On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:
QUOTEThe Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, said the late Okokon Ndem handled the propaganda of Biafra to the extent that neither Nigeria nor its opponent was sure of the real situation, a development which informed the announcement by General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) "as no victor no vanquished verdict at the end of the war."UNQUOTE
QUOTE
Okoko Ndem was a venerable servant of Biafra. As usual, pictures of such distinguished men are hard to come by. The Ngbati press flooded the Internet with pictures of that incompetent Yoruba coach, Onigbinde, and that Ndayako man who died a few days ago. But, they could not list a picture of Ndem who lived a more worthy life. I hope that all the surviving Biafra heroes like Ojukwu, Effiong, Madiebo, Achuzie, and others attend the funeral of Ndem.- Enobong UmorenUNQUOTEQUOTELord "Haw-Haw"
Federal nickname for Okokon Ndem, a minority easterner who nevertheless, worked as a highly effective Biafran radio propagandist. Biafran radio also used the same nickname for Mr. Ukpabi Asika, a pro-federal Igbo intellectual who was appointed on October 27, 1967 by General Gowon as Administrator of the East-Central State. The term dates back to the Second World War. 'Lord Haw-Haw' was the name British radio fans called William Joyce, an American born British man with an English mother and Irish-American father. He had nazi sympathies and worked for Goebbels as a German weekly radio broadcaster. The British hanged him for treason in 1946.UNQUOTEMy People:Okokon Ndem (from Ikoneto in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State) died August 2003. He distorted the reality of the war on Radio so much that even his "employer(s)" - and a generation of Biafran(ist)s are/were deceived. That was how "good" he was - a little too good, one might add.And there you have it.Bolaji AlukoShaking his head___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...
http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/html/biafra_news_articles_2.htmlOjukwu Defends Nigerian Civil War
From Amby Uneze in CalabarIkemba Nnewi and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Allia-nce (APGA), Dim Chukw-uemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has declared that the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970 was fought to make the country better and not to disintegrate it as perceived by many.
The ex-Biafra war lord, who made this statement at the weekend in Calabar at the burial of former Biafra propagandist and renowned broadcaster, late Okokon Ndem, maintained that such better idea was shared between him and Okokon Ndem for the progress of the country.
"I'm so proud to be with you today. I recognise he was a hero. The simple life of Okokon Ndem made us proud to make Nigeria better. A struggle to make Nigeria proud," he said.
Ojukwu, who drove in a convoy was accompanied by senior Igbo leaders and APGA chieftains, including the party's national chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, Abia State APGA governorship candidate in Chief Onwuka Kalu and the secretary-general of Igbo National Assembly, Chief Onwuka Ukwa.
In his tribute to the late Ndem, Ojukwu said his presence at the ceremony was to appreciate the late broadcaster for his role in the Biafran war, adding "I can say no better have you to him than to abandon the Igbo Day celebration going on at Enugu to be here."
"Today is Igbo Day celebration and I abandoned the ceremony in Enugu to be by his grave side. We shall never forget, throughout the existence of life we shall remember Okokon Ndem."
"Your late father was a hero. I assure you that he has left a worthy impression on all he served. On my part, as the leader of our people, I offer modestly my salute to this fallen hero. Ndigbo will never forget him, Biafrans, most certainly will forever honour him and Nigerians as a whole, will always respect, if nothing, his exemplary professionalism," he said.
The Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, said the late Okokon Ndem handled the propaganda of Biafra to the extent that neither Nigeria nor its opponent was sure of the real situation, a development which informed the announcement by General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) "as no victor no vanquished verdict at the end of the war."
Duke, who was represented by the secretary to the state government, Johnson Ebokpo prayed God to grant the soul of late Okokon Ndem eternal peace.
TD,29/9/03.
We Fought to Make Nigeria Better,
Says Ojukwu
By Bassey InyangEx-Biafran leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu at the weekend in Calabar stated that the bloody Nigerian civil war fought between July 1967 and December 1970 was to make Nigeria better rather than diminish it in status.
Ojukwu stated that they had to do that alongside the veteran broadcaster Late Okokon Ndem because of the conviction they shared that the people deserved a better deal.
The ex-warlord spoke while paying a personal tribute to Ndem whose remains was laid to rest at the weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
The APGA flagbearer while describing Ndem as a hero whose like was difficult to come by said he was a respected and beloved personality.
Before a mammoth crowed which gathered at the Cultural Centre Calabar, Ojukwu declared thus: "Before you let me proclaim that he is a hero the type of which is difficult to come by. Together we embarked on a struggle to make Nigeria better not to make Nigeria less."
He stated that he had to come to Calabar at the weekend despite the fact that the Igbo cultural day was being celebrated at Enugu because of the level of esteem to which he held Ndem and the family.
The former Biafran leader emphasised that the fallen hero will never be forgotten by those he left behind.
DI, 29/9/03.
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http://messageboard.biafranigeriaworld.com/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=1;t=001273
It appears Okoko Ndem is really dead, here is a powerfull requiem someone wrote for him.
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In Praise Of Okokon Ndem
by Chinyemike Torti
At the risk of being branded a MASSOB activist, even though there is nothing shameful being labelled with that appellation, given the preponderance of closet secessionist groups like O.P.C, Egbesu, Ogoni, Bill of Rights, Kaiama Declaration, Sovereign National Conference and Resource control agitators, strutting all over the federation; Ndigbo at home and abroad must rise in unison and hats off, to the late Chief Okokon Ndem whose golden voice ventilated the very essence of our resistance against the evils of genocide, pogrom, injustice and inhumanity.
While the boys in the war fronts were keeping the federalist army busy for three years, Okokon Ndem and his colleagues on their air waves effectively projected the Biafran counterpoint to the outside world and in the process drubbed Chief Anthony Enahoro's propaganda machinery hands down, so much so, that the Uromi Chief was booed by irate foreign journalists at the 1968 Kampala peace talks when he sought to clarify an agenda on the conference theme.
Today the octogenarian is sulking and embittered after being used and dumped as a Federal Minister of Information famous for white-washing the cracks of an imperfect federation which Chief Okokon Ndem articulated 30 years ago. The Edo Chief has joined the club of camouflage secessionists with his pet project dubbed Movement for National Reformation.
