Top 8 Events that led to the Nigerian Civil War
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- The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War or the Nigeria-Biafra War, was a war fought to counter the secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria. Biafra, which declared its independence on May 30, 1967, was in the then Eastern Region of Nigeria with the Igbo people forming the majority.
Well, the war lasted for 30 months, from July 6, 1967, to January 15, 1970, with millions of casualties on both sides. The war did not happen overnight but certain events led to it.
In this video, we shall take a look at these Top 8 Events that led to the Nigerian Civil War where thousands (both military and civilians) lost their lives. #HistoryVille #NigerianCivilWar #Biafra
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:03 The Amalgamation of 1914
02:30 The 1946 Arthur Richards’ Constitution
03:44 The 1962 Western Region’s State of Emergency and Obafemi Awolowo’s incarceration
06:25 Operation Wet-ie and the Western Regional Elections of October 1965
09:41 January 15, 1966, Military Coup détat
12:18 July 29, 1966, Northern Counter-Coup
15:02 The January 1967 Aburi Conference
17:24 The Creation of 12 States and Declaration of Biafra in May 1967
21:24 Next Video
Reporter carefully omitted the massacre of innocent Igbos by Nigerian military government and people. Nigerian history indeed!
The pogrom of 1966 that claimed over 30,000 Easterners
Exactly!
Why!
That's the major reason for call for cessation....
This documentary is a continuation of the lies told against Igbo people. They omit objectivity and try to produce a story that puts Igbo people in a bad light. Anyone watching this will think oh these Igbo people just wanted to secede and Ojukwu went to Aburi even though he already had a flag. Imagine that. To what purpose was such talks then? Besides since Igbo are highly educated do you think it will take them 10 months to produce a country flag? You have probably never worked with a person with Igbo blood. They are industrious, focused and go-getters. Igbo people get the job done!
The actions and involvement of Northern government officials and emirs, Nigerian soldiers and police as well as the participation of some British officials in the pogrom is well know. Take a listen:czcams.com/video/Wp2hiYek16s/video.html
And you must listen to this next video to understand what really happened. This narrator did his homework as I experienced and witnessed these events in the North:czcams.com/video/0s6rjQcs0FE/video.html
You guys should keep crying and playing the victim. Igbos destroyed democracy in Nigeria.
through your channel, i learnt so much about Nigeria and i tell the history about Nigeria with confidence as learned from your channel as if i was in the past experiencing what happened .Thanks so much Historyville
You're welcome. That's good to know.
Bro you the best.unaduterated truth and real fact straight to the point
Great history lesson for all Nigerians, young and old. It is an unbiased coverage of the situations leading to the civil war. Revisionists, who are bent on distorting history, may not like the report. That does not take away the succinctness and completeness of your analysis. Good job!
Keep it up man. Kaduna Nzeogwu did not lead the coup, he was the only one who completed the objectives albeit in a murderous fashion. Plus he was the last one standing after the coup had failed.
Ironsi made a major mistake of not executing the coup plotters, it was primarily his fault that the coup became tribalistic even though it wasn't when it started out and a lot of northern officers and combatant participated in the first coup but people seem to keep mum about that aspect.
These events are some of the most contentious in Nigerian history and we still suffer from the outcome till this day. We need to keep talking about it. Keep it up man. 👏👏👏
You're spot on. It was Emmanuel Ifeajuna that masterminded the coup.
Too much wisdom. Thank you.
He was not the only one standing. None of the plotters was harmed they were all standing and carried out their missions. Infact they were conscripted into biafrans army. The lack of action by Ironsi to punish the plotters was one of the major reasons the northern soldiers countered the Ironsi administration
@@tayorobinson2315 what I meant by that was that he held on to the Northern region for days even after coup had failed . It took his best friend (Obasanjo) to convince him to give up and surrender himself to the government in Lagos. He even made a deal on his terms of surrender before he finally gave up. And the reason they were conscripted into the Biafran army was because, some of them were jailed in the Eastern region when the war started.
Plus Ojukwu never really trusted them anyways, with the exception of Ademoyega, most of the primary coup plotters died early on during the war. Kaduna himself never really had a command of his own till he walked into an ambush (some people believed Ojukwu knew what he was doing when he was posted to the place where he was eventually killed). Ifeajuna and Banjo(not directly involved in the coup) were both executed by Ojukwu himself based on rumors that they were trying to negotiate some deal with the Nigerian army.
The original coup plotters were mostly just idealistic naive young men. Even though their actions were dastardly, they never really wanted the war. Not to make an excuse for their stupid actions, they mostly wanted to see a better Nigeria.
P.S. Most Nigerians were relieved (instead of horrified) when the news of the first coup broke. It took Ironsi and his actions/non-action to make the whole thing tribalistic. To be fair to him though, he was just a paper pusher and evening drinker before the government was "dropped" on his laps, he didn't know any better.
@@BabaDee08 you are a man of great wisdom sir, thank you for your insightful comments here!
Toooo informative.....
Well narrated summary for young mind trying to learn about history of the collapsed of the 1st Republic.
Well done sir
Thank you, sir.
Happy Sunday
What a good story to stylishly blame ojukwu for the war. I like this
Tribalism won't allow you people see where Ojukwu did wrong.
