOUNTER
Whether coward or not, what we experience today says it all. Ojukwu fought for Biafra but was not successful, Nigeria fought for what we are in today but the unbiased and unethnic question we should ask is, can this be called a victory for Nigeria and Nigerians with what is going on today especially when those war generals that ruled during the Biafra conflict still rule today. Was there any accountability behind?
The men who fought in the biafran Army ,are the heros . They weren't trained, they fought in hunger n in plenty, they fought clothed and barely clothed , they fought even withour weapons . They didn't declare a war and slept in AC ... They fought.
God knows he meant good for the land. He was a good man
Yes I'm sure he did, but he wasn't very smart with his approach. Not at all
He was not a good man. He played on the desperate need for freedom of the Igbo people for what ever sick reason. He enjoyed privilege. Why didn't he use his wealth to encourage education and form good business links for Igbo states? Why war? I really have no good words for that man and the same evil spirit is in Nnamdi Kanu who is willing to shed the blood of Igbo people again by deceiving people that it will work. God please give people sense. Gowon was right. Ojukwu was a proud and unwise man. And all who follow him are as senseless and irrational as himself. God knows what to do about the Nigerian situation. Not Ojukwu and certainly not that useless Nnamdi Kanu who happens to be from my exact village. My God is bigger than them. Nigeria will be free and what the British meant for evil, God will turn it for good. Nigeria will stay as one under the Lordship of Christ. This is my prayer.
@@chinazoucheaga4825 I feel sorry for people who claim that they want Biafra today, they have no idea what they are talking about
@@chinazoucheaga4825 so much fear in your words, so much terror. Ojukwu did not have a choice! Igbos were being killed all over Nigeria and the elders in Igbo land sanctioned secession; he was the de facto leader and had to be the face of the cause, and he did the best he could - the Igbos only found out that not only were they hated in Nigeria, but just like the Israelites, there are international and supernatural forces against their self determination. Whether that was because of oil or because of a general fear of Igbo ingenuity, the civil war was inevitable and might I remind you, Ojukwu had no part in the coup of January, 1966. He was just a child of destiny! As for him being a coward for running away, would you rather escape a lost cause to fight another day or remain foolhardy and die like a chicken? Let us not be self-righteous.
Nnamdi Kanu is but a consequence of the injustices that not only the Igbos have faced, but every other tribe or ethnic group that's been held back by the unholy matrimony between Northern and Southern Nigeria (which in my opinion includes the middle belt); if restructuring is not done to salvage the situation and allow each region practice self-governance in a Confederacy, Nigeria would only head inevitably to another civil war and when that time comes Biafra would prevail whether anyone likes it or not. Selah
@@florencenwafor8595 My sister you have spoken from a position sentiments laced with misinformation. Do a thorough research about what led to the civil war. It wasn't about the touted propaganda by Ojukwu and his goons about "pogrom",Igbo extermination, "genocide". The civil war was Ojukwu's agenda to corner for himself and his cronies the oil wealth of the South south. Do you know that any one who tried to advise Ojukwu against going into a war the "Biafrans" were I'll equipped to fight was considered a saboteur and alienated from the struggle? Ojukwu conscripted child soldiers into his militia,these kids died in their number,where was Ojukwu's children? Or the kids of Igbo elites who were fuelling the crisis in the background ? Ojukwu saw an "opportunity" to make himself emperor of Eastern Nigeria and was ready to sacrifice the lives of the nameless Igbo men,women and children to achieve that. Yes Ojukwu did not join the young officers to execute the coup but he was a beneficiary of the intended gains from the coup. Why did he not pressure Aguiyi Ironsi to deal with the coup plotters who were even promoted in prison after such a horrible unwarranted action against key leaders of the North and South? What gave him the authority to declare an independent state? He had no such powers he was only driven by greed. And the name "Biafra" does not have anything to do with Igbos and their common destiny. It was a name given by a European to for geographical reasons. Like I said do your research,I used to get triggered emotionally once anything about the civil war is being discussed but today I have a better perspective to ALL the sides of that ugly history. Cheers
Run away and live to fight another day, perfectly brilliant strategy. Gowon was angry they didn’t get to kill him, that’s all. Gowon could give a damn about cowardice. Rest on Dim our eternal leader 🙏🏾
Guess what? Odumegwu Ojukwu didn't live to fight another day because he didn't want to fight anymore. I guess he got back to his senses
@@mimiwork9535 He has always had the senses, which was why he opted to defend his people. If only the Gowons side honored the Aburi Accord, Dim will never have gone to war, as he stressed it at Aburi that both sides should solve Nigerias problem without violence.
