Dear HistoryVile, As one who criticised your Channel for putting out historical contents about Nigeria in a manner that made it look like the country is only made up of 3 major ethnic groups, I want to specially commend your channel for not just putting out this highly informative, insightful and deeply revealing content on this issue and topic of the Niger Delta Region and the struggle for resource control led by Major Isaac Adaka Boro, but for doing it with such captivating details on the background of the story that led to the declaration of the first breakaway Republic from the Nigerian State. I believe that just like me, you guys are also witnessing the huge interest that this video has generated and the ignorance that this video has dispelled! So I say once again, that my criticism of your previous one sided narrative of Nigerian history was not personal but very constructive. I will not join issues with those who say your narrative of the events in this video are not accurate because your narrative of the events in this video is not only well researched but you cited several authorities to back up every fact narrated.
Thank you, Joseph. We welcome constructive criticism. We just plead for patience as Nigeria's a big country with many tribes. We also have histories from other African nations and Blacks in the diaspora to publish. Thank you once again.
But isaac Adaka boro did not fight for resources control instead he fight for to free ijaw tribe which their name is niger delta alone no other tribes added to it his reason is the oil money that would have been use to build and clean ijaw tribe land the so called Nigeria is using it to build lagos which still continues till today
Daka boro was working for Bristish against Ironsi government. He was used and killed , dumped by fulanis and British government. The idiot continued to fight against Biafran government why did is not for Niger Delatn Republic when Gown took over?? He was an idiot, he ws klled lik a duck
@@landamalome2077 the Nigeria we see today is not their making. It's the way the generation that followed and most of them that lived long enough made things.
He was betrayed and Murdered by the Nigerian State just like they did Ken Saro Wiwa, and they continue to do to Niger Delta the region that feeds the zoo.
@@ebenudeh2101 When on earth would the Nigeria state have betrayed him when in fact he was fighting for the same Nigerian state against Biafra? This narrative hold no water at all. HE WAS FINISHED BY BIAFRAN FORCES. END OF STORY. He fought with the 3rd Division led by Col. Adekunle. Adekunle overstretched his division and when the Biafra forces went after the division, their number was whittled down to less than 10,000 men from a high number of more than 40, 000 in just a few months' time. Adekunle sent many Nigerian soldiers to their early graves and for his incompetence he was removed as division commander. He was then replaced by Col. Obasanjo who also almost lost his life when Biafra troops shot and injured him(almost fatally) at close range. Whenever I see Obasanjo I simply mumble to myself that he is one hell of a lucky man. ISAAC BORO FOUGHT AGAINST BIAFRAN TROOPS AND HE LOST HIS LIFE TO A BIAFRAN BULLET. CHIKENA!!!
@@lordjohnjohn6458 For what reason since Boro knew the creek terrain than regular soldiers who needed his guidance. Boro was killed by Biafran soldiers. Let us move on and not try to make him what he wasn't. He gambled and he lost I was there and I know what I am talking about here.
The first time I heard about Issac Boro was when I served in Bayelsa. One of longest roads in Yenagoa was named after him. He was a very impressive young man even with the limited information I got from Wikipedia back then. Keep it up man.
I carefully listened to your narration but you ommitted the very issues Isaac Boro had at UNN Nsukka.My father,Issac,a Cameroonian and Yoruba guy were roommates.Isaac Boro was brillant young student union leader, but very erratic human being as my Dad said.He spoke to an Igbo lady and she refused to befriend him,He went to tell the other roomates except my Dad that Igbos dont like them.He hatched a plan to burn down the administrative block and the Cameroonian told my Dad of his plans.My Father reported him to the authorities and he was suspended.That was where his bitternes emanated against Igbos.My Father is 88years old now and a first class student from UNN.I dont speak ill of the dead.May his soul rest in peace.
truth bitters, your father is still alive they can go and make inquiries, i remembered very well that he was suspended in UNN but history will not mentioned what lead to his expulsion.
That may be true but it doesn't change the fact that Isaac Adaka Boro Rebellion was out down by Gen Aguyi Ironsi and Col Ojukwu. Boro had every justifiable reason for that rebellion. Only if Boro was treated well could there had been justice. The same government that hastily tried Boro did not try the Jan 15 coup plotters. This was the reason for the high suspicion of an igbo coup
Isaac Boro is the FOREMOST IJAW nationalist and Isaac Boro Park perhaps the most central public area in Port Harcourt in the 80s (is it still there?) was named after him. While the Biafran War results in a slight splinter of opinions among Ijaw (most died for/under Biafran flag, some neutral and Boro favored Nigeria) we ALL honor Boro with no exception because no matter his stance, it was always with the welfare of Ijaw in mind. Long live the memory of Isaac Adaka Boro!
Daka boro was working for Bristish against Ironsi government. He was used and killed , dumped by fulanis and British government. The idiot continued to fight against Biafran government why did is not for Niger Delatn Republic when Gown took over?? He was an idiot, he ws klled lik a duck
Dear HistoryVille, You seem to have conveniently left out 2 important points in your account of Isaac Adaka Boro. 1. The Niger Delta Republic as declared by Boro was an homogeneous ethnic Ijaw nation. Not the contemporary understanding of the term Niger Delta today, that consists of 9 states in the southeast and south south of Nigeria (which is a conglomeration of many ethnic nationalities such as the Ibibio, Igbo, Annang, Efik, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw and others). 2. David Boro, Adaka Boro’s younger brother during an interview with Punch said and I quote, "Isaac Boro did not just start the 12-Day Revolution and decided to declare a Niger Delta Republic. There was some degree of encouragement from the North." *Adaka Boro having close ties with the Balewa government as uncovered by MD Yusuf (1966), Criminal Investigation Department chief, was that the Boro insurrection was a Balewa plan to divide the East. The classic divide and rule that Britain taught their Fulani stooges. **According to reviews by scholars: South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar, Ruth First as quoted by Kathryn Nwajiaku, states that Boro and his men were in league with senior Northern officers, and had wanted to use the threat of revolution to trigger the imposition of a state of emergency by the Northern-led Federal government prior to the first coup. Please always give a holistic account of history. No subtraction or addition. I don’t want to say this was a sorry attempt at whitewashing Adaka Boro as it might as well be an honest mistake. I’ll end on this note.
You lie and who ever tell you this misslead you it was ironsi who kill more people off ijaw you guys hate everyone except your fucking lies igbos are the proplerm off south east we are done with it longtime ago we are soith south let it be sink in your heard pls otherwise keep dreaming
Your observations are good but it came with two further observation/question from me 1. Tafawa Balewa was already dead in the Jan 15 coup before Adaka Boro declared in Feb 23, so the Northern-led govt was longer in existence as at the time he declared Niger Delta republic, Aguiyi Ironsi was the supreme leader as at the time. 2. If the North wanted to weaken the Eastern region like you said, they could have just created a new state out of the region just like Gowon did eventually in 1967 before the civil war, that would not need Isaac Boro declaring a whole republic and commiting treason, he just need to agitate for a state of Niger Delta, atleast the Midwestern state was created out of the Western region without a fight. What do you say to this two observations?
I was told that Mr. Akputakpu (who was a tenant) brought his focused biafra soldiers to Ofunama and served the community paper that he owned the community (during the war). Unfortunately we have not seen Mr. Akputakpu and his beautiful family till date. I think that was what most of the minority ethnic groups in the eastern region was facing.
Sorry, the Olobiri Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro was born is not the Oloibiri where oil was first struck in commercial quantities. The two are different communities in two different local governments. Boro's own is in present day Kolokuma Opokuma local government while the other is in Ogbia local government both in Bayelsa State
It is Aguyi-Ironsi that sent him to Port-Harcourt to quell an uprising in the area but he turned to declare independence from Nigeria. Another issue is that oil was not main-stream then as it is today. However Oloibri still did not get anything under Abuja govt.
Oil was first discovered at Owerri in 1951 but not in commercial quantity, where shell dug her first well, in 1953, oil was discovered in little non-commercial quantities at Akata, near Eket; then in 1956 it was discovered in commercial quantity at Oloibri, so before oloibiri, where two other locations, albeit not in commercial quantities.
Isaac Adaka Boro. You wasted your life for nothing. So, all the tribes in Nigeria joined hands to fight against one tribe ( the igbos?) The mistakes our fathers did before the war is the same mistakes this generation are repeating. To any Biafra man or woman reading this comment. Stop developing other parts of Nigeria, we are not one.
If you want to tell a story about the life of Isaac adaka Boro please tell the whole story and not cut and join to suit some people who were already jumping up and down in the comment section because history is not told with sentiments but facts.
Till this very day the Niger Delta is still one of the most underdeveloped regions in this so called country,but a lot of people think we operate under a democracy where there is fairness and equity lmao.This so called country was never supposed to be a united entity,which is why you have individuals who rise up every now and again demanding for breakup.Kudos to you guys as always
Go and read the NDDC audit report, more than 12,000 abandoned projects in the Niger Delta and it's majority Niger Deltans who took the contracts. Be accusing Nigeria and not ask what all the NDDC, Federal Allocation, 13% derivatives are being used for. We always like to point fingers when our problem is right there in our house.
@@mosesogundipe1629 ok, they took the contracts and so what else? Did they give them license to build refineries? Was the contract money truly adequate for the job? Why did they give it to incapable Niger Deltans if their share was not part of it? Answer na? U wan point finger wey ur finger nor fit point
The system of government Nigeria is using written agreement law by general YAKUBU GOWON and his hausa fulani northerners started from here this 1967/70 till today which stated by general YAKUBU GOWON that no tribe or regions will developed or move forward than others the oil wall sharing free which hausa fulani northerners are the partakers in the name of one Nigeria started from here till today why the owners is living in backwardnes and primitive life in their land
@@beneskifenanco671lol gowon killed Him during the war not ironsi that was killed by the Nigeria too..he could have joined his brothers to fight Nigeria and after that Niger delta can be free..remember he went to school in igbo land
Isaac Boro Park...hmmm. this comes to mind immediately. Wow!!!. I still say today that until Niger Delta and Igbos unite, we both cannot be free. Igbos and Ijaws are an undefeatable force. I respect this kind of people.
@@mtdspfgh I believe there's cultural similarities and the groups can get along. source? 'The Aro(chukwu) Confederacy' it was a political alliance between Igbos, Ijaws and Efiks etc. that last from 1690-1902 before the British colonised. In Nigeria theres 3 major ethnic groups. It's a good idea for a group with lesser numbers to align themselves with one of the bigger ones as long as theres mutual respect. A minority group can't overcome a dominant ethnic group by themselves, the giants of Nigeria are Hausa, Igbos and Yorubas. and Hausa-Fulanis are dominating politics, in fact before anyone can rise in the political space they would've first kissed the asses of the Fulani oligarchy. This isn't right or fair. Ijaws or any other minor group can't challenge any major group on their own to demand justice and never will. Alliances are necessary and should be made. After all, before Hausa-Fulani soldiers duelled Igbos(+minority ethnic groups that supported) to take Eastern Region back they had to be helped by the Yorubas even tho up to 70K+(?) federal nigerian soldiers lost their lives and the battles lasted 3yrs. Had the Yorubas not supported the North, Ojukwu may have succeeded. Everyone needs alliances. To take down corruption spear-headed by the North, the South needs to unite to challenge them together, otherwise forget it. we saw how the North kicked out GEJ, its North vs South and always will be. Some groups in SS think theyre special and seek acceptance from the North but don't realise Hausas main objective is to have no challengers, and Igbos challenged them so theyre trying to manipulate their neighbours so they can never form a political front against them. the moment Southern Nigeria unites is the end of Hausa-Fulani domination
@@freechannel5639 Aro Confederacy that were the merchants of slave trade that didn't give a flip about capturing their people and selling them like goats to Europeans who packed them like sardines to foreign lands? Yeye dey smell. Soon, you'll begin to peddle the story that Fulani people were responsible for the slave the selling of poor, vulnerable innocent people in the Atlantic slave trade.
An often forgotten aspect of Nigeria's history that truly reflects dynamics in the country. Most people assume the South East and South South are the same, until one knows the story of Adaka Boro. He highlighted the differences and inspiration of the South South, from the South East. Boro also had the insight to condemn the first coup and the reasons given were also sound.
