@idu_people Because of the exposee on the ancient Iduu Kingdom, you have quickly rush to open an account term "Idu history and facts" lol funny people ๐คฃ. Btw it's Iduu not "Idu"
Ever Wondered What Life Would Have Been In Igbo Land If We Were Not Colonized Or If Ojukwu Had Succeeded With Biafra? It Took The White Over 30 Years To Tame The Igbos.
โDuring the civil war, the Biafran military assembled a cast of core engineers, scientists, agriculturists, strategists, technologists etc to produce food, weapons, defence systems and equipment for civil and military uses.
โThey also had the mandate to produce other useful items that would help the people to survive and to give the military a better chance to win the war. This group assembled under the RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION (RAP) unit of the military. There were many branches of this important unit including those who refined petroleum.
โThe war lasted three years. It probably would have been shorter if RAP had not existed and if the resilient spirit of Biafrans was low. The story of these geniuses, exceedingly inventive men and women who showed they were among the best in the world has been told in the last 50 years. After the war, many of these scientists in RAP ended up in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu.
Now some of the key people who were in RAP where:
Ben Chukwuka Nwosu, nuclear physicist, โ he was the overall head of RAP.
Dr. Ekechukwu Willy Achukwu, scientist โ he was in charge of RAP in Umudike.
Sylvester Akalonu, engineer, โ he was part of the team that developed the Ogbunigwe.
Charlie Okafor, chemist โ he was one of those who helped to name it RAP and the team that compounded solid smokeless rocket. The initial rockets fired had trails of smoke.
Ngozi Okafor, chemist Agu Ogan, biochemist โ helped to design some of the weapons and some ANTIDOTES for any eventual chemical attack on Biafra.
Gordian Ezekwe, engineer โ he was the head of the team that produced the explosive weapons and rockets, especially Ogbunigwe. The weapons development revolved around this soft spoken gentleman.
Clifford Ezeilo โ engineer, specialist in thermodynamic, he worked on the rockets.
Mark Chijioke, engineer โ together with Ezekwe made solid fuel for the rockets.
C.O. Chiori, pharmaceutical scientist, Edmond Kaine, engineer โ rocket and weapons design.
Oleka Udeala, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTIST, HELPED IN CREATING PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER DRUGS AS WELL AS ANTIDOTES.
Ebenezer Ekechukwu โ engineer, he was the prime mover for the creation of the salt lake in Uzuakoli. He helped to source the brine and salt cakes for that project.
Eddie Mbadiwe, biochemist, Martin Nwaji, CHEMIST, DESIGNED THE INCENDIARY WEAPON THAT BURNED THROUGH TANKS. FEMIT
Sam Agogbua, BIOCHEMIST, SYNTHESIZED WRITING INK FROM HERBS with FU Ekezie, Emmanuel Anosike, biochemist.
Chimere Ikoku, chemist โ was the head of the Uzuakoli group of RAP
Fabian Ekezie, technologist โ REARMED SPENT BULLETS, SYNTHESIZED VEHICLES FUEL FROM ALCOHOL AND CREATED LABORATORY GLASSWARE for the scientists and engineers. Also BUILT SILENCERS for guns with Agogbua F.N.C. Oragwu โ NUCLEAR PHYSICIST, headed a unit in RAP and was at the core of PRODUCING WAR MACHINES for the military.
Willy Achukwu โ TECHNICAL SCIENTIST WHOSE INPUT HELPED IN BUILDING Ogbunigwe.
Fred Ozoh โ CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIST, ENSURED THE LABORATORIES ARE PRIME.
Finally to the memory of the great men who have gone the way of all flesh, I pray you to remember them, our fallen heroes: Gordian Ezekwe, Ben Nwosu, James O. C. Ezeilo, Ebenezer Ekechukwu (recently), Martin Nwaji, C.O. Chiori, Agu Ogan (recently), A.N. Njoku-Obi, Sam Agogbua, Fred Ozoh, Fabian Ekezie, Ferdinand Obodo of PRODA, Vincent Iwenofu etc.
(This Piece was written by Ken Ekezie whose father was a member of RAP and PRODA)
@Onlineguru_ Which one be poverty eh billionaire... Someone is living his life you dey call am poverty. You all broke shame people too much and it's affecting the society.
@OdunOmo79629@BlazerFreshchic@WesternOligarch Lagos was the capital hence the need to develop it with revenues from other regions. Ibadan was the capital of western region then, your cocoa money was used in Ibadan not Lagos. The colonialist weren't welcome in the east, they found it tough there unlike other regions.
@BlazerFreshchic@WesternOligarch Asaba for example witnessed massive bombings and massacre during the war, but today Asaba is better than many SW capitals cities. SW have witnessed peace for more than 100 years, but most of your towns are almost the same as 100 years ago no developmental progress. Abeg shift !