Yakubu Gowon is still alive! Watch this recent interview of the former Head of State
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- An exclusive interview of Yakubu Gowon at 89. Get to know Yakubu Gowon's biography, the details of his time as head of state and his thoughts about scrapping NYSC.
He initiated the no victor no vanquish and restore back all the civil servants and the military to their place of work regardless of tribe, region or religion he abandoned the policy of revenge and bring all Nigerian together. God bless you Sir for your spirit of forgiveness
I guess you are enjoying the ONE NIGERIA now.
@@peterahanor5689don’t mind the foolish idiot.
So there was the policy of revenge? He abandoned the revenge policy after killing over 5 million with hunger and starvation? That's why I will never have pity for you guys when your time comes, because you are so dark inside your hearth. How can you put a revenge on people who neither know or support Nzeogwu or Ojukwu? How can you justify killing innocent pregnant women and children as revenge? Demons.
..."spirit of forgiveness" that managed to marginalise an entire region of the country after stripping them of their assets and transferring ownership of said assets to close supporters? Abeg, calm down with your accolades, no be everybody be mumu.🙄
You're deceiving your self.
Why do you not implement the aburi accord and agreement
It would have been a whole different story. That’s now in the past!
Gowon is lying there was genocide against the Igbos and that was why ojukwu announced that Igbos should leave other part of the country to the eastern part of the country. Nigeria should teach history properly... The Nigeria army story is distorted and that is why we are in this mess. Igbos are avoiding joining the hunger protest, because they are easily targeted when the federal government is looking for scapegoats.
Don't mind these obscurantists. The hide knowledge from their people to make them look foolish. We see the result today- a failed state that is soon to be recolonized.
Igbos were killed massively because they were the originators of the crises from its inception They killed our prime minister and other northern leaders but tactically sent Nnamdi Azikiwe to abroad for medical trip When Ironsi ascended the throne he refused to try the coup ploters yet went ahead paying them their salaries in detention. The Gallant northern soldiers retaliated by killing Ironsii and other So-called Igbo soldiers An Igbo man is too egocentric and doesn't want peace in his life Their dream of Biafra will never be achieved because of their egocentrism and antagonism Take it or leave it , an Igbo man will never rule this country
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
the gruesome killing of all other tribes in form of fanthom coup, what do you call that? a film trick? a genocide?
My brother you deserve a Cup of wine 🍾🍷
This is a leader to be emulated , he served this nation without emercing wealth to himself, general, you will always be remembered
Did you notice that when the journalist introduced the issue of civil war that Gowon from then began to stammer?
He did throughout. He’s 90.
He has been stammering all through the interview,the man is old,90yrs no b beans. God's Grace is really upon him
African leaders should be ashamed of themselves for not taking care of their citizens. Refusing of lmplementation aburi accord caused the civil war in Nigeria in 1966. Upon no victor, no vanquish, still Igbo property was abandoned by the river state government and nothing was done by federal government. Thanks to God you still alive today. What Nzongwu saw fifty years ago is what Hausas , middle belts are seeing now. You have allowed you self to be used by the Fulanis. Where is Danjuma and Middle belt who fought the Nigeria war?
So easy to put blame on others, but u forget how ojukwu invaded ore in ondo state, Benin and the entire bendel state, killed over 3000 tsekiris, ijaws, yorubas etc, looted their treasury and stole $5.6 Million from the Benin central bank. It's also the time ojukwu killed the yoruba soldier Victor Banjo who helped him during the war. What caused the war was the usual behavior of igbos, greed, selfishness, and preference of their own people. When ironsi was head of state, he positioned gbos in all the key positions and put Nigeria into igbo captivity. Later, a counter coup came up, Nzeogu, where they kept their own igbo leaders and killed other leaders of other groups. U don't have a say in the history u know nothing about.
You forget that the carnage was the handiwork of Igbo military juntas. You level blame on other people for what the Igbos did to non-Igbos. It is on record that military officers of Igbo ethnic extraction the likes of Nzeogu started Nigerian conflict by ethnic targeting and killing of Northern politicians and military officers, and also killing military officers of Yoruba ethnic group with reckless abundance, but not a single Igbo politician or military officer was killed. General Yakubu Gowon, God bless him, found in his heart to forgive all the perpetrators after the war, and declared “no victor, no vanquish”, and brought our beautiful country back together. He founded Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to reintroduce our great country to Nigerian youths to appreciate our diversity which is our strength and love her. General Yakubu Gowon indeed is the father of our modern Nigeria. “To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done” Nigeria indeed will be great, mark my words.