@@ikechukwuokeke8170 The Igbo people were the fisrt to abandon and sabotage the South East and South South. First Igbos enabled the marginalization of the South South, which in turn created Adaka Boro. Secondly some Igbos kill the prime minister of Nigeria. Thirdly, they supported the FG to defeat Adaka Boro. So you see, the Igbos were the first to split the South South and the South East politically. I also suspect the Nigerian government of killing Boro too.
Adaka did not fight for the freedom of Niger Delta till an igbo took office, that will show u the sabotaging spirit of some people. When zik and tafawa belewa were busy syphoning funds he kept mute until there was a coup that removed them. The strength of some Niger Delta people is when they see IGBO's on power, just like the case of asari dakubo and mnk, that's why they have not gotten their freedom. We supported GEJ with all our heart, but sarbortage is what they pay us in return
Calling Boro a Secessionist is an insult and made this history invalid. Boro only wanted a Niger Deltans region from Eastern region just as Midwest break away from West region. Therefore, that did not make him a Secessionist.
This is absolute fib. A Region and a Republic are two different things. Isaac Adaka Boro declared a REPUBLIC, not a Region. If Adaka Boro had wanted a region, he would have submitted a request to the Federal Government of Nigeria at Lagos for the purpose of creating another region out of Eastern Region, the same way that people of the Old Midwest Region submitted a request to the Federal Government of Nigeria at Lagos to create their own region. Besides, regions are not created through declaration by one man but via the democratic instrument of plesbicite. Again, you do not need a Volunteer Force to create a region such as Midwest Region. So, who was the Premier of the 'Region' that Isaac Adaka Boro 'created' if what you're saying is not pathetic falsehood?
@@ucol2068 You are wrong over and over. Midwest was created through a referendum conducted on 13th July 1963 in which peoples of Midwest region voted. And by overwhelming majority of almost 90%, the peoples of Midwest voted in favour of the creation of Midwest region from the the old western region. So, late PM Tafawa Balewa did not just create Midwest region. I have read my history. Please go and read yours.
Now wise men are talking and I wonder about this wonderful story and the false wisdom in it. The only time Adaka boro rose up to challenge the federal government is when an Igbo was the head of state. Then he was jailed by the Igbo head of state and later discharged by a northern head of state then he quickly abandoned his struggle for his Niger Delta country and even fought for the unity of Nigeria against the Igbo Biafrans under a northern head of state. Who is fooling who here? When will this hatred of igbos stop. Even now we are the truest Nigerians than other tribes buy living, buying and building homes everywhere in Nigeria, yet they won't allow us to drink and put down the cup. They say we are bad, greedy, overbearing and dominating. Then we say let us go and have our own country as Biafra, they refused. Treat and develop our place as they do to other part of Nigeria, they also refused. God is watching.
Before Boro agreed to fight for Nigeria in the Civil War, Gowon government had already created Rivers State which was key demandof of Boro's group . He felt strongly that the Rivers Man was being marginalize by the Igbo. Ahmadu Bello had warned of this domination by the Igbo in the North. Before the creation of Rivers State most major streets in Port Harcourt were named after Igbo Men.
@@ebibomodi4259 If God is prospering Igbo and they are buying lands and building everywhere and you call it Igbo domination. Is that not an open envy and jealousy. You people are fighting God who blesses the Igbos. Are we forcing and intimidating other tribes by force? What is an Igbo man's offence
@@saintpatrick1966 efcc arrested Obiano not because he committed the crime other leaders commit and move freely afterwards but because he built an international airport which means developing Biafra land without the consent of the Fulani government
@@AGBAENYI Nooo it was the Nigerian government that approved it. So let us not tribalze it. Obiano traveling a day after handing over is questionable.I don't blame EFCC, I am an Igbo man but I support EFCC on this matter. So his movement was suspicious and he has been released.
@@saintpatrick1966 why release him so soon? Because he has bowed to their terms. Nigeria government did not contribute any kobo in the building of the airport and since the airport has been built to standard... They do not have any other choice but to approve it or more blinded people will start picking interest, don't forget that they did not want to approve it at first. Am not saying Obiano is innocent, but why did they release him? Because he has agreed to dance to their music. Where is the money Nigeria borrowed from China?... They used it to build Dangote's refineries and then in return are constructing a bridge with TOLL GATE for the south... Think about it.
Fool, The bastard remember to fight once an Igbo man was in power. No consultation, no negotiation and straightforward declared a republic. Was that not treason?
@@creativefantasybox2462 then support Igbos to leave so you all will have a very peaceful and United Nigeria 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️…. You hate them but don’t want them to leave…what kind of shit is that???
@@agbomolica1 Go, una no gree go, yet una no go gree person hear word... From Sokoto to Kaduna to Bonny, na una wey full everywhere dey join in chopping Nigeria dry... Na unaselves una dey deceive in IPOB.
@@user-vo8io9zk4g you make no sense!! Ireland 🇮🇪 is a sovereign nation but Irish people are all over Poland 🇵🇱.. Biafra can regain her sovereignty and igbo people can still choice to travel and operate in the north.. do you even know what sovereignty is?? The unity of Nigeria is a British invention, it never existed from day one because we had our respective sovereignties before the white man forced us under one union that undermines each of our values and freedom of expression… Nigeria only attempted to work under regional governance when each region had their autonomy but now, illiterate and nomadic Fulani want everyone to submit under them
Saboteurs that worked against Biafra struggles ended up being killed by the Nigerian Isaac Adaka Boro Patrick Francis Wilmot Ken Saro Wiwa Asari Tokubo ?
You know one thing that i still don`t understand is why Eastern Region that existed only 6 yrs from independence had many clans claiming they never got a chance to rule. only one person Okpara, got the chance. A ship can not have two captains at the same time.
@@davidogungbangbe7139 like the claim that igbo want to dorminate nigeria. your kind will believe that envious attribute, i suppose. Did anyone stop you from pursuing your goals in the old Eastern Region or even now in Nigeria yet they still blame Igbo for everything, after 70yrs? igbo people will never choose mediocre just for you people to be comfortable in your complacent life choices. We move, we march
I have always mistaken this name to be that of an elderly person, never knew it was that of a young enterprising man. God rest his young soul. You never told us if he was married. The mention of his young family got me confused. I wonder why we are always so fast in drawing lines. Why do we always allow the hate that was planted long time ago still live within us. The south East and south south has so many things in common, so why the fight. That Adaka Boro made his choices should not lead to this quarrel. After all, in that his choice, did his own people not suffer too? What of our own brother Ukpabi Asika who chose to hob nob with the Federal government? There are examples from both sides. Not everybody was ok with the way things were going. Even Nzeogwu did not support the war, even though he took part in the beginning before he died. They made their choices, what's our own choice now?
With due respect to the indigenous peoples of South South/Niger Delta, they have two major geopolitical choices - Niger Delta Republic or Republic of Biafra. Viva true Indigenous Nationalist Aspirations! Viva Negritude Banner!
@@qadarsaeed laughable indeed. Ijaws are only battling with their self incurred fetters of Igbophobia. Unless you infer that the Fulanis are dependable allies. He must be turning in his grave on account of present day Niger Delta - a far cry 😭 from his dreams and ideals - multi national companies indulging in gas flaring and blaming host communities for every case of oil spillage, agitators falling prey to the enticing of Mammon and vainglory while indigenes remain poverty's property and the Federal Government continue in their overt brigandage and subterfuge of commitment towards sustainable development.
I now hate my social studies and history classes in primary and secondary school. They never taught us this. This is our history for crying out loud. We need to know!!!!
See why I have kept advocating for @HistoryVile to tell the history of Nigeria 🇳🇬 from different perspective. Most people are not aware of this and many other defining moment in Nigeria's history.
I can’t understand how u joined to fight a nation who found u guilty of treason because u only spoke for your people so sad for boro because he choose a wrong side which later caused him his life every dead who supported Nigeria should be very disappointed right now cause Nigeria is a failed state...Ojukwu saw this a far time and declared Biafra but I will not judge the dead but is a shame to fight for this so called Nigeria
You're saying rubbish was ijaw not with eastern Nigeria before actually this betraying we accuse yorubas off we igbos started it initially because when I dived into history I have to speak the truth Ijaw was not comfortable under the igbos of eastern region as of then so iseac adaka boro saw how oppressed ijaws are he decided to fight for Niger delta region aguiyi ironsi and odumegwu ojukwu arrested him because the igbos then we're thinking they could dominate everybody they imprisoned iseac for treason he was waiting for trial but God so made it July 1966 counter coup happened when Hausa stormed on Igbo soilders and eliminate many including aguiyi ironsi then the Biafra war actually every problem in Nigeria igbos were the sole architect not only yoruba because the secession clause was in the constitution in a way that if any ethnic group can't feel well with others they can opt out and form their own but nnamdi Azikiwe removed secession clause because he was thinking igbos would dominate everybody but Hausa no agree. Gowon released iseac from prison and he fought with the Nigerian but I'm not sure of how he died I will read about that I'm Igbo girl myself my forefathers made a lot of mistake that we this generation doesn't want to take responsibility for So those sins is the reason why no tribe trusted igbos
Please if you are talking about Nigeria coup call the region because Kaduna is from what is known today as south South they are not Igbos we can never accept this narrative...
Adaka- boro was released by Gowon to fight against Biafra that is the terms of his pardon, of which he enrolled 1000 men to Nigeria side. According to Obasanjo book and few others his commanding officer Col. Benjamin Adekunle may have hand in his death because He wont like any person to share credit of the division many success. Nigeria Govt never released the official report about his death because his followers blamed Col. Benjamin Adekunle whom they stopped obeying and was replaced by Obasanjo. He did not die at battle rather shot in his free time. I have reason to believe he was assassinated by fellow Nigeria Army otherwise Nigeria Govt would have made the investigation report public.
@@Obalufon Hypocrite in what sense that he managed to survive assassination attempts in Kano or that the 1966 igbo pogrom is not in your own history book
@@biafrawatch9604 Mumu, go and check the history, Ojukwu became the Eastern Region governor after the 1966 coup, and Adaka Boro declared Niger Delta right before the North counter coup. Ironsi ordered Ojukwu to crush Adaka Boro, and he was sentenced to death by Ironsi regime while his own people that killed non Igbos were still not tried
Boro saw marginalization of the oil and gas producing minorities by the government of the day, even under derivation, even the civil war was alll about how to appropriate oil and gas resources .
One of the instigators of hate in eastern Nigeria. Fought for nothing and died for nothing. He claimed the igbos and Hausas were taking his oil and developing their area then decided to fight the eastern government who gave him scholarship to study at UNN. He claimed they were marginalised yet he become head of student union in an eastern university. What a paradox
So because you people offer him scholarships from what you people gain from his land and soil. He should forget his remaining people, families.. this is laughable. We Niger delta are watching you people.. don't worry fight for your Biafra and come and fight us. Selfish people calling other people fool
The Eastern Regional Government gave him scholarship then sentenced him to death for fighting for the emancipation of his people, because they (Ojukwu and Ironsi) were in control of the Federal Government. When they lost control of the Federal Government, they now started a war to separate from the Federal Government, the same action they sentenced Boro to death for. Oh, you don't like oppression but you want to oppress others.
@@luckystar8777 ...we don't wanna fight you. Niger Delta isn't a 'peoples' its a region inhabited by numerous ethnic identities. We want the same thing, end to corruption and improved quality of life for everyone. Dont align with the same Northerners who turn a blind eye to your polluted rivers killing villagers, who embezzle your state revenues as they fill up your job space with 'their own' people. the oil is yours, but join us to take down the Fulani oligarchy
@@freechannel5639 You're wise on like those confused few Igbo's who always talk down Niger delta down.. I am fighting for Biafra because I have worked with Igbo's and they are my neighbor too. I am an Isoko Man. I hate when some people feel so superior over others. I do understand the Igbo's people more than any other tribe.. but some are so greedy just like the north
To alll Igbos that "watched this video" while I can say you are not to blame for what some of your tribesmen have done in the past, you can learn from here that there is greed behind the declaration of Biafra. It is not for the interest of you and your family, ofcourse they wont tell you it is just for their own benefit. They have to give you something to believe. How Major Kaduna led the coup that killed all regional leaders except Eastern regional leader and Nnamdi Azikwe.| How Aguiyi Ironsi refused to prosecute him after he was apprehended How Ojukwu fought and helo to sentence him to death under Aguiyi Ironsi Are all epitome of modern corruption and greed that we have in Nigeria today. The problem that started then is yet resolved! But it is not your fault. There are selfish Hausa and Yoruba too but we must not sentimentally support the wrong ones.