Okokon Ndem with his well-modulated and posh diction reeking with the elocution of the muses, functioned as an emotional prop and invigorator of sagging spirits in the beleaguered Igbo heartland, then at the receiving end of bombs, rockets, artillery fire, starvation, kwashiorkor and all the cruel bludgeoning of warfare. Behind the microphone, the style of his delivery had character and chutzpah, which put the dread in the hearts of enemy troops. Not only did his oratory disembowel the barefaced misrepresentation of the contending sides but also gave dialectical advocacy to the structural imperfections, ills and contradictions of the Nigerian federation which later day converts like Ken Saro-Wiwa, Afenifere and June twelvers latched on.
Apart from the public relations mileage Igbos gained from his endowments, Okokon Ndem in tandem with other easterners from the Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers flank like Chief N.U Akpan, General Philips Effiong, Major Archibong, Chief Emmanuel Aguma put paid to the vicious propaganda of Igbo domination. Okokon Ndem succinctly demonstrated that if you were competent in your chosen career, any person from the so-called minorities belt could match; excel and outclass his Igbo compatriot; which was the reality on the ground.
Hundreds of riverine, Efik, Ibibio and Ogoni civil servants occupied very senior positions in the Eastern Nigerian Civil Service. The first African principal of the elite Government College Umuahia in 1958 was the Buguma chieftain, Mr. Erekosima. Chief Kogbara, an Ogoni, was the Biafran envoy to United Kingdom. Ken Saro Wiwa himself passed out from Government College Umuahia in 1956, enjoyed Nnamdi Azikiwe scholarship and to cap it, Ken was a house Captain at Fisher House. Up till this day his name Kenule Saro-Wiwa is emblazoned in the roll of honour plaque at the Umuahia Government college of which I am privileged to be an old boy.
Chief Okokon Ndem debunked, demystified the nebula of Igbo domination. After the civil war, in the face of persecution from the conquering forces who threatened to pull out his tongue, Okokon Ndem never recanted, never did a verbal somersault. May his soul reincarnate in Igboland. And therein lies the morality of immortalising him.
Canonising Okokon Ndem should herald the genesis of the process of the recognition and rehabilitation of our genuine leaders and heroes both living and dead who went beyond the call of duty to do, what they had to do in the heady days of the sixties. The list is legion, but my mind readily recalls names likes Col. Onwuatuegwu, Chief Jacob Ukeje Agwu, Sir Louis Mbanefo, Dr. Nwariaku, Chief Roy Umenyi, Col. Ogbugo Kalu, Okigbo brothers, Chief Mojekwu, Dr. Ikejiani, Comrade Chukwumerije, Achebe, Professor Kalu Ezera, Eni-Njoku, etc. Nobody and nobody would ever pour cold water on the virtues of the Nigerian civil war because the causes are still very relevant to the solutions of the national question today.
The efforts of our heroes past as the say must not be diminished otherwise we would have a situation where ethnic irredentists, Igbophobes, re-write, distort and chronicle our history from their prejudiced blinkers. In recent years, we have witnessed hack writers and columnists who were in their diapers when the guns were booming, pontificate that Igbos fought a wrong war! Their verbal assault is beginning to gnaw into the psyche and subliminal of some wet and spineless Igbos who now denigrate their roots of origin.
Okokon Ndem, is a metaphor nay epitome of the effervescent human spirit in its quest for excellence, fair play and liberty from the grips of hegemonic power relations. That was the centrepiece of the 1960 Aburi Accords, whose truncation led to the civil war. Thirty years after, the crux of the national question still revolves around the unresolved problems. You wonder why the Niger-Delta is conflagrating? The cauldron in Warri is a microcosm of the discontent nationwide. God is not mocked. You cannot sow cassava and reap cocoyam.UNQUOTE
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <ayoojutalayo@yahoo.com> wrote:Gregg / Opara-were,Okonko Ndem's name is not "equated" with falsehood, but with propaganda. There is a difference between falsehood and propaganda. The following are not falsehood but
a few (just a few) of the propaganda to which Okonko Ndem's name are "equated".
1) biafra has a military that no force in Africa can defeat!2) Awolowo has assured us that as soon as we secede, West will follow.3) Nigeria is committing genocide against Igbo.4) Nigeria has blockade biafra to cause starvation in biafra.5) Any Igbo that crosses to the federal troops will be killed.6) It is better to die fighting because Igbo will be killed if we surrender!7) Yorubas are complaining that the war is lasting for too long. They will soon throw-in the towel and leave only Northerners to fight biafra. It will be easier to defeat the Northerners!8) It is the British, the Russians and Egyptians that are helping Nigeria to have upper hand!Note that just like blockade, propaganda is NORMAL in war. And biafra won the propaganda war, thanks to Okonko Ndem.
Ayo Ojutalayo
From: peter opara <ogbuonyeiro@yahoo.com>
To: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; imostatecongress@yahoogroups.com; igboworldforum@yahoo.com; abiausa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 11:05 PM
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] The Great Enyi Biafra - Okonkon Ndem the Best Broadcast Journalist West Africa Has Ever Produced
Nnaa, Okokon Ndem's voice rings in my head to this day. I was yet in the village in 1967 to early 1968, when the man's voice made pieces of art work - ugly are work, deservedly so with names like British Harold Wilson, Alexei Kosygin, Shosho Gowon....njeolee okereke..whoever that quisling and a traitor was. Gentleman Okokon Ndem, was the best that ever strode the land space in Africa. Okon Ndem lived through war, and enjoyed some good peace time. Yours truly only have the great man's image plastered in my head. Wish technology was much around, and the cretins wishing to append the word lie to his name will have his picture to deal with. How could they see the face of the man who kept Gowon restless and say a word? Cowards do nothing but concoct stories about great men the likes of Okokon Ndem. Peace, perfect peace is Okokon Ndem - the great Enyi Biafra.
--- On Thu, 1/31/13, Gregg <gukaegbu@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Gregg <gukaegbu@comcast.net>
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Okonkon Ndem the Best Broadcast Journalist West Africa Has Ever Produced
To: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 12:48 PM
A lot of you are begining this tiny mission creep of trying to equate Okokon Ndem's name with falsehood. Just note that there is none like him in broadcast journalism and I doubt that there forever will be in any like him south of the Mediterrenean ever again. Push out whoever you consider your best broadcast journalist and let's compare them with Okonkon Ndem on any criteria you choose--the man will still stand heads and shoulders over your choice. As many of you roll around in the mud here everyday because there is no shame in doing so, be careful with what you do to other people's names.*ezekwe*
--- In NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, Adeniran Adeboye wrote:
>
>
> Igboka,
>
> If you need to contradict me with TRUTH and not the patent OKOKON
> propaganda LIES, just research and name 6 people who died as a result
> of the Wetie. Remember that 6 is the lowest among numbers great than
> 5. The readership is waiting.