Mind you i only replied this your comment because i wanted to lend you a lil bit of sense.
Thank you.
@@otismario hahaha!!! You make me laugh.
@@otismario
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Africans failed because our colonies master still want our resources by making to hate each other
@@otismario let me borrow u some SENSE as well, Ojukwu had NO honour of aburi, he made up his mind that he wanted to split Nigeria up, he was asking for the war, and when he was defeated he ran away from Nigeria to ivory coast leaving his poor people to be slaughtered like dog's, it was also the reason Obasanjo will ONLY accept an unconditional SURRENDER from the battered and shattered BIAFRANS...
Then in the early 80s, Ojukwu came back BEGGING, when he realised that all his allies have deserted him...
I hope your brain comprehend's it ..
Shior
Thanks for the balanced video and thanks for allowing commentary,
Was there really a killing of the Igbo people in the North? If yes, then Ojukwu's decision is understandable.
Why didn't he die? Because if he had died in the war, it would have given the enemy the biggest satisfaction and would have been the biggest shame of his people. That would have crushed the will of his people beyond repairs.
He gave himself the chance to explain his actions. Everyone would have been in doubt of his decision if he didn't. Respect the man.
It was not a killing, it was a massacre!
What would have broken or crushed the spirit of his people is if he had been captured and subjected to public disgrace and humiliation not if he had chosen to stay back and fight to the death. That would have earned him the highest of respect from the so-called enemy. All of that giving himself the chance to explain as an excuse to run away goes further to confirm his cowardice. If he had had respect for word power in resolving conflicts he would have been diplomatic in his language and will insist on a diplomatic resolution to the conflict no matter what and wouldn´t have allowed the situation to escalate into an all-out war. There are so many other indications of his character during the war that reveals he was a coward but wouldn´t be necessary to bring them up here at least not for now.
@@oluwalomejooda001 pls shut up! Ojukwu was very diplomatic. As the governor of eastern region, when his people were being massacred and unjustly targeted, he cried to Lagos! So many times! They even flew to Aburi Ghana (the aburi accord) where he listed his demands. Which Gowon agreed on then backpedalled as soon as he returned to Nigeria. Ojukwu had no option than to declare independent states of Biafra. Ojukwu a coward? He fought Nigeria for 3 years! Ojukwu has 10× more balls than any Nigerian General, dead or alive!
You wanted him to be captured and disgraced? Nkita rachaa gi anya!
@@oluwalomejooda001 Diplomacy? Have you even attempted to read two different accounts or opinions of the Civil War?
The Govt turned a deaf ear to all entreaties to protect Igbo residents being murdered and lynched in the North particularly Sabon Gari.
Same Govt led by Gen Gowon turned a deaf ear and refused to honour the settlement reached during Aburi Accord.
You want him to stay and give Gowon the last laugh when every other means of support from food to weapons have all collapsed. Go and read up the 'Act of War'.
The most known war commander either commit suicide or go on exile. If you don't want you can form your own history, but just know that 1969 and 2023 has about 54 years in between.
@@gideonopu9561 A non-Nigerian reading your comment will conclude that northerners were not killed in the east only the northerners kill the Igbos in the north. This is typical of how Igbos present their case ever de4sperate to draw sympathy to themselves making others look like brute savages out to get the superior Igbo tribe. While the massacre of the Igbos was going on in the north the northerners were also being killed in the east. The number of Igbos killed was more because of the Igbos' mentality of settling in large numbers on others' territory to exploit them economically.