Dear Darotudeen, pointedly on why Aguiyi Ironsi did not prosecute Nzeogwu, Remember if you had read the history about the both remote and immediate cause of the war, you will know that the Coup was well appreciated especially from the people of the West, which was expected because Nzeogwu and Wole Soyinka were very good friends , infact they were classmates, previously Wole Soyinka being one of the very outspoken character then, used a lot media weapon in maligning Tarfa Belewa administration, so when the coup happened it was a welcome development and gave a sigh of relief to many especially the South, Honestly, i must condemn Ironsi's action, it was totally wrong for him not to have prosecuted Nzeogwu, but for the fact it was applauded especially people from the south he did not do the needful.
@@obumaoge8947 I think explain the struggle of modern Nigeria. That an act of killing was applauded by people who felt relief from it can only be of prejudice. What will make a better is Justice, irrespective of tribe, color or race. Aguiyi Ironsi did not prosecute, the current President was alive then and has also refused to prosecute the Bandit as terrorists. And it goes on.
Adaka Boro was brave. His mistakes cost him his life. He had 'beef' for the Igbos due to Ironsi's govt clamping down on the Niger delta volunteer force. I can't blame him much. It is the same issues that still confront us today. Where is his integrity if he could switch loyalty within such a short time to serve thesame govt that imprisoned him? Meanwhile, Ironsi spared all of those of them caught on grounds of treason. We all forget these are some of the issues Ironsi was later accused of after Jan66 came and he settled for the same imprisonment of the coupist instead of death. Ironsi was called weak and all manner of names like GEJ for these considerations till he got assassinated. The North saw all of us including Adaka Boro as the same people. Boro and his likes, out of beef thought it was right to emphasize to the world their differences to the Igbos. Adaka Boro joined the Federal forces [Now Under Gowon] against Biafra. He guided the Nig army to the Biafrans. Heard from veterans he was shot by Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle over a disagreement and his seeming concerns on the level of carnage the war turned out to be. Nigeria has failed to tell the truth on all that transpired then. Other Nigerian youths seem to rely on just the same propaganda they have followed forever. They forget that many Biafran soldiers are still alive. Even those that worked with Issac Boro are still living. They will tell their children the truth. Not the Nigerian versions. Remember there was a victor and a vanquished. The Nigeria you see now is the story and programme of the victors. It is wise to still ask or look into what the vanquished represented. Adaka Boro along the line began having disagreements with the federal forces over many issues - from planning to welfare and so on. Which sounds familiar to settling the militants today to keep the peace. He probably realised he has aided the massacre of his own cousins, while Nigeria fail on their closed-door agreements. Adaka Boro's waning loyalty to the federal forces cost him his life. All who served Nigeria against their own, get killed by Nigeria. Saro Wiwa also sabotaged Biafra. Only to pick up the same fight many years later. This time, he was on his own. Nigeria did not have a second thought before such an illustrious citizen got hanged. Ojukwu visited him in prison, and initiated their conversation by telling him "good morning". Saro Wiwa as a literary giant obviously got the message. It was late. If you follow even the order of events, you can easily see the pattern the Nigerian govt exploited to divide the old Eastern Nigeria. When you hear we are SS, Niger delta, we are not Biafrans, bla bla....... These are partly how they came about. What Nigeria[the victors] will never tell you or bring up today is this; let us conjecture the Adaka Boros, the Saro Wiwas and co, were to be consulted in their graves. Will they still support Nigeria? Food for thought.
Your piece is full of arrogance and hatred towards Boro and the Ijaw people. At no time did Boro switch allegiance to the federal government bcos he was never part of any Biafra govt. Boro Fought both against the Federal govt first which was been controlled by the igbos and then much later the secessionist Igbo Biafra Grps who seek to take along them his Territory, the Ijaw territory alongside with them. Major Boro had to team up with the now federal government to take back his Territory. A Fight he fought till his last drop of his blood. In his death, we the Ijaw people, his People were saved.. Don't write what u lack knowledge of again sire
@@etemoweiaguamah5940 : Not sure what you mean by arrogance. Keep the vile talk away and just say what you know well, that I don't know. Again, every and anyone who betrays his own conscience either gets ridiculed [or killed eventually] by the same ungodly and vindictive steps they take. It is almost an automatic faith to come. You can see I am for Biafra. You are not my enemy. So just the points. Firstly I wonder where you got that line on Adaka Boro serving the Biafran forces. Instead of creating an argument let that be an error. Little memory lane; Remember Enahoro? He was convicted of a crime and deported from London to Nigeria to serve his term. Typical of Nigeria, he naturally became a willing tool. Anyone could be a beneficiary of his actions and see him differently; which is fair enough. My views are based on a constant pattern noticeable across all state actors who take steps in bad faith. Same as Awolowo did on his release. Despite a breakdown between the Fed govt of Nigeria and the regional govt of the East, alongside some of the Jan 1966 coupists [whom could all be said to be on the same page], after vowing and making assurances sympathetic to Ojukwu's plight for speaking up; and reaffirming his disdain for the yet overtly present neo-colonial grip on Nigeria through a preponderant northern party; Awolowo's diametric opposition to all the ideals he upheld fighting for our independence barely 6yrs back from this period, makes him a glorified willing tool in the hands of the same people or conspiracy that jailed him. He was used and dumped again conspicuously again two more memorable times. Till he committed suicide. No one in the right frame of mind commits suicide. If you want to say there is no validity to these observed similarities, I can only wish you the best of luck. Awo served as Gowon's deputy thereafter prison. This logically would mobilize the southwest to a great extent compared to Akintola who was now out of the way. Enahoro's similarly must have rallied the Midwest. It is on record he went as far as saying there was no genocide going on in Biafra, whilst at the Vatican. That shouldn't come from a revolutionist like Enahoro. Such statements can only be in bad faith. He got dumped. Lest we forget both Awolowo and Enahoro were parties to the Aburi accord. With all these brilliant people I wonder what happened. We have all seen the full contents today. Adaka Boro according to you fought against secessionist Igbo groups (Against Biafra). And he did all that unilaterally at the same time with the Federal forces. Anyhow, you put it, the first attempt at secession with his volunteer force we all can consider heroic, but after his release by Gowon, there was bad faith, from my perspective. The boomerang came regardless of our different interpretations. With only the Ijaw group, anti-Biafrans, and the likes, he opened the creeks to the Nigerian army and led them to the killings of many Biafrans. At the end of this all, who killed him? Is it the Biafrans? The anti-Biafrans with him? Or better still they write simply he died in battle, Naija style reporting. When we start answering the bottom line questions we'll see the patterns are exactly the same.
@@etemoweiaguamah5940 I have a question, can you answer? -I've seen this rhetoric of how Ijaw people were 'saved' by Federal forcers from igbos during the war. my question is what were Ijaws saved from? I've never known there to be any beef between Igbos and their neighbours and I can refer to 'The Aro Confederacy' were Igbos, Ijaws and Efiks etc formed a political union that last 300years before being invaded by the British. Do Ijaws think they wouldve been made slaves or something? I dont think Igbos ever mass slaughtered ijaws and it has been said that Ojukwu held a council meeting before declaring an independent republic with minority ethnic group leaders and students, and they all agreed in favour with Ojukwu to establish a country and some Ijaws even fought against Nig Is this new phrase of being saved propaganda and a way to curb Ijaw involvement, granted there's mutual respect Ijaws are stronger aligned with their neighbours I believe
You people tell all sort of lies in very big context and barely reading into whatever you all put up,there’s always big smelling lies,you were the ones that destroyed the trajectory of the country,you were the greedy ones,you were the ones who believed you had to own the very center,it’s wasn’t even like you had the natural resources to make such dastard moves,The igbos typically have no good history from the creation of the country,from Azikwe aligning with the north to become president,to later Nzeogwu and his pears killing people the prime minister and the western premier akintola,killings in the north,Lagos and Ibadan and none in the Eastern soil,blockading the Niger delta region then,aguiyi-ironsi comes in lol…it’s always been about them,who would have known an Igbo man ever jailed someone for trying to secede from Nigeria???🤣,they can twist anything,just about anything,they lie so open and would be convenient.
@@High5ve : Strange that you have contributed nothing to the topic in question but spewed so many sentiments while calling other comments smelling lies. What did you mean by "......blockading the Niger delta region then, Aguiyi-ironsi comes in. Lol"? Makes no sense. Let's even assume you are correct, Ironsi stopped them from secession, do you Gbolahon and your fathers now support secession? since Ironsi was wrong not to have supported their secession, did you support Adaka Boro and his Niger delta secession? Did you support Biafra secession after? Which secession has you as a Yoruba man agreed to since it was the Igbos who wrongly stopped Adaka boro? You are a hypocrite in the debate. Not sure you even understand that. You mentioned Nzeogwu and at the same time talked about Igbos jailing those from the Niger delta trying to secede. See how much your own ignorance stinks. Let me ask you Gbolagan, was Nzeogwu an Igbo man? Let me show you how stupid you look inside that propaganda you were raised in. What you are saying is Ironsi screwed Adaka boros secession. What you have missed with your beer parlour analysis is this; Jan 1966 and Feb 1966 are barely few weeks apart. Nzeogwu [from Niger delta] did a coup in middle of Jan 1966; then gave power to Ironsi and Igbo man, then another man from Niger delta started a secession of Niger delta in Feb 1966. This means Ironsi's govt has not even settled down while it grappled with the unrests around the period. Again, on this, did you, your fathers or anyone else from Nigeria support Adaka Boro and Niger delta secession which Ironsi stopped? So this could only have bn raised against the Igbos to score cheap points. Even at that, after the revenge coup in July 66, when Nigerians like Gbolahan got their wishes, what did they do with the opportunity? From the unification decree to not killing the coupists [including Adaka Boro who was imprisoned instead of facing execution], which one did Gowon and their British masters change after they assassinated Ironsi? They did not only keep it as it was, they made it more sophisticated. Till date we haven't recovered from the over-centralisation of power. How many more coups did we see after Jan 1966? Several coups over the years, upheld by thesame people suffering from 'Igbo-phobia'. If we are to weigh all coups, it is nonsensical that we still keep pointing at just that one coup. Today we all suffocate and cry for a restructure, yet it is the Igbos creating all the problems according to Gbolahan. Meanwhile Nigeria was well restructured at Aburi to solve all these problems. What happened to the Aburi agreements? Why was it not implemented? Who and who backtracked on the agreement? You wanna know who did? It was you and your fathers that did, not the Igbos.
@@AG_reset Boro was killed while fighting against the Ojukwu led label, how did that make him a better hero than the person that killed him? The NON GREEDY people that took over the properties of the GREEDY people all in the name of abandoned properties... makes one wonder.
The moment he joined the Nigerian side at the war he lost it. He would be seen as a possible mole. He was only used after being brainwashed. Fight for us against the Biafrans and we will give you what you wanted. He would have been assassinated possibly as the war draws to a close after he and his men already protected the Niger Delta from the Biafran soldiers. He knew the terrain and knows his people - he was used by the Nigerian side basically. He was definitely overzealous. Would have just stood his ground after being released, go back to the drawing board and learn from his mistakes and just remain a ghost during the war. Anyways, easier said than done. We are all humans. I spent some moments at Boro Park as a kid and wondered then what the name was all about until I knew better. Such a vibrant young man wasted before he clocked 30. It is well.
I agree to the overzealous act by boro but who knows the term and conditions the so called evil military men gave him again we can say he died a coward to some extent.
What an irony! Ojukwu and Ironsi crushed the Niger delta volunteer force because they wanted to secede from Nigeria and even sentence them to death yet the Niger delta people don't accuse them of genocide, less than a year later the same Ojukwu decided start a war he knew he couldn't win and he was defeated, today the IGBOS are playing victim.