@enohknopp2433 Thank u for this small history class. These people are the cause of most problems in Nigeria, but first to cry wolf. A lot of their half baked journalist and illiterate bloggers have been ranting after elections on a lot of issues but I'm glad many people kept quiet and allow the dog to bark. General Gowon is the father of the nation and may God bless him with more years of good health. If everyone is bad to u, then u must check urselve. This people claim they are the only one tha are good in this countr. Everyonee else is bad. They claim everyone is jealous of them, I wish Ikneww for what reason. They need to look at themselves and say the truth to themselves.
I have great respect for General Gowon and indeed he is a man of peace and he did his best to keep Nigeria one.
It is unfortunate what Nigeria has become now with terrorists and bandits all over the place.
@@Ope-fr5huBro, I'm not Igbo but you too sincerely don't even know the chain story of the history considering how you misplaced the times of the events in your comment.Again, you honestly made no point mentioning those places people where killed cause war was going on and as much as Igbos where equally killed.So stop dragging it as if Igbos where just killing people in those places you mentioned.And finally, About Banjo the Yoruba man who Ojukwu killed,He betrayed Ojukwu when he got to their place in Yoruba land as his words were not in line with his deads while working with Ojukwu.
I remember how he handled the News that he has been overthrow in Uganda
Gowon could have avoided the war, but he allowed Oba of benin to deceived him not to accept the Aburi peace deal, this is here we are today because of foolishness of Gowon.
What about the foolishness of of ojukwu? and how can you call Gowon winning a war foolishnes? He won the war so that's not foolishness, it's greatness.
He was used by the British government
Gowon was powerless, everything he did was Britain did.
If truly that Yakub Gowon has repented, he would have told Nigerians and the world the truth because he knows the truth.
He is a criminal GENOCIDIST.
I mean. This is impressive as he is very lively and sharp at his age. He is looking very strong and healthy.
His a coward. His people are getting killed by the same Fulani people he served shame on him.
He is not actually giving the real account of what transpired in 1966...
I was shocked to know that the man I read about in history books, Yakubu Gowon, is still alive. African leadership has deteriorated after his time. There is no comparison between him and Tinubu. Ecowas punishes military leaders in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso but calls a retired military leader to intervene!? What a circus.
This is incredible, l do not understand why Gowan lies about historical facts whose evidence abound. By mid 1966, Gowan had become the head of state of Nigeria, by the same period, igbos were being massacred all over the North. Kano, kaduna, jos, zaria, sokoto. Some of it was happening in lagos, but not to the magnitude of the North, There were graphic headless bodies of igbos in the news papers. Gowan as the head of state maintained his silence and never said a word about the annihilation of igbos in the North, he never condemned it, nor did he try to stop it. It was then that Ojukwu started asking igbos all over Nigeria to return to the East be safe.
Gowan further claimed that the people and children who died in Biafra were not as result of shots by the federal troops. They might as well have been shot by the federal troops. It were hunger and diseases from Gowan's economic blockade policy that denied these children food and medicine that they needed to live.
In 1970 after the war ended, Gowan declared no Victor, no vanquished. That was another lie for the foreign press. There is a Victor and the vanquished, alright, we are living the vanquish till today. Another big lies of his are the 3 Rs. Reconstruction, rehabilitation and reintegration, 65 year on, we are still waiting for his 3Rs.
It's the same reason he's powerless to stop the carnage that's happening in his father land and right before his eyes. Murtala Mohammed and his lieutenant, Ibrahim Taiwo, two genocidal maniacs murdered thousands of men and boys especially in cold blood who were waving white flags and chanting to 'one Nigeria'. Gowon did absolutely nothing to them, just like he did nothing for more than 2weeks while the pogroms against the Igbo and other Easterners was going on in the North especially. He's almost 90 in a few months, but it's the same shifty Jack Gowon.
Yakubu Gowon is another name on the long list of Nigeria's clueless leaders.
First republic politicians had no clue about how to build a viable nation. With no ideas about what to do, they simply used the country's wealth to give themselves luxurious life, leaving the country to drift.
Successive Administration followed the same pattern, and the country has been drifting since independence.
Oil wealth gave citizens a false sense security, even though there has never been strategic thinking and plans for the future. Spiraling oil price has unraveled our lack of sustainable economic strategy.
