When Babangida annulled Nigeria's election in 1993 and installed a civilian placeholder, the 83-day presidency that followed was a meticulously engineered trap designed to hand power to the one general who had been positioning himself for it all along.
#PowerandPlunder
The President @officialABAT should declare a state of emergency in Oyo State.
2: usual security breach in that state by all the actors that must be immediately contained by the Federal Govt.
@OmolewaAbraham Instead of aggressively demanding resupply to continue the fight, Banjo used the downtime to open backdoor channels with Yoruba leaders and British diplomats. He was hesitant to bring the bloodshed of war into his native Yorubaland without a political agreement.
@lidocaine_v2 Both Ojukwu and Gowon were learned. Yes, one had federal leverage, but they could have continued negotiations toward a revised agreement
I don’t see the sense in knowing you are striving for the security of your people, only to take a secession decision that worsened deaths
In March 1967, the Federal Government published a White Paper giving its own official interpretation of the Aburi Accord.
This document heavily distorted the verbatim agreements recorded on tape.
The Imposition of the Economic blockade in April 1967.
Creation of 12 new states, stripping Ojukwu's authority over the oil rich minority areas.
Accepting the memo produced by the memorandum Federal Permanent Secretaries.
@OmolewaAbraham In the context of an active war, what Banjo was doing wasn't mere "negotiation" it was mutiny, sabotage, and high treason. His delay at Ore complicated the war.
@OmolewaAbraham The North was never going to accept the fragmentation of the Federal Power because they controlled it and the oil present in the Eastern region.
@OmolewaAbraham Ojukwu came to Aburi ready to negotiate, but it was clear that Gowon and the Northern bloc were never going to respect the outcome of Aburi. Continuing negotiations would be unwise for Ojukwu and the decision he took at the time was the best for the region.
WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN!
That blood of our people flown in the airport's main terminal, their bodies littered in the corridors, Igbo passengers hauled off the plane, lined up and shot, troops and Northern Civilians hunted our people in bars, hotels, railway, streets of sabon gari.