Ojukwu had no say in Ironsi's government,Yakubu Gowon was his chief of Army staff,Ojukwu never took a war to Nigerian soldiers,the war was brought to them and they fought on defensive throughout,what of the Asaba massacre led by Murtala Mohammed and co???please don't try to deceive yourself or anybody,we all know our history even though some evil minded people removed it from our curriculum but it doesn't change anything
@@chisomokeke9951 what he said about Ojukwu them is true na. Was Niger delta not part of the Eastern region. Which was solely controlled by igbos. Where they not gruesome in their doings?
@@dakori1946 some parts of Niger delta were igbos and majority of it was never in Eastern region,don't forget that the last region that was created was the mid western region which completed the 4 regions of Northern,Western,Eastern and Mid Western region,and before Ojukwu did whatever he did,the Niger delta were already on their own region which was why most of them pledged allegiance to Nigeria during the war,please let's get our facts right and not confuse people
This is why lord of karma is against igbo's for killing our brother's and sisters for asking for Niger delta republic today them is still crying for biafra because of them greedy and selfish and them will never get baifan
@@danielubochi9067 I'm from rivers state and i know what your greedy and selfish ojukwu did to our people because of the we are just asking for Niger delta republic today your own people are paying for it to becoues of lord of karma is against you called yourself baifin when you think that you can stop us with your fuluins friends today you and fuluins are fighting for some reason you igbo said we will not have Hahhahhahahhah
Historyville, I commend you for your effort at bringing critical tales of the Nigerian political scene to the world. Some of your topics were well researched while others aren't such. I must say that this one falls under the less researched ones. I believe you already know that the history propagated by the Nigerian government is one that conceals whatever that doesn't support their narration. As such, one can't rely on their stories to do justice on any topic which seeks to x-ray the truth therein. You ought to seek for more information from different sources to come up with the closest to the truth for the sake of your audience. Below are key areas you left out in this topic on Isaac Adaka Boro. 1. Adaka Boro did not challenge the federal government until a coup was attempted and crushed. Could it be that he found it easier to challenge a military government than a civilian one? Analysts will know that Boro's insurrection was sponsored from somewhere else. His overzealousness was exploited by some tricky politicians. His younger brother, David Boro later admitted to him getting support from the north to start the insurrection/revolution. Where did he get the resources to organize weapons and other logistics for someone not connected to any government or wealthy organization? 2. How easy was it for Boro who was seeking for Niger Delta republic to turn round and fight to preserve the same Nigeria that was exploiting his people? Zeal without wisdom leads to destruction. He was simply used by the north and silenced after his services wasn't needed anymore. 3. After his insurrection was crushed by Ironsi, he was arrested, tried and sentenced to death but Ironsi due to his nature instead commutted it to life sentencing. You clearly omitted this. Sentiments aside, Adaka Boro was to his credit a fiery young man whose heart burned for his people. His zeal was unquestioned but his wisdom was tainted by prejudice against Igbos which sadly remains with many of his people till today. He never rose against Balewa's civilian government but rather chose to rise against Ironsi's government. Some stories had it that his prejudice emanated from his experience at UNN. He was on an Eastern government scholarship in the school and even rose to become her Student Union Government president. The Igbos supported him. What else could have been his problem? Finally, to all those that choose to celebrate him as a hero, it is your right to make your decisions but my hope is that you don't get sucked into the same mistake he made. I believe he started to realize his mistake before he was killed by those who employed him. By my observation, most of those who celebrate Isaac Adaka Boro easily take Igbos as their default enemies. To them I say, the 1960s is gone forever. We are in the 21st Century and your land is still being milked strangers from afar. What are you going to do about now? Are you going to wait until another Igbo man becomes the president before you start?
@@qadarsaeed Can you refute what I wrote? I'm a realist and always challenge sincere person to present facts in any discourse. It's almost 60years after the Biafran war and the Niger Delta is still in a mess. Our brothers in the Niger Delta will wake up soon and realize that there present stand has only benefited the same people who used and killed Adaka Boro. Today, there's no single railway in the whole Niger Delta states but the Nigerian government built railway even into another country because the president has a connection with them. I guess that one is also the fault of Igbos. Fulani militias ably backed by the Nigerian army and killing off indigenous people of the middlebelt states and no one is talking. I guess it is also the fault of the Igbos. All your lies will eventually catch up with you guys. Nothing is hidden anymore. Do you see what is happening in Sudan today? That is what is coming to Arewa. When they have no other group of people to prey on, they'll fall on each other.
@@qadarsaeed Address the issues the man raised, instead of looking for someone to blame; incase you missed it, the main question is "Your land is still being milked by strangers from afar, What are you going to do about it now? Are you going to wait until another Igbo man becomes the president before you start?" Please address that question.
The why igbos and fuluins are some people Hahha because igbo's are the one supporting evil in Nigeria because of greedy and selfish always hate the fact and the truth
@@champagne5501 what are you talking about I'm not in Nigeria and I'm working hard and this is how you igbo's always talking rubbish about what you don't know about people
@@champagne5501 working hard is not buy kiilng your igbo's people because of your greedy and selfish and not for selling fake things and Doug do you understand and stop giving other people bad name
Saboteurs everywhere. Hausa/fulani are very very good at strategic thinking. The rest of the country have always looked down on them and such have had their nose bloodied. Yeah, keep looking down on the so called north.
He didn't die mysteriously but was used and dumped by Nigeria state he served. That's penalty for betrayal. Who are those now in charge of the oil well? Igbos or Fulani's?
Oga you simply told half truth on this video, you did not reveal the whole truth, if you don't know please make more research and find out more truths. You claimed that he was sentenced to death by Ironsi military regime but was realised by Gowon military regime, its a half truth bro, what made him to be alive up till the time Gowon came to power, you didn't dig deeply but told your narratives from all tops
@@landamalome2077 So, you only prefer it when it suits your South South narrative but when clarity is demanded, you simply label it as 'Biafran lke' giving it a false name for your satisfaction. That's hypocrisy man.
@@dermotwallace5533 bruh. You guys are all over TH-cam, instagram, facebook spitting out hatred against other ethnicities. You dislike hausas, yorubas, ijaws, fulanis, etc. Then when someone says something about you guys then you play the victim. Your people are the most bigoted and hateful in the country yet you want others to love you. If you hate nigeria so much then hold a referendum and you guys should leave the other parts of Nigeria. When they asked you guys to leave the north on 2017, you were all crying fowl.🙄
First of all Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu are copy cats. Copied from Boro and Asari the mumu man lol 🤣. Secondly, it was the East that did the first coup Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Timothy Onwuatueghu, Chris Anuforo, Humphrey Chukwuma and one Yoruba man Adewale Ademoyega whom was brainwashed just like many now,) what tribes names are these?? IGBO. Now, many Igbos would argued, meanwhile one of these Igbos names is from Delta State or South South as if they will not use the same names argument when claiming others. mind you, what about the other Igbo names? Nzeogwu might have come from the now Delta State but he was those Igbos that migrated to that location early on. That doesn't make them the original owners of the lands. The entire South South and South East of Nigeria has their ancestors traces from The Great Benin. Including some of the Igbos like Azikiwe already said. If Delta State and other Southern where part of East, they would not have be regarded as Benin Bight or like the later Midwest region such as Edo and Delta. So, Igbos created the coup and the war cause they will never be satisfied. Left for them alone, they should own every part of Nigeria and they should igbonized the entire country. But it's impossible because before Igbos, there was. Even when they had the power they were still not satisfied. Their brother Aguiyi Ironsi came in and did nothing about those that murdered our prime minister and others. Igbos can blame and blames other except for themselves. Look at the killings now, that can killing in the East. Guess what? they will blame Hausas/ Fulanis or Government for their Igbos Igbos killings.
I don't expect anything different from some people from your region because you had always been the tool but most our people still don't realize that fact.
Isaac Adaka boro is a disgrace to our people he collected money from saduna Ahmedu bello his so called 12 days revolution was sponsored by the North . Someone like king jaja of opobo deserve celebration not a rat like Adaka boro .Benjamin adekunle aka the black scorpion deal with him during the civil war despite they were both on Nigeria side during the war .
I’m proud to be an ijaw man. IYC to the 🌎
Dear HistoryVile,
As one who criticised your Channel for putting out historical contents about Nigeria in a manner that made it look like the country is only made up of 3 major ethnic groups, I want to specially commend your channel for not just putting out this highly informative, insightful and deeply revealing content on this issue and topic of the Niger Delta Region and the struggle for resource control led by Major Isaac Adaka Boro, but for doing it with such captivating details on the background of the story that led to the declaration of the first breakaway Republic from the Nigerian State.
I believe that just like me, you guys are also witnessing the huge interest that this video has generated and the ignorance that this video has dispelled! So I say once again, that my criticism of your previous one sided narrative of Nigerian history was not personal but very constructive.
I will not join issues with those who say your narrative of the events in this video are not accurate because your narrative of the events in this video is not only well researched but you cited several authorities to back up every fact narrated.
Thank you, Joseph. We welcome constructive criticism. We just plead for patience as Nigeria's a big country with many tribes. We also have histories from other African nations and Blacks in the diaspora to publish. Thank you once again.
But isaac Adaka boro did not fight for resources control instead he fight for to free ijaw tribe which their name is niger delta alone no other tribes added to it his reason is the oil money that would have been use to build and clean ijaw tribe land the so called Nigeria is using it to build lagos which still continues till today
Daka boro was working for Bristish against Ironsi government. He was used and killed , dumped by fulanis and British government. The idiot continued to fight against Biafran government why did is not for Niger Delatn Republic when Gown took over?? He was an idiot, he ws klled lik a duck
29 years doing things that time... Now 29 years is on tiktok fooling himself.. I really don't think this country will be good again
Bro, people back then were not any better. Look at the Nigeria they produced.
@@landamalome2077 the Nigeria we see today is not their making. It's the way the generation that followed and most of them that lived long enough made things.
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This is so sad for us today 😢
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Finally! A piece on Isaac Boro.
youths dey worry that time o . now youths only do tiktok
I swear
No be lie.
Only? You haven't an idea of today's youths
Youth have become errand boys for corrupt politicians.
This channel is sent from heaven .. I really appreciate the work .. more of this
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Great guy. May he continue to REST ON.
I am from the Ijaw ethnic group, so I really appreciate this video. Thank you HistrotyVile
I Will advise you to do more research and just don't rely on this account only if you want to know the truth
He was betrayed and Murdered by the Nigerian State just like they did Ken Saro Wiwa, and they continue to do to Niger Delta the region that feeds the zoo.
@@ebenudeh2101 When on earth would the Nigeria state have betrayed him when in fact he was fighting for the same Nigerian state against Biafra? This narrative hold no water at all. HE WAS FINISHED BY BIAFRAN FORCES. END OF STORY. He fought with the 3rd Division led by Col. Adekunle. Adekunle overstretched his division and when the Biafra forces went after the division, their number was whittled down to less than 10,000 men from a high number of more than 40, 000 in just a few months' time. Adekunle sent many Nigerian soldiers to their early graves and for his incompetence he was removed as division commander. He was then replaced by Col. Obasanjo who also almost lost his life when Biafra troops shot and injured him(almost fatally) at close range. Whenever I see Obasanjo I simply mumble to myself that he is one hell of a lucky man. ISAAC BORO FOUGHT AGAINST BIAFRAN TROOPS AND HE LOST HIS LIFE TO A BIAFRAN BULLET. CHIKENA!!!
@@ekusondebango3568 Boro was killed by Benjamin adekunle
@@lordjohnjohn6458 For what reason since Boro knew the creek terrain than regular soldiers who needed his guidance. Boro was killed by Biafran soldiers. Let us move on and not try to make him what he wasn't. He gambled and he lost I was there and I know what I am talking about here.
Well Done, Our Hero Will Remain In Our Hearts..... But More Heroes Await The Next Revolution Of The IJAW MAN....
The first time I heard about Issac Boro was when I served in Bayelsa. One of longest roads in Yenagoa was named after him. He was a very impressive young man even with the limited information I got from Wikipedia back then.
Keep it up man.
Yes that's true also had a school named after him too, I think around ekeki or so
@@adebayosanusi6602 d one at Ekeki is a secondary sch. There's a college of education named after him in Sagbama
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I carefully listened to your narration but you ommitted the very issues Isaac Boro had at UNN Nsukka.My father,Issac,a Cameroonian and Yoruba guy were roommates.Isaac Boro was brillant young student union leader, but very erratic human being as my Dad said.He spoke to an Igbo lady and she refused to befriend him,He went to tell the other roomates except my Dad that Igbos dont like them.He hatched a plan to burn down the administrative block and the Cameroonian told my Dad of his plans.My Father reported him to the authorities and he was suspended.That was where his bitternes emanated against Igbos.My Father is 88years old now and a first class student from UNN.I dont speak ill of the dead.May his soul rest in peace.
