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- This is the third of four videos about Nigerian history leading to the Nigerian Civil war. In this video, we take a look at Nigeria’s second military coup (also known as the counter-coup or the July rematch). The coup is regarded by many as the bloodiest military coup in Africa. It led to the deaths of more than 200 soldiers mainly from the eastern region. It also saw the deaths of more than 30 thousand civilians from the eastern region which inevitably resulted in the Nigerian civil war.
It was masterminded by Lt.Col Murtala Mohammed and his co-conspirators
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Chapters
Ironsi’s Regime - 00:00
The Unification Degree / May crises - 03:36
The Coup is being planned - 05:35
Abeokuta Mutiny - 06:19
The 2nd Battalion, Lagos - 10:37
Ironsi and Fajuyi is Murdered - 11:32
The coup spreads to all battalions and brigades - 18:52
Gowon takes power - 24:24
The Notorious 4th Batallion - 27:14
The 1st and 5th battalions - 28:01
The Kano Massacre - 29:28
Pogrom / constitutional conference - 31:01
ABURI - 33:15
The Biafran war begins - 36:11
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@@Spreadeagle1 0xb463386e16d66603598a38dfbe11305333b372a1 (BEP20)
Thanks.
@@bisimedia 👍
@@Spreadeagle1 Thank you very much.
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The next part ?
As a child born in Kaduna, I lived through this brutality. The Hausas were going door to door killing people from eastern Nigeria. The Hausas came to our house, it was by the Grace of God that we were spared because my father was very fluent in the Hausa language. As soon as they left, we knew it was time for us to leave Kaduna. We escaped in the night trying to find our way back to southeastern Nigeria. We drove for a long distance. My father was still wearing the _danchiki_ Hausa outfit, not realizing that we had entered eastern Nigeria. We came to road block set up by the easterners who were looking to kill the Hausas. My father was caught with the Hausa outfit. What saved us this time was because my father spoke the Ibo language telling the soldiers that we are Ibos and that my father wore the danchiki to escape the Hausas. Almost immediately after we arrived home, the Civil War was on full scare.
Very lucky.
Man oh man. Watching this documentary is scary alone. Imagine living through it
We will do our own live this nonsense people
@@akuamerica2558 you don't really mean that
We hope that nobody in Africa will ever go through such difficulties again. I don't understand why people are trying to bring up these painful memories.
i wish this part of history would be taught in schools to prevent future atrocities; as a northerner i'm truly sorry for the casualties especially to my fellow eastern brothers and sisters. this apology isnt even enough to wash away your feelings of pain and betrayal. i can never condone the killings of innocents regardless of their tribe. im hausa but still see myself as nigerian first so thankfully i dont share this tribalist remarks. ive grown up around nigerians of all regions and see them as my family; some of my closest friends are even igbo and yoruba and thankfully we get on well. i hope for the future generations we dont continue down this path and id gladly give my life for any of my people, whether nigerian or from wherever; we are all from the same creator and may God protect us from those who seek to divide us and may he bless all of us abundantly
Well said. If only it was seen the way you see it, Nigeria today would have been different.
Thank you very much for your lovely comment.
Wow first time to see a northerner with a different view on this matter
@@onlineprenuerdiscuss8505 I believe the more people know the facts the more they think like this
@@bisimedia thank you for your good work
Tommy Ironsi was my dormitory leader at prep school in England in 1966 to 67. Stayed with us on one or two vacations when he didn't go back to Nigeria. We'd lived there till 1961. Dad spoke Hausa and Tiv. I speak a bit of Igbo. Hope Tommy is still around. I survived heart attack in 2020
So you're at least 65years old. God bless you with good health.
I wonder why there was such massive loss of Igbo soldiers lives. It seems to me in most cases where the Igbos were aware of the ongoing assault, they still chose dialogue over a pre-emptive attack on the Northern soldiers. A sacrifice of peace it seems.. We shall never forget them
In actual sense you can check all the coup plotters
Aguiyi Ironsi made a grave mistake in his choice of appointment to key security areas. He may have had good intentions but turned out to be costly. Just sad, so many lives wasted unnecessarily
I’m sure he had bad advisors from his people and made wrong decisions under pressure.