If it could be argued that the Igbos have been enjoying a peaceful settlement in the north for a long time before the unfortunate political incident that led to their being massacred in large numbers then you will be shooting yourself in the leg if you want to make it look like the Igbos were innocent of what led to it. The fact remains that the first military coup was led by a majority of young Igbo military officers who killed top political leaders both in the north and in the west and failed to kill any from their part of the country. Any reasonable person from anywhere in the world would have seen that it was an Igbo coup except for the Igbos.
And not only was Ojukwu a coward he was also a bad military commander and here is why. You see all the nonsense you talked about military rules in warfare that dictate a leader should run or commit suicide doesn´t hold any water because they were perceptions of humans not natural. Naturally in any combat, you assess the strength of your enemy against yours, and if it is overwhelming like it was against the Biafran then you will be not only suicidal but also foolish to commit your side to a military confrontation because the outcome is already programmed.
What a good commander will do will be to hide behind a fortress which in this case is a diplomatic fortress so long it takes you to consolidate your strength and position. If you are a Christian you must have heard God being referred to as the Rock Of Ages. That´s because being under God offers you sanctuary from the devil because only a fool confronts the devil directly. It takes being in a position of AUTHORITY to be able to confront and defeat the devil otherwise you will be defeated. That´s why it is not really military might that wins wars but rather wisdom, understanding, and knowledge and that was exactly the case with the Nigerian civil war.
What really brought the Igbos to their knees was the Blockade idea, not the superior military might of the Nigerian Army. People start dying of hunger and malnutrition mostly children which is another aspect of the war that reveals Ojukwu for who he really was a coward and a bad military commander. Now tell me how many of Ojukwu's immediate family members die of kwashiorkor, malnutrition, and others? How many of the top Biafran top military commanders of the war and their immediate family dies of the effect of the blockade?
I´m sure they all had more than enough to eat and drink while the people they were leading were starving to death. Shouldn´t he as a commander have taken the possibility of that happening into account and taken the path of diplomacy instead? And while that was going on shouldn´t he have thrown in the towel to save his people before it got to the deadly stage he allowed it to spiral into? That was a cowardly act on his part so believe it or not he is accountable and responsible for the death of those not others.
My Hero Always. Ikemba, Forever in our hearts.
I listened to a lot of his speeches, I don’t think he was power hungry. He was just scared for his people
Absolutely. I will describe him as a passionate but not-smart leader
@@mimiwork9535 You are a fool and what do you understand be a leader ? We love and cherish Dim even on his death we the Igbos love him forever
@@chimawisdom9952 wow! I'm quite nonplussed by your comment. You really had to go there. Lol. You make me laugh. I guess you're a good leader and possibly not a foolish one at that, right? Hahahaha you amuse me with your words. Have a good day and please do have sweet dreams of Mr Ojukwu while you sleep.
@@mimiwork9535 Thanks sir we love and cherish ojukwu even on his grave ground we still have much respect for him….Igbos are not foolish enough to be deceive you can go ahead and hate yours but we can never hate the man who fought against oppression for his people ….go and read history even your Muhammad flew from Mecca ….
@@chimawisdom9952 you are the only uninformed fool here. The man went to war for oil. Simple as that. He was backed by the French and promised them the right to refine the oil from.the delta. If he was trying to free his people, why make a deal with colonisers for your most precious commodity? And then let thousands of people die over a war they thought was for their Benburb was really for the riches of oil and all that comes with it. Do some research people
To rest of us in Africa, a war hero
The Great Ikemba is not dead! He lives on!!❤️
Eze Ndi Igbo Gburugburu!!!👑🙇🏿♂️
See as Gowon dey talk like say dem force am to talk, the pressure is much 😂😂😂
Ojukwu is not a coward, Gowonk reneged on Aburi accord, else the war wouldn't have been
Ojukwu is not just a hero but a Great Hero. Even in his grave, he is still a Hero. Even in his grave, he is worth more than ten gowon. Gowon ended up as a slave who enslaved his people.
