CHIMAMANDA SOUNDS ALARM OVER VANISHING IGBO HERITAGE.
Chief Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has sounded the alarm over the loss of Igbo history, warning that future generations risk forgetting who they are if archives, historical sites and cultural records are not preserved.
“We must protect our history before it disappears.”
@ChimamandaReal
Chinua Achebe warned the future generation of 1967-1970 war victims to avoid the temptation of abandoning the hard work of surviving and rebuilding for seeking easy comforts or unrealistic, fantasies of peace with Nigeria.
He was the Biafran Minister of Information, he represented Biafra on various diplomatic and fundraising missions during the Nigerian Civil War.
If you are from the old eastern region, you are IPOB (Indigenous People Of Biafra).
Don’t forget that before the real terrorist got to their door steps, they tag us terrorist and wanted us all on the run, dead or in prison.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s demands for ending the Biafra agitation in 2017 during his meeting with South-East governors, political leaders, traditional rulers, and other stakeholders:
A few days after making these demands, his father’s home was raided by The Nigerian Army and 28 young Igbos were reportedly k¡lled
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RT to Educate Someone.
"Record me if you like, we will invoke our Lagos deities to chase you Igbo people out of Lagos. We will inherit all you Igbos in Lagos" -Remi Tinubu.
Remi Tinubu made this obnoxious shameful statement 2019. She was ordained pastor by RCCG in 2018.
SHAME.
The BBC has just released a biased documentary aimed at whitewashing the atrocities committed by Britain and its colony, Nigeria.
Setting the record straight once again, for posterity's sake.
First off.
A coup happened in January 1966, involving military officers from all three major ethnic groups.
The BBC then took to its station and branded it an "Igbo coup."
That narrative widened existing divisions within the military, and before long, a counter coup followed. Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi was murdered, alongside several other officers.
The situation was spiralling out of control, so a solution was sought.
THE ABURI ACCORD.
Yakubu Gowon and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu signed the agreement.
Its primary aim was to protect civilians who had nothing to do with the rift within the military and to create a regional structure that would encourage development and healthy competition.
Gowon signed because the agreement made sense to any thinking human being.
But upon returning to Nigeria, Gowon's handlers reminded him that the dream was never a better Nigeria, but a dwindling one. Gowon, being slow, failed to realise he was setting his own people up.
At that point, the only way Gowon and his British masters could deflect from the agreement was through violence.
Then came the pogrom against the Igbos, an automatic breach of the Aburi Accord.
The killings began at Kano Airport. Innocent blood was spilled. Thousands were slaughtered across Northern Nigeria while countless others fled home with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Ojukwu was cornered. He could no longer guarantee the safety of his people in other parts of Nigeria as the country turned against the Igbos, many without even understanding the situation.
He consulted with his people in the South on the best response to the massacre of innocent civilians.
The verdict was unanimous.
A sovereign state.
BIAFRA was declared.
Weeks later, the Nigerian military launched what many regard as a genocidal campaign. Nigerian Federal troops crossed into Biafra through the Gakem Ogoja axis, firing the opening shots of the war.
When the British government realised the Biafrans were far more determined and resilient than expected, and that a war predicted to last weeks had dragged on for years, they changed tactics.
They introduced the starvation policy backed by Awolowo, (a war crime by any standard) aimed at wiping the Igbo race from the face of the earth.
When Ojukwu realised the objective was extermination, he laid down his office, departed for exile, and transferred authority to his second in command, Major General Philip Effiong, who formally announced Biafra's surrender.
But even surrender did not end the tragedy.
Asaba happened.
Men, women and children were instructed to gather for what they believed would be talks. They came dressed in white, waving peace and singing with trembling hearts.
The Nigerian military separated the men from the women.
Then they opened fire.
Over five hundred men were murdered in cold blood.
Similar atrocities were reported in other communities around the same period.
Post war, came the infamous £20 policy, designed to economically cripple a people already devastated by war and starvation.
The BBC documentary is simply Britain attempting to soften the horrors inflicted upon the innocent people of Biafra.
We remember.
Never to forget.
“If you look at the people we call leaders—go to the Senate, go to the House of Representatives—why should a senator or a member of the House be a praise singer for anyone? Why are those in government not able to face their boss and say, “Oga, this is the truth”? You have people who are supposed to represent the values of society behaving like illiterates. By the time you become a governor, you should be beyond looking for money. Most of Nigeria’s ruling class lack values—they are too cheap. If we truly want to fix this country, we need a principled ruling class. The ruling class needs to have values—values beyond stomach infrastructure.”
—HRM Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.✅
This is what it means to speak the truth and stand as God’s witness against evil in the land.
This is what it means to use one’s platform for good, and not to cuddle evil animals in power or ordain their evil wives as pastor.
May God bless this woman.
Kevin Hart reveals his mom hid months of rent money inside a Bible to teach him a lesson
“I cannot pay my rent I needed help and she was like well I’m not helping you until you start reading the Bible and I was like mom I’m reading the Bible I was lying”
“One day I was like what am I gonna do I said let me get this Bible and I open up the Bible and like my rent checks multiple months of rent checks had fell out”
“That was her way of of course knowing that I’m lying first of all and giving me one of the best lessons ever”
The day I had a mindset switch while watching Peter Obi was when Mbaka wanted to embarrass him into making a donation.
Peter Obi, despite how awkward the entire thing was getting; insisted that he doesn’t give money unless he is given a breakdown of the project the money will be spent on.
Rather than getting dragged, he left that conversation as the bigger person.
It taught me that when you stand on strong principles and your belief - you get more appealing, appeal does not come from trying to be diplomatic - it comes from absolute fanaticism around your own principles.
Watch this video and maybe you will have the same mindset shift as I did years ago:
These names are among the solders that carried out January coup that was tagged so called Igbo coup in 1966.
Western Region 👇
✅ Major Adewale Ademoyega
✅ Captain Ganiyu Adeleke
✅ Lieutenant Fola Oyewole
✅ Lieutenant Olafimihan
✅ Second Lieutenant Olawale Olaopa
✅ Second Lieutenant Olumide Omodunbi
Northern Region 👇
✅ Sergeant Durojaiye Usman
Corporal Musa Nimzo (Later killed during the chaos)
✅ Lance Corporal Jackson Bukar
✅ Private Sani Musa
✅ Private Abubakar Kardo
Because of hatred they have for Igbo they tagged it Igbo coup. Shameless people.
This is Major Jonathan Uchendu, the man who led the Abagana Ambush, Biafra's biggest victory during the war.
He was from Oba, present-day Anambra State.
He worked at the University of Nigeria Nsukka before the war. He only enlisted in the army when the war started.
While a second lieutenant, he fought under the 18 Battalion of the Biafran army alongside Colonel Assam Nsudoh.
He was pivotal in the destruction of 7 Nigerian Naval Boats. Also, he caught a white mercenary who fought for Nigeria in Atani and handed him over to his commander to be shown to Ojukwu.
A full detail of his heroic exploits is in the comment section.
Read and learn.
Sadly, Major Uchendu did not survive the war. He died in active service around the Abagana-Abatete axis of the war front as a Nigerian sniper was found with his head.
May he reincarnate in Power 💪🏿
Young Nigerians are not stupid. We are on fire!
Why should anyone pay over ₦600K for a substandard education in a public university? Leave everything & listen to our Gen Zs speak. Tag them. They deserve a massive shout out.
Nigeria must be OK in our lifetime!! 😭👏👏