NIGERIA POLITICAL DIARY
ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Ngozi,
I do not know who made up this diary of Nigerian political
story, but there are some false or at best assumed information in this
diary. I will comment on the specific one/s that is/are not supported by
facts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Godson Ngozi Nwankwo <god...@ozemail.com.au>
To: igbo--net <igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 12:22 AM
Subject: NIGERIA POLITICAL DIARY
>Good netters,
>
>It has being a long time since I visited this lovely site. I thought
>it'll be a reasonable idea to share this politically diary of Nigeria
>with you.
>
>The story of the present geographical entity known as "Nigeria"
>started in 1914 and follows:
>
>1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united to become Britains's largest
>African colony.
>
>1954 Nigeria became a federation
>
>1960 Independence achieved from Britain within the Commonwealth
>1963 Nigeria became a republic, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as president.
>1966 the first military coup ( popularly known as Nzeuqwu coup), in
>Nigeria. This followed a counter-coup led be General Yakubu Gowon, which
>resulted in the slaughter of many members of the Ibo people in North.
>
>1967 Conflict over oil revenues led to declaration of an independent Ibo
THIS INFORMATION IS WRONG, THE NIGERIA/BIAFRA WAR WHICH I HOPE YOU ARE
REFERRING TO HERE WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANY DISPUTE OVER OIL REVENUES, IT WAS
CAUSED BY A SYSTEMATIC, AND THE THEN NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ETHNIC
CLEANSING OF THE IGBO PEOPLE FROM THE REST OF WHAT WAS AND IS STILL
GEOGRAPHICALLY KNOWN AS NIGERIA. THE ATROCITIES COMMITATED AGAINST THE IGBO
PEOPLE BY THE HAUSAS AND FULANIS, AND THE OTHER PEOPLES OF THE NORTHERN
NIGERIAN REGION GAVE US NO CHOICE BUT TO SECEDE FROM NIGERIA, THIS THEN
BROUGHT ON THE WAR ON THE IGBO PEOPLE BY THE REST OF THE NIGERIAN ETHNIC
GROUP]
>state of Biafra and outbreak of civil war.
>
>1970 end of the civil war.
>
>1975 Gowon ousted in military coup; second coup put General Olusegun
>Obasanjo in power.
>
>1979 Shehu Shagari became civilian president.
>
>1983 Shagari's government overthrown in coup led by Maj Gen Mohammedu
>Buhari.
>
>1985 Buhari replaced in a bloodless coup led by Maj Gen Ibrahim
>Babangida.
>1989 two new political parties approved. Babangida promised a return to
>pluralist politics; date set for 1992.
>
>1991 Nine new states created. Babangida confirmed his commitment to
>democratic rule for 1992
>
>1992 multiparty elections won by Abiola/Babangida's SDP.
>[ NO ONE CAN LEGALLY CLAIM VICTORY HERE, BECAUSE THE NIGERIAN ELECTORAL
COMMISION NEVER DECLARED THE WINNER, IT WAS "PRESUMED" THAT ABIOLA HAD WON
THE ELECTION]
>1993 results of presidential elections suspended by national commission,
>following complaints of ballot rigging. Aug. Babangida resigned,
>nominating Ernest Shonekan as interim prime minister. general Sani
>Abacha took control, restoring military rule and dissolving political
>parties.
>
>1994-98 the begining of hoping upon hopeless.
>
>more to come
>
>
>Ngozi.
>
ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Laur.,
I made similar observation in my reading of this diary. That
particular item is totally wrong. That of Abiola winning the election,
should be qualified, because no one was declared a winner in that election,
though Abiola was presumed to have won.
Ndewo.
Mazi Ukoh.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tn Ukpabi <TnUk...@aol.com>
To: god...@ozemail.com.au <god...@ozemail.com.au>;
igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: NIGERIA POLITICAL DIARY
>
>You wrote:
>"1967 Conflict over oil revenues led to declaration of an independent Ibo
>state of Biafra and outbreak of civil war."
>
>That was not cause of the civil war. I am not sure where you got oyur
"facts".
>Have you heard or read about "pogrom", or massacre of the Igbo people in
the
>Northern part of Nigeria? That was the casus belli. You will need to raed a
>little more than what you have presented. The Nigerian history is
incomplete
>if you failed to mention the innocent men women and children that were
>massacred only because they spoke a different language.