Because it's not relevant in this subject matter. Relevance is what you and your father are trying to seek with the wrong heading
What stupid lies!!!
truth bitters, your father is still alive they can go and make inquiries, i remembered very well that he was suspended in UNN but history will not mentioned what lead to his expulsion.
Because of an igbo woman with beards and yam leg? 😂
That may be true but it doesn't change the fact that Isaac Adaka Boro Rebellion was out down by Gen Aguyi Ironsi and Col Ojukwu. Boro had every justifiable reason for that rebellion. Only if Boro was treated well could there had been justice. The same government that hastily tried Boro did not try the Jan 15 coup plotters. This was the reason for the high suspicion of an igbo coup
I remember today the Niger Delta Hero Major Isaac Adaka Boro.
Your memory is blessed
He was Ijaw hero not Niger Delta
@@maxwellbernard5809it's called the Niger Delta republic 🐒
Cheers for this detailed video.
Isaac Boro is the FOREMOST IJAW nationalist and Isaac Boro Park perhaps the most central public area in Port Harcourt in the 80s (is it still there?) was named after him. While the Biafran War results in a slight splinter of opinions among Ijaw (most died for/under Biafran flag, some neutral and Boro favored Nigeria) we ALL honor Boro with no exception because no matter his stance, it was always with the welfare of Ijaw in mind. Long live the memory of Isaac Adaka Boro!
Isaac Boro Park is still there. Though not as vibrant as before.
Daka boro was working for Bristish against Ironsi government. He was used and killed , dumped by fulanis and British government. The idiot continued to fight against Biafran government why did is not for Niger Delatn Republic when Gown took over?? He was an idiot, he ws klled lik a duck
Dear HistoryVille,
You seem to have conveniently left out 2 important points in your account of Isaac Adaka Boro.
1. The Niger Delta Republic as declared by Boro was an homogeneous ethnic Ijaw nation. Not the contemporary understanding of the term Niger Delta today, that consists of 9 states in the southeast and south south of Nigeria (which is a conglomeration of many ethnic nationalities such as the Ibibio, Igbo, Annang, Efik, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw and others).
2. David Boro, Adaka Boro’s younger brother during an interview with Punch said and I quote, "Isaac Boro did not just start the 12-Day
Revolution and decided to declare a Niger
Delta Republic. There was some degree of
encouragement from the North."
*Adaka Boro having close ties with the Balewa government as uncovered by MD Yusuf (1966), Criminal Investigation Department
chief, was that the Boro insurrection was a Balewa plan to divide the East. The classic divide and rule that Britain taught their Fulani stooges.
**According to reviews by scholars: South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar, Ruth First as quoted by Kathryn Nwajiaku, states that Boro and his men were in league with senior Northern officers, and had wanted to use the threat of revolution to trigger the imposition of a
state of emergency by the Northern-led Federal government prior to the first coup.
Please always give a holistic account of history. No subtraction or addition. I don’t want to say this was a sorry attempt at whitewashing Adaka Boro as it might as well be an honest mistake.
I’ll end on this note.
Thank you for your honest review.
You lie and who ever tell you this misslead you it was ironsi who kill more people off ijaw you guys hate everyone except your fucking lies igbos are the proplerm off south east we are done with it longtime ago we are soith south let it be sink in your heard pls otherwise keep dreaming
Your observations are good but it came with two further observation/question from me
1. Tafawa Balewa was already dead in the Jan 15 coup before Adaka Boro declared in Feb 23, so the Northern-led govt was longer in existence as at the time he declared Niger Delta republic, Aguiyi Ironsi was the supreme leader as at the time.
2. If the North wanted to weaken the Eastern region like you said, they could have just created a new state out of the region just like Gowon did eventually in 1967 before the civil war, that would not need Isaac Boro declaring a whole republic and commiting treason, he just need to agitate for a state of Niger Delta, atleast the Midwestern state was created out of the Western region without a fight.
What do you say to this two observations?
I was told that Mr. Akputakpu (who was a tenant) brought his focused biafra soldiers to Ofunama and served the community paper that he owned the community (during the war). Unfortunately we have not seen Mr. Akputakpu and his beautiful family till date. I think that was what most of the minority ethnic groups in the eastern region was facing.
We do have brave and strong minded people in our country ,but unfortunately they are always misunderstood by the authority .
Best chanel i love it as african history
You're doing well in history.
Thank you.
You're welcome
Good narrative, God bless you
Sorry, the Olobiri Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro was born is not the Oloibiri where oil was first struck in commercial quantities. The two are different communities in two different local governments. Boro's own is in present day Kolokuma Opokuma local government while the other is in Ogbia local government both in Bayelsa State
He was born in Oloibiri but from Kaima in Kolokuma
Known as the 12 day Revolution
It is Aguyi-Ironsi that sent him to Port-Harcourt to quell an uprising in the area but he turned to declare independence from Nigeria.
Another issue is that oil was not main-stream then as it is today. However Oloibri still did not get anything under Abuja govt.
Oloibiri was not even the first oil well in Nigeria. Shell camp Owerri was the first
@@chidiebereudechi397 I thought that was just a workers base not mining field.
@@chidiebereudechi397,liar, it was oloibiri in Bayelsa state
Oil was first discovered at Owerri in 1951 but not in commercial quantity, where shell dug her first well, in 1953, oil was discovered in little non-commercial quantities at Akata, near Eket; then in 1956 it was discovered in commercial quantity at Oloibri, so before oloibiri, where two other locations, albeit not in commercial quantities.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT ISSAC ADAKA BORO IS A HERO AND A LEGEND AT THE SAME TIME ❤
I lived opposite Hussey College Warri for more than a year (September 14th 2019 to December 28th 2020.)
Our history is rich...
And I lived opposite Hussey in the early 60's. Small world...
Boro's Day is May 16th every year and not May 9th. Thank you, you did a great job.
Thank you for that correction.
Isaac Adaka Boro. You wasted your life for nothing. So, all the tribes in Nigeria joined hands to fight against one tribe ( the igbos?)
The mistakes our fathers did before the war is the same mistakes this generation are repeating. To any Biafra man or woman reading this comment. Stop developing other parts of Nigeria, we are not one.
@@samuelwilliams8099 wax off
@@samuelwilliams8099 ojukuwu will rust in hell niger delta republic will stand
If you want to tell a story about the life of Isaac adaka Boro please tell the whole story and not cut and join to suit some people who were already jumping up and down in the comment section because history is not told with sentiments but facts.
I would love to know the whole history
Why not point out the areas you think was cut off
Well tell history if you don't like and stop complaining. Let's hear from you.
Kanu and Igboho need to watch this documentary
Niger-delta to the world ❤️💘
Very interesting!
Glad you think so!
Very handsome young guy then, may his soul rest in peace, I hope he has kids
Unfortunately no. He was only 29yrs.
@@godfreypamosoo7216 so sad 😞
Just hearing about Boro,
Inspired by his actions.
The government is a bully
Till this very day the Niger Delta is still one of the most underdeveloped regions in this so called country,but a lot of people think we operate under a democracy where there is fairness and equity lmao.This so called country was never supposed to be a united entity,which is why you have individuals who rise up every now and again demanding for breakup.Kudos to you guys as always
Go and read the NDDC audit report, more than 12,000 abandoned projects in the Niger Delta and it's majority Niger Deltans who took the contracts.
Be accusing Nigeria and not ask what all the NDDC, Federal Allocation, 13% derivatives are being used for. We always like to point fingers when our problem is right there in our house.
@@mosesogundipe1629 maybe he hasn’t heard “off your mick”......
@@mosesogundipe1629 ok, they took the contracts and so what else? Did they give them license to build refineries? Was the contract money truly adequate for the job? Why did they give it to incapable Niger Deltans if their share was not part of it? Answer na? U wan point finger wey ur finger nor fit point
@@dakori1946 Are you seriously asking these questions? Wow! 😂😂
The system of government Nigeria is using written agreement law by general YAKUBU GOWON and his hausa fulani northerners started from here this 1967/70 till today which stated by general YAKUBU GOWON that no tribe or regions will developed or move forward than others the oil wall sharing free which hausa fulani northerners are the partakers in the name of one Nigeria started from here till today why the owners is living in backwardnes and primitive life in their land
Nigeria has been a country of crisis from inception why not let us go our separate ways peacefully
He fought alongside Nigerian army during biafran war hmm! Wish I could see him and ask him how he feels now with what is happening in his town.
He will be regretting not fighting for biafra
you expect him to fight for the same Biafrans that jailed him for trying to break away from Nigeria? you're an hypocrite
@@beneskifenanco671 poor student of history
@@udochukwunnadi6341 na una sabi history pass 😂😂😂😂 always want to tell someone their own history
@@beneskifenanco671lol gowon killed Him during the war not ironsi that was killed by the Nigeria too..he could have joined his brothers to fight Nigeria and after that Niger delta can be free..remember he went to school in igbo land
Isaac Boro Park...hmmm. this comes to mind immediately. Wow!!!. I still say today that until Niger Delta and Igbos unite, we both cannot be free. Igbos and Ijaws are an undefeatable force. I respect this kind of people.
Why must they unite? I am interested in the reasons.
@@mtdspfgh I believe there's cultural similarities and the groups can get along. source?
'The Aro(chukwu) Confederacy' it was a political alliance between Igbos, Ijaws and Efiks etc. that last from 1690-1902 before the British colonised.
In Nigeria theres 3 major ethnic groups. It's a good idea for a group with lesser numbers to align themselves with one of the bigger ones as long as theres mutual respect.
A minority group can't overcome a dominant ethnic group by themselves, the giants of Nigeria are Hausa, Igbos and Yorubas. and Hausa-Fulanis are dominating politics, in fact before anyone can rise in the political space they would've first kissed the asses of the Fulani oligarchy. This isn't right or fair. Ijaws or any other minor group can't challenge any major group on their own to demand justice and never will. Alliances are necessary and should be made.
After all, before Hausa-Fulani soldiers duelled Igbos(+minority ethnic groups that supported) to take Eastern Region back they had to be helped by the Yorubas even tho up to 70K+(?) federal nigerian soldiers lost their lives and the battles lasted 3yrs. Had the Yorubas not supported the North, Ojukwu may have succeeded. Everyone needs alliances.
To take down corruption spear-headed by the North, the South needs to unite to challenge them together, otherwise forget it.
we saw how the North kicked out GEJ, its North vs South and always will be.
Some groups in SS think theyre special and seek acceptance from the North but don't realise Hausas main objective is to have no challengers, and Igbos challenged them so theyre trying to manipulate their neighbours so they can never form a political front against them. the moment Southern Nigeria unites is the end of Hausa-Fulani domination
@@freechannel5639 Aro Confederacy that were the merchants of slave trade that didn't give a flip about capturing their people and selling them like goats to Europeans who packed them like sardines to foreign lands? Yeye dey smell. Soon, you'll begin to peddle the story that Fulani people were responsible for the slave the selling of poor, vulnerable innocent people in the Atlantic slave trade.
@@freechannel5639 what you write is an igbo dellutional
Igbos need to apologise for their greed and selfishness...they fought against Niger Delta freedom...one year later, they want freedom
Great work!
An often forgotten aspect of Nigeria's history that truly reflects dynamics in the country. Most people assume the South East and South South are the same, until one knows the story of Adaka Boro. He highlighted the differences and inspiration of the South South, from the South East. Boro also had the insight to condemn the first coup and the reasons given were also sound.
Fulani caliphate used Isaac Adaka Boro to fight the Biafrans and later killed him, it does not pay to be a saboteur, Ken Saro Wiwa was another example
@@ikechukwuokeke8170 The Igbo people were the fisrt to abandon and sabotage the South East and South South. First Igbos enabled the marginalization of the South South, which in turn created Adaka Boro. Secondly some Igbos kill the prime minister of Nigeria. Thirdly, they supported the FG to defeat Adaka Boro. So you see, the Igbos were the first to split the South South and the South East politically. I also suspect the Nigerian government of killing Boro too.