@@beneskifenanco671 How did he do wrong. At least try to see it from other people perspective
@@udyfrost6380 it's you people that doesn't want to see it from other peoples perspective. adaka boro declared Niger delta republic so as to secede from Nigeria because he felt his region was exploited by Nigeria but he was arrested by Ojukwu and Aguyi Ironsi. a year later Ojukwu declared Biafra republic so as to secede from the same Nigeria he arrested boro for trying to leave. when the war started, Ojukwu used child soldiers to fight a war. who does that?
@@beneskifenanco671 One, that doesn't support your point in anyway, if anything against it. I am talking about others Biafran war perspective and you bring up a side conflict.
And wait, is that the wrong you mean Ojukwu did?? I even thought you referring to the wrong preluding to the Biafran War. Sure Ojukwu wasn't a complete saint, but he had a legitimate reason for fighting.
Plus their reasons are different, Igbos were being killed and exterminated, Igbos saw it as a fight for their mere existence. Adaka Boro point was that his people were exploited. Both bad but the former was much worse.
@@beneskifenanco671 Child soldiers. Very war had them. Even in WW2, the British and Soviet Union had child soldiers. Every body do it. Again you are not even on the main point
Great video ! You always come out on top with these.
Also note that, away from the major political events, what really gave the the founding of Biafra the greatest boost was the violence against Igbo/anyone-adjudged-to-be-Igbo civilians in the north (both before-just after the unification decree- and after the northern counter-coup).
Interestingly, most ppl in Biafra (Igbo and Non-Igbo otherwise) were in some way united in the opinion that they could not return to Nigeria. But then ofc nation-building in a fresh state is another gymnastics on its own. If it was down to just killing Ironsi and his junta, it could have been resolved. But not when anywhere from 5,000(as per Gowon's estimates) to 20,000 ppl are hacked down by mobs over a few weeks.
If there is anything driving IPOB-sympathy and other separatist sentiment, it is around this very issue. Ironsi was an elite, Ojukwu as well. Their dying or leaving is something that ppl can easily forget. But the ppl who were hacked down were the brothers and sisters of regular ppl, the whole thing has scarred multiple generations. Nigeria might as well confront the issue or sweep it under the carpet. Either way, u can tell that the FRN is viewed as an occupying force or at least seen as the "other" when you go to the SS and SE.
Aptly captured
Before the igbo coup in January 1966 was there any concrete evidence of hacking or killing of southerners in the north?. Please if there is bring evidence
@@aminumahmud958 the 1953 Kano riots involved the targeting of Igbo civilians. That's literally one of the most popular pogroms in Nigerian history. Seen by many to be a precursor to '66 (Plotnicov 1971; Korieh 2013). Look it up urself partner.
I was directing my comments at the content creator and the amazing job he did with this video. Not really talking to you tho homie. But all the same, have a good day.
But why were the Ibos killed in the north in 1966?; The northerners 'woke" up to realize that while northern politicians especially Ahmadu Bello was killed by the Ibo coup plotters, no Ibo politicians (Zik, Okpara and Mbadiwe was killed. Zik was conveniently out of the country for medical reasons while Okpara was spared because he was in a meeting with some diplomats or a king.
@@naturalblockade3412 firstly, the so called Ibo coup didn't involve the mass murder of northerners in the eastern region. Topic here isn't the murder of politicians or soldiers. Talking about civilians.
Another thing you failed to mention was that the NCOs who did the shelling and shooting were northerners themselves lol.
The lengths fake historians go to justify the murder frenzy of ppl who didn't play civilian or military politics is funny. Col Unegbe was killed by the mutineers as well. U also forget to mention the role of non Ibos in the leadership cadre of that Jan coup.
That being said, whatever helps you sleep at night. Or however you see it is fine by me. Pls go on another thread or comment.
It's nice
Gowan was not a smart guy. Ojukwu's glances and moves said everything!
“…We continued to invest in Nigeria, and placed all our security of life as well as of property in the hands of Nigerian government and Nigerian Constitution. In 1966 our folly became real tragedy when massacre followed massacre in May, June, July, August, September and October of that year. We lost over 30,000 of our kith and kin. We had to resettle over 2 million refugees, our people who had fled from all parts of Nigeria.”
------------ Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Biafran Leader, at the OAU Conference August 5, 1968.
See the way Ojukwu dey look Gowon and the other guys self shows that he had something sinister in his mind!He was always looking suspicious when ever he was with the others...why?
You are funny.
at osho..he is a serial killer and greedy man.. his father dont want him to join military but he had ambition.
@@oneman.1780 Take am easy bro!😁
The Biafran Revolution stands firmly against Genocide - against any attempt to destroy a people, its security, its right to life, property and progress. Any attempt to deprive a community of its identity is abhorrent to the Biafran people. Having ourselves suffered genocide, we are all the more determined to take a clear stand now and at all times against this crime.
------ Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Ahiara Declaration in Ahiara, Biafra, Sunday June 1, 1969.
“Whereas, Gen. Ironsi’s unification decree 34 of May 1966 changed the nomenclature of regions to groups of provinces, Gen. Gowon after abrogating Ironsi’s decree 34 in August, 1966, went on to proscribe the regions and promulgate the petroleum decree that took all the mineral resources away from the states and vested everything in the central government in 1967…. The revenue sharing formula of the 1960 independence constitution and the 1963 republican constitution was not altered by Ironsi, but by General Gowon….“The brigandage only got worse with time.
