The Truth and Nothing But the Truth About 30-Month Biafra Secession of 1967-1970 As meticulously and diligently Documented; To Dissuade Young Igbos from Precipitating Further Bloodshed of Innocent Nigerians! (Ezekiel. 33: 1- 33).
THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR:
(1). The Biafran Sesession War waged against Nigeria from 16th July, 1967 to 12th January, 1970, by a section of the Nigerian Army and citizens of the then Eastern Region, under the leadership of Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, was a compounded treasonable felony, in view of the fact that Nigeria was under the martial law through an initial coup de tat against the entire nation, led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu on 15th January, 1966!
(2) In the early hours of 15 January, 1966, several eminent Nigerian politicians, including, the Prime Minister and Premiers of the Northern and Western Regions were murdered in cold blood when soldiers of the Nigerian Army revolted in Kaduna, Lagos Ibadan and Enugu in a pre-meditated and well-planned coup!
(3) Here are some excerpts of coup leader, Major Nzeogwu in a broadcast on the 16th January, 1966: “We seized power to stamp out tribalism, nepotism and regionalism…. There were five us in the inner circle and we planned the details. On Saturday morning the officers and men thought they were going out only on a night exercise. It was not until they were out in the bush they were told the full details of the plan…..It was a truly Nigerian gathering and only in the army do you get true Nigerianism…. They did it for the good of their country…. We all started out in the same spirit but…….”
(4) It was a bloody coup which took the lives of Northern and Western leaders but which spared those of the Eastern Region, including the first President, Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe!
(5) According to the Republican Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chapter I, General Provisions, Part I (2), “The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any person or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution,” but Major Nzeogwu and his coupists seized power with impunity!
(6) Elder Statesmen, Enerst Ikoli, and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, of blessed memory would be fondly remembered for the dignified and noble roles they played alongside their fellow nationalists in the persons of late Herbert Macaulay, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Anthony Enahoro, who negotiated Nigeria’s Independent status with the British Colonial Masters without shedding ONE DROP OF HUMAN BLOOD!
NIGERIAN NATION:
(7). Nigeria was birthed on the concept and principles of unity of people of diverse tongues, tribes, cultures/castes, who were determined to dwell together and harness their diversity into democratic prosperity/dividends and not on a myopic or narrow-minded philosophy of unitary governance of a selfish few, over the majority mass of other vulnerable citizens.
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Nigeria at Independence turned out to be the confederate of very peaceful people comprising of at least 250 tribes and over 500 languages who co-existed in love, happiness, mutual trust and understanding which progressed into inter-tribal marriages and pro-creation of inter-regional/inter-communal offspring’s as nucleus of the Nigerian dream of the founding fathers until 15th January, 1966, when Nigerian Army Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu and his fellow coupist destroyed and shattered the erstwhile fabric of peace, tranquillity serenity, stability and conviviality among the good people of this great and promising nation, through a bloody coup – this FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THIS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN NATION!
KADUNA NZEOGU:
(9) The late Major Nzeogu’s parents begat him in Kaduna where they migrated and prospered as traders. He grew up in Kaduna and due to his great affinity with Northern colleagues at school and later in the army, they named him after “Kaduna” his birth place, (though an Igbo by tribe), the
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