Till now, there is still no structure in place to diversify the economy, create opportunities, and arrest further descent into insecurity and chaos.
Nigeria is already a failed State because of the cluelessness of leaders like Yakubu Gowon.
He Gowon was a leader or a general with out sense, he never knew that Brittain was using him to protect her establishment in Nigeria.
What about the children that were airlifted by UNICEF to other nations during the war. Where they ever brought back.
It is a lot of liberty for anyone to speak at this legend. Please tell us a better leader that we had and still want to have. Long live your Excellency.❤
The best president Nigeria ever had, God bless Gen Gowon.
And yet a British MP accused his country the UK of sheltering Gowon who came to them with half of Nigeria's central bank. That information is still online. Research it if you will, don't take my words for it.
@@victoranosike8503 it was a fabricated lie
You prayed to God to give you power and courage to betrayed and sabotaged the agreement you has with Ojukwu at Aburi Ghana that could have diverted the genocide you carried out killing over 3m Igbo women and children,an agreement that could have brought peace,unity and development all over Nigeria,Thank God that you're still alive today enjoying F Hsm with ur people
Old age has really caught up with Gowon, he's partially stammering.
I m not satisfied with Gowon's take on Brigadier Ogundipe who was the most senior officer at that time.
Ogundipe was cheated probably because he was a gentle officer.
Two things he said that i pondered on
1. He said “the order was to arrest Ironsi and not to kill him, and make sure he is safe" from where does that order came from?
2. He said “i was forced to go to war" who forced him?
Inner cacus who put him there🤷
Yes there’s need for the evil man to live and see the eventual emergence of Biafra .
Their generation inspired me to become bold and not afraid . The reason is because when we studied history in secondary school in the 90s we learnt that they were very young 20s and thirties having great responsibilities it made me realize that i can be very responsible for my life at an early age. Though i can never be a general in my early 30s but their history taught me to be a man for myself and it has helped me a long way now into my early 40s. I never admire any Nigerian head of state maybe General Abacha and late Yaradua but these guys inspired me to be a man a an early age.
I am disappointed in you by calling that man gentle man. A man who couldn't defend his region he could not tell Nigerian government his people are being killed
Your summarized by calling Gowan a man of peace. Do you think that would resonate very well with the Ibos?
A man of peace that refused to implement Aburi accord. Why do you think that Ghana does not respect him up till today?
That's what we call a Treacherous person ,never can be trusted.
Yakubu Gowon, the most composed of all Nigerian former head of States
General Gowan knew a lot more than he's letting out most especially regarding the 2nd military coup in 1966. After all, he was the Adjutant General at the military HQ in Lagos under General Aguiyi T. Ironsi. And when he was overthrown by his Aides in collusion with others, it was alleged that he had over 50 million British pounds in his private account. This allegation has never been disproved. If so, none of our Head of States, civilian or otherwise, has had a clean hand running the affairs of the country. Their hands have been dirty and bloody. It has been let me get mine. The sooner, the better. And see where we find ourselves presently after more than 63 years of independence from the British. Not much seems to be working for majority of the populace. There ere agonising bewilderment and cries all over the country. Why for Nigeria, the giant of African continent? Horrible.❤❤❤❤❤
Gowon only scratched on the surface of most of the questions asked him during the interview. He knew that he was an accomplice in the planning and assassination of Aguiyi Ironsi by T.Y. Danjuma. on July, 29 , 1966.
A note for the interviewer; there is absolutely no benefit in asking an elder Statesman to rehash the whole story of his life especially when it has already been narrated by your program director. That said, the man has impeccable memory.
With the positive statements expressed here about Gowon, Africa will remain “ The Dark Continent “ for a long time!!!!!! What happened about the ABURI Accord and the POTENTIAL GOOD EFFECTS FOR ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE COUNTRY/NIGERIA……NOT JUST FOR HEARTLESS LOOTERS!!!!!!!!!
*Meek looking man with covetous mind & intent.
*He worried that the people from the north would never be self sufficient without access to the eastern oil money.
*He had his eyes on that crude oil, so he canceled the Well Functioning 4-State Regional system of governace, created 12 states in 1967 so he could sit over the oil money in the national treasury since it (the oil) no longer belonged to the Eastern Region.
*Since then, Nigeria has never known peace.