The way you tell the story put me in suspense, I can't wait to see your next video. No one has ever told Nigerian history better.
Thank you very much for your wonderful comment. This means a lot to me. ❤️
Azin ehnn! No 🧢
@@bisimedia Bro keep it up...We love you...
You are going to high places
There's nothing better about the narration. Wrong narrative, fake history
Walahi. You echoed my sentiments
Now alot of things happening today are beginning to make sense. Nigeria already has failed in unity long before now. Thank you for this good history 👍🏾
My point exactly. Faulty and fraudulent foundation. Personally,I do not see a future in the so called country despite our beautiful culture. We seem to be in a cycle of never-ending turmoil and violence.
@@Spreadeagle1 Honestly, you've said it all, a faulty foundation of a building will surely always crash. If we ever want to move ahead, then a start over is required, and all tribes and regions need to put tribe and religion aside, which I know is going to be very hard, lot of wounds from the past, followed by good leadership.
The 1st was a coup as it targeted persons in positions of authority only in order to take power.
The 2nd was never a coup. It was a genocide as it focused on targeting the Igbos no matter their occupation. Calling it a coup is outright denial of the truth.
How was the first coup targeted people in authority? Do you know how many northern solders was killed and how come the Igbos coup plotters left alone their own people and the coups resulted in igbo guy as leader? See when you think u are smart u will eventually shoot urself in the foot. There is no justification for the first coup. Igbos coup plotter of 1966 destroyed this country. Thesame Igbos too prevented the North to leave Nigeria when they want to leave. In short Igbo destroyed this country. The North could have gone on their own since.
You areo correct. That 2nd one was genocide it was no longer about overthrowing but more of wiping out a specific tribe from their land.
Rightly said, it was not a coup but a jihad.
I don't think saying the 1st coup only targeted persons because they were in authority is an honest interpretation. The 1st coup clearly had evidence of similar ethnic strands that defined the second coup. Apart from the fact that there are tenuous explainations (at best) why Igbo and Igbo speaking politicians and military officers in the Midwest and Eastern regions were not targetted, Major Nzeogwu himself would later criticise Major Ifeajuna for failing to eliminate Ironsi. This misunderstanding that came about because Nzeogwu interperated the coup in ethnic/tribalistic terms. This view was corroborated by other officers involved that the operations in Lagos at the time.
@@danielbwest very false. For the fact that Wale Ademoyega, a participant in that coup, and a non Igbo opinionated in his memoir that Ifeajuna may have bugled up the Lagos operation due to his tribal inclinations does not make it true. It could be his own personal opinion read into the situation. One can argue what would have been the end game of Ifeajuna if he had set out to spare Ironsi in Lagos. What would he actually had hoped to achieve coming down in the first place? It just doesn't make sense if we want to go down the rabbit hole analysing every aspect of this "Igbo coup" fiction. Let's even assume for argument sakes that the Igbos organized a coup to kill other ethnic leaders and spare their own, how would they hope to convince the entire Nigerian people when they have succeeded that it was for their own good? Would it not stick out like a thorn that it is ethnic cleansing, and have a revolting effect that will lead to bloodshed and genocide?
You think that is a possibility Ifeajuna would like to try?
The more time unfolds, more reason will blossom to see the truth.
Igbo was the victim.
We shall remember that.
Always.
God bless you for sharing this detailed description of the events that led to Biafra. Truth is dead in Nigeria and that is what continues to degrade the country.
Wonderful documentary. I am 40years old and I can't boast if knowing the nitty-gritty of Nigerian sociopolitical history. Thanks for this intriguing class.
Really, anyone with a conscience would see why the call for the Republic of Biafra (as at then) was just! Thank you, Bisi for this informative video and I've just subscribed!!!
like ojukwu had no choice, he would have been killed if he had not
Adebisi are a witness to what happened in January and July 1966? Or you are relaying on reports such as what we have heard from Bisi. If you were alive then and you believe what you saw, then I am sorry for Nigeria.