>
> Adeniran Adeboye
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 AM, Igboka Uwadiegwu wrote:
>
> >
> > "The entire WETIE lasted from October 12 1965 to January 14, 1966
> > i.e. 15 months and 2 days. All over Western Nigeria, during that
> > period, no more than five (5) people died from the operation,
> > averaging one death every 3 months" aa
> >
> >
> > White-wash and white-wash and re-white-wash and if possible with
> > LIES only. Wettie cost only 5 lives and lasted only 15 months ????
> > How dishonest and dishonorable can some people get ? How low can
> > they descend to any gutter level just to deny reality and rewrite
> > facts of history whose victims are still very much alive. Some
> > people simply have NO honor. Some people do not know what honor means.
> >
> > Awo-fascists are degenerate liars. This same guy who just yesterday
> > claimed the absolute truth was that awo resigned because his dumb
> > free-education policy was not adopted by the FEC, sneaked back a few
> > hours later claiming awo resigned because of some multiple reasons
> > one of them being Gowon reneging on his promise to hand over power
> > to civilians ('civilians' here being a code word for...awolo-wowo).
> > And this was after this last "truth" was suggested by another awoist
> > pig. Earth worms have more honors.
> >
> > Operation wettie wasn't just a virtual name. Operation wetti-e was
> > THE barbaric INCIDENTS that engulfed the South Western region for so
> > long that the region got dubbed the "wild wild west". These savage
> > incidents indisposed the other more civilized parts of this nation
> > to no end, just as today's Boko Haram's incidents in the North.
> > What's more, these primitive incidents were so serious and lasted so
> > long they got some naive Majors trying awkwardly to halt the descent
> > to hell of this nation by carrying a revolution out.
> >
> > Till this day, wettie directly talks to every yoroba above the age
> > of 50. The trauma is still there. The pains also. No event that cost
> > even 50 lives can stay this memorable in the minds of a whole
> > nation, of a whole region and of the victims and their descendants.
> > No series of events costing only 50 lives can get a region reminding
> > people of the "wild wild west" of the lawless and untamed "medieval"
> > America. Wettie was a crime against a people. A crime engineered by
> > an abject mind belonging to an abject personality.
> >
> > Igboka
> > NB: Reading these freaks here, one would think awo, this primitive
> > man from Ukene, ogun state INVENTED the word and the very concept of
> > free education. A closer look, however, would reveal that the FIRST
> > application of the free-education concept in Nigeria wasn't by this
> > awo animal. What's more, even that free education in the western
> > region was Akintola's idea and vision that the over-ambitious
> > upstart and self-centered opportunist awo STOLE.
> >
> >
> > De : Adeniran Adeboye
> > À : NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com
> > Cc : NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; omo oodua
> >; Yorubanation ; NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
> > ; imostatecongress@yahoogroups.com; igboworldforum@...; Vin
> > Otuonye ; Vincent Modebelu
> >; Joe Attueyi ; worldigbocongress@yahoogroups.com
> > ; abiausa@yahoogroups.com
> > Envoyé le : Jeudi 31 janvier 2013 4h44
> > Objet : [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Nkechi do not
> > listen to Liar Yeye Leye Ige...Igbo liberated Yoruba land.... and
> > and sue Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re:
> > Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth Repeating: Why did
> > Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Aburo Peter,
> >
> > Happy New Year.
> >
> > The entire WETIE lasted from October 12 1965 to January 14, 1966
> > i.e. 15 months and 2 days. All over Western Nigeria, during that
> > period, no more than five (5) people died from the operation,
> > averaging one death every 3 months. I believe that it is a stretch
> > to call that outcome a fratricide never never known before in Africa
> > and in Nigeria. I have worse examples from some other parts of
> > Nigeria before that period but it may not be politically correct to
> > bring them out now.
> >
> > I must however admit that since the Yoruba had not demonstrated such
> > civil reaction up to that point, especially between May 1962 and
> > October 11, 1965, Nigerians were taken aback.
> >
> > Adeniran Adeboye
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:52 PM, peter opara wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Nkechi, do not listen to a word of inveterate liar Yeye Leye Ige.
> >>
> >> The entire Yoruba were powerless at the time in question, and worse
> >> at the time leading up to the war itself. The Yoruba had self
> >> emasculated, having engaged in a fratricide never before known in
> >> Africa and in Nigeria, in particular.
> >>
> >> Ask liar Yeye Leye Ige to explain to you what "Operation Wetie" was
> >> about. Yoruba people were setting themselves ablaze any and
> >> everywhere in Yoruba land. Imagine a people who went about and
> >> after their opponents with mouthful of kerosine or petrol, which
> >> they spat on their fellow Yoruba, and lit the match on them, and
> >> let them burn. Imagine that.
> >>
> >> On the contrary it was all cool and peaceful in the MI Okpara's
> >> east. In Port Harcourt where I lived, as an elementary school pupil
> >> then, we knew nothing but peace, Godly peace. The entire Nigeria
> >> unbeknownst to us lads, were focused on conflagrating western
> >> region where Yoruba people fed on each other.
> >>
> >> The 1966 coup d'etat, as explained by none other than one of the
> >> key participants - Major Ademoyega - was intended to save Yoruba
> >> people from themselves, and some how to supplant key Nigerian
> >> policy makers who had looked away as the west burned. Yes, the coup
> >> Yoruba people even now termed Igbo coup, was staged to save Yoruba
> >> from devouring themselves.
> >>
> >> Fast forward post coup, it was Ojukwu who demanded at Aburi, that
> >> all soldiers must return to their regions of origin. Listening to
> >> Liar Yeye Leye Ige , the dissembler, you would think Yoruba who
> >> were busy killing themselves, were in any shape to save themselves.
> >> Whossai? It was Ojukwu who used the word "Garrisoned" in relation
> >> to the preponderance of northern soldiers stationed then in the
> >> west. In Ojukwu's words - the west was "garrisoned by northern
> >> soldiers'. Ojukwu thus demanded that northern soldiers must be
> >> withdrawn from the west. And it happened. Ojukwu even made the
> >> demand relativeto his safety, when Nigeria upped their chicanery,
> >> working hard to lure Ojukwu to Benin for a meeting, where they had
> >> design only to murder him.