------------- Eliot Uko Speaking for Igbo Youth Movement and Eastern Consultative Assembly. Vanguard News Wednesday July 19, 2017.
Ended? Nigeria wishes it has. Lmao
Bịafra Must be Free!
Ending 'One-Nigeria' is a task that MUST be done!!!
There is now so much content about the three big ethnic groups in Nigeria, lets have contents about the minority especially on the Niger Delta Republic and the events led to the 12days revolution
We have done a video on Ken Saro-Wiwa. You can check it out.
@@HistoryVille Okay, great! This is a defining moment for the country with the minorities advocating for restructuring, we really need to see more historical contents from the minorities. The Akassa War of 1895, the events that led to the British invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1895, the declaration of the Niger Delta Republic and the resulting 12 days revolution in 1967 among others are highlights of the minority struggle that shaped the course of history in Nigeria. For example, most people are not aware that the Biafran war was simply a struggle between the major ethnic groups for the control of the oil and gas resources in the Niger Delta! So I encourage you guys to put out contents that tell the stories of the minorities because that is the aspect of Nigeria's history that the world including many Nigerians knows nothing about. Thank you
@@josephsiyaidon3444 What a great point. Thank you very much.
@@greatbeninempire3535 Thank you, I am happy that there are people like you out there who share the views I have expressed. I don't want to make it sound like HistoryVile is not doing a great job but history has to be balanced and has to address the struggle that has been on in Nigeria 🇳🇬 for centuries.
@@josephsiyaidon3444 I have told Historyville before how BIASED their narratives are. But I believe they have a central focus or aganda and I am almost certain Igbos and Yorubas has a stake in it. The entire Africa needs unity let alone Nigeria. The Niger Deltan's have suffered the most in Nigeria. But, they had like to ignore it, they will argued it was created by Nigeria govts. Which area wasn't created by Nigeria / British govts in Nigeria? They will forget about a whole lots of histories that took place before the civil war. They will make it seems as if the war was between the entire Nigerians and the Igbos. They will make the world almost believe it's only Hausa, Igbos and Yorubas that made up the entire Nigeria. I am sick and tired of their lies mostly the Igbos. I have decided to always debug it anytime I come across lies because it's high time we start stating the facts. Their lies have gotten out of hands.
History should be told without any biases. Just straightforward facts. I like your channel, but you exuded quite some biases. Kindly do better next time.
The rigged elections of 1959, Federal elections of 1964 and regional elections of 1965; rigged and annulled census figures of 1962, 1963 and workers strike of 1964 all caused by Ahmadu Bello and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. The Western Regional crisis in which unpopular Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola was undemocratically foisted on the Western Region, mainly Yorubas, by NPC-led Federal government with Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister and Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello as sectional Party head behind this abuse of political power. Awolowo's incarceration in 1962 on treasonable charges and arbitrary use of the army against its constitutional role to slaughter over 3,000 Tiv ethnic minority in 1964 due to a civil agitation for regional autonomy from the Islamic north which was poised to maintain that hegemony; brazen corruption, nepotism and mismanagement etc led to the January 15, 1966 Coup-de-tat.
The igbos should not have spearheaded that callous coup
And the needless slaughter of prominent people by the igbos. Also the destruction of regional government by the igbos.
@@landamalome2077 the region remained even after ironsi decree, what was practiced for only 6 months yet you didn't blame the people that have practiced it for 50years,you guys always find it easy to blame the igbos
@@ejionyemchikwado9262 just like you guys always find it easy to blame everyone but yourselves. You guys destroyed regional government and nigeria would not be the way it is if you guys had minded your business. It's too late to play the victim.
@@ejionyemchikwado9262 and who would have bailed the cat??? Ndi Igbo don't shy away from a confrontation, difficulties or complications history will eventually acknowledge the shear heroism of ndi Igbo when other ethnic nationalities were reluctant to take a stance...
Interesting, so ojukwu left his people
😢😢
He messed up totally
I'm from Nigeria
It was neither a Nigerian Civil War nor a Biafran War. It was a Cold War orchestrated Genocide of the Igbos.
Keep Decieving urself, ojukwu declared war. Now you're saying otherwise.
Something good was looking to spring up after d 1st coup, if any1 could notice ..d problems with Nigeria is no 1 recognises d most enlightened, strong willed leader we truly need based on d corrupt & jealous nature of d majority in d north ...even after d war do u know how much our supposed nothern leader looted off dis country.. MADNESS IS WHEN U DO SAME PROCESS BUT EXPECT CHANGES
The first coup was sectional and the root cause of division in the country. Nothing good came out of it!
@@seyio4011 it seemed sectional bcos d leadership den was sectional & CORRUPT, twas only wen d seat swung to Aguiyi Ironsi as d most senior officer whom decided to play it cool by only jailing d culprits while easing tension amongst all sections, but as usual northerners do not see d brighter picture & allows ferocity to get the better of dem just bcos dey did not get d head of d culprits who in some sense were trying to b heroes.. Also bcos dis supposed heroes were led by an Igbo man ...NOW HOW HAS IT PLAYED WELL FOR THE COUNTRY??