The man is a legend. I remember his speech after being overthrown while attending an OAU meeting in Kampala, Uganda. That was in the early 70s. He as the incredibly young Nigerian HOS quoted WS in his play "As it is," that the we world is a stage and all of us are actors. When our comes to exit the stage, we must do so graciously." It was a brilliant/apt speech as he accepted that he was no longer at the centre stage in his country and exiting the latter was part of if life, inevitable part of growth. That the brutal Biafran occurred and ended under him deserves continued study of this man. Teach us about leadership and humility attendant to the same. 🙏
He is indeed a man of history.
Good to know that he's still alive.
This interview is much appreciated.
A man of very bad history and a coward too.
He pretended he didn't know the Igbos were killed and were running away for their lives, instead chose to blame Ojukwu for othering them to run away. He said those who died were from hunger but he failed to disclose that the hunger was because he blocked every route through which food could get to the people. He said Igbo properties were returned after the war, but forgot to mention the "Abandon Property" formula in which Igbo properties were seized under the guise that they were abandoned...Oh, he even forgot that his government sized all Igbo monies in the bank and only gave some Igbos 20 pounds even if they had millions in their bank accounts before the war. This man is really really evil.
The pot calling the kettle black.
It was war, and it comes with severe consequences. Biafra did their atrocities as much as the Nigerian led forces.
@@Oldman1912those are war crimes by Geneva Convention 1949. All non Igbo living in the territory of Biafra where asked to leave by the government if they so wished at about the same time the progrom was going in against them in the Nigerian territory. There is no record of any casualty of non Biafrans at the time. Tell us what atrocities you know about.
@victoranosike8503 No doubt it is. Both sides committed war crimes.
My question is, who started the killings in January 1966, who turned us to one Nigeria bcos of ambition to rule Nigeria which they're still after up till today. Who at the same time is playing victim ?
As a Christian may God forgive him what he did to humanity.
Great leader and general still alive for his kind heart and good will for Nigeria.
These were the real men
Gowon actually went into active politics during the same period as Abiola but he failed woefully with option A4 system of Prof Humphrey Nwosu.
He have to pay for what he did by the British using him to destroy nigeria 🇳🇬 till now
Those of u asking why Gowon is not talking about the events that occured that led to the civil war, I think you should call out the interviewer who didnt ask the right questions either by ignorance of the events of that period or by a deliberate omission not to get the old man quiver to death
He is suffering and hearing the crying of deaths.
Say the truth now and set yourself free from pain😢
Accountability is not for those that are out of power. It is for those that are presently in power. Go and interview the present president, governors and the senators. Let them explain what is going on presently.
He is a man of faith in the living God. This is why he was protected through the difficult times and has lived to this day. God exists and knows every man.
How on as our enemy. He killed children. He will never know peace
That's why he has lived to be 90,so that he can repent his evil deeds before he dies.
He's enjoying peace and good health bcs he's a good man. Not greedy, not wicked. Enjoying a good old age. He deserve it. He ran a good government.
Best interview with Gen Yakubu Gowon.God bless you amen
The children were airlifted back to Nigeria at government expense
Haile Selassie loved General Gawan ❤️
Tank God uare alive today am around on ur welding day at wusssa zrx uare amoung the blessed one am hpy for u
What happens in rivers state do the Igbo get there hause after the war
No.
Igbo houses were permanently stolen by the Rivers people and the father of no victor no vanquished did nothing about it.
Igbo houses in Rivers, including my father’s were said to be abandoned property and were never given back 😢
A good man
The NYSC singular policy was the best thing any administrator in Nigeria gave Nigeria. what ever happened to the economic policy...damn!
Question to Gowon why do you desobying Aburi meetings accord? After war what ur goverm says about wars ends no win no varnish what do u do? True or false? ❤❤😂😊
How did these guys become generals at the age of 30s and below? Is this why they were so reckless with power? Just asking in Kenya no 30 year ollds becomes Generals
Generals are not supposed to be old men. During independence they were the ones available and they actually carried out thier responsibilities better than the old croonies we have today. History is actually us of the decadence of the human race. All of histories great rulers and général were very young persons. Today we tell the youth that they only become relevant in old age because of our greed.
Nkrumah, a man who upon becoming the first president of newly independent ghana could not find a wife in his own country but a white woman from Egypt, was rather a reactionary leader but not visionary.
Nkrumah’s misplaced priorities,hypocrisy and arrogance precipitated his ultimate downfall and the consequences are the current socioeconomic collapse in ghana and subsaharan Africa.