> >>
> >> Indeed, one of the few Godly, truthful Yoruba folks hereabouts let
> >> it be known thus - "let truth be told, it was Ojukwu that liberated
> >> the west from northern occupation". That is living history fact and
> >> truth. But liars like Yeye Leye Ige who are drunk on Awolowo's
> >> urine and bathed in Awolowo's pool of lies, will rather die than
> >> accord Ojukwu the world of kudos and honor he only deserves in that
> >> Lugard's Cage - Nigeria. But who cares? They Awoists sworn liars
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >> Even Awolowo tried to smear Ojukwu, who had nothing but charitable
> >> comments for Awolowo. Reading a pedestrian interview of Awolowo's
> >> referring to Ojukwu as "irredeemable" sealed the fact that Awolowo
> >> was, well, something else. Did you read a piece I posted here by
> >> another Yoruba, Duro Onabule on Awolowo's book, where Awolowo had
> >> not a single charitable word for Zik. The world belonged to
> >> Awolowo, the man believed; he was the wiser, and he had to rule the
> >> world. HE FAILED. The man was about power and material. And it
> >> showed. Awolowo headed UPN, his wife kept the money.
> >>
> >> On Yoruba saving themselves, which never happened, I tell you
> >> Nkechi, the likes of Bola Ige, wished Biafran soldiers could
> >> overrun the west, if only to ensure that northerners or their
> >> soldiers never hung around the west. Yes, Yoruba elites banked
> >> their hope on Igbo as their savior. That is public knowledge.
> >>
> >> Everything changed when Awolowo got called in by Gowon, gave
> >> Awolowo the word that Nigeria was his, if he helped Nigeria finish
> >> Igbo. Opportunist extraordinare, Awolowo went to work, and with his
> >> devil cousin Enahoro, they hatched the plan to starve Igbo to
> >> oblivion, among other plans they hatched.
> >>
> >> Not long before Achebe's book came out, I let out a poser, which no
> >> all knowing Yoruba cared to bite. My poser was - Why was it that
> >> barely weeks after Awolowo met Ojukwu in Enugu and showed
> >> understanding of Ojukwu's people's plight, Awolowo began designing
> >> a way to starve the same Ojukwu's people to death. The Yoruba world
> >> clammed up.Not a whimper was heard of them. Did not know there was
> >> some group called Awoists. It took an Achebe to smoke out Awoists
> >> from Awo pool of lies in which they reside. Now, we know them
> >> satanic Awoists drunk on Awolowo urine and bathed in Awolowo's pool
> >> of lies, who will deny everything about Igbo including the fact
> >> that Igbo liberated Yoruba land.
> >>
> >> --- On Wed, 1/30/13, Leye Ige wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Leye Ige
> >> Subject: Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-
> >> WorldForum] Re: and sue Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was
> >> humanitarian: Re: Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth
> >> Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> To: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, "omo oodua"
>> >, "Yorubanation" , "naijaobserver"
>> >, NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:22 PM
> >>
> >>
> >> Sister Nkechi,
> >> You asked: "why didn't the FGN of put a leash on these angry
> >> soldiers or discipline them for these atrocities? "
> >> I will preface my answer with this observation. You have ALWAYS
> >> defended/excused Biafran leadership and when questions are raised,
> >> you don't respond; for example, a simple question as to HOW the
> >> kwashiorkored children came to be was NOT answered/addressed by
> >> you, you simply said you are their voice; YET, you want us to
> >> answer your questions?
> >> Having said that, I will still answer your poser--as there is
> >> NOTHING for us to hide.
> >> Since we all know these things did not happen just out of the
> >> blues--they were consequences of previous actions and in-actions,
> >> so it would make no sense to create an arbitrary boundary. Even if
> >> we agree to this arbitrary boundary, we MUST CONTEXTUALIZE, if we
> >> are serious about addressing the issues, lest it will be a
> >> situation of, as my General Afis would say, "who shot John". For
> >> every case of NBC's Ezeoke, there were many more of Adegboye's. As
> >> long as we REDUCE it to such level, we will simply be running
> >> around circles--for each one has enough to say about the other.
> >> CONTEXT, therefore matters. So, kindly come with me:
> >> (1) As the crisis developed, the Federal Government promulgated
> >> Decree 8, which included MAJOR PORTIONS of Aburi--to
> >> wit:decentralized Federal Government and Autonomous
> >> Regions(including returning soldiers to their Regions of origin).
> >> This would have INSTANTLY solved the problem.
> >> (2) This decree was nullified when Ojukwu's constituent assembly
> >> "empowered" him to declare secession as soon as practicable--
> >> REJECTING the decree's provisions. This CREATED another round of
> >> TENSIONS.
> >> (3)The Yoruba military and political leaders met and one of the
> >> items discussed was the actions of Northern soldiers in the West
> >> and the demand for all soldiers to return to their region of
> >> origin--which was an aspect of Decree 8. This was the CLINCHER to
> >> resolve the problem as the West was then the center of the eye storm.
> >> (4) It was at this meeting that Awo made the famous statement "if
> >> by any act of omission or commission......"
> >> (5) There were THREE DIFFERENT RESPONSES to this statement with a
> >> DIRECT consequence on events as they were happening, including
> >> those by "angry soldiers" (a) the North announced its acceptance
> >> and commitment to creation of states. (b) Ojukwu and Biafra used it
> >> as a propaganda tool that Awo "goaded" them into war(c) Hassan
> >> Katsina visited Generals Adeyinka Adebayo and Olufemi Olutoye to
> >> confirm that arrangements have been concluded to move Northern
> >> soldiers out of the West.
> >> Sister Nkechi, I have gone this far to situate this issue IN
> >> CONTEXT---that is Western Leaders and People were outraged at the
> >> actions of Northern soldiers and DID NOT want the West turned into
> >> a theater of war. The Federal government was in the process of
> >> resolving this issue via the agreed re-deployments and Biafra
> >> declared its intent to wage war of secession-- I am sure you can
> >> see HOW each section reacted and the impact of such reaction on
> >> developing events.
> >> It is disingenious to NOW want to ISOLATE these actions out of
> >> their CONTEXTS.
> >> Leye Ige
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Wed, 1/30/13, aauwnycpres@... wrote:
> >>
> >> From: aauwnycpres@...
> >> Subject: Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-
> >> WorldForum] Re: and sue Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was
> >> humanitarian: Re: Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth
> >> Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> To: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:26 PM
> >>
> >>
> >> Pastor Joe
> >>
> >> Thank you for articulating it clearly. Prof. Adeboye thank you for
> >> illuminating the matter. Brothers Kunle and Leye, Pastor Joe's
> >> response is also for you as you appear to believe the fiction that
> >> all who ran back East first stopped at the bank to clean out their
> >> bank accounts.