Gowon shamefully ran far far away after he masterminded the killing of Gen. Muritala Muhammed.
Ojukwu is a great hero. He is more than a hero. May the most high keep his soul. Blessings.
I agree with y’ll but you need to get to the beginning of the whole story. Thus about the 7 Majors who started all this. As a Ghanaian, I have read and followed almost everything of the Nigerian Army
My father, May he rest in peace was a Ghanaian very senior officer at the Aburi Accords.
Gowon Calling Ojukwu Coward🤣🤣🤣. Someone that wasn't even Man enough to face people who want to Overthrow him.
Ojukwu is resting in peace at 70. God allowed u to be alive to see that u brought nigeria to this evil now. The best punishment
Are you sure
Very sure
no he is resting peacefully, because he sacrificed a lot for igbo people
@@oliviaokpara8877 he sacrificed a lot for Igbo people and that my friend is the problem. What about the other people in Nigeria? Don't their lives matter? The sooner we desist from threading the lines of tribalism the better for us all.
Ojukwu is a Hero. The man that held Nigeria government down, shock the whole place and most important he is a man with foresight. If Nigeria government had listened to him and followed there Aburi agreement this country would have been heaven on earth.
The legend ojukwu Biafra is still alive we can never back down
Back down from what? Please explain! Back down from what!!
@@mimiwork9535from your mumulity
This was more of personal battle than for the fight of Nigeria
You are right. They both waste humans lives to settle personal scores. Years later they embraced and wined and dined together. Ojukwu's rank was restored. His pension paid in full, and when he died, he received a full military honours. Those who fought for Biafra fought in vain, till date they have not got anything from the FG.
Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu he is a great hero
If not for England,Russian,Egypt,with all that help still they hold Nigeria for 3years what a shame.Thank God gowon he's still alive seeing how those he help to keep Nigeria one are killing his people like chicken,taking their lands making them to live in IDP camp.evil that men do live with them.
He was a good man,that love ❤️ his brothers and sisters 👯♀️
Every day I remember Ojukwu, i fill like 😭
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
Fact
@Amir Liz Died? We’ll all die eventually. He continued fighting for his people, especially after he returned from exile. And he passed away at almost 80 years of age. If you’re lucky you’ll get to live that long. As for Kanu, trust me, he’ll win his freedom and continue the struggle.
Na fear catch am Jor 🤣
@Amir Liz Your devilish prayer amounts to nonsense.
@@me6864 justifiably so. But pride would not have let him personally surrender and be humiliated before the Gowon and the cameras. He was right to split.
Ojukwu remains the biggest Hero in the world 🌎
How is jos today and how is northern Nigeria
Lt Major General Kaduna Nzogwu brother Prof Ben cause Igbo this perpetual problem, but Nigeria must go her separate ways ..
We love Ojukwu, igbos love him. He is super hero. Our internal General. Your Biafra dreams is Alive till today. Nigeria is a Contraption and expired entity
100% hero who saw clearly and early the falsehood and contraption called Nigeria.
I’m a Yoruba man, Ojukwu is an Hero, Obafemi Awolowo is the coward. If Obafemi didn’t side and form alliance with the Hausa people, everyone will have their independent and be friendly neighbor by now. But the will of Obafemi Awolowo to stay in power didn’t let him see the bigger future.
Awolowo was seeing a greater picture. He could not have imagined the depths Nigeria will sink to now. Hindsight is always 20/20
Clown...know your history before coming to sell yourself cheap. Knowledge before comment
Your comment epitomises "ignorance is BLISS".
Bearing a Yoruba name does not make a Yoruba man, but your mentality.
@@wahabodusola6484 even your response shows someone who likes to act like having too much knowledge but has none. I asked you to go see a video, go see it then come back if you have a superior angle to this issue. Who your English help
I surely knew your brothers will come for your head but may God bless you for speaking out the truth .
He’s always my Hero
such a great video cutting the first massacre by the igbos against north and west
Not just the Biafra look at the Niger-delta movement we all fighting for the same thing the power of nigeria is handed to only one part of the country the northerners
See how Gowon was glowing during the interview.. He is as much responsible as ojukwu for the killings
Not sure what he wanted Ojukwu to do. Just stand by and watch the Igbos being slaughtered?