@@salihubambale9947 not really sure what point you’re trying to make. Most reports available from that time support the information provided in this documentary, as well as eye witness reports at the time
@@michaelagiri5019 killed by who?
It was an ill-conceived, ill-advised immature decision. Ojukwu with his Education and Pedigree should have known what the outcome would have been...the Ibo had no strategic advantage to lean on!
Diplomacy; however long it took, would have resulted in less casualties/calamities. But there again hindsight is always 20/20.
Watching this, I can't but see that the igbo's have suffered great injustice in Nigeria, but still they rise.
This series made ME feel I don't know anything about the history of Nigeria. Guess our folks lied to us or they weren't aware. This is the best documentary series of Nigeria. When is part 4 dropping please ?
This has always been taught in secondary schools, in history and government class. Not as in depth but the details have always been taught.
Ran into this channel while I was cooking Egusi and my soup almost burnt completely. Interesting stuff, an absolute legend!
New subscriber alert.
This Documentary was riveting, I couldn't stop watching . I have to say , I have been researching on the military period of Nigeria but so far nobody has come close to the pure level of documentation and story telling that you have achieved.
Next level stuff
Thank you very much.
This is a one sided bias story, a pure Igbo man attitude, from the heading, was that coup the bloodiest? Certainly NO. The first coup which was caried out by Igbos where sir Ahmadu bello and Tafawa balewa were killed was d bloodiest.
@@khalidabubakar2818 don't be daft,it wasn't. Don't let sentimentality cloud your judgment on reality.
Igbos were killed in large numbers, I have no interest in siding with the igbos. But in this story, they were the victims. The military men didn't have to go out and cause mayhem.
@@sylvesterdivine9292 u can hear, the northerners did this, did that. Watch d documentary by jide, he was fair at least. Am not saying Igbos were not killed then, but d way he is portraying it, like it was an unprovoked killing.
And nobody is happy with what had happened, I can not be happy if a single Igbo man is being killed by my tribesman, his story line can make Igbos hate northerners, mean while we have plenty Igbos living happily here with us in the north, that's my point
@@khalidabubakar2818 and we don't have Northerners living happily, rent-free in the East?
This episode was painful to watch as an Igbo man, who has lived through modern massacres of Christian and Igbos in the last few decades with Northern riots; history keeps repeating itself. Quite frankly, I don’t think we have learned our lessons 55 years after the start of the civil war. I strongly believe that unless there’s a strong reconciliatory effort, we will continue to shed the blood of fellow Nigerians, who are all our black brothers and sisters. Who knows where we shall be as a nation in another 55 years?
In the next 55 years, if Nigeria continues like this, we would encounter another civil war. Nigeria as a nation is very unstable
@@udyfrost6380 I just pray we don’t end up like Yugoslavia with multiple ethnic wars and genocide. Sometimes I wish every Nigerian gets to live abroad for a few months. They will realize there’s more that bring us together than what may divide us. Here, you see Yorubas, Igbos, Ijaws eat together, visit each other and just enjoy speaking pidgin. It’s always an exciting feeling to see a fellow Naija.
Same story in most AfricaN nations
Ethiopia
Ivory Coast
Etc
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No amount of reconciliation can heal the wound as the genocide continues till the present moment. Break it up to save lives and not burdened the next with this chaos. Nigeria will never be a nation. It was not meant to be. It came apart just few years after her birth.
@@dominicandrewz It's going to happen sadly. Seeing how the trends are, it is inevitable
Thank you Bisi for this series. It’s been more than helpful to me. Its actually empowered me. You really cant know where you’re headed if you don’t know where you came from. The events of pre-civil war Nigeria are so unfortunate and saddening it’s heartbreaking.
This is the best told story of why Nigeria is the way it is right now.