>
>nnamdi
>
Magnus I. Ekwueme
Maazi,
I will welcome the writer who said he has been away from the net for a
while. I will be quick to
caution that his account of Nigeria diary is flawed in most areas. I
hope this is not how he would
relay the history of Nigeria to his children or other listeners. It
would be wrong. If, however, he
is submitting his diary for critique by this forum, I would then second
your rebuttal along with that
of Ukpabi. Nigeria can tell its history any way it wishes to
de-emphasize the pogrom but for an
Igbo to do so would amount to onye a juru na-aju onwe ya.
Magnus
Godson Ngozi Nwankwo
Good netters,
It has being a long time since I visited this lovely site. I thought
it'll be a reasonable idea to share this politically diary of Nigeria
with you.
The story of the present geographical entity known as "Nigeria"
started in 1914 and follows:
1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united to become Britains's largest
African colony.
1954 Nigeria became a federation
1960 Independence achieved from Britain within the Commonwealth
1963 Nigeria became a republic, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as president.
1966 the first military coup ( popularly known as Nzeuqwu coup), in
Nigeria. This followed a counter-coup led be General Yakubu Gowon, which
resulted in the slaughter of many members of the Ibo people in North.
1967 Conflict over oil revenues led to declaration of an independent Ibo
state of Biafra and outbreak of civil war.
1970 end of the civil war.
1975 Gowon ousted in military coup; second coup put General Olusegun
Obasanjo in power.
1979 Shehu Shagari became civilian president.
1983 Shagari's government overthrown in coup led by Maj Gen Mohammedu
Buhari.
1985 Buhari replaced in a bloodless coup led by Maj Gen Ibrahim
Babangida.
1989 two new political parties approved. Babangida promised a return to
pluralist politics; date set for 1992.
1991 Nine new states created. Babangida confirmed his commitment to
democratic rule for 1992
1992 multiparty elections won by Abiola/Babangida's SDP.
1993 results of presidential elections suspended by national commission,
Magnus I. Ekwueme
Maazi,
I think you are right in your summation. Abiola was presumed to have
won. But unless the
electoral commission ANNOUNCES the winner, it is not official. The
electoral college did
not ratify any results either. When we debated that issue here, an
opinion had it that Abiola
should have sued the electoral commission to announce the results that
was available to it
at the nation's highest court. That failing, he should have quickly
challenged Shonekan to
do the right thing. It seemed he yielded to Shonekan, another Yoruba
but made about face
when Abacha sacked everybody.
Magnus
godson offoaro
Magnus,
i di sure na ony nyere wrong account ahu abughi onye awusa batara na
igbo net.
Ndi aruru ala. Ha che ma ebaa bu obodo Naijaria.
Enyi Biafra
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Tn Ukpabi
Mazi:
Ngozi or Godson "wrote 1967 Conflict over oil revenues led to declaration of
an independent Ibo state of Biafra and outbreak of civil war".
I wonder the use of the word "Ibo" by nwanna 'm. O nwere ot' ojiri sound-uor.
Onyea o wu kwa onye ka anyi?
Ndewo
ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Laur Nwanna,
You are correct. I wonder why a fellow Igbo should
be describing us as Ibo, instead of Igbo.
Mazi Ukoh
-----Original Message-----
From: Tn Ukpabi <TnUk...@aol.com>
To: ni...@erols.com <ni...@erols.com>; god...@ozemail.com.au
<god...@ozemail.com.au>; igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
<igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: NIGERIA POLITICAL DIARY
>
Stip3
I don't get. The word "Ibo" stands for the people, while "Igbo" is the
language of the Ibos.
Emma Uttah
>----------
>From: ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.[SMTP:ni...@erols.com]
>Sent: 11. marts 1998 15:31
>To: TnUk...@aol.com; god...@ozemail.com.au;
>igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
Magnus I. Ekwueme
Could be, nwanne m. These days anything is possible. I learnt earlier
that the good ol' Miss Turner
who was bombarding the net with the exploits of Emeagwali is none other
than an Igbo posting
messages incognito. But that is one of the prices you pay for
democracy.
Magnus