Ghana the first subsaharan Africa country to gain independence was not intended to be an island of independent country in black Africa, it was a pilot program designed by the colonial masters to see how the black man would manage his own affairs.
But unfortunately the first dictator and egotistical Nkrumah failed to realize that.
Instead of Nkrumah,upon ghana’s independence.simply displaying prudent and convincing management of limited resources in combination with high level negotiations aimed for total liberation of Africa.
Nkrumah rather and arrogantly decided to use the limited resources of his fledgling newly independent country without basic infrastructures,such as roads and highways, to finance an unwarranted war against the well entrenched colonial masters, who still control ghana with English as official language, for total liberation of Africa.
In the end,apart from the tragic loss of lives in the difficult and convoluted war path strategy Nkrumah adopted,he also squandered resources he could use to provide infrastructures across his newly independent country to spur future economic growth in his war for total liberation of Africa.
Instead of Nkrumah,deploying the services of the army of his newly independent country of six million people and more importantly without basic infrastructures,such as roads and highways,to help spearhead a revolution in roads and highways construction across their newly independent country,Nkrumah rather deployed them in Congo to fight.
Ironically the soldiers Nkrumah,deployed in Congo to fight returned to ghana to overthrow his dictatorial government.
Had Nkrumah been able to control his emotions,adopted peaceful approach for total liberation of Africa and engaged his soldiers at home to help execute national and patriotic duty of roads and highways construction across their newly independent country,they would not have had the time and inclination to plan to topple his government.
And Nkrumah and ghana would have had the same political stability lee kuan yew of Singapore had to make his dream of a modern and civilized Singapore a reality.
Africa’s underlying problem is not neocolonialism but rather official corruption,poor management of resources and absence of technology to extract and add value to natural resources in Africa.
If now fragmented africa becomes a single entity in future and the underlying problems now inhibiting economic growth in individual Africa countries persist the continent would still be an empty giant.
They did not become General that so quickly. Yes they rose through the ranks very quickly during the period right before and after independence. In his case, his fellow northerners and mutineers (he might deny it, but facts are there), rallied around him and made him their General.
In July 1966, Gowon was a Lt Col. and there were other Lt Col senior to him. When the coup plotters had secured their objective, they anointed him being their fellow northerner ahead of Brig Ogundipe who was the second in command at the time, and other officers who were his seniors, but not northerners. So he skipped ranks and promotions. And that's how they began the sad tradition of purging senior officers when their junior is appointed to a political position ahead of them. A complete moronic waste of resources.
Great leader
Gowon: GO ON WITH ONE NIGERIA. And he actually did.
I WISH HE COULD COME BACK AND JOIN TO FIX NIGERIA THINK ABOUT IT FELLOW NIGERIA
According to gowon, he was forced into the Civil War, the same gowon who rejected aburi peace deals...
I was in primary 1 when Yakubu Gowon was the military Head of State in 1966. I remember lining up along with pupils of other schools on the streets to welcome him to Samaru Zaria when he came on an official visit to ABU. Prof. Ishaya Audu was the Vice Chancellor of the university at the time.
General Yakubu Gowon is a refined military gentleman and a man with godly heart.
Life is a stage. He knows better now, NOT then
This man Gowon is a terrible lier. You can see what nonsense he is saying. Was this nonsense the rehabilitation of Ndi Igbo. God will keep him to see Biafra come true. His foolishness and ego claimed the lives of over five million Biafrans and Nigerians for falling to abide by Aburi accord.
Lol. He could not give an account of the so called 3Rs. It's because it's a scam. The British lifted it from some American president's speech and gave it to Gowon the pretender. It was never meant to be. Gowon is actually the weakest of Nigeria's military rulers. The officers under him were alleged to have looted the country and he did nothing. Murtala Mohammed called him clueless and incompetent.
GOWON didn't counter any coup on Aguyi Ironsi cause history didn't record that Aguyi Ironsi plotted any coup... rather GOWON couped Aguyi Ironsi government along with his group.
General Gowon is the best looking 89 year old I have seen in recent times!
So truly blessed! God’s definitely with the good man.
Idioottt@@irenegaruba48
Yakubu may have been intelligent but smart, and that cost Nigeria dearly.
This man should tell us the agreement in aburi period
All this type of people we don't want to see or talk about them all that is happening in Nigeria today they are to hold responsible
Look at how he keep blabbing when asked how he got into power.