I learnt so much from here than my history classes back in Nigeria. Thank you so much 🙏🏾
Right I definitely agree with you onnt hat one
Did we even have history classes?
We never had any history taught in classes.
When I was a kid my dad used to sit my siblings and I down to tell us stories about Nigeria and the biafra war ,in our tender age we saw it as a fairytale now that am grown,I've come to understand that he was planting seeds in our heart to not forget our origin and how he survived the war.
Rip daddy ......I'm starting to understand your reasons for making us bent on hearing those stories
Same scenario in my family. Dad survived the war as a Biafran soldier. I grew up with the pain in my heart but God healed me during my nysc camping at nasarawa. Wish it never happened but now we must seek reconciliatory measures if we must have a nation.
The only thing I learnt here is that Never assume that your enemies have suddenly become friends. Never entrust your safety's to your enemyl.
True. Ironsi was naive
Good one.
@@olakitan1 it wasn't naivety, how would he have known that they would have interpreted the first coup to be a tribal agitation. He did not consider them as enemies, however, the feelings were not mutual.
It wasn't naivety but detribalizion and patriotism.. Anyways it was still naivety much like IGBOS till date.. Ge beleived too much that his soldiers were loyal to him..it's so sad... But e way you guys always still manage to demonize acts that should be admonished as impressive still amazes me... I wonder how y'all still hate this ppl so much after all they've suffered.
My brother I reside on the UK and I'm highly impressed with your editing and storytelling this a huge part of Nigerian history that many didn't know. Your channel is amazing. You have a new subscriber. I'll spread the word and share your videos 🙏🏾💥❤💜
Wow thumbs up @Bisi for this detailed documentary of the July 1966 coup. I've watched other documentaries concerning this coup but I must say this is by far the most detailed and accurate one. Well done 👍@BISI
Great Job! It’s so articulate , & the narration was on point. I cant wait for the next video
Tears roll down my cheeks after watching this, you did a great job sir. Up till date, they are still killing the Igbos and still go away from it. This thing didn't start today, one day there will be no more Nigeria
The Igbos are the cause of everything that happened to them tho. Nnamdi Azikiwe was against separation and fighting for one Nigeria, even when Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello were clamoring for separation. Awolowo was even arrested and jailed for treason because of that. Ironsi and Ojukwu also Igbos, crushed and sentenced Adaka Boro to death when he asked for Niger Delta separation from Nigeria. Ojukwu now turn around to ask for Biafra few months after all that
Can't wait for part 4, Bisi. Well done. Masterful editing. Chilling background music too. Definitely added to the mood
THis is officially my best history channel
Thank you very much
Excellent job. This is how history ought to feel and sound and detailed. Epic!
Absolute masterpiece! Fantastic work
Thank you very much Elson.
The graphics! The narration! I'm definitely subscribing!
Though I had heard these stories growing up and read alot about it, I have not seen it in video with such detail.
Wonderful job Bisi. I do hope we (Nigerian) can learn from what happened. That it may not happen again.
Fulani people have prepared for post election violence for fear of reprisals against their impunity and terrorist land grabbing. Are you ready
Actually some of the images in the video were taken from other sources. Google the word "Flintlock" which appeared on the uniform of one soldier and you'll understand what I am talking about. I have a problem believing that Danjuma departed bas Ironsi and Fajuyi were taken away. The fact that Lt. William Walbe, one of the officers who participated in the murder of both Ironsi and Fajuyi, immediately became Gowon's ADC speaks an awful lot about where we are today. I do not want to say much as these observation will sure as hell fall on deaf ears as usual.
@@ekusondebango3568 they were taken away, Danjuma said it himself. Gowon was not part of the coup, he was so scared and just went along
@@tonyebiere551 Let me see here : Gowon was not part of it but refuse to take Ironsi's phone call. Then Gowon calls Danjuma and asked if they can actually do it. Was Gowon trying to protect himself just in case the thing failed? Hmmm!!! Nigerians and their logic and you wonder why nothing ever works in a country full of intellectual frauds. And Gowon felt comfortable choosing as his ADC a man who just killed his predecessor abi. Nigerians na wa o!!!1
@@ekusondebango3568 trust me , I am not guessing here. I know . Gowon was not part of the plan but was afraid for his life and just played along
This channel deserves more subscribers!!! Kudos to you Bisi Nigerian history won't be forgotten even though the subject is no longer relevant in today's school
The long awaited video... Well made. Great job.