@@ikechukwuokeke8170 but Biafra sentenced him to death by hanging.
Adaka did not fight for the freedom of Niger Delta till an igbo took office, that will show u the sabotaging spirit of some people. When zik and tafawa belewa were busy syphoning funds he kept mute until there was a coup that removed them. The strength of some Niger Delta people is when they see IGBO's on power, just like the case of asari dakubo and mnk, that's why they have not gotten their freedom. We supported GEJ with all our heart, but sarbortage is what they pay us in return
Mind you some IGBO's did not kill the prime minister but the Niger Delta people. Kaduna Nzeogwu is Niger Delta, ifeajuna etc is Niger Delta
He fought against oppressors in the Federal government and Biafrans in the Eastern Regional government.
He was fighting every body with out strategy
Who was the head of the federal government at that time?
@@johnnyjustcome638 Aguiyi Ironsi an igbo
@@obumaoge8947yes of course
Calling Boro a Secessionist is an insult and made this history invalid. Boro only wanted a Niger Deltans region from Eastern region just as Midwest break away from West region. Therefore, that did not make him a Secessionist.
This is absolute fib. A Region and a Republic are two different things. Isaac Adaka Boro declared a REPUBLIC, not a Region. If Adaka Boro had wanted a region, he would have submitted a request to the Federal Government of Nigeria at Lagos for the purpose of creating another region out of Eastern Region, the same way that people of the Old Midwest Region submitted a request to the Federal Government of Nigeria at Lagos to create their own region. Besides, regions are not created through declaration by one man but via the democratic instrument of plesbicite. Again, you do not need a Volunteer Force to create a region such as Midwest Region. So, who was the Premier of the 'Region' that Isaac Adaka Boro 'created' if what you're saying is not pathetic falsehood?
@@umennejiegoudegbune9300thanks alot ask them with all their so called oil where are they today and they land
@@umennejiegoudegbune9300 Midwest didn't even submit anything. Balewa created it to break the unity of the south. Make una dey go read history abeg
@@ucol2068 You are wrong over and over. Midwest was created through a referendum conducted on 13th July 1963 in which peoples of Midwest region voted. And by overwhelming majority of almost 90%, the peoples of Midwest voted in favour of the creation of Midwest region from the the old western region. So, late PM Tafawa Balewa did not just create Midwest region. I have read my history. Please go and read yours.
Oloibiri was not the place oil was first discovered in Nigeria, but where it was first discovered in commercial quantity.
I never knew about this until now,
Now wise men are talking and I wonder about this wonderful story and the false wisdom in it. The only time Adaka boro rose up to challenge the federal government is when an Igbo was the head of state. Then he was jailed by the Igbo head of state and later discharged by a northern head of state then he quickly abandoned his struggle for his Niger Delta country and even fought for the unity of Nigeria against the Igbo Biafrans under a northern head of state. Who is fooling who here? When will this hatred of igbos stop. Even now we are the truest Nigerians than other tribes buy living, buying and building homes everywhere in Nigeria, yet they won't allow us to drink and put down the cup. They say we are bad, greedy, overbearing and dominating. Then we say let us go and have our own country as Biafra, they refused. Treat and develop our place as they do to other part of Nigeria, they also refused. God is watching.
Before Boro agreed to fight for Nigeria in the Civil War, Gowon government had already created Rivers State which was key demandof of Boro's group . He felt strongly that the Rivers Man was being marginalize by the Igbo. Ahmadu Bello had warned of this domination by the Igbo in the North. Before the creation of Rivers State most major streets in Port Harcourt were named after Igbo Men.
@@ebibomodi4259 If God is prospering Igbo and they are buying lands and building everywhere and you call it Igbo domination. Is that not an open envy and jealousy. You people are fighting God who blesses the Igbos. Are we forcing and intimidating other tribes by force? What is an Igbo man's offence
@@saintpatrick1966 efcc arrested Obiano not because he committed the crime other leaders commit and move freely afterwards but because he built an international airport which means developing Biafra land without the consent of the Fulani government
@@AGBAENYI Nooo it was the Nigerian government that approved it. So let us not tribalze it. Obiano traveling a day after handing over is questionable.I don't blame EFCC, I am an Igbo man but I support EFCC on this matter. So his movement was suspicious and he has been released.
@@saintpatrick1966 why release him so soon? Because he has bowed to their terms. Nigeria government did not contribute any kobo in the building of the airport and since the airport has been built to standard... They do not have any other choice but to approve it or more blinded people will start picking interest, don't forget that they did not want to approve it at first. Am not saying Obiano is innocent, but why did they release him? Because he has agreed to dance to their music. Where is the money Nigeria borrowed from China?... They used it to build Dangote's refineries and then in return are constructing a bridge with TOLL GATE for the south... Think about it.
Hope the Ipob people can learn one or two things from this history. What’s goes around comes around.
Fool, The bastard remember to fight once an Igbo man was in power. No consultation, no negotiation and straightforward declared a republic. Was that not treason?
Learn what about 29yrs boy
How old was Gowon when he ruled Nigeria? How old is Ojukwu when he started the war? How old was Jesus Christ when he died for the whole world?
Now I understand where igbo problem have started. Humm thax for this information
Unfortunately, what Boro fought against is still being fought against today. Evil Country called Nigeria.
The authority, Not Nigeria my friend.
@@creativefantasybox2462 then support Igbos to leave so you all will have a very peaceful and United Nigeria 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️…. You hate them but don’t want them to leave…what kind of shit is that???
@@agbomolica1 Go, una no gree go, yet una no go gree person hear word... From Sokoto to Kaduna to Bonny, na una wey full everywhere dey join in chopping Nigeria dry... Na unaselves una dey deceive in IPOB.
@@user-vo8io9zk4g you make no sense!! Ireland 🇮🇪 is a sovereign nation but Irish people are all over Poland 🇵🇱.. Biafra can regain her sovereignty and igbo people can still choice to travel and operate in the north.. do you even know what sovereignty is?? The unity of Nigeria is a British invention, it never existed from day one because we had our respective sovereignties before the white man forced us under one union that undermines each of our values and freedom of expression… Nigeria only attempted to work under regional governance when each region had their autonomy but now, illiterate and nomadic Fulani want everyone to submit under them
Isaac Boro park, Portharcourt
Saboteurs that worked against Biafra struggles ended up being killed by the Nigerian
Isaac Adaka Boro
Patrick Francis Wilmot
Ken Saro Wiwa
Asari Tokubo ?
You know one thing that i still don`t understand is why Eastern Region that existed only 6 yrs from independence had many clans claiming they never got a chance to rule. only one person Okpara, got the chance. A ship can not have two captains at the same time.
Was it about rulership or segregation? Where if you are not igbo u are nobody
@@davidogungbangbe7139 like the claim that igbo want to dorminate nigeria. your kind will believe that envious attribute, i suppose. Did anyone stop you from pursuing your goals in the old Eastern Region or even now in Nigeria yet they still blame Igbo for everything, after 70yrs? igbo people will never choose mediocre just for you people to be comfortable in your complacent life choices. We move, we march
@@biafrawatch9604march on but don't add South south to your Biafra...
@@davidogungbangbe7139 how come the AG during Ojukwu's time was Ijaw? How come Eyo Ita was Premier before Zik?
@@ucol2068 🌚🌚🌚
I have always mistaken this name to be that of an elderly person, never knew it was that of a young enterprising man. God rest his young soul. You never told us if he was married. The mention of his young family got me confused.
I wonder why we are always so fast in drawing lines. Why do we always allow the hate that was planted long time ago still live within us. The south East and south south has so many things in common, so why the fight. That Adaka Boro made his choices should not lead to this quarrel. After all, in that his choice, did his own people not suffer too? What of our own brother Ukpabi Asika who chose to hob nob with the Federal government? There are examples from both sides. Not everybody was ok with the way things were going. Even Nzeogwu did not support the war, even though he took part in the beginning before he died.
They made their choices, what's our own choice now?
With due respect to the indigenous peoples of South South/Niger Delta, they have two major geopolitical choices - Niger Delta Republic or Republic of Biafra. Viva true Indigenous Nationalist Aspirations! Viva Negritude Banner!
He is resting peace and happy becouse he safe his ijaw people from igbo domination get the point right
@@qadarsaeed laughable indeed. Ijaws are only battling with their self incurred fetters of Igbophobia. Unless you infer that the Fulanis are dependable allies. He must be turning in his grave on account of present day Niger Delta - a far cry 😭 from his dreams and ideals - multi national companies indulging in gas flaring and blaming host communities for every case of oil spillage, agitators falling prey to the enticing of Mammon and vainglory while indigenes remain poverty's property and the Federal Government continue in their overt brigandage and subterfuge of commitment towards sustainable development.
How are the ijaws being dominated by the igbos???@@qadarsaeed
I now hate my social studies and history classes in primary and secondary school. They never taught us this. This is our history for crying out loud. We need to know!!!!
Issac Adaka Boro made an indelible mark in the true justice of Nigeria history. He was a one man soldier.
What a great man. Rest in peace .
See why I have kept advocating for @HistoryVile to tell the history of Nigeria 🇳🇬 from different perspective. Most people are not aware of this and many other defining moment in Nigeria's history.
I can’t understand how u joined to fight a nation who found u guilty of treason because u only spoke for your people so sad for boro because he choose a wrong side which later caused him his life every dead who supported Nigeria should be very disappointed right now cause Nigeria is a failed state...Ojukwu saw this a far time and declared Biafra but I will not judge the dead but is a shame to fight for this so called Nigeria
You're saying rubbish was ijaw not with eastern Nigeria before actually this betraying we accuse yorubas off we igbos started it initially because when I dived into history I have to speak the truth
Ijaw was not comfortable under the igbos of eastern region as of then so iseac adaka boro saw how oppressed ijaws are he decided to fight for Niger delta region aguiyi ironsi and odumegwu ojukwu arrested him because the igbos then we're thinking they could dominate everybody they imprisoned iseac for treason he was waiting for trial but God so made it July 1966 counter coup happened when Hausa stormed on Igbo soilders and eliminate many including aguiyi ironsi then the Biafra war actually every problem in Nigeria igbos were the sole architect not only yoruba because the secession clause was in the constitution in a way that if any ethnic group can't feel well with others they can opt out and form their own but nnamdi Azikiwe removed secession clause because he was thinking igbos would dominate everybody but Hausa no agree.
Gowon released iseac from prison and he fought with the Nigerian but I'm not sure of how he died I will read about that
I'm Igbo girl myself my forefathers made a lot of mistake that we this generation doesn't want to take responsibility for
So those sins is the reason why no tribe trusted igbos
Please if you are talking about Nigeria coup call the region because Kaduna is from what is known today as south South they are not Igbos we can never accept this narrative...
Adaka- boro was released by Gowon to fight against Biafra that is the terms of his pardon, of which he enrolled 1000 men to Nigeria side. According to Obasanjo book and few others his commanding officer Col. Benjamin Adekunle may have hand in his death because He wont like any person to share credit of the division many success. Nigeria Govt never released the official report about his death because his followers blamed Col. Benjamin Adekunle whom they stopped obeying and was replaced by Obasanjo. He did not die at battle rather shot in his free time. I have reason to believe he was assassinated by fellow Nigeria Army otherwise Nigeria Govt would have made the investigation report public.
That is likely true. Millitary headquarters never forgave Adekunle for that and thus he became irrelevant till his death
But, Ironsi and Ojukwu crushed and sentenced him to death, but Ojukwu declared Biafra right after. What a hypocrite was Ojukwu and his people!
@@Obalufon Hypocrite in what sense that he managed to survive assassination attempts in Kano or that the 1966 igbo pogrom is not in your own history book
the court not Ojukwu. Ojukwu, serving in kano, has nothing to do with a Adaka-boro
at least try to hide your ignorance and hate
@@biafrawatch9604 Mumu, go and check the history, Ojukwu became the Eastern Region governor after the 1966 coup, and Adaka Boro declared Niger Delta right before the North counter coup. Ironsi ordered Ojukwu to crush Adaka Boro, and he was sentenced to death by Ironsi regime while his own people that killed non Igbos were still not tried
Ijaw❤
Ojukwu men killed boro
The first oil and gad war before the the second to usurp ,.