@@westyraviz Ummn, stand by his people and fight! Like he claimed to, duh
@@mimiwork9535 You know nothing about Ojukwu and the civil war. Go and read the transcripts of the Aburi Accord then you would know who the man Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu really was. Gowon is the biggest of cowards.
@Julian Azubike Look, I am not saying Odumegwu Ojukwu is a bad man. I consider him a passionate leader, one who would be described as "a man of the people, for the people". However, it is wrong to dismiss the fact that he was wrong in his approach to " freedom" for his people. Odumegwu Ojukwu ran away! Because he knew the consequences of what would befall him for what he had done. Yet, people died, people fought, and people suffered, for a cause a majority of them knew nothing about. All I'm saying is if Ojukwu knew he could no longer lead the movement (obviously) he could have stopped it, rather than let millions of innocent civilians die. It's not befitting of a leader.
@@mimiwork9535 wtf 😬
He was a hero
He who fight and run away leave to fight another day
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu is A Hero . But History ville please do a documentary on Sir Louis Philip Ojukwu whom is Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's Father. Thanks.
It is true that the 1966 coup d'état basically led to the civil war. Ojukwu was a hero! It is true that he left for exile when Biafra fell. But, he did the logical thing to get his people out from an area where they were being massacred, and nothing was being done by the government of Gen. Gowon to prevent the inhumane massacre, and suffering of the Igbos, and other minority tribes living in the North. Any sensible person would have done the same thing Ojukwu did. Tribe regardless, you don't kill innocent and unarmed people, and expect someone in a position to rescue them to be silent about it. That is evil, it doesn't work like that. No one should blame Ojukwu. Pure and simple. God is so great that he is still keeping most of the key players of the civil war alive to say exactly what happened. That is when Nigeria will embrace 'reconciliation'. But, they insist on playing the game of chess and unnecessary ego.
Great man
At Aburi what happened? Who refused to implement what was agreed? Who brought war to the poor people Gowon on talked about? What did you do to help that same poor people you talked about? Who gave those poor people £20. 00 no matter the amount they had? Deceiver, hypocrites, liars, thank God for the internet. The tape is available.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu God will permit your spirit to return back to fulfilled your destiny of good leadership in Biafra Land.
A great HERO i will name my son after him even when am not from the eastern past of Nigeria.. will missed Ekeba 1 of africa
Ikemba bro.
He had a reason to demand session if the Nigerian government was orchestrating a delibarate attempt to pesecute the people of the mentioned areas ,it was done in Sudan,now in gaza, for self determination
I agree that the Igbos, Yoruba and other tribes were marginalized by the Northerners this was the plan of the British anyways to keep the north in power so they can keep taking our resources. so many people died so many lives perished all because of what?? The tussle for power Ojukwu knew that Biafra wasn't ready for war they didn't have the logistics, they didn't have enough arms Biafra wasn't equiped even when the Nsuka university boys insisted for war he could have explained to them the consequences of war, because of him my people died may the souls continue to RIP IJN he couldn't even fight to the end instead he ran away💔 I just can't comprehend what was truly on his mind, He wasn't a visionary leader, He wasn't a master strategist, He didn't submit to the spirit of God for guidance and knowledge. Ojukwu to me is no Hero💔💔💔 As for Gowon the blood of the dead will forever be on his head wicked man thank God He is alive to see his people being killed by his own people in the North.
He is a Hero and will always remain a Hero
It's a good thing that this generation is rapidly coming to the truth of the whole matter. The biafran war was not fought by the Nigerian army against the igbos; it was a war fought by the world against a nation that would have led to the total liberation of the African people. Gowon was and is still a puppet of the colonial cabal. He deserves no honour. Ojukwu is not only a genius; he is an all time hero. He did the right thing.
Are you dumb?
Adieu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the General of the People’s Army. History shall vindicate the just in the Nigerian project.