Thank you very much friend.
Can't wait for the final part of this video series. You've done a great job! Looking forward for more videos and learning more about Africa's history.
Thanks so much!
Good job Bisi for the clear, inept history of Nigeria. I enjoyed watching this and learnt one or two things I didn’t know that makes sense. Nice, well laid out documentary.
This channel is so unique, the video is so detailed.
Thank you very much.
This is a must watch again and again.
It must also be shared to as many people as possible
So detailed. I had to watch from part one till the end. I've read so much about Nigeria from pre-i dependent and still looking for the book why we strike but this videos gives me the details in about 3hrs. Thanks for the effort.
Glad it was helpful!
I really really love this page. I've been looking for this info compiled properly and sir, you're doing very well.
Bro, you did a good job. Information keep getting clearer!
This is amazing work, can’t wait for more!!
Thank you so much!
The igbos are an interesting people. With all the injustice meted out to them, they still managed to rise. They have my respect. What is sad is that the injustice has not ended. The country is still run by the same old band of murderers. I wonder why Aguiyi Ironsi failed to let the North secede when they asked for it. That was a golden chance missed.
As a Yoruba man, I shed a tear every time I think there could have been a voluntary secession of the North and we let it slip away.
Nigeria would Honestly be a lot more stable had it split North South.
However majority of those who killed the first leaders were igbo officers. Practically they started the whole mess
There are d one dat started it
My thoughts exactly
@@BasicLib is the north really that bad ? Can't we live with them as brothers?
This is undoubtedly one of the best content i have had to watch in recent times! more content pls...especially the next of the last video
Bisi this is brilliant. You’ve just got another subscriber. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 keep them coming.
this is really insightful. welldone!
Nice work, you're never going to see detailed work like this on mainstream media. We tell our own stories, they are rich and should tell us what we've been through and how to make it never happen again.
Absolutely brilliant series. Please keep this up
You took your time to create this Bisi, thank you.
I really like this channel!!!
This is amazing, bro this channel is going places!!!!
Things are starting to make sense now. From where I stand, it doesn't look like Nigeria will ever be right UNLESS, right-minded young Nigerians correct many things and commit to doing to so until a consensus is reached as to which direction Nigeria should go, going forward. This was absolutely fascinating and eye-opening. Thank you young man for all your hard work. Let me go watch the last video (part 4).
Unfortunately, the consensus is already late. Nothing can be done anymore since the idealogy of hatred has been passed to new generation. Let's admit the truth that we can't be one and move our ways . A broken bottle has no ...
@@chigozieojukwu5691 the Original regional government can be restored and a true federalism may change things for good, the idea of unification ruined everything in the first place.
Send Joe Biden over there he will fix it !!!
Maybe igbos shouldn't have objected the inclusion of a secession clause during the 60's independence. Y'all got us into this with Y'all mess. You lots think you can rule over the whole of Nigeria but it backfired because of Y'all greediness.
@@oladipupodurotimi4754 Nnamdi Azikiwe was selfish and wanted to be prime minister by all means
Another great content bro. Thanks!!
You are so detailed.. thank you for this
You are welcome!
Wonderful job. Outstanding. Kudos
Your Chanel is truly amazing. This is pure Gold. Continue with the great 👍 job
Such an interesting series, thank you! In Europe where I'm from things like this never get taught. Thanks for broadening my horizon and I'm looking forward to the final part :)
Thank you very much.
Here in America we learned it
@@stenbak88: what did you learn in USA? Is that the unbiased or the one sided history from British and North Nigeria to paint Igbos black?