Boro saw marginalization of the oil and gas producing minorities by the government of the day, even under derivation, even the civil war was alll about how to appropriate oil and gas resources .
One of the instigators of hate in eastern Nigeria. Fought for nothing and died for nothing. He claimed the igbos and Hausas were taking his oil and developing their area then decided to fight the eastern government who gave him scholarship to study at UNN. He claimed they were marginalised yet he become head of student union in an eastern university. What a paradox
thank u my brother he is the greatest fool that ever lived
So because you people offer him scholarships from what you people gain from his land and soil. He should forget his remaining people, families.. this is laughable. We Niger delta are watching you people.. don't worry fight for your Biafra and come and fight us. Selfish people calling other people fool
The Eastern Regional Government gave him scholarship then sentenced him to death for fighting for the emancipation of his people, because they (Ojukwu and Ironsi) were in control of the Federal Government. When they lost control of the Federal Government, they now started a war to separate from the Federal Government, the same action they sentenced Boro to death for. Oh, you don't like oppression but you want to oppress others.
@@luckystar8777 ...we don't wanna fight you.
Niger Delta isn't a 'peoples' its a region inhabited by numerous ethnic identities.
We want the same thing, end to corruption and improved quality of life for everyone. Dont align with the same Northerners who turn a blind eye to your polluted rivers killing villagers, who embezzle your state revenues as they fill up your job space with 'their own' people. the oil is yours, but join us to take down the Fulani oligarchy
@@freechannel5639 You're wise on like those confused few Igbo's who always talk down Niger delta down.. I am fighting for Biafra because I have worked with Igbo's and they are my neighbor too. I am an Isoko Man. I hate when some people feel so superior over others. I do understand the Igbo's people more than any other tribe.. but some are so greedy just like the north
To alll Igbos that "watched this video" while I can say you are not to blame for what some of your tribesmen have done in the past, you can learn from here that there is greed behind the declaration of Biafra.
It is not for the interest of you and your family, ofcourse they wont tell you it is just for their own benefit. They have to give you something to believe.
How Major Kaduna led the coup that killed all regional leaders except Eastern regional leader and Nnamdi Azikwe.|
How Aguiyi Ironsi refused to prosecute him after he was apprehended
How Ojukwu fought and helo to sentence him to death under Aguiyi Ironsi
Are all epitome of modern corruption and greed that we have in Nigeria today.
The problem that started then is yet resolved!
But it is not your fault. There are selfish Hausa and Yoruba too but we must not sentimentally support the wrong ones.
Dear Darotudeen, pointedly on why Aguiyi Ironsi did not prosecute Nzeogwu,
Remember if you had read the history about the both remote and immediate cause of the war, you will know that the Coup was well appreciated especially from the people of the West, which was expected because Nzeogwu and Wole Soyinka were very good friends , infact they were classmates, previously Wole Soyinka being one of the very outspoken character then, used a lot media weapon in maligning Tarfa Belewa administration, so when the coup happened it was a welcome development and gave a sigh of relief to many especially the South,
Honestly, i must condemn Ironsi's action, it was totally wrong for him not to have prosecuted Nzeogwu, but for the fact it was applauded especially people from the south he did not do the needful.
@@obumaoge8947 I think explain the struggle of modern Nigeria. That an act of killing was applauded by people who felt relief from it can only be of prejudice.
What will make a better is Justice, irrespective of tribe, color or race.
Aguiyi Ironsi did not prosecute, the current President was alive then and has also refused to prosecute the Bandit as terrorists. And it goes on.
Adaka Boro was brave. His mistakes cost him his life. He had 'beef' for the Igbos due to Ironsi's govt clamping down on the Niger delta volunteer force. I can't blame him much. It is the same issues that still confront us today. Where is his integrity if he could switch loyalty within such a short time to serve thesame govt that imprisoned him? Meanwhile, Ironsi spared all of those of them caught on grounds of treason. We all forget these are some of the issues Ironsi was later accused of after Jan66 came and he settled for the same imprisonment of the coupist instead of death. Ironsi was called weak and all manner of names like GEJ for these considerations till he got assassinated. The North saw all of us including Adaka Boro as the same people. Boro and his likes, out of beef thought it was right to emphasize to the world their differences to the Igbos.
Adaka Boro joined the Federal forces [Now Under Gowon] against Biafra. He guided the Nig army to the Biafrans. Heard from veterans he was shot by Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle over a disagreement and his seeming concerns on the level of carnage the war turned out to be. Nigeria has failed to tell the truth on all that transpired then. Other Nigerian youths seem to rely on just the same propaganda they have followed forever. They forget that many Biafran soldiers are still alive. Even those that worked with Issac Boro are still living. They will tell their children the truth. Not the Nigerian versions. Remember there was a victor and a vanquished. The Nigeria you see now is the story and programme of the victors. It is wise to still ask or look into what the vanquished represented.
Adaka Boro along the line began having disagreements with the federal forces over many issues - from planning to welfare and so on. Which sounds familiar to settling the militants today to keep the peace. He probably realised he has aided the massacre of his own cousins, while Nigeria fail on their closed-door agreements. Adaka Boro's waning loyalty to the federal forces cost him his life. All who served Nigeria against their own, get killed by Nigeria.
Saro Wiwa also sabotaged Biafra. Only to pick up the same fight many years later. This time, he was on his own. Nigeria did not have a second thought before such an illustrious citizen got hanged. Ojukwu visited him in prison, and initiated their conversation by telling him "good morning". Saro Wiwa as a literary giant obviously got the message. It was late. If you follow even the order of events, you can easily see the pattern the Nigerian govt exploited to divide the old Eastern Nigeria. When you hear we are SS, Niger delta, we are not Biafrans, bla bla....... These are partly how they came about.
What Nigeria[the victors] will never tell you or bring up today is this; let us conjecture the Adaka Boros, the Saro Wiwas and co, were to be consulted in their graves. Will they still support Nigeria? Food for thought.
Your piece is full of arrogance and hatred towards Boro and the Ijaw people. At no time did Boro switch allegiance to the federal government bcos he was never part of any Biafra govt. Boro Fought both against the Federal govt first which was been controlled by the igbos and then much later the secessionist Igbo Biafra Grps who seek to take along them his Territory, the Ijaw territory alongside with them.
Major Boro had to team up with the now federal government to take back his Territory. A Fight he fought till his last drop of his blood. In his death, we the Ijaw people, his People were saved..
Don't write what u lack knowledge of again sire
@@etemoweiaguamah5940 : Not sure what you mean by arrogance. Keep the vile talk away and just say what you know well, that I don't know. Again, every and anyone who betrays his own conscience either gets ridiculed [or killed eventually] by the same ungodly and vindictive steps they take. It is almost an automatic faith to come.
You can see I am for Biafra. You are not my enemy. So just the points.
Firstly I wonder where you got that line on Adaka Boro serving the Biafran forces. Instead of creating an argument let that be an error.
Little memory lane; Remember Enahoro? He was convicted of a crime and deported from London to Nigeria to serve his term. Typical of Nigeria, he naturally became a willing tool. Anyone could be a beneficiary of his actions and see him differently; which is fair enough. My views are based on a constant pattern noticeable across all state actors who take steps in bad faith.
Same as Awolowo did on his release. Despite a breakdown between the Fed govt of Nigeria and the regional govt of the East, alongside some of the Jan 1966 coupists [whom could all be said to be on the same page], after vowing and making assurances sympathetic to Ojukwu's plight for speaking up; and reaffirming his disdain for the yet overtly present neo-colonial grip on Nigeria through a preponderant northern party; Awolowo's diametric opposition to all the ideals he upheld fighting for our independence barely 6yrs back from this period, makes him a glorified willing tool in the hands of the same people or conspiracy that jailed him. He was used and dumped again conspicuously again two more memorable times. Till he committed suicide. No one in the right frame of mind commits suicide.
If you want to say there is no validity to these observed similarities, I can only wish you the best of luck. Awo served as Gowon's deputy thereafter prison. This logically would mobilize the southwest to a great extent compared to Akintola who was now out of the way.
Enahoro's similarly must have rallied the Midwest. It is on record he went as far as saying there was no genocide going on in Biafra, whilst at the Vatican. That shouldn't come from a revolutionist like Enahoro. Such statements can only be in bad faith. He got dumped. Lest we forget both Awolowo and Enahoro were parties to the Aburi accord. With all these brilliant people I wonder what happened. We have all seen the full contents today.
Adaka Boro according to you fought against secessionist Igbo groups (Against Biafra). And he did all that unilaterally at the same time with the Federal forces. Anyhow, you put it, the first attempt at secession with his volunteer force we all can consider heroic, but after his release by Gowon, there was bad faith, from my perspective. The boomerang came regardless of our different interpretations. With only the Ijaw group, anti-Biafrans, and the likes, he opened the creeks to the Nigerian army and led them to the killings of many Biafrans.
At the end of this all, who killed him? Is it the Biafrans? The anti-Biafrans with him? Or better still they write simply he died in battle, Naija style reporting. When we start answering the bottom line questions we'll see the patterns are exactly the same.
@@etemoweiaguamah5940 I have a question, can you answer?
-I've seen this rhetoric of how Ijaw people were 'saved' by Federal forcers from igbos during the war. my question is what were Ijaws saved from?
I've never known there to be any beef between Igbos and their neighbours and I can refer to 'The Aro Confederacy' were Igbos, Ijaws and Efiks etc formed a political union that last 300years before being invaded by the British.
Do Ijaws think they wouldve been made slaves or something? I dont think Igbos ever mass slaughtered ijaws and it has been said that Ojukwu held a council meeting before declaring an independent republic with minority ethnic group leaders and students, and they all agreed in favour with Ojukwu to establish a country and some Ijaws even fought against Nig
Is this new phrase of being saved propaganda and a way to curb Ijaw involvement, granted there's mutual respect Ijaws are stronger aligned with their neighbours I believe
You people tell all sort of lies in very big context and barely reading into whatever you all put up,there’s always big smelling lies,you were the ones that destroyed the trajectory of the country,you were the greedy ones,you were the ones who believed you had to own the very center,it’s wasn’t even like you had the natural resources to make such dastard moves,The igbos typically have no good history from the creation of the country,from Azikwe aligning with the north to become president,to later Nzeogwu and his pears killing people the prime minister and the western premier akintola,killings in the north,Lagos and Ibadan and none in the Eastern soil,blockading the Niger delta region then,aguiyi-ironsi comes in lol…it’s always been about them,who would have known an Igbo man ever jailed someone for trying to secede from Nigeria???🤣,they can twist anything,just about anything,they lie so open and would be convenient.
@@High5ve :
Strange that you have contributed nothing to the topic in question but spewed so many sentiments while calling other comments smelling lies. What did you mean by "......blockading the Niger delta region then, Aguiyi-ironsi comes in. Lol"? Makes no sense.
Let's even assume you are correct, Ironsi stopped them from secession, do you Gbolahon and your fathers now support secession? since Ironsi was wrong not to have supported their secession, did you support Adaka Boro and his Niger delta secession? Did you support Biafra secession after? Which secession has you as a Yoruba man agreed to since it was the Igbos who wrongly stopped Adaka boro? You are a hypocrite in the debate. Not sure you even understand that.
You mentioned Nzeogwu and at the same time talked about Igbos jailing those from the Niger delta trying to secede. See how much your own ignorance stinks. Let me ask you Gbolagan, was Nzeogwu an Igbo man? Let me show you how stupid you look inside that propaganda you were raised in. What you are saying is Ironsi screwed Adaka boros secession. What you have missed with your beer parlour analysis is this; Jan 1966 and Feb 1966 are barely few weeks apart. Nzeogwu [from Niger delta] did a coup in middle of Jan 1966; then gave power to Ironsi and Igbo man, then another man from Niger delta started a secession of Niger delta in Feb 1966. This means Ironsi's govt has not even settled down while it grappled with the unrests around the period. Again, on this, did you, your fathers or anyone else from Nigeria support Adaka Boro and Niger delta secession which Ironsi stopped? So this could only have bn raised against the Igbos to score cheap points.
