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Nigerian Senator, Victor Umeh Asks Yakubu Gowon To Write Own Book, Apologise To Igbo Over 1967 Civil War

Nigerian Senator, Victor Umeh has called on former Military Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd.), to apologise to the Igbo people and document his role in Nigeria’s civil war.

Umeh, who represents Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, made this demand in an interview with Arise News on Wednesday.

He stated that Gowon must provide a detailed of the war, especially in light of recent revelations by former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida.

Babangida had reaffirmed that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo-led coup but a “revolutionary movement” by young officers.

“I think Gowon owes Nigerians a duty to write his own of that war and the things that led to the war and the way the war was carried out and the way the war ended. Because when the war ended, he promised the Nigerian people reconciliation, restitution, and rehabilitation, particularly to the Igbo side of the nation. That he did not implement until he was overthrown in 1975,” Umeh said.

The Senator criticised Gowon for avoiding discussions on his role, urging him to take responsibility. “So, he himself should stop playing the ostrich. Just like Babangida came out as an elder statesman at 80 now, he decided to speak the truth, including on matters of June 12. People should not retain certain things until death. Gowon was a principal person in the whole episode.

He was one that destroyed the regional arrangement in Nigeria and created the 12-state structure from which we had all these things.”

Umeh also insisted that Gowon must apologise for the war’s impact on the Igbo people.

“He needs to come out and put his statements clearly, and because of the way he handled the war and the way he treated the Igbos, including the massacre of the Igbo people, he owes the Igbo people an apology.”

“It was quite relieving that former president Babangida’s book has one more time confirmed what we have always known to be the State of Affairs with that coup.”

Umeh further stressed the need for national reconciliation. “The Igbos of Nigeria have been held in so much contempt with successive istrations in Nigeria, starting from Gowon, and we were put on a very dark spot in the affairs of this country that we organised a coup that killed some important people in Nigeria. But truthfully and reassuringly, this book has exposed that the Igbos themselves crushed the coup.”

Speaking on Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s demand for N10trillion in compensation, Umeh said what matters most is equal treatment.

“Now that it is clear that Igbos did not organise any coup to kill anybody for selfish reasons, it follows that all the things Igbos have been denied in Nigeria by the successive government, starting from Gowon, down to the present day even, that Igbos should be seen as Nigerians with the same rights and privileges that other Nigerians should enjoy in the affairs of government.”

He concluded by urging the government to change its attitude toward the Igbo people.

“A change in attitude of the present government towards reintegrating the Igbos fully into the Nigerian project, and casting away that suspicion that Igbos organised the coup, that made them to be removed from the scheme of things in Nigeria. If we put a stop to it, it begins the healing process.”

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Many Wounds has been reopened

Ahali:
Many Wounds has been reopened

I dey tell u

..This should get to the frontpage asap..


..those who carried the age long lies are now speaking in tongues..you all shall all reap what you all sowed..

Honestly,Gowon really must be heavy at heart right now.... I'm sure he'd be regretting while he never released a book before IBB that's if ever he had the intentions to...Now it's now as if he's got alot hiding inside and under pressure as all eyes are on him...

No one should should force or pressure Gowon into releasing a book as it's simply his choice if he wishes to or not...But one thing is certain...I'm sure IBB today, feels much more free in conscience than he had always been all these years than Gowon.........IN ALL, IT'S BEST YOU EASE OR LAY DOWN WHATEVER BURDEN UV GOT AT HEART AND BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATOR!!...

mii4u:

I dey tell u

You wish the lies stay and ibos in perpetual servitude to u abokis and afonjas

Thanks to IBB for starting it , we await the Gowon side of the story after which apology will be tendered to the Igbos for all the lies told against them.

Igbos are God own people it has been established time and time again.

The Igbos will forgive but we will never forget.

Na to Blame everyone except una self and na this hypocritical things still dey affect una.

If una like make una gaslight others till tomorrow, still the Truth will never change.

70-80% of Coup plotter = Ibos
Aguiyi Ironsi took over =Ibo
Unification decree = Ibos
Who made jest of North = Ibos
Whose Nationalist were not killed during the coup = Ibos.
Which Region took all the spoils of the Coup = Ibos.