@@RealityStand You are aware most of the US public was in support of the Republic of Biafra right ?
Seeing the utter horror the Nigerian state unlead was enough to appall most people.
That's one of the largest humanitarian efforts their country ever engaged in. Relax, no need to attack people randomly on the internet.
I've always watched history videos. But I've never seen one as direct and interesting as yours.
I mean it.
Thank you.
The scary part is that some of these men are still alive and enjoying the wealth of our country
Serious, I am Ghanaian so this is fascinating. People like who please?
@@mauriceschaeffer5070 our current president MUHAMMADU BUHARI
@@GWhiteNDO no he wasn't part of the coup. The main culprit yakubu gowon is literally still alive and chilling
@@udbz7264 boson literally wasn’t part of the coup he begged for them to spared the lives of Ironsi and his deputy but the soldiers didn’t listen
@@mauriceschaeffer5070 Theophilus Danjuma is still alive today and owns couple of oil wells in the previous Biafra teritory.
Bisi may God bless you richly for the educative and informative information about Nigeria history infact have learn a lot from all your videos....kudos to your work
Great work Bro. So much detail.
This is one true honest detailed channel...keep it up
Thanks, will do!
It is unbiased.
Kudos Bisi and thanks for sharing this. I have got to learn so much about Nigeria within few hours. What a nation 🤦♂️
Very well done, looking forward to part 4
Thanks for this. Very informative!
I feel like i time- travelled to 1966 watching this detailed video. Well done Bisi!
This why I have no sympathy for the carnage in the Northern Nigeria today. Poverty and social issues will keep ravaging Northern Nigeria.
Ojukwu demanded for genuine federalism, but Gowon failed him on what was agreed on. This is the same promises Buhari made during his first term in office with their change mantra, but failed to do so.
But who made the unification decree? An IBO man was over ambitious to think he can united what the white people left at regional stage because they knew that was can work for us.
Ibo destroyed nigeria.
Stupendous effort! Good work.
This is very educative, thank you
Thank you so much, Bisi. This documentary is here for all times. It is really hard to love a country that did this to you. Some how some day, justice will take its toll.
Looks like North wanted to separate too, but the british prevented it.
The British are the one who where responsible for this quagmire today called Nigeria
@@hilary3397 there is a conspiracy they control the Nigerian army. I wonder what british gains in this present time from Nigeria.
The British government have been the problems of Nigeria ordeal. They want the country to rise because we’ve got the resources and the potential to rise like China. China rose up to become the second largest economy in the world.
This is great work!
Amazing video
It showed how little I knew of Nigeria history.
I feel sick listening to this, so much hatred, betrayals and bloodshed.
I've read various accounts of the events from 1960-1970, but non as detailed as this.
The decisions made over 60 years ago still haunts us till date. It fashions our thoughts and actions.
I thank you @bisi for a job well done
The way Ojukwu was looking at Gowon suspiciously while shaking hands in 35:41 was so funny 😂
Ojukwu lost thousands of his people in the massacre and you expect him to be laughing with Gowon. He was there to discuss business that brought them there and if Gowon implement it then we wouldn't be this backward in Nigeria today. Kama is coming back to Gowon, he is alive today to witness as Fulaniz are killing their people in Jos and installing their own Emir, God has ways of paying back. He is alive to see the Igbos being the most successful with just 20 pounds given to them.
@@RealityStand yeah, you're right. I totally agree with you and sympathise with Ojukwu and Eastern Nigeria. It's unfortunate how things have played out over the years. So sad.
I just found Ojukwu's look funny but I understand the agitations he was representing and having at the Aburi meeting.
@ Reality Stand If Igbo had not done what they did, we would not have been in this mess
@@aliyumuhammad6685 What did they do, why are you a very terrible human being, You still have the nerves and audacity to say something like that?? How insensitive! You're supposed to be begging all the Igbos you find around forever. If it was your family who went through all these bloodshed would you still be saying this? I used to hate on the Igbos, like really hate them, for being rebellious and anytime I hear Biafra. But you think these people do not deserve something like that 100% and the backing of other tribes??? God will p_nish and judge you for your mentality, do not worry. You still have the audacity to think what the Northerners did then was fair. Still, in the present day, you people are still unapologetic as ever!
