Thanks to Oluwatoyin Ade-Odutola for politely reminding me, in a private mail, that the correct name is Peter Obe, the civil war photographer, not Ebenezer Obe, the musician, my mind mixing them up in the speed of writing.
As for omitting the stories about the war strategies of Joe 'Hannibal Achuzie, informed readers will also observe that I also said nothing about the war strategies of Benjamin 'Black Scorpion' Adekunle and Murtala Muhammed, about such historic incidents on the Biafran and Nigerian sides as the Abagana ambush, the Asaba massacre etc.
I edited those out bcs I wanted to avoid the equivocal dust of war and simply celebrate the passing of a warrior.
IBK has given me my first laugh of this morning.
toyin
On 27 February 2018 at 23:45, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
IBK,
I am pro Biafra, albeit not the Nnamdi Kanu and Ralph Uwazuruike variant, so, I do not need to "gradually show Biafra credential". It is already there and there is nothing you or any other persons can do about it.
I do not also need to remind you that if Joseph Achuzie had refused to collapse his battle fronts for Alani Akinrinade and Olusegun Obasanjo to pass and meet Philip Effiong, the "Biafra surrender" which your revisionist historians mouth today, would not have been possible.
Furthermore, if Joseph Achuzie had gone into guerrilla warfare, as he wanted to initially, before he was persuaded to lay down arms, there would not have been anything called Nigeria today, judging by the man's military prowess.
Your "no victor, no vanquished" and three "Rs" (reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction) were however, phoney.
CAO.
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