The amalgamation of Nigeria had nothing to do with the civil war. The amalgamation was more of administrative convenience than financial. The British "owned" both the northern and southern protectorates, so why not combine both for administrative purposes. The amalgamation couldn't have been because the North had no financial resources while the south had all the resources. Remember the "groundnut pyramids" of the North while oil was not discovered in the south east. Also, cocoa which became the mainstay of the west was non-existent in 1914. Also the narrator "forgot" to mention that none of the Ibo politicians - Zik, Okpara and Mbadiwe were killed by the January 1966 Ibo coup plotters. Otherwise, the narrator did a good job
Presenter wetin be your name ...? It say alot if you let us know
Why?
@@HistoryVille you might be a Chinese guy..telling us about some idea or your particular research and what you think of the Civil War...
The message is more important than the messenger
@@seyio4011 so as the presenter is important..
"This nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the north as willing tools, and the South, as conquered territory and never allow them to rule to have control over their future.”
--------- Ahmadu Bello, Sultan of Sokoto, Parrot Magazine Wednesday October 12, 1960.
I know he said this, but what beats me is how they gained control, if not that we have very greedy leaders in the south and north minorities fools; who for a morsel of meat sell their own people or we all the south and minorities are just plain scared. They are countries were this statement by him would have caused the North to never have power, after much balkanisation.
ALL THESE WARS WERE STARTED FOR DISCORD IN THE LAND TO EXTRAPOLATE THE WEALTH AND RESOURCES OF THE LANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GREED OF OTHERS.....IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE.CALLED BY MY NAME WOULD HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THERE WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR IN THE HEAVEN....HUMBLE AND SEEK GOD'S DIRECTION.
The Ibos did not treat the minority tribes within the Eastern region fairly. This I believe was a major deal breaker for any talk of Biafra
It’s Igbo and do you have examples of such maltreatment?
@@agirlisnobody1860 Go to Asaba and ask how they were treated by the Igbos, who called them fake igbos and started killing them because they thought they'd already won the war.
@@petestreet100 I know about Asaba massacre (Oct 1967) that was perpetrated by the Nigerian state via Commander Murtala Mohammed. Unless this is some other event I am missing. Was it documented? I hope so cause I'd like to learn.
@@agirlisnobody1860 The Asaba massacre is a different topic. This atrocity wasn't documented. Probably because Asaba people were seen as enemies to the government as well.
@@petestreet100 the Nigerian soldiers killed igbo people in Asaba,Asaba people are igbos,stop typing rubbish
Ironsy should have handed power to a civilian government immediately after ending the coup
Since
And here we are today and we refuse to change. Buhari is as spineless as Tafawa Balewa, while Tinubu is as devious as Akintola while Obi is our Awolowo.
The Yorubas should really have nothing to do with the entire country,aaaalll of these greedy people will never speak the truth of their initial contempt to try to take the country because they are landlocked.
Dennis chukwu Osadebe ika man was used by Zik to declare state of emergency in Western region, later pushed to the creation of Midwest region.
@Jayman Jay: Dennis Osadebey had nothing to do with a fight for supremacy between Chief Awolowo and Chief S'L. Akintola who was backed by the Northern NPC government. The killings in the Western region back then were just horrendous as Yoruba slaughtered Yoruba. I remember waking up in the 60's and asking a family member if they had seen the day's copy of the "Daily Crimes"? The family member then asked to know what I meant by the "Daily Crimes". I then said that I meant the "Daily Times" newspaper!!!The reason I called it the "Daily Crimes" was that hardly a day passed that the front page did not carry a picture of a Yoruba family that went to sleep the night before only to end up in a burnt pile of crispy remains in the hands of another Yoruba(s) for reason of political affiliation. It simply was horrible back then.
@@ekusondebango3568 please educate him
You are not ashamed of typing rubbish and falsehood
Nigerian civil started 1967-1970 not 3 months actually 3 years of civil war
He said 30 months and not 3 months. That is 2 and a half years
Deficit that is still there till date
Why didn't the Eastern region under Ojukwu threaten succession when their brother Aguiyi Ironsi was in power and he introduced decree 34 to destroy regional autonomy? It was when the North took over then he had to drag Gowon to Aburi in Ghana
It was the genocide of the Igbos and deltans that triggered the idea of succession.
If Gowon or any northern leader had come to leadership without the babaric bloodshed of the SE and SS people in the north, then history would have been very different today
@@billikpe2718 what led to such acts in the North? You can't just start the story from the middle, have you forgotten that the Igbo military killed virtually every important persons including their premier in the North?
@@jaymanjay2835 when you ask "what led to such acts in the North? "
It kind of implies that you're justifying the genocide.
Sure yes some Igbo soldiers made the first hit but why did regular people have to get purnished, the retaliation went too far. Children, Pregnant women and others were amongst the victims of the killings, surely as a person capable of keeping any form of bias aside, you should be able to see why this is dreadful point in Nigeria's history.
Also the fact of the matter still remains that the major reason for succession was the killings, it was just the last straw after a long period of malice and aggression on all sides
@@billikpe2718 Nobody is justifying genocide, it is simply telling the truth of what happened, a provocative action led to what happened. Killing the political, traditional and religious leaders of the Hausa Fulani simply means you have taking everything from them, the actions of the first civil war unleashed the beast in them.