@@DJCousins Igbos deserve more than this, i hat* them with passion.
I loved this and learned so much. When are you releasing the fourth video? I look.forward to seeing it.
Thank you! God bless you for this documentary
Continue making these videos, I assure you that you will get to 1 million subscribers with time and even more! These Videos are top notch, story telling is amazing and enlightening
Thank you very much.
It's going to happen, I already saw massive improvement btw dis and Ur prev ones
This video presents the best narration of the whole event
This is really an untold story of July 1966 coup. Kudos to you, Kudos to You tube technology
its crazy how much of our history i didnt know of, Good Job Bro
Abogo Lagema was the President of the military tribunal which courtmarshalled, and dismissed my dad in 1964 for disobeying military order, and leaving his station without permission. My dad escaped tbrough Benin Republic to Europe. My late dad was the Paymaster of the 2nd Battallion of the Nigerian Army then. Two years later, Ifeajuna assassinated Lagema during the 1966 coup.
Wow 😮
Meaning Lagema was corrupt?
Thanks for sharing this
Things happened
He was doing his job
Hmmmmm... What can I say.
Rest in peace to all the brave men who fought for a better cause. Rest in power CHIEF DIM, CHUKWUEMEKE ODUMEGWU NWA OJUKWU. ebube agu.
God help nigeria
Amen
i really appriciate the work put in this video its amazing and the story perfect
Chief I appreciate Your works, thanks for these info, more grace.
God bless ojukwu forever. I shall continue from where you stopped
Nicely crafted.. great editing and videography.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is highly informative!!!!
This is complete. Nothing missing. Thanks for sharing.
Ojukwu was the only serious guy at aburi. U can see it all over him.
I would be surprised if he was not. He lost over a hundred thousand people in the counter coup
Fake news he brought the worst crime civil war nigeria has ever experienced..
@@chidiebereudechi397 Ojukwu was the only true African there.
He was there for best solution which would have saved the situation but unfortunately British advised Gowon to reject the agreement and that's why this country is in pit today.
I absolutely agree with you. Gowan was a betrayal likewise the entire North, Their soldiers and officers acted brutally and wickedly against their Igbo colleagues in the army and Igbos in the North. This is what have brought Nigeria to this abyss and we are still falling till now. I am so sad watching this truth. I can now see why history of Nigeria are not being thought in schools. The British were also partakers in how Nigeria fell from grace. They were given Gowan counter advice against our progress
I'm Igbo and will be 38 in 3 months, I never really understood why Ojukwu decided to break away from Nigeria and never understood why igbos carry so much pain in their heart. But this has been an eye opener. as someone who's never lived in igboland and always see myself as Nigerian first, I hope we are able to work things out, but first the Northerners need to de-radicalized.
I live on a street that has a compound full of Northerners here in Lagos and to be honest, lately I've grown wary of these guys with all that's going on in the country. These guys tend to kill before they think, while the rest of us tend to think first.
Be careful and watchful. Those guys are waiting for a signal to strike anytime. They intentionally swooped into Lagos for a purpose Several buses of over 400 northern youths suspected to be Boko Haram were arrested in Imo State probably heading to the surrounding forest. The question is didn't they meet security officials in the northern or middle-belt states on their way to south? A grand collusion is going on.