> >>
> >> My question to all especially Prof Adeboye and brother Leye, why
> >> didn't the FGN of put a leash on these angry soldiers or discipline
> >> them for these atrocities?
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Nkechi
> >> aauwnycpres@...
> >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> >> From: "Joe Attueyi"
> >> Sender: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:41:13 -0000
> >> To:
> >> ReplyTo: NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-WorldForum]
> >> Re: and sue Nigeria Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian:
> >> Re: Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth Repeating: Why
> >> did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks oga Adeniran for being a witness to truth. Even though your
> >> response ought to have been directed to the lie posted by Dr
> >> Idowubobo ----but I can understand why parapoism will be a
> >> hindrance to that.
> >>
> >> Unlike the lie posted by Dr Idowubobo Igbos did not leave Lagos and
> >> the west 'voluntarily'. They were being HUNTED by some vengeful
> >> angry soldiers ( in your own words, hehehe!) Some fled East. Some
> >> were sheltered by kind hearted folks like the Kunle Adegboyes of
> >> this world. Some were murdered outright like Phil Ume Ezeoke of
> >> NBC. NOBODY in any of these scenarios were in a position to first
> >> go to the bank and get their savings!
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> --- In NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, Adeniran Adeboye wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Pastor Joe,
> >> >
> >> > If you seriously mean that question, then the answer is simply that
> >> > some angry soldiers went on a vengeful drive to punish Igbo people
> >> > anywhere they could find them. As this was not the policy of the
> >> > Federal government or any SW State government, it was not difficult
> >> > for the Yoruba to go all out to protect the Igbo on their land.
> >> > Indeed, the outcry by the Yoruba that all soldiers should be
> >> > repatriated to their regions of origin was informed by their
> >> > indignation toward having to protect a set of non-Yoruba from
> >> another
> >> > such set. A particularly frequent example was at the military
> >> > checkpoints between Ibadan and Lagos.
> >> >
> >> > Adeniran Adeboye
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Jan 29, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Joe Attueyi wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > No Igbo person was persecuted in the SW and MW, they left these
> >> area
> >> > > of the country voluntary. Dr Idowubobo
> >> > >
> >> > > Kunle,
> >> > >
> >> > > I don't doubt that some igbos who were not able to cross the
> >> Niger
> >> > > before it became too late were sheltered by Yorubas in different
> >> > > cities in the west .
> >> > >
> >> > > Which then raises the question:
> >> > >
> >> > > If Idowubobo's assertion excerpted above is correct, why did they
> >> > > need sheltering?
> >> > >
> >> > > Joe
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --- In NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, Kunle Adegboye wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > That is Prof. China Achebe's personal experience. Some of us
> >> had
> >> > > different experiences. We sheltered several Igbo folks in our
> >> house.
> >> > > The lived among us in the middle of mortar pounding over our
> >> house
> >> > > from the Biafran side (during the invasion of Ore). If this Igbo
> >> > > hatred by the Yoruba was so pronounced, the soldiers that often
> >> > > dined at our house would have separated all the Igbo in the house
> >> > > and shot them.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Kunle Adegboye.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Sent from my iPad
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Jan 28, 2013, at 4:22 PM, topcrest topcrest wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Page 67 There was a country:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > â•Å"In Lagos where we lived, soldiers were also used in
> >> > > targeted raids of certain peopleâ•˙s homes, including our
> >> own. We
> >> > > had moved from Milverton Street to Turnbull Road after my
> >> promotion
> >> > > to director of external broadcasting. fortunately for us the
> >> > > soldiers went to Milverton, our old house, to search for me.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Eventually my family and I left our Turnbull house
> >> > > â•Å"â•Å"â•Å"â•Å"â•Å"â•Å".We found refuge in
> >> an old
> >> > > friendâ•˙s house Frank Cawson British Council rep in
> >> > > Lagosâ•Å"It was a very tense, anxiety-plagued period for my
> >> wife
> >> > > and me and our two children, Chinelo 5 years and Ike 2 years.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Lying hidden in Mr Cawsonâ•˙s house, I still simply
> >> thought
> >> > > things had simply gotten out of hand and everything will soon be
> >> > > alright.Then suddenly I discovered that I had been operating on a
> >> > > false and perhaps naive basis all along. The soldiers located us
> >> > > after we had been hiding for about a week.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > As many of us packed our belongings to return East some of
> >> the
> >> > > people we had lived with for years, some for decades, jeered and
> >> > > said ╢let them (Igbos) go; food will be cheaper in
> >> > > Lagosâ•˙. That kind of experience is very powerful.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > There were more and more reports of massacres, not only in
> >> the
> >> > > North but also in the West and in Lagos.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I arranged to smuggle my wife and children out of Lagos on a
> >> > > cargo ship from the port
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I found it difficult to come to terms with the fact that
> >> Nigeria
> >> > > was disintegratingâ•Å"â•Å"â•Å".. so I decided to sneak
> >> back
> >> > > into Turnbull road house and return to work. People were
> >> > > disappearing right and left. There was a media report of someone
> >> > > from the senior service whose body was found the night before. At
> >> > > this time the killings had reached the peak figure of hundreds a
> >> > > week. Victor Badejo, DG NBC, saw me on the premises, stopped
> >> me, and
> >> > > said ╢Life has no duplicateâ•˙!
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Phillip Ume Ezeoke , controller of education programming
> >> NBC and
> >> > > I decided it was time to travel back to the east. UmeEzeoke
> >> > > suggested we travel in a two-car convoy the next morning. I got
> >> to
> >> > > Ume Ezeokeâ•˙s house the next morning very early at the
> >> agreed
> >> > > upon time and nobody was there.Unfortunately Philip Ume Ezeoke
> >> is no
> >> > > longer alive. If he were, it would be interesting to find out
> >> what
> >> > > happened...
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > From: idowu
> >> > > > > To: "talkhard@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > > Cc: "ugwo1@" ; "WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "WorldIgboCongress@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "OlaKassimMD@" ; "topcrestt@" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 10:00 PM
> >> > > > > Subject: Re: [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-WorldForum] Re: and sue
> >> > > Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re:
> >> Kunle:
> >> > > Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth Repeating: Why did Awo
> >> > > institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > "You really think that a guy facing a massacre of his entire
> >> > > family was concerned about his money at a bank?"-Pa Ezeana
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Pa Ezeana:
> >> > > > > Please save us this repeated untrue mantra. No Igbo person
> >> was
> >> > > persecuted in the SW and MW, they left these area of the country
> >> > > voluntary. I repeat no typical Igbo person yesterday, today and
> >> > > tomorrow will easily path away with his/her money. They are
> >> running
> >> > > for their lives so they left their bank documents? If you believe
> >> > > this, I have a bridge to sell to you and it is Brooklyn bridge.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Pronto!!!