@@jaymanjay2835 what led to the killing of these hausa fulani leaders?
if you are going to analyze an issue, why don't you start from the very beginning?
I'm not nigerian but based on my research, I noticed the Biafrans/Easterners were treated unfairly by Nigeria in general
So true
That is not absolutely true. There's more to it and the Easterners generally n partially contributed to the killings of their people particularly Ojukwu and he regretted his actions. But before the war, Easterners benefited from the colonization of Nigeria, they were heading most higher executive position of Nigeria including the military. However, the Northerners never liked the Easterners because of their dominance and acting more or less superior(wrong because no tribe is superior than the other in my opinion). The Westerners was also the deal breaker among this two disliked Tribes. Now, there was a notion in the North that Easterners always wanted to claim and dominate even within the Northern part of a Nigeria. Therefore, the Northerner leaders decided to favor themselves in jobs and other things in their land. Which is the same in the Eastern part, however the Northerner leaders were more publicly vocal about it. The Easterners moved to the North rapidly, the Northeners became an opposing of that migration of the Easterners to the North. A civil unrest starred but wasnt that crazy though it was exaggerated by the Easterner which lead to Nigeria first coup d'etat lead by Easterners, killed the prime minister and leaders of the North, and other leaders in other regions except for the Easterner region. It was a clear indication that the East vs the North is real. To make the matter worst, Aguiyi Ironsi which is now the head of state another Easter did nothing to punish the Easterners that perpetuated the coup d'etat n declared decree 34 which changed the regional govt to central power. Fast forward, Ojukwu would have gain all he asked for but inpatient, feeling and thinker smarter than everyone made him declare war because he had already had a deal with foreign powers due to the oil which were just discovered in the Niger Delta region. Gowon did all he could do to resolve the problem but Ojukwu preferably went with the war knowing the military were extremely more powerful but due to Russia and France influenced to the Eastern part. Now, everyone we explain this history differently, one thing was clear. Greediness, tribalism and religion was a major problems. Nothing can bring back the people that died during the war, mostly the Easterners and the Midwestern region. There's a big need to restore Nigeria, the country is more powerful than dividing it. Africa should unit not fighting each other's. Overall, the blames goes to both sides none to the causalities and this shouldn't have happened.
@@greatbeninempire3535 This is biased and untrue. It is coming from someone who hates the Igbos. Or maybe you were told the story by someone who hates the Igbo. Re-read the account or do your extensive research well bro
This is not true, they destroyed Nigeria, it was their greed that led to the war. This channel is biased.
See before Independence in 1960, it was the Eastern region led by Igbos that was calling for a one United Nigeria, others said no, we have to respect our differences in Language, culture and way of life. The Igbos wanted one Nigeria because they are spread across every region so they intend to dominate others in their regions, they occupied the Northern civil service and other positions, in the Western region, an Igbo man in person of Nnamdi Azikwe was contesting with a Yoruba man in person of Awolowo in Ibadan to be the Yoruba premier, hmmm you see. Later the AG party under Awolowo kicked out Azikwe NCNC party out of Western region, then the Azikwe went North and conspired against Awolowo accused him of treason and corruption. In the history of Africa,,Western region was the first region to give free education, free healthcare, first tv station in Africa, first Olympics size stadium etc, yet they conspired and imprisoned such person. In 1963 Igbo from Eastern region dominated every political and defense position in the country. Now they wanted to be the Prime Minister of the country because Tafawa balewa was the Prime Minister and he wanted to go for second term, then Igbos organized a coup, killed and the prominent Leaders in the North and Killed Akintola the Western premier also killed the Prime Minister of Nigeria Tafawa balewa. Then now took over government, guess what they did? They now made a decree called decree 34 that destroyed Regional government and unified Nigeria because they wanted to dominate everyone. 6 months later a counter coup happened and th North took over power, Eastern region under Ojukwu then declared for a separate state of Biafra. So this channels is propaganda the story to favour the Igbos, kindly make a broader research you will find out the truth. Do you even know that the Ambazonia in Cameroon was once under the Eastern region? Find out why they left Enugu and Nigeria as a whole.
@@mosesi.elioku73 Hakeem is right. Igbos was highly favoured by the colonial masters, Igbos spread across other regions and they wanted to dominate others in their land. Why was Azikwe dragging premiership with Awolowo in Ibadan??? Why didn't the first coup saw to the death of Michael Opara and Denni chukwu Osadebe but they killed Ahmadu Bello from the North and Akintola from the West? Be truthful.
"People were told that it was an Igbo coup but that is not correct. It is a very interesting part of the Nigerian story. In the first place, there have been many serious lies that have been told by our leaders in the last 45 years of Nigeria's history. Our leaders have not been bold enough to tell us the truth...the plan of the coup makers was to release Awolowo from jail and make him their own leader."
---- Odia Ofeimun, former Secretary to Obafemi Awolowo in Guardian Newspapers Sunday May 6, 2007.
If it was not an Igbo coup how come they were able to kill the prime minister, northern premier and western premier but the eastern premier and igbo politicians were all spared? How come AguIronsi couldnt deal with the coup plotters?
“Their education and abilities did not endear them to those among whom they lived. Even during British rule there had been massacres of Ibos in Northern Nigeria: in Jos in 1945 and in Kano in 1953.”