And ofcourse, Gowon could not let the milk and honey deposited in the eastern region slip away. so they , by their greed, had to start a civil war to stop Ojukwu. Nigeria was a sham from the beginning and it hasn't changed any bit from being a fraudulent union of disagreeing people
was Ojukwu among the coup plotter? the answer is no. did Ojukwu knew anything about the coup No. Gen. Ojukwu was a child of circumstances a victim of already blown out coup.
wat do u expect from him, to sit n watch his people killed.
as a historian, even if Ojukwu has fought n lost the war, I still regard him as my Lord hero on earth. simple becos he was in a mess he kw nothing about and stood his ground.
pls watch wat u say and don't say jus to impress others Mr Nigeria.💯
@@tochika3598 Ojukwu went to war to secure the oil in the Niger Delta for himself and his friends. There was nothing altruistic about his decision to waste the lives of innocent Igbos with his foolishness
@@Afrobarbie21 you lied. Go n read your history books and stop misleading people. Ojukwu was a child of circumstances. If I was in his shoes I will not hesitate to apply same approach. D coup he never knew about which consumed over 300 igbo officers started by some group of northern officers in Ibadan to Lagos and spread to Northern state. I beg u to apply conscious before you castigate our dear leaders. To prove you wrong even after he landed in Lagos and enugu after his exile the multitude of crow at the airport was overwhelmed.
I urge you to go n make peace with your history.
Am glued to this channel
Good work, lovely storytelling
I'm from Zambia, I've heard a bit about the Biafran war but this video really sheds light on a whole lot of stuff I didn't know about. An unfortunate and Really terrible series of events. The tribal conflict story is all too real in Africa.
It is heavily biased i am highly disappointed in this narrator
@@thegoofiekilla do you care to share what’s biased about it?
@@thegoofiekilla The internet is an open space, please do your own research and upload your version. It will be left to the mental court of posterity to judge which account is the truth.
@@ekeneosuagwu6919 I have to agree with our brother here. Judging by the tone of the narrator, there seems to be an inclination to put more blame on Gowon's shoulders for the Succession crisis and not as much on Ojukwu's. In fact, it really came down to a basic misunderstanding of what was agreed at Aburi bcus nothing really was actually agreed and there was alot of procrastination.
Another supposedly incorrect assertion was to imply the Nigerian army fired the first shots, when in fact it started out as a police operation. I may be wrong on this point though.
Anyways I feel the narrative could have presented a more balanced view of what happened.
@@danielbwest the Aburi accord was written in plain English. You can just Google the document to read for yourself. It is impossible for both parties to come off with different understanding from the pact in Aburi when there is a mediator who could have been reached to straighten out what was agreed, which is President Ankrah who was present. The 3 million Igbo lives cut down by the Nigerian military is squally on the shoulders of Gowon.
It is also pertinent to know that a police action does not constitute amassing troops along the borders with heavy artillery which was eventually used to open the operations. Whether you call it a police action or not, it is only semantics. The action is self is an attack of a sovereign state who wants to be on its own. It is wrong in 1967, it is wrong today, it will be wrong tomorrow.
This video is first class.... absolutely engaging
Only because it serves your interests as Igbos. But we are NOT in poverty of knowing Nigerian history
We are waiting for the next video. Thanks and God bless
I love this God bless you for this...
I truthfully commend your narrative ability. It is rather unfortunate that those below or even little above the age of 40 know little or nothing about the events that played out in 1966-1970. Some of us have delved into that history and have meticulously studied the characters and their various characterizations especially, of January 15, 16, and 17 of 1966. Many have extensively written about those events from their different points of view and from their various vantage or disadvantaged position.
One major thing I find in most of the write ups is that every writer writes with the lenses of his/her region, tribe or religion. A northerner writes and narrates from the view point of his being a northerner and so the southerner/easterner. It was because of this that Brig. Alabi Isama kept changing his names.
It is no doubt the first coup of January 15, 1966 planned by Col Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu that led to the killings of the most senior military officers and politicians of northern and western regions did not help matters. The immediate counter coup of July 29, 1966 that also saw the brutal killing of General Ironsi further aggravated issues! Of a truth, the January 16 coup sow a seed of discord among the regions/tribes of Nigeria which has continue to hunt and hurt us even in our political permutations. The British joining together of the northern and southern protectorates popularly known as "amalgamation" did not help either.
Thank you Bisi for those reminds
You got me.. I love this video.. I just subscribed..Keep up the good work..
Awesome! Thank you!