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Idowu
> >> > > > > "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas
> >> Jefferson
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent
> >> injustice,
> >> > > but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie
> >> > > Wiesel
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > http://www.bezalelskills.com
> >> > > > > http://www.ooduanation.com/
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > From: Igirigi
> >> > > > > To: "talkhard@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > > Cc: "talkhard@yahoogroups.com" ; "ugwo1@" ; "WorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "WorldIgboCongress@yahoogroups.com" ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; "OlaKassimMD@" ;
> >> > > "topcrestt@" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com" ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:16 AM
> >> > > > > Subject: Re: [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-WorldForum] Re: and sue
> >> > > Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re:
> >> Kunle:
> >> > > Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth Repeating: Why did Awo
> >> > > institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Idowu:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > You really think that a guy facing a massacre of his entire
> >> > > family was concerned about his money at a bank? Did it ever
> >> occur to
> >> > > you that the ones who tarried and concerned themselves with what
> >> > > money they had at the banks never made it alive to the east?
> >> Did it
> >> > > ever occur to you that some if not most of those Igbo who were
> >> > > massacred in the north had bank accounts with large balances when
> >> > > they were killed? Has any one sought to pay their heir the monies
> >> > > they purportedly abandoned in those bank accounts when they were
> >> > > massacred?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Heck. The Igbo are survivors. The forfeited money has not
> >> been
> >> > > of any good use to anyone.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > And I am
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Ezeana Achusim
> >> > > > > Odi-Isaa
> >> > > > > Nwa Dim Orioha
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Sent from my iPhone
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Jan 27, 2013, at 11:56 PM, idowu wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Pa Ezeana:
> >> > > > >> The whole gist about the currency situation was that the
> >> Igbo
> >> > > took their money from the banks while living their abode without
> >> > > anyone pursuing them. They changed their money to worthless
> >> biafran
> >> > > pounds. After the war, they want the fed government to change
> >> their
> >> > > worthless money pound for pound to Nigeria currency, which was
> >> > > rebuffed. Their next action was to claim that they left money in
> >> > > banks in SW and other states in the federation. Pa Ezeana you
> >> > > yourself know that claim is very inimical to the typical
> >> behavior of
> >> > > an Igbo person, to be separated from his money when voluntary
> >> > > leaving his current abode for a new life in a new country. Please
> >> > > you guys should tell this to the marine. Anyone that believes
> >> this
> >> > > your tale of the moonlight, I have a bridge to sell to them.
> >> The 20
> >> > > pounds which is about 500 pounds today policy was purely a
> >> stimulus
> >> > > package to put money in the hands of the masses and stimulate
> >> > > commerce in the South Eastern region.
> >> > > > >> Guys stop whining and put the shoes on the other feet, will
> >> > > Igbo be so magnanimous to other Nigerians? Based on your typical
> >> > > characteristics of me before others, the answer is NO. Stop this
> >> > > your waterpowerism and wake up and smell the coffee. If I am the
> >> > > president of Nigeria today I will call the Igbo bluff and allow
> >> you
> >> > > guys to form your landlocked country.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Pronto!!!
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Idowu
> >> > > > >> "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas
> >> Jefferson
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent
> >> injustice,
> >> > > but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie
> >> > > Wiesel
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> http://www.bezalelskills.com
> >> > > > >> http://www.ooduanation.com/
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> From: Igirigi
> >> > > > >> To: "talkhard@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >> Cc: "ugwo1@" ; "WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "WorldIgboCongress@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "talkhard@yahoogroups.com" ; "OlaKassimMD@" ;
> >> > > "topcrestt@" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com" ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:38 PM
> >> > > > >> Subject: Re: [talkhard] Re: [Anambra-WorldForum] Re: and sue
> >> > > Nigeria & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re:
> >> Kunle:
> >> > > Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: W orth Repeating: Why did Awo
> >> > > institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Kunle:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> You must conclude that the Igbo had accounts at various
> >> banks
> >> > > as they fled east. You should also conclude that they had the old
> >> > > currencies which were declared void unless exchanged for the
> >> > > replacements.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Now let me ask you this question. Do you think that a nation
> >> > > that cares less about the Niger bridge would entertain a court
> >> case
> >> > > by Igbo for restitution of the forfeited funds? A country that
> >> cares
> >> > > nothing about the genocide that caused so many to perish is not
> >> > > disposed to entertain a case by any Igbo for restitution of funds
> >> > > forfeited.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> And I am
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Ezeana Achusim
> >> > > > >> Odi-Isaa
> >> > > > >> Nwa Dim Orioha
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Sent from my iPhone
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> On Jan 27, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Kunle Adegboye wrote:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> If Igboka is correct that Biafrans who had accounts
> >> outside of
> >> > > the East were denied their funds even after showing proof of
> >> > > ownership, how come many of those Biafrans did not sue the
> >> Federal
> >> > > Government at the time, or years later?
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> Kunle Adegboye.
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> Sent from my iPad
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>> On Jan 28, 2013, at 12:00 AM, "ugwo1@" wrote:
> >> > > > >>>
> >> > > > >>>> Brethren,
> >> > > > >>>> It still stinks to know that some of the moronic Yoruba
> >> boys
> >> > > are still naïve and cannot think straight, respond with
> >> objective
> >> > > mindset without putting a lip stick to the mouth of the pig.
> >> There
> >> > > are very few Yorubas that have conscience and respect the truth
> >> and
> >> > > have exercised disappointment on the wrong part taken by their
> >> > > people who were satanic then and those evil worshipers that still
> >> > > stick to their devilish biased ignorant mindset. Say the truth
> >> and
> >> > > shame the devil simple because what Ndi Igbo went through can
> >> happen
> >> > > to any tribe in Nigeria any time any day. The war ended but was
> >> not
> >> > > finished. We stand for justice and fair play whether you like
> >> it or
> >> > > not unless the right thing is done, the sleeping dog will never
> >> > > rest. You must avoid bathroom hand shaking at all time.
> >> > > > >>>> Ka Odi.