Even at that, after the revenge coup in July 66, when Nigerians like Gbolahan got their wishes, what did they do with the opportunity? From the unification decree to not killing the coupists [including Adaka Boro who was imprisoned instead of facing execution], which one did Gowon and their British masters change after they assassinated Ironsi? They did not only keep it as it was, they made it more sophisticated. Till date we haven't recovered from the over-centralisation of power. How many more coups did we see after Jan 1966? Several coups over the years, upheld by thesame people suffering from 'Igbo-phobia'. If we are to weigh all coups, it is nonsensical that we still keep pointing at just that one coup. Today we all suffocate and cry for a restructure, yet it is the Igbos creating all the problems according to Gbolahan. Meanwhile Nigeria was well restructured at Aburi to solve all these problems. What happened to the Aburi agreements? Why was it not implemented? Who and who backtracked on the agreement? You wanna know who did? It was you and your fathers that did, not the Igbos.
The legacy of Boro shall live for ever. All ibos in this comment can wail forever🤣🤣🤣
With their one sided narrative
Fool
@@ofonwannabugwu3763 Keep wailing 😁😁😁😁
@@geenonar So all the ibos insulting Boro and people from the South South are big minded?
@@landamalome2077 👍
This is what I called a confused freedom fighter, Asari dokubo's look alike
@@AG_reset Boro was killed while fighting against the Ojukwu led label, how did that make him a better hero than the person that killed him? The NON GREEDY people that took over the properties of the GREEDY people all in the name of abandoned properties... makes one wonder.
Isaac jasper Boro ,in jis University as a student union leader , reading physics and chemistry,was discriminted at university if NIGERIA.
He was so discriminated against he became a student leader.
Nna ehhhh
The moment he joined the Nigerian side at the war he lost it. He would be seen as a possible mole. He was only used after being brainwashed. Fight for us against the Biafrans and we will give you what you wanted. He would have been assassinated possibly as the war draws to a close after he and his men already protected the Niger Delta from the Biafran soldiers. He knew the terrain and knows his people - he was used by the Nigerian side basically. He was definitely overzealous. Would have just stood his ground after being released, go back to the drawing board and learn from his mistakes and just remain a ghost during the war. Anyways, easier said than done. We are all humans. I spent some moments at Boro Park as a kid and wondered then what the name was all about until I knew better. Such a vibrant young man wasted before he clocked 30. It is well.
I agree to the overzealous act by boro but who knows the term and conditions the so called evil military men gave him again we can say he died a coward to some extent.
What an irony! Ojukwu and Ironsi crushed the Niger delta volunteer force because they wanted to secede from Nigeria and even sentence them to death yet the Niger delta people don't accuse them of genocide, less than a year later the same Ojukwu decided start a war he knew he couldn't win and he was defeated, today the IGBOS are playing victim.
Ojukwu had no say in Ironsi's government,Yakubu Gowon was his chief of Army staff,Ojukwu never took a war to Nigerian soldiers,the war was brought to them and they fought on defensive throughout,what of the Asaba massacre led by Murtala Mohammed and co???please don't try to deceive yourself or anybody,we all know our history even though some evil minded people removed it from our curriculum but it doesn't change anything
Ojukwu had nothing to do with that and the last I checked there was no genocide so quit spreading lies
@@udob4939 bro dont mind the ode
@@chisomokeke9951 what he said about Ojukwu them is true na. Was Niger delta not part of the Eastern region. Which was solely controlled by igbos. Where they not gruesome in their doings?
@@dakori1946 some parts of Niger delta were igbos and majority of it was never in Eastern region,don't forget that the last region that was created was the mid western region which completed the 4 regions of Northern,Western,Eastern and Mid Western region,and before Ojukwu did whatever he did,the Niger delta were already on their own region which was why most of them pledged allegiance to Nigeria during the war,please let's get our facts right and not confuse people
This is why lord of karma is against igbo's for killing our brother's and sisters for asking for Niger delta republic today them is still crying for biafra because of them greedy and selfish and them will never get baifan
You will have heart attack once we have biafra...you only listened to half history of isaac adaka boro..go and do your research very well.
@@danielubochi9067 I'm from rivers state and i know what your greedy and selfish ojukwu did to our people because of the we are just asking for Niger delta republic today your own people are paying for it to becoues of lord of karma is against you called yourself baifin when you think that you can stop us with your fuluins friends today you and fuluins are fighting for some reason you igbo said we will not have Hahhahhahahhah
Don't worry when biafra come you people can take your Niger Delta
Who killed him?
@@aguiyi9880 who stop Niger delta republic before the war
Historyville, I commend you for your effort at bringing critical tales of the Nigerian political scene to the world. Some of your topics were well researched while others aren't such. I must say that this one falls under the less researched ones.
I believe you already know that the history propagated by the Nigerian government is one that conceals whatever that doesn't support their narration. As such, one can't rely on their stories to do justice on any topic which seeks to x-ray the truth therein. You ought to seek for more information from different sources to come up with the closest to the truth for the sake of your audience.
Below are key areas you left out in this topic on Isaac Adaka Boro.
1. Adaka Boro did not challenge the federal government until a coup was attempted and crushed. Could it be that he found it easier to challenge a military government than a civilian one? Analysts will know that Boro's insurrection was sponsored from somewhere else. His overzealousness was exploited by some tricky politicians. His younger brother, David Boro later admitted to him getting support from the north to start the insurrection/revolution. Where did he get the resources to organize weapons and other logistics for someone not connected to any government or wealthy organization?
2. How easy was it for Boro who was seeking for Niger Delta republic to turn round and fight to preserve the same Nigeria that was exploiting his people? Zeal without wisdom leads to destruction. He was simply used by the north and silenced after his services wasn't needed anymore.
3. After his insurrection was crushed by Ironsi, he was arrested, tried and sentenced to death but Ironsi due to his nature instead commutted it to life sentencing. You clearly omitted this.
Sentiments aside, Adaka Boro was to his credit a fiery young man whose heart burned for his people. His zeal was unquestioned but his wisdom was tainted by prejudice against Igbos which sadly remains with many of his people till today. He never rose against Balewa's civilian government but rather chose to rise against Ironsi's government. Some stories had it that his prejudice emanated from his experience at UNN. He was on an Eastern government scholarship in the school and even rose to become her Student Union Government president. The Igbos supported him.
What else could have been his problem?
Finally, to all those that choose to celebrate him as a hero, it is your right to make your decisions but my hope is that you don't get sucked into the same mistake he made. I believe he started to realize his mistake before he was killed by those who employed him. By my observation, most of those who celebrate Isaac Adaka Boro easily take Igbos as their default enemies. To them I say, the 1960s is gone forever. We are in the 21st Century and your land is still being milked strangers from afar. What are you going to do about now? Are you going to wait until another Igbo man becomes the president before you start?
you nailed it, no one will like this because it is truth and it bitters
No wonder you are typical igbo allways blame other,s except igbo kkkkkkkfunny
@@qadarsaeed Can you refute what I wrote? I'm a realist and always challenge sincere person to present facts in any discourse. It's almost 60years after the Biafran war and the Niger Delta is still in a mess. Our brothers in the Niger Delta will wake up soon and realize that there present stand has only benefited the same people who used and killed Adaka Boro.
Today, there's no single railway in the whole Niger Delta states but the Nigerian government built railway even into another country because the president has a connection with them. I guess that one is also the fault of Igbos.
Fulani militias ably backed by the Nigerian army and killing off indigenous people of the middlebelt states and no one is talking. I guess it is also the fault of the Igbos.
All your lies will eventually catch up with you guys. Nothing is hidden anymore.
Do you see what is happening in Sudan today? That is what is coming to Arewa. When they have no other group of people to prey on, they'll fall on each other.
@@qadarsaeed Address the issues the man raised, instead of looking for someone to blame; incase you missed it, the main question is "Your land is still being milked by strangers from afar, What are you going to do about it now? Are you going to wait until another Igbo man becomes the president before you start?" Please address that question.
Fulani caliphate used Isaac Adaka Boro to fight the Biafrans and later killed him, it does not pay to be a saboteur, Ken Saro Wiwa was another example
The why igbos and fuluins are some people Hahha because igbo's are the one supporting evil in Nigeria because of greedy and selfish always hate the fact and the truth
@@johnsondavid8960 go and work hard like an igbo man my friend and stop talking nonsense
@@champagne5501 what are you talking about I'm not in Nigeria and I'm working hard and this is how you igbo's always talking rubbish about what you don't know about people
@@champagne5501 working hard is not buy kiilng your igbo's people because of your greedy and selfish and not for selling fake things and Doug do you understand and stop giving other people bad name
@@champagne5501 my dear brother don’t mind the fool
Saboteurs everywhere. Hausa/fulani are very very good at strategic thinking. The rest of the country have always looked down on them and such have had their nose bloodied. Yeah, keep looking down on the so called north.
Britain are telling them what to do
Boro is a traitor like is brother wiwa, they fight against their brothers the biafrans
A saboteur should not be celebrated. He fought for caliphate against Biafra. Today Ijaw is the most ill developed by Fulanis.
Someone see as a leader in Igbo heads the arrest of the late Boro. He was taking to Lagos with no clothe on .
Ironsi was Nigerian leader. Not an Igbo leader. It was the Nigerian government that arrested Isaac Boro
He didn't die mysteriously but was used and dumped by Nigeria state he served. That's penalty for betrayal. Who are those now in charge of the oil well? Igbos or Fulani's?
Oga you simply told half truth on this video, you did not reveal the whole truth, if you don't know please make more research and find out more truths. You claimed that he was sentenced to death by Ironsi military regime but was realised by Gowon military regime, its a half truth bro, what made him to be alive up till the time Gowon came to power, you didn't dig deeply but told your narratives from all tops
Typical biafran lie.
@@landamalome2077 So, you only prefer it when it suits your South South narrative but when clarity is demanded, you simply label it as 'Biafran lke' giving it a false name for your satisfaction. That's hypocrisy man.
@@dermotwallace5533 bruh. You guys are all over TH-cam, instagram, facebook spitting out hatred against other ethnicities. You dislike hausas, yorubas, ijaws, fulanis, etc. Then when someone says something about you guys then you play the victim. Your people are the most bigoted and hateful in the country yet you want others to love you. If you hate nigeria so much then hold a referendum and you guys should leave the other parts of Nigeria. When they asked you guys to leave the north on 2017, you were all crying fowl.🙄
@@landamalome2077
Goofy ahh response.
@@landamalome2077
NPC
He made a big mistake
First of all Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu are copy cats. Copied from Boro and Asari the mumu man lol 🤣. Secondly, it was the East that did the first coup Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Timothy Onwuatueghu, Chris Anuforo, Humphrey Chukwuma and one Yoruba man Adewale Ademoyega whom was brainwashed just like many now,) what tribes names are these?? IGBO. Now, many Igbos would argued, meanwhile one of these Igbos names is from Delta State or South South as if they will not use the same names argument when claiming others. mind you, what about the other Igbo names? Nzeogwu might have come from the now Delta State but he was those Igbos that migrated to that location early on. That doesn't make them the original owners of the lands. The entire South South and South East of Nigeria has their ancestors traces from The Great Benin. Including some of the Igbos like Azikiwe already said. If Delta State and other Southern where part of East, they would not have be regarded as Benin Bight or like the later Midwest region such as Edo and Delta. So, Igbos created the coup and the war cause they will never be satisfied. Left for them alone, they should own every part of Nigeria and they should igbonized the entire country. But it's impossible because before Igbos, there was. Even when they had the power they were still not satisfied. Their brother Aguiyi Ironsi came in and did nothing about those that murdered our prime minister and others. Igbos can blame and blames other except for themselves. Look at the killings now, that can killing in the East. Guess what? they will blame Hausas/ Fulanis or Government for their Igbos Igbos killings.
I don't expect anything different from some people from your region because you had always been the tool but most our people still don't realize that fact.
Boro doesn’t deserve any celebration he was used by the north .Fulani used him and dump him
How the u get to dat conclusion
We shall continue to celebrate him. Cry😛
@@samsonburuboyefe9798 History was removed from Nigeria education curriculum. people like u don’t know what happened in the past .
Isaac Adaka boro is a disgrace to our people he collected money from saduna Ahmedu bello his so called 12 days revolution was sponsored by the North . Someone like king jaja of opobo deserve celebration not a rat like Adaka boro .Benjamin adekunle aka the black scorpion deal with him during the civil war despite they were both on Nigeria side during the war .
@@happyman1838 Disgrace to you, but a hero to us. We shall continue to celebrate him.