------ Dan Jacobs, Senior UNICEF official, in page 307 of his book, “Brutality of Nations” published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1987.
You got it right
Alot of the pictures used to represent the Igbos shows that the person who made the video has no limited knowledge of the Igbos
Saying this because the Igbos are light skin in complexion and just because they are Africans doesn't make them dark in complexion
Infact during the war, from credible sources"light skin people were hidden to avoid assassination by the Nigerian military and that's how easily they were identified.
Non - Igbo officer-participants in the January 15, 1966 coup-de-tat - Major Adewale W. Ademoyega (Yoruba), author of “Why We Struck”, Captain Ganiyu Adeleke (Yoruba), Lt. Fola Oyewole (Yoruba), author of “The Reluctant Rebels”, 2Lt. R. Egbikor (Ishan), 2Lt. Tijani Katsina (Fulani), 2 Lt. O. Olafemiyan (Yoruba), Captain Gibson Jalo (Bali), Captain J. Swanton (Middle Belt), Lt. Dag Waribor (Ijaw), 2Lt. Hope E. Eghagha (Urhobo) former governor of Ogun State 1979, 2Lt. Saleh Dambo (Hausa), 2Lt Atom Kpera (Tiv) former Governor of Anambra State 1979.
---- From Col. Ben Gbulie’s Book, “The Five Majors” Published 1981
Complete lies it was all Igbo with one brainwashed Yoruba
I agree to your names, however, you forgot to let us know that they are junior officers who take instructions from senior officers. I dare you to list the complete names of all senior officers who partook in the coup, and also explain why no person of Igbo origin died in that coup as planned.
Senior officers? Well it is only a brave senior officer who is patriotic that will join coup plotters. I guess the Majors knew who were cowards and who were real men. As always Igbo blood no dey lie. That will tell you that for every 5 brave Igbo persons there may be one brave non-Igbo in Nigeria😀
@@tayorobinson2315 He was brave enough to join coup plotters and you think he was brainwashed. Kai, Naija has done you something! That however proves that the coup was open to all man but you want to say it was only Igbo.
@@NwaneriMD u're too Wise bro
He (Gowon) declared a State of Emergency in the East, which according to Aburi was unconstitutional since only the unified Military Council could do that. In the same hour he published a decree abolishing the regions dividing Nigeria into twelve states, also unconstitutional since the constitution (pre-Aburi and still in force) required multi-lateral consultation on internal border changes…”
---------- Frederick Forsyth in his book “Emeka”, page 91, first published in 1982.
According to Fredrick, which was narrated to him.
The issue is beyond Aburi, which ONLY came after the killings in the North...
This whole issue was created by Azikiwe WHO decided to dine and wine with the NPC of Ahmadu Bello instead of the AG of Awolowo.
Azikiwe prefered the Fulanis AGAINST the Yoruba race, he is the one that SHOULD have been in the line of FIRE...
You have given prelinmary reasons for the civil war. Calabar was the first Federal Capital, before Lagos became one. Added to this, the sabotaged of the Aburi Peace Accord by the supposed Col. Gowon. That peace conference Accord was agreed on in the presence of peace talkers General Ankrah, Col. Ojukwu, Col. Effiong, Col. Katisna, and NU Akpan. Gowon was not honest. The men really behind Aburi, for the favorable points were the highly intelligent and educated NU Akpan, Okokon Ndem, Generals Ojukwu and Effiong. From what we heard and research on, Gowon and his cohorts did a very little suggestions, in which, he himself with his Lagos Secretaries sabotaged, on his returned to Nigeria.
But Oga was already recruiting, had an emblem, an athem etc before then. It was all about the Oil. God will judge all of them.
Igbos planned a coup to take over the country. Because Independence, Azikwe wanted a one Nigeria under a Unitary system because he understood Igbos have spread over every part of the country and the colonial masters had favoured them, in fact they dominated the Northern region civil service. So Azikwe signaled the Igbo military to kill other political leaders then Aguiyi Ironsi took over power and destroyed Regional government by introduced Unitary system so as for them to be completely in charge of the country the exact thing Azikwe wanted before Independence.
@Jayman Jay your historical account that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe played a part (even remotely) is flawed and have no basis infact.
@@johnonoh59 make your research Mr, in fact here on CZcams search for a video when Azikwe was asked about the coup and how he stated that he communicated that Aguiyi Ironsi should take over power. How come he was not around during the coup? People of that era are not fools, they know he was part of the game.
@@jaymanjay2835 you're absolutely right Azikiwe was the cause of all Nigeria problems out of greed. The Igbo wanted to play the game of winner takes it all
All these from your subjective mind?
You do not know your history everyone even the brits know that most favoured tribe in nigeria was the hausas. Do your research first before making assumptions
Looking at some the comments from the yorubas very funny....was it not same yourubas that were going door to door Looking for the igbos to deal with?
Nigerians often falsely claim the killings that started the crisis in Nigeria was that of January 15, 1966 but insidiously ignore the massacre of the Igbo by Hausa and Fulani in Jos, 1945 and Kano in 1953. They equally ignore the Northern subversion of democracy in Nigeria (a lasting problem till now) which caused the Western crisis in 1962 and later 1964 and 1965 rigged federal and regional elections. They comfortably forget the massacre of 3,000 Tivs in 1964 as the North made desperate bid to suppress their quest for regional autonomy as was given to the Mid-West in December 1963.
