Thread by @StoryhubA

Biafra day tomorrow and I have spent tonight trying to find out more about the events that took place between 1960-1967..... I have read through a few books, thesis and research papers... it is now clear as day, the problem with Nigeria.
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The Nigerian history we have come to know is mostly riddled with lies, big fat lies and a lot of omissions. Several omissions. I have heard and read that history books omit certain parts of the Nigerian history on purpose as it is the plan of the government and this is the truth

I would first off like to defend the honour of Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Emmanuel Ifeajuna , Adewale Ademoyega,etc.. the men we have wrongfully accused of ruining Nigeria when all they wanted was to save us. It is everywhere, everyone refers to the Jan 1966 coup as ..

as an Igbo coup. A coup that was going to install Obafemi Awolowo as the President of Nigeria mostly because he did a great job in the West before he was imprisoned. These ‘young’ and ‘naive’ soldiers knew Awolowo would do a great job with Nigeria. Moving on..

Another reason for this coup was the JIHAD. Ahmadu Bello, the great-great-grandson of Utman Dan Fodio had revived the Jihad(holy war, forceful Islamization), forcing Islam on people in the middle belt region, especially the Tiv, who were mostly Christians. He was going to..

He was going to islamize Nigeria. This is proven in his many statements and his continuous reference to Utman Dan Fodio. He had created some Islamic societies and funny thing, Ladoke Akintola was in on this, in fact, they had an alliance of some sort.

In an interview that @MobilePunch (punch newspaper) held with Ahmadu Bello’s driver, he stated clearly that both Akintola and Bello knew about the coup a few days before it happened... Bello had told Akintola that he wasn’t going to run, he then proceeded to give Akintola his

his blessings, saying he could run if he chose. Akintola who already came with a means of transportation for the escape drew strength from Bello and decided to return to Ibadan. Nnamdi Azikiwe on the other hand, also knew about the coup beforehand and escaped. People open up

their wide dirty mouth and claim that the coup did not involve any igbos, It is not Nzeogwu’s fault that Azikiwe ran off while Bello and Akintola wanted to be heroes. Nobody’s fault. They didn’t find Zik, so they didn’t kill him. Michael Okpara was innocent, the East was in peace

There was absolutely no reason to kill him. The coup put an end to Bello’s Jihad and this angered the Muslim. This was what led to the killings of Igbos in the North. The retaliation was more religious than political. Political because the North has always feared domination by

by the South.. In 1958, a motion was moved for Nigeria’s independence, this motion was trumped by Northerners who claimed not to be ready for independence, the North was scared of domination by the south because the South was more educated and exposed. It is still evident in

today’s Nigeria. Despite all the signs pointing to the truth, Nigeria has refused to stop tagging the first coup an Igbo coup and it breaks my heart. The July 1966 coup that took the lives of Ironsi and Fajuyi was carried out by Hausa soldiers, nobody tags it an Hausa coup.

Hausas claimed to be retaliating the first coup, saying that Ironsi didn’t punish the perpetrators of the first coup. Captain Emma Nwobosi , the soldier who led the Western region operations in the first coup stated clearly in his interview that Lagos was like hell,

People dying, riots here and there... the coup was a necessity, Western Nigeria was slowly destroying, civilians ran to the barracks for safety. People pleaded with soldiers to do something... remember the Lagos riot of 1965? Just after the elections? The west needed help.

The plotters of this coup were training until they heard of Bello’s plans to islamize Nigeria, they decided to strike early, the 15th of January 1966. A coup that those in power already heard about days before it happened. Zik was lucky, he wasn’t exempted, just luck or sense.

Awolowo was to become president but Ironsi’s drunken smart ass and Nwafor Orizu’s idiocracy destroyed this plan. Ironsi became head of state. When Ironsi was killed, Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo who was next in rank was skipped and Gowon became head of state... you know why?

The Nigerian military bent the rules governing military actions just because Hausa soldiers would not take orders from a Yoruba man. The military bent rules for Tribalistic purposes. I am hurt because I have began to see what Chinua Achebe meant when he said ...

That Nigeria has an Igbo problem. Happy Biafra day in advance!
#BiafraHeroesDay2021..