On the Civil War.
Was there an Aburi accord?
Who looted the CBN buildings in the SE and Western Region?
Where/when did the defeat of the Biafra soldiers started? At Ore When they choose to march to take over Lagos.
Nsogbu-Nsogbu things without reasoning.

Una don start again.

Gowon sir, don't go to that grave without documenting your part in the war, I take God beg you.

TouchNfollow:

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Victor Umeh may God punish you, have ibos written a book to apologize to other regions for the murder of political leaders and military officers they killed in the first ever coup they carried out in the country. An aggressor claiming to be a victim.

He cannot be forced to write any book. Even if he chose to write, it will never be with the sole aim of apologising to the Igbos.

He will only twist his own narratives to blames everyone but himself just like IBB did.

Besides, there is no part of IBB's book that clearly stated that the coup was not an Igbo coup.

Facts abound to suggest that the coup was an Igbo coup. Nothing/nobody can twist the fact.

It is obvious that most of the people talking about the book have not read it.

theophorus:
Na to Blame everyone except una self and na this hypocritical things still dey affect una.

If una like make una gaslight others till tomorrow, still the Truth will never change.

70-80% of Coup plotter = Ibos
Aguiyi Ironsi took over =Ibo
Unification decree = Ibos
Who made jest of North = Ibos
Whose Nationalist were not killed during the coup = Ibos.
Which Region took all the spoils of the Coup = Ibos.

On the Civil War.
Was there an Aburi accord?
Who looted the CBN buildings in the SE and Western Region?
Where/when did the defeat of the Biafra soldiers started? At Ore When they choose to march to take over Lagos.
Nsogbu-Nsogbu things without reasoning.

Una don start again.

99%

The IGBOS (my in-laws) will forgive, but will never forget all the atrocities and marginalisation melted on her for decades..

dynicks:
Honestly,Gowon really must be heavy at heart right now.... I'm sure he'd be regretting while he never released a book before IBB that's if ever he had the intentions to...Now it's now as if he's got alot hiding inside and under pressure as all eyes are on him...

No one should should force or pressure Gowon into releasing a book as it's simply his choice if he wishes to or not...But one thing is certain...I'm sure IBB today, feels much more free in conscience than he had always been all these years than Gowon.........IN ALL, IT'S BEST YOU EASE OR LAY DOWN WHATEVER BURDEN UV GOT AT HEART AND BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATOR!!...

There's no burden on GOWON, he defended Nigeria from biafran rebels who killed leaders of other ethnic stocks. Even IBB later confirmed in his book that the 1966 coup had an ethnic colouration. It seems you guys have not read the entire book.

These people Sabi twist narratives sha!

When will all these end?

It was a big mistake stopping regional government!

If Yakubu Gowon must apologise he should apologise for making Saturdays and Sundays weekly holidays for Christians' Sabbath day!

theophorus:
Na to Blame everyone except una self and na this hypocritical things still dey affect una.

If una like make una gaslight others till tomorrow, still the Truth will never change.

70-80% of Coup plotter = Ibos
Aguiyi Ironsi took over =Ibo
Unification decree = Ibos
Who made jest of North = Ibos
Whose Nationalist were not killed during the coup = Ibos.
Which Region took all the spoils of the Coup = Ibos.

On the Civil War.
Was there an Aburi accord?
Who looted the CBN buildings in the SE and Western Region?
Where/when did the defeat of the Biafra soldiers started? At Ore When they choose to march to take over Lagos.
Nsogbu-Nsogbu things without reasoning.

Una don start again.

You speak with so much anger and frustration,the economy is biting hard but guess what,the president is your brother,that should ameliorate your hunger!You dont have to be suicidal and a threat to your immediate society.
The question is,why are Yorubas more bothered and restless since the release of IBBs autobiography?why have they littered the internet space with insults on IBB?why do they want the status quo to remain?why are they changing the narratives?what do they stand to gain in tagging the coup,an igbo coup?why are they so pleased with ethnic profiling of igbos?why are they so scared of igbos?why do they wish that the igbos are constantly marginalised?what are they actually competing with the igbos?why do they want igbos to be part of Nigeria at all cost and on an unequal ground?why are they showing inferiority complex when place at par with igbos?why have Tinubu government continued with the institutionalized marginalisation of south east?why are his paid agents wired against igbos?why do they act as though they are in the opposition whereas they are in government?why is Lagos state implementing anti igbo agenda?
They good news is that igbos are culturally more wired to withstand any condition,infact they do better in difficulties.When you squeeze igbos,they dont fold,they rather focus.
'Our antagonists are our helpers'! God is our strength!!!!!