ONYE EZE FOR LIFE. EZE NDI EZE EMEKA OJUCHUKWU IS ENTERNAL GREATEST HERO❤🗽. SINCE 1914 TO 2023 zoo nigeria government don't have steady light as a development E.T.C
Lessons to learn: Never start a war even if you are right - just wait for decades for the truth to unfold naturally.
If that was the case,then no African country would be free from colonization.
Let the Nigerian reality speak for itself...The Great Ojukwu was right all along; had he won the war, today, the Igbos and many other tribes in Nigeria would be better off. Sadly, the war was won by the fools and hypocrites of the land; today all we have is more problems in Nigeria
Ikemba is our hero and our internal leader
He was such a very handsome man RIP to a great man
Being handsome is not one of the things he's known for. He himself knows he's not handsome in any form.
Look at okpo Gowon who should examine his own conscience.
History always remember great men...
Great man who ran away?
@@landamalome2077 Nelson Medina also run away when him was about to be killed even Mary took jesus and run away when jesus was about to be kill …..stop been foolish mr man
The war was driven by ego and opportunistic goal, indiscipline by the army, pride and vengeance. Ojukwu should have sacrificed himself on behalf of the millions of Easterners killed by federal govt policies. Rather than return to Nigeria on the platform of a northern political party to pursue agenda of those he had fought against
He is no hero, just an opportunist
I love your view .
The men who fought in the biafran Army are the heroes . They fought in their sufferings ...
he had no choice
You are just a misguided young man who knows nothing about history. I have a copy of the Aburi Accord which I could borrow you to read. By so doing you shall be brought out of darkness.
@@julianazubike9184 You people keep talking about Aburi Accord. Before Aburi what happened during the 1966 coup? There were series of unresolved conflict before the Aburi conference. Stop bandying Aburi as the cause of the war because it is not. Do your research
What were the conflicts that were not resolved?
Who assured the Igbo’s of safety in the north before they began their journey back and over 30k of them paid with their lives.
And please don’t tell Nzeogwu was an Igbo man because he is not.
Ojukwu is a great hero
ojukwu is great hero ever liveth
Ojukwu was a coward....
As a son of a NA civil war veteran, I'll say that without blinking
You are a fool we love and cherish ojukwu even on a grave ground him will always remain our hero …foolish human being who doesn’t know history and can you tell me what happened to Nelson Medina ? Didn’t him flew away when him was fighting the war against the white ? Foolish people
No, General Ojukwu never had been a coward, but fighting with all his virtues to defend the rights and lives of his Eastern regions peoples. In fact the one General Gowon who declared the police action was the coward whose the resultant issues of that brutal war perished three million Easterners and thousands of the federal troops, that brutal war turned Nigeria into anarchy where now till today, no Igbo man or Eastern person can invade the presidency through an election. I do think Gowon is honest at all about that war, even though he goes about conducting prayers, in that Gowon has not apologized nor ask forgiveness for his brutal war, that he said was civil. But Ojukwu did apologize and even General Philip Effiong did also.
Jack the puppet gowon. Ojukwu is a super hero, an army general of a super privileged birth and that not withstanding. This great hero as an army commander and head of state , would not only enter battlefield on countless occasions but would proceed to the war front, picking up his machine at Oguta front and minutes later, dozens of enemy troops may lay lifeless across the line and Jack gowon is telling me about cowardice. Has jack gowon gone into battle before? British puppet is what gowon is
Please refuse to be blind to the truth. Gowon did nothing wrong, Ojukwu failed you all, he failed us, I'm saying this because there could be a possibility that a great-grand, or grand-relative of mine must have been affected by the war, because a man called Odumegwu Ojukwu led innocent people to fight cluelessly for a cause they clearly didn't understand even toll date.
@Amir Liz they had helpfrom south africa, france and portugal to say the least, and they surrendered when they had the highest amount of ammo and arms they ever held.They were ultimately doomed to fail. The federal side was not only bigger, but the minorities in Biafra would not have taken Igbo dominance for long and their own war effort was undermined by the profiteers and thieves in their own ranks as well as Ojukwus divisive way of running his military forces, pitting subordinates against each other to ensure his own grip on power
Your hero Ojukwu fled just before the war ended...that's what a "hero" would do right?