What you're saying make some sense but what I don't understand is what has the Tiv got to do with the Igbos? What has Nigerians got to do with massacre as u claimed done by Hausa Fulanis in Jos? What has Nigerians got to do with 1945 and 1953 as you claimed hence Nigeria haven't even got an independent. What were the Igbos doing in the Northern region? Why didn't they stay in their region? Why can't other tribe succeed in Eastern region? Why do they often exaggerate lies in other to favour their true aganda.? Pls stop using Nigerians as if only the Hausas, Igbos and Yorubas made up Nigeria. Why haven't you ever one day blames the leaders of Igbos? Too many lies even a blind man can see it.
@@greatbeninempire3535 The country is called Nigeria for a reason. If a group of people always feel the need to venture out of their comfort zone to other places, we cannot begrudge them. As long they do not come to steal, kill and destroy. Besides we are all immigrants. I haven't lived in the east, but I know for a fact that the Igbo person is very tribalistic and have a domineering spirit. If other tribes can look within, trust their own people and uplifts them too. We wouldn't be so scared of an ordinary Igboman. But the answer is not to kill them, maim them or persecute them, but to let them know that you have to play by the rules stricto senso.
@@akin_mate I agree with you and we are not scared or hates any one irrespective of his or her tribes. Yes, anyone should be able to reside anywhere in Nigeria. We are all Nigerians and most of all we are Africans. The point I was trying to make is, u can not be given chances out of the kindness of the place u reside even though you are not from there and takes spaces and yet you feel your smartness is what makes you succeed in that location just because the people gives you the room to grow meanwhile on the other hands you don't do the same. Yet, you will also be the one complaining all the times. In some cases, trying to change the history of the place to fit your narratives that you're now the original owner of the land meanwhile no tribe can dare do the same in the East due to how TRIBALISTIC Ur place is. My view is the lies of the Igbos needs to stop. Nigeria is one, Africa is one and we need to believe in Nigeria. It's not just one tribes that is suffering Nigeria bad leadership, it's everyone. All great nations takes times to become great. Nigeria is a great nations that haven't reached her potential.
@@greatbeninempire3535 yu contradict yurself!!! it’s crystal clear yur views re biased Nd full of hate. you re a Fulani apologist!!
@@chukwuemekaemmanuel4482 that is you guys issue any time someone point at the truth you will call it hates. There's no contradiction here else you can't read.
“We do not want sir, our southern neighbours to interfere in our development. I should like to make it clear to you that if the British quitted Nigeria now at this stage, the northern people would continue their interrupted conquest to the sea.”
--------------- Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa speaking in Northern Region’s House of Assembly, Kaduna, in 1947. He was later to become Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister in October 1, 1960 with all elections and census rigged under his direct responsibility and administration between 1960 - 1966.
@ODI ODI : touched on something important here. What Buhari is doing today is a continuation of the Ahmadu Bello plan of conquering the South. Not long ago, Buhari told Nigerians that "the people killing you are Fulanis from Central African Republic and Mauritania". By this he meant to tell Nigerians that it was alright to be killed by foreigners as long as it was not a Nigerian Fulani doing the killing. The logic contradicted the definition of every Fulani as Nigerian as proposed by the Fulani governor of Bauchi state Mohammad Bala:
The problem started from western region, the stupid igbo officers that intervened did so siding with Awolowo, the same Awolowo wickedly joined the northerners to deal with the igbos, the same igbos that didn't allow him to sleep in while he was imprisoned in calabar by the north, Awolowo wasn't fair with how he dealt with the igbos and God didn't forgive him for that
at ejionye.. how did Pa Awo deal with igbos?ojukwu deal with igbos. you forgot that azikwe was the first person that betrayed him and join northerners. how did igbos dont allow him to sleep in while he was in prison? you should praise him for making stopping the war, if not northerner might ended igbos tribe population. stop all those propagandas out there.. you are not a God.. Pa Awo was a great leader. ojukwu, kaduna and co are killers.. azikwe is sell out.. God will never forgive both of them..
@@oneman.1780 we know whom God did not forgive by the way they died, Awolowo is dead, Ojukwu is dead,Azikiwe is also dead,one among this three die in an accursed manner,the igbos never allowed him to sleep in prison while he was imprisoned in calabar,they take away in the night and returned him in the morning, you also forgot to write that cross carpeting started with Awo after Zik has won majority in the western house of assembly,who betrayed whom,Zik never joined the northern to kill the yorubas but Awolowo joined the north to kill the igbos,who betrayed whom
@@ejionyemchikwado9262 you are just a student of propaganda. Why Zik want to rule in the west? Why can’t rule in the east? Are you there went Pa Awo wanted to die? Continue with your propaganda. People known the truth. Zik did not join north to kill in west but they killed most Yoruba in the coup. Zik and ojukwu, kaduna are killers.
@@oneman.1780 you found it difficult for counter my points,who even told you I was talking about Awolowo when I said one of them died an accursed death, Awolowo never lived in the east and no one stops any Nigerian from living anywhere, the Stupid Nzeogwu coup was actually to remedy their perceived injustice against Awolowo but see where that callous action has landed the igbos
Not bad, but pretty incomplete. Contains factual errors and omissions.