> >> > > > >>>> Sir Ugo G.C.Umunnakwe
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
> >> > > > >>>> From: Igboka Uwadiegwu
> >> > > > >>>> To: "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com" , "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " , Kunle Adegboye , "talkhard@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >>>> Cc: "OlaKassimMD@" , "topcrestt@" , "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " , "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" , "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Subject: [Anambra-WorldForum] Re: and sue Nigeria & Awo:
> >> Re:
> >> > > Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re: Kunle: Re: no
> >> sentiment it
> >> > > was war: Re: Worth Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds
> >> > > policy
> >> > > > >>>> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:33:33 +0000 (GMT)
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Concluded !!! You are irremediably DUMB...and CONFUSED.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Changing a currency's color is NO currency change, you
> >> > > bleeding yoroba dummy !
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> De : Ayo Ojutalayo
> >> > > > >>>> Õ : "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; Kunle
> >> Adegboye ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.
> >> > > com" ; "talkhard@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >>>> Cc : "OlaKassimMD@" ; "topcrestt@" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Envoyé le : Lundi 28 janvier 2013 0h08
> >> > > > >>>> Objet : [NIgerianWorldForum] Daft Igboka, go and sue
> >> Nigeria
> >> > > & Awo: Re: Twenty-pound policy was humanitarian: Re: Kunle: Re:
> >> no
> >> > > sentiment it was war: Re: Worth Repeating: Why did Awo
> >> institute the
> >> > > 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Mumu Igboka,
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> You must be daft not to have recognized that the "old
> >> dummy"
> >> > > was talking of the country's currency before and during the war.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Nigeria changed the color of its currency during the war
> >> as
> >> > > part of war effort, not for cosmetic reason. After biafrans stole
> >> > > money from Central Bank in Enugu, Port Harcourt and Benin City to
> >> > > buy arms and ammunition, the currency's color was changed thereby
> >> > > making what was stolen and what was in biafra useless to
> >> biafrans.
> >> > > It follows that whatever any biafran had (on him or in Bank) in
> >> and
> >> > > out of biafra was as good as ordinary paper . . . . . remember
> >> the
> >> > > change was not for cosmetic reason. There is no sentiment:
> >> twenty-
> >> > > pound policy was humanitarian. If you disagree with me, go and
> >> sue
> >> > > Nigeria and or Awolowo. You may be the one Igbos have been
> >> waiting
> >> > > for.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Ayo Ojutalayo
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> From: Igboka Uwadiegwu
> >> > > > >>>> To: "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; Kunle Adegboye ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > "
> >> > > > >>>> Cc: "OlaKassimMD@" ; "topcrestt@" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:03 PM
> >> > > > >>>> Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: Twenty-pound policy was
> >> > > humanitarian: Re: Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was war: Re: Worth
> >> > > Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> "The currency in which they made deposit was no more the
> >> > > currency in circulation after the war. Technically, the currency
> >> > > they deposited was ordinary paper after the war. Twenty-pounds
> >> > > policy was therefore an humanitarian gesture." ajulatayo
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Old dummy, the naira came into effect 3 years after the
> >> war.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Besides, once you deposit an amount in a bank, the paper
> >> and
> >> > > the coins become irrelevant. Only the nominal value remains...and
> >> > > the currency's convertibility, of course. And convertibility
> >> could
> >> > > be more of a political decision than an economic one. (Ex: German
> >> > > reunification and the absorption of the weaker GDR's Mark in the
> >> > > East by the FRG's own Mark in the West).
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> See, the money you deposit in a bank gets virtually
> >> converted
> >> > > into gold or into some other international reserve currency (USD,
> >> > > Euro etc..) or other assets.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> That explains why as a thief, U can drop some amount in
> >> naira
> >> > > in Nigeria and get it back in USD in America or in Yen in Japan.
> >> > > See, even if the bank where you banked your loot or those of your
> >> > > cohorts were to get burnt to ashes, you still will get your
> >> money's
> >> > > worth back in Nigeria or if you so wish in a completely new
> >> currency
> >> > > and "new" notes in another country altogether.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> That also explains why you can bank your loot in
> >> Luxembourg
> >> > > today and in some 125 years, more or less, your descendants can
> >> > > withdraw some or the totality with the accrued interests EVEN if
> >> > > that nation were to revert back to the old Luxembourgian francs.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Finally mister, do we have to believe that you are a REAL
> >> > > dunce or are you pretending to be one ?
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Igboka
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> De : Ayo Ojutalayo
> >> > > > >>>> Õ : Igboka Uwadiegwu ; Kunle Adegboye ;
> >> "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.
> >> > > com"
> >> > > > >>>> Cc : "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; "OlaKassimMD@" ;
> >> > > "topcrestt@" ; "NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com" ; "nigerianID@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "talkhard@yahoogroups.com" ; "Raayiriga@yahoogroups.com" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Envoyé le : Dimanche 27 janvier 2013 17h39
> >> > > > >>>> Objet : ||NaijaObserver|| Twenty-pound policy was
> >> > > humanitarian: Re: NigerianID | Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was
> >> war:
> >> > > Re: Worth Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Igboka,
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> If the rebel leader had agreed to African leaders' plead
> >> to
> >> > > renounce secession and embraced peaceful settlement (instead of
> >> > > fighting to finish), the issue of what would happen to the
> >> accounts
> >> > > of those in rebel held areas would have been treated
> >> differently. It
> >> > > would have been part of the "settlement agreement". Since the
> >> rebels
> >> > > were forced to surrender, they could not negotiate terms of
> >> > > surrender. The currency in which they made deposit was no more
> >> the
> >> > > currency in circulation after the war. Technically, the currency
> >> > > they deposited was ordinary paper after the war. Twenty-pounds
> >> > > policy was therefore an humanitarian gesture. This is another
> >> reason
> >> > > why Igbos should hold biafran leaders including Achebe
> >> responsible
> >> > > for their plight. The biafran leadership should have considered
> >> what
> >> > > would happen after the war before starting the war, and while the
> >> > > war was on.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Ayo Ojutalayo
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> From: Igboka Uwadiegwu
> >> > > > >>>> To: Kunle Adegboye ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >>>> Cc: "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; "OlaKassimMD@" ;
> >> > > "topcrestt@" ; "NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com" ; "nigerianID@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "talkhard@yahoogroups.com" ; "Raayiriga@yahoogroups.com" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:09 AM
> >> > > > >>>> Subject: NigerianID | Kunle: Re: no sentiment it was
> >> war: Re:
> >> > > Worth Repeating: Why did Awo institute the 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Kunle,
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> There was a policy and that policy ordered a blanket 20
> >> > > pounds for every man and woman from the former Eastern region who
> >> > > had a bank account and left some money in it BEFORE the war.