@@MegaJohny56 facts
@@DapiaZumshakMNIOB Nelson Medina also flew from South African I hope you have also read about that ? So stop been foolish
From Atlanta USA, Odumegu is a hero, Yoruba's has always been the accomplice, igbos has always lived as free people , what British did to us was has created so much feud amongst us. We are stronger together if we have true federalism but that will not happen so let's share
The problem of the nation has its inception from the political unrest from the south west region that resulted in severe killing n burning of politicians, this was between Akintola and Awolowo political differences, the Federal level headed by the Northern politicians along side Zik their allies supported Akintola, there was treason traces on the side of Awolowo n his crew n they were all trial.
Awolowo got 10years jail term n the other got 15years, this was what infuriated the coup planners of Jan 1966 failed coup, they saw it that Awolowo was maltreated by the North n the plans was to execute the coup, get Awolowo out from prison n made him the president.
Unfortunately the coup was aborted by an Igbo man "ironsi aguiyi"
To cut it short, there was counter coup after then massive killings of igbos in the North, Ojukwu came on board to again free Awolowo from prison on the basis that he will secede with the igbos which he agreed but it was quite shocking n betrayal the same Awolowo the igbos been trying to safe was used against the igbos in the civil war, he was the master planner of the fall of the Biafra struggle.
This is just a summary, I stand to be corrected or criticize constructively
@@SmartKelz Bro you are absolutely correct cause after your take i did some research and even read this book by CHINU ACHEBE " There was country " that book explained so angles to this point. at this point Igbos at not safe in Nigeria as a country , we economically handicapped, No single seaport in the eastern region and we people of commerce and industrialization. Help me make sense of a region where the entire people thrive on trade and business yet the govt of the day has not been able to open Calabar port, Oneh Port or Anambra port just to mention but few and the Atlantic ocean ran through eastern region. If we can't come to a round table and negotiate then we should go to war then, since as Black people all we want to do is blood shed
Where is Gowon?
Ego centric war that was aimed at serving the personal interests of some persons. Sadly, some people were made to think it was a was for their liberation.
Eventually, when and where the main actors sat down and shared glasses of expensive wine to reconcile their differences, the gullible masses knew nothing. It's just a pity for a country.
Spot on
Nigeria would rather kill Igbos than keep to the Abhuri accord which focused on true fedralisim. Hypocrites. It's paining you that his fears are now your reality. Joke is on you.
And today, the ego Nigeria fought has been vanquished and the same Brutality and neglect of Nigerian citizens that existed before still prevails under the same Nigeria.
Me, you know the wrong things or you don't know at all. Maybe you should go read.
What
as Nigerians achieve what ojukwu was fighting for is still happening today ojukwu is my hero i love him. Now 2021 after BIAFRA it is ODUDUWA nation so sone thing is wrong with NIGERIA
Ojukwu isn't an hero. Same step Nnamdi Kanu taking... Heroes do not run way by leaving his followers to death. Heroes die with his followers. Ojukwu is a boss, not a leader.
Listen very carefully Mr Ademola, Ojukwu will remain a hero in the eyes of his people. A true son who personified what his people believed in. He sounded the Igbo drum loud and clear, he dared to challenge the norm, he had laid the foundation for the identity of the igbos.
Today every Igbo man knows that they had the courage to fight against oppression in the past. They can fight against oppression tomorrow. That was the greatest achievement. If other people in Nigeria cannot, the Igbo can and will.
Igbos don't care if he is a boss. The problem of dictatorship is complex. He is leading his people out of marginalization, whether it is done as a democrat or as a commander that is not the point now. Igbos are looking up to a person who can pull them away from bundage. Stop crying more than the bereaved, you are not an Igbo man.
All Nigerian Leaders from the 60s & 70s could speak English without the typical Nigerian accent, I don't know what changed,
Ikr? That’s how I speak and people think it’s weird.