I will agree though that the civil war put a bad scar on Nigeria's History and that the country is yet to recover from the unfortunate events emanating from what I call deep selfish interests of many of the players in government after independence.
We really do need to find a way to come back from it and move this wonderful country forward as One indivisible Unit. I pray 2023 will be that turning point.
Waiting for the factual errors and omissions.
@@HistoryVille You'd need to dig deeper into the facts of the time and approach your analysis from a broader perspective. But lets take 1 factual and 1 Omission.
It wasn't out maneuvering that was the problem after the conference in Ghana the Federal Government was grossly unprepared for the meeting and agreed to things without a proper understanding. Perhaps they didn't bring their best whilst the Biafran side was very prepared.
Okay, I'll add one more - Since neither of us was there, though I don't claim to be a Journalist or Historian, I would report that there are different accounts of what happened in the west, that triggered the counter coup and state that.
Did I miss it, or did you omit the fact that there were very tribal sentiments in the Country well before the Coup led by Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna? Check statements (live video recordings of Awo and Ahmadu Bello) I haven't found any by Zik, but there were obvious tribal biases in all sections of the country, sadly believed to be more pronounced by the Premiers of the North and West.
Okay, a second omission: The mass killing of the Igbos in the north and train loads of Igbo soldiers and civilians said to have been sent when there was a return of indigenes to their respective regions.
I wish this kind of history would be taught in our schools of today.
People are yet to understand why Ojukwu to declared Biafra.
The mediocrity of Gowon led to the war, who refused to comply with the Aburi agreement.
Even after the war they refused to implement the 3R’s recommended after the civil war. Which is reconstruction, rehabilitations and reconciliation.
Make war dy again for Nigeria
A Yoruba man made this video
In all Nigeria isn’t a country created by God but by a racial colonial master and his girlfriend/concubine therefore there’s nothing like Nigeria, it should be split immediately
All countries are creation of Men. No country was created by God,let us hear word. Come and divide Nigeria if it is that easy now 😂
at joy.. even if racial colonial master and his girlfriend created nigeria. we had regional government destroyed by igbos military and ironsi enacted decree which joined the regions together to become a unitary goverment because of igbo wanted to rule one nigeria.
some those history are very wrong please stop
This channel is a biased channel, the coup was planned by Azikwe and Aguiyi Ironsi, this was because of the failure of Tafawa balewa not wanting to bring power by to Azikwe as the Prime Minister as agreed. The coup had nothing to do with bringing Awolowo on board because he it was true, Aguiyi Ironsi would has released Awolowo from prison and not Gowon. You are propaganda a biased history to suit one side.
The coup was a preparation for Igbo final take over of Nigeria
Youthful ignorance!!!!Until the day he died about 2006 Major Adewale Ademoyega insisted that they intended to hand over power to Awolowo. The coup has only one colouration: IT WAS A COUP TO REDRESS THE RIGGED FEDERAL ELECTION OF 1964 AND THE RIGGED WESTERN REGIONAL ELECTION OF 1965 WHICH SAW THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF AHMADU BELLO AND AKINTOLA AS BENEFICIARIES. THE COUP WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE AGRIEVED UNITED PROGRESSIVE GRAND ALLIANCE OF MICHAEL OKPARA AND OBAFEMI AWOLOWO. Learn a little history before spreading news that you heard at Ojuelegba motorpark.
@@ekusondebango3568 they wanted to hand over to Pa Awo withouwht election or how? Why ironsi did not do that? why ironsi enact decree that destroyed the regional govt?why only yoruba and notherners political and millitary officers were killed? guy, ademoyega believed what they told him but he was brainwashed.. we are not stupid. stop all your lies and propagandas.
@@oneman.1780 The impetus for the plan to hand over to Awo was that the 1964 federal election was clearly rigged to favour the alliance of the NPC and Akintola's NNDP( that alliance was actually called the Nigerian National Alliance-NNA). For a few weeks after that first post-independence election, the opposition refused to accept the outcome of the election. When eventually a government was formed the NPC -led government began a massive Northernization agenda no doubt. For example, the IGP Louis Edet was forced to proceed on a compulsory leave and to hand over to Kam Salem. Edet never returned to the police force. Rumour actually had it that Ironsi , Ogundipe and perhaps Ademulegun were to suffer the same fate. Ademoyeag was a university graduate who could not have been brainwashed at all. I have come across a statement credited to him where he said that they began to plan the coup in 1962( remember that Awo was arrested and humiliated in 1962!!). The coup was actually by pro-Awo officers from Western Nigeria but because the West only had 850 personnel in the army( this figure is actually correct and it included the lowest ranking Yoruba like the army washermen up to the highest ranking officer-Brigadier Babafemi Ogiundipe and Birgadier Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun) it could have been impossible for the few Yorba officers to go it alone. Remember that the Yorubas were the aggrieved party with the imprisonment of Awo. The result was that the Yorubas sought out Ibo officers!!! This is the hidden history that nobody talks about for simple reason of convenience.ONE MAN YOU CAN BOW AND MOW ALL YOU WANT THESE ARE THE SIMPLE FACTS THAT I SAW ON THE GROUND IN THE 1960s.