> >> This is
> >> > > criminal. A massive HOLD UP. One of its kind in the history of
> >> > > mankind. And it was engineered by a mentally deranged soul of
> >> yoroba
> >> > > extraction; obafemi awolowo.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Now, the answer to your question is a categorical and an
> >> > > unflinching "yes". ONLY those who PRESENTED their account books
> >> were
> >> > > given 20 pounds even when they had 21 pounds or 20 million
> >> pounds in
> >> > > their accounts. Money wholly saved before the war and in the part
> >> > > that remained Nigeria. This has been ascertained and repeated
> >> over
> >> > > and over again. If they presented their account books and were
> >> > > illegible for these miserable 20 pounds, then their identities
> >> were
> >> > > no more in question. Why then did they have their PROVEN amount
> >> in
> >> > > the banks cut down to ONLY an arbitrary 20 pounds ? This is
> >> SICKLY.
> >> > > This is LOW. Sub-human. Retarded. Savage. This is like shooting
> >> at a
> >> > > cripple solemnly praying in a church. Only a lowlife coward
> >> will do
> >> > > this. The piggish kind of a coward. One unworthy of being a
> >> man. A
> >> > > spiritually SUB-HUMAN creature. And you wonder why Nigeria is in
> >> > > tatters 43 bleeding years after the end of that war ?
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Additionally, those who had Biafran only accounts, and
> >> they
> >> > > were many but NOT the majority because Biafra was dragged into a
> >> > > defense war earlier on into her existence, were NOT given
> >> > > ANYTHING... not a single pound.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> On what anyone, besides the spiritually rotten awolowo,
> >> > > whould have done in this given situation ? The answer is simple!
> >> > > Look at those nations who had been at war with each other or
> >> who had
> >> > > had a civil one. How did they get this simple situation tackled ?
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> 1 - Those who can present their account books are given
> >> back
> >> > > their monies WHOLLY with no question or complication required.
> >> > > > >>>> 2 - Those who cannot present their account books are asked
> >> > > for some other official identification (driver's license, school
> >> > > certificates and degrees, work identities, national identity
> >> cards,
> >> > > affidavits sworn in courts or in law chambers, witness(es) that
> >> can
> >> > > include among others but not limited to the bank workers and/or
> >> > > managers of the banks where these customers had operated their
> >> > > accounts prior to moving eastwards. (These bank workers and/or
> >> > > managers can be those still in that bank or retired or posted
> >> > > elsewhere or who simply have been laid off. Their presence or
> >> > > written materials or sworn affidavits before competent
> >> authorities
> >> > > could do).
> >> > > > >>>> 3 - A special Federal account is created where all
> >> unclaimed
> >> > > amounts are saved and the accrued interests accorded to each
> >> account
> >> > > owner. This is done so even the kids of an account owner can lay
> >> > > claim to any amount in their fathers' accounts along with the
> >> > > accruing interests any time. That's if there's no National
> >> assembly
> >> > > law setting up a time limit to have ANY money in such an account
> >> > > claimed. (Now, where did Awolowo keep ALL the amount he had
> >> > > confiscated from the former eastern Nigerians? To whom did he
> >> render
> >> > > a comprehensive account ?).
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> With honest people and in civilised societies, any
> >> > > complication put on the way of thoroughly ascertaining the REAL
> >> > > identities of account owners (to minimize possible fraud) is
> >> always
> >> > > better than stealing the sweat and life savings of MILLIONS of
> >> > > hardworking ordinary citizens. Really, awolowo belongs in the
> >> > > committee of animals NOT among human beings.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Finally, for those who had biafran only account and even
> >> > > currencies, ALL civilized nations on Earth and in history do
> >> simply
> >> > > decree a fixed exchange rate. They do this arbitrarily or after a
> >> > > careful study of the purchasing power of that currency. They then
> >> > > accord or an equal amount or a given percentage say, 10 or 20,
> >> 80%
> >> > > or whatever of the calculated value of that currency in the
> >> area it
> >> > > is/was used. (Remember, a currency may be weak BUT if legal
> >> tender
> >> > > anywhere is NEVER wholly worthless, if it can buy a loaf of
> >> bread).
> >> > > This is where and how the desire to help, if sincere, could have
> >> > > been expressed. But nobody, least of all the South-Easterners,
> >> > > demanded any help. We simply wanted our money, all of our money
> >> and
> >> > > nothing else but all of our money in Nigerian banks back. This
> >> is a
> >> > > legitimate citizen's right request. But awolowo stole them.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> Igboka
> >> > > > >>>> NB: Forget not. Most who were eligible for this shitty 20
> >> > > pounds and who had all their docs with them still REFUSED to
> >> queue
> >> > > up to receive this INSULTING amount. A demeaning amount
> >> compared to
> >> > > what they know they had BANKED in Nigerian banks in Nigeria
> >> BEFORE
> >> > > the war. Many. And that will be some more illegal millions of
> >> pounds
> >> > > for the yorobas and their thieving "leader" awowolo as the
> >> > > indeginisation decree was on the way.
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> De : Kunle Adegboye
> >> > > > >>>> Õ : "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com"
> >> > > > >>>> Cc : "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" ; "OlaKassimMD@" ; "NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "topcrestt@" ; "NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com" ; "nigerianID@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "talkhard@yahoogroups.com" ; "Raayiriga@yahoogroups.com" ; "igboworldforum@yahoogroups.com
> >> > > " ; "Anambra-WorldForum@yahoogroups.com" ; "omoodua@yahoogroups.com
> >> "
> >> > > > >>>> Envoyé le : Dimanche 27 janvier 2013 5h08
> >> > > > >>>> Objet : NigerianID | Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Ayo: Re: no
> >> > > sentiment it was war: Re: Worth Repeating: Why did Awo
> >> institute the
> >> > > 20 pounds policy
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>>
> >> > > > >>>> "HEarlier on, I said something about the war not
> >> physically
> >> > > reaching the overwhelming majority of our communities. A way of
> >> > > letting you dishonest souls know that MOST of our people's
> >> documents
> >> > > were INTACT after the war because they were kept in rural
> >> > > communities rather than in cities. And those generations of
> >> Igbo had
> >> > > a superior capacity and discipline when it came
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