The answer is, A Hero
Gowon why did your conscience not judge you for not honouring aburi agreement 🤝 in Ghana when you returned to Nigeria.
Ojukwu took actions like Moses did when he killed those Egyptians just to make sure his people is not harmed ... If he doesn't avenge the death of the Easteners that was massacred during the progrom he would have been a coward igbos were massacred across the country as a head of state it's his right to do something IKEMBA LIVES ON
Take it or leave it
He is a hero.
Ike mba is hero
Heroes dont write history, cowards do.
I think Ojukwu should not be judged harshly by history considering the shenanigans by officers of the Nigerian Army at the time. His conciliatory tones fell on deaf ears. After considering his own educational background he decided to match the effrontery of soldiers who had put the country in jeopardy. Let us not forget, oil and gas, which sustain the Nigerian economy were at stake, along the interests of other foreign powers and that was a tall order, for one region to fight against; 75% of the country. It my view that when countries face irreconcilably differences they must opt out for a political stratagem which would benefit all concerned. Until very recently, there were no Generals in the Nigerian Army of Igbo origin until a famous TV station pointed out the height of discrimination suffered by Igbos in Nigeria. Countries want to hold to other regions without the benefit of economic resources to that region and the ghost of Biafra may rear up its head in some part of the world.
Thank you brother. Tell all those Igbo haters and the likes of Joe Igbokwe (Commissioner for gutters), that a better thing can be done and that is to make all the South (SS = SE = SW) a country because we are similar and in this case progress can be achieved. Enough of this One-Nigeria stuff please. to hell with Nigeria
He is a big HERO for all biafra
He personally took a rifle to a battle during the civil war.
Great narration but your voice could be more louder/audible
Msy he soul rest in peace
Gowon is the coward, not Ojukwu. Ojukwu lives on as a hero.
Ojukwu is the big coward
Off course he is a COWARD
When sir AHMADU BELLO was informed that the army are about to strike he laughed and said "let them come " he will rather die than running away abandoning his people, despite the death news he stood firmly and stand by the interests of the northerners and end up taking bullets for them (all he wanted was the best for his)
But in the case of OJUKWU after he recieved his people and led them to war knowing there's zero chance of winning, after being defeated he fled and ran away😂 in disguise as a woman abandoning his poor people without even firing a single shot.. yet some misplaced priorities are calling him their hero 🤦♂️ what a shame.
OJUKWU WAS A BIG COWARD!
the IGBOS should find another hero abeg
The Ojukwu I "Oluwatola Abraham" know very well, with how he struggled and fought for freedom 💪was a good man. RIP to a Legend ❤️❤️
Ojukwu is our hero.
I'd like to hear what Mr kanu has to say about this
MNK loves and adores Ojukwu to death. Ojukwu is his idol. He is Ojukwu reincarnate.
The Nigerian civil war aka Biafran war was an unfortunate incident that happened in the course of history.
Formerly, I blamed Ojukwu for the occurrence of the war, bit now that I made some findings about the root causes, I get to understand that the Igbos were marginalized and even the Yorubas by the hausas in the army. Anyway, I pray such war or civil unrest should never happen again because of the innocent people at the bottom of it all
Yoruba fought in Nigeria side yoruba have always hated igbos right from time. You can't say yorubas are marginalized
He was a COWARD! He started a war the led to the deaths of millions of Nigerians knowing he can't win it. He biggest blunder was forcing minority tribes into his agitations. People choose ignore the fact that Biafrans soldiers wasted lives of minority tribes especially in Agenebode(Edo) who chose not to be part of their agitations.
You are animal you have eye but you can not see fools people everywhere fulani and hausa start killing the igbos in 1943 that is what leads to war in 1967 ojukwu saw there evil Agender but people did not see it now what is happening today , till today hausa fulani is killing people that one is cause by ojukwu??? Stop talking nonsense
Ojukwu is a great man who understands the people he is working with and today, we are seeing the reflection of what he, ojukwu saw far behind today in Nigeria