Forkthiefnubu:

You wish the lies stay and ibos in perpetual servitude to u abokis and afonjas

How can I wish for such? I'm ibo

mii4u:

How can I wish for such? I'm ibo

Hopefully someone too will apologise officially for the atrocities commited by the Biafran Army in Benin.

I hear some people are demanding compensation too, I look forward to Ivb'edo being compensated by those same people for being illegally occupied and the extra judicial killings carried out by the Biafran Army during that time.

He doesn't need to write any book. He owes no one an apology.

He should apologise for breaking the Aburi accord.

aswani:


Hopefully someone too will apologise officially for the atrocities commited by the Biafran Army in Benin.

I hear some people are demanding compensation too, I look forward to Ivb'edo being compensated by those same people for being illegally occupied and the extra judicial killings carried out by the. Biafran Army during that time.

Hmm, let everything begin to come out in the open, I don't care whose ox is gored

dynicks:
Honestly,Gowon really must be heavy at heart right now.... I'm sure he'd be regretting while he never released a book before IBB that's if ever he had the intentions to...Now it's now as if he's got alot hiding inside and under pressure as all eyes are on him...

No one should should force or pressure Gowon into releasing a book as it's simply his choice if he wishes to or not...But one thing is certain...I'm sure IBB today, feels much more free in conscience than he had always been all these years than Gowon.........IN ALL, IT'S BEST YOU EASE OR LAY DOWN WHATEVER BURDEN UV GOT AT HEART AND BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATOR!!...

Did you read the book at all? YABUKU GOWON wrote the foreword.
He knows what is written in that book before it was released.

theophorus:
Na to Blame everyone except una self and na this hypocritical things still dey affect una.

If una like make una gaslight others till tomorrow, still the Truth will never change.

70-80% of Coup plotter = Ibos
Aguiyi Ironsi took over =Ibo
Unification decree = Ibos
Who made jest of North = Ibos
Whose Nationalist were not killed during the coup = Ibos.
Which Region took all the spoils of the Coup = Ibos.

On the Civil War.
Was there an Aburi accord?
Who looted the CBN buildings in the SE and Western Region?
Where/when did the defeat of the Biafra soldiers started? At Ore When they choose to march to take over Lagos.
Nsogbu-Nsogbu things without reasoning.

Una don start again.

What do you have to say about the Aburi accord?

Let Gowon write and dedicate his Chapter one to the Aburi accord.

Clown

Tell Major Nzeogwu to apologize to the Hausa's first.

E be like una no wan get sense.

Hmmmm!

Why will he write?

He has been busy deceiving himself that he is now a pastor and a child of God praying for Nigeria.

Writing any memoir on his days and activities as Nigeria leader will disgrace him and expose his hypocrisy as lover of Nigeria.


Many people who worked with him are still alive to disgrace him if he lies, that's why he will never write any book.


😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The greatest damage the war did to Igbos is the inferiority complex it instilled in them. They go about with a victim complex, begging for acceptance.

Has ibos apologised for perpetuating the coup??
Gowon should apologise for the war declared by ojukwu?? Who started robbing central bank and selling Nigeria oils to stock ammunitions?? Stupid mofos!

Coldspice:
The greatest damage the war did to Igbos is the inferiority complex it instilled in them. They go about with a victim complex, begging for acceptance.

Hmmm!

You are a complete olodo o!

So inferiority complex made the Igbos to have more properties in FCT more than all the tribes in Nigeria put together?

Can you sincerely tell the whole world why you Yorubas are always attacking the Igbos in your region more than the Fulanis who killed your people, raped your woman and burn your farm lands?

Anyway if a Yoruba man is not hypocritical, how do we identify him?

Biafrans too should apologies to the Mid-West and Niger Delta

Gowon should have done jail time...

Dude is majorly responsible for the joke Nigeria turned out to be...