At his age he is still lying, all the money he took from Igbos what happened to it? I heard that is was only 20 pounds that was give back to each person even tho you have billions in Nigerian bank, what a shame, he starve mothers and innocent children to death and remove history from our school, he should belly his face with shame.
I hope is not age that is playing out with him. I don’t see the eloquence on the interview. There are so loophole in his response but since he said he prayed before accepting the head state, let heaven judge him.
This clips is not enough to cover the Gowon’s role played in Nigerian history
Excellent interview
Gowan, the Soldiers did not say that they wouldn’t take orders, from anyone, but you. It was even a particular low-ranking officer that refused to take orders, from Ogundipe, saying they he wouldn’t take orders from a Southerner, which must gave been an order given to him. How come then, that Ogundipe, senior to both you and Ojukwu, felt his life in danger and, escaped and took refuge, in the British War Ship, “Man O’War”? The Coup was an orchestrated event, by the Fulanis, with a mind to snatch power and maintain it. They just choose you as their chief “Willing Tool”, in older to bring to pass, the wishes of their forefathers, as claimed by Ahmadu Bello. Also, it is a blatant and boldface lie that the bulk of the people that died, in Biafra, died of starvation. If your instruction was to kill only those that took arms against Nigeria, how come bombs were dropped from helicopters, on elementary schools and even on Markets and on hospitals? Relief aircrafts were even shot at. It is good to be honest enough to admit that Ojukwu did not take up arms against Nigeria, but that it was Nigeria, commanded by you, that first attacked the newly declared Republic and, he then had to defend his people. If you gave such instructions and, they were violated, that then confirms that you were not really in charge, but used as the “Willing tool” that Ahmadu Belle bragged about. Also, saying it was Ojukwu that told Igbos to leave the North, is another boldface lie. How many thousands of Igbos were slaughtered, both in the North and, in the Middle belt and the surviving ones had to escape back to the East - slaughtered along the way, in the Middle belt, with their severed arms and legs thrown back inti the train? Even after a particular conference, that was supposed to be an agreement, Ojukwu told them to go back and, the remaining ones were slaughtered again. They didn’t need to be told to come back. They just had to run back home, a second time - once again slaughtered along the way, in the Middle belt, by the “Willing Tools”. After all these sad years, it is quite awful that your conscience has not yet come to terms with the truth, which you still owe to the young generation. You, instead, chose to call yourself “The Chief Prayer, For Nigeria”. Then and again, you avoided the very cautious and respectful lady’ question as to what lessons you learned from the War. When saying that war is not good, you should have been admitting that the War could have been avoided, if only you were same enough, to he honest about the outcome the 19:12 Acxord. You should have been lament that you and your comrade in Genocide, Theophilus Danjuma messed up, especially, when the same people you both killed for, have turned around, to decimate your people. What a turn of affairs - a boomerang! Most importantly, tou hqve not tild the world, that your kinsmen, the “Gwodogwodos”, were employed to go behind the murderous soldiers and, mop up behind them, by seeking out and killing 19:12 those Biafran civilians that survived the onslaught and hiding. They came with lorries, looting the properties.
I will just end it here.
Thank you.
I always say this and i will continue to say it perhaps untill it's corrected. The disunity of Nigeria was coursed by the igbos and it still stand. If the igbos would accommodate other nigerians in their region the same way they are being accommodated Nigeria would have be a great nation in the face of the world! Igbo must do that if they truely want to be included in the affair of governing the federal republic of Nigeria.
This Gowon can lie. Ogundipe and adebanjo was all Southern soldiers, no soldier should take orders from a southern soldier. Muritala never wanted Gowon either, because the north love muritala very well. Gowon coming to power was the intervention of British and some northern elders, because the north first shouted araba, which is till date call raba road.
You've a point there, nevertheless Gowon is more humane than the impulsive and brutal Murtala Mohammed
General Gowon you are afraid to says the truth about the agreement in Aburi, why?
Why did he not apply the aburi accord that would have save millions of life why is nobody asking him that question
Good man. However properties were not returned in Rivers states??? Why did he reneg on Aburri accord he signed?? Genocide at Asaba by mrutala mohammed?? Has his one Nigeria worked especially with his people?? All journalists never ask these questions??Nigerians are citadel of academic excellence however our leaders have been dredged up academic black waters with damnable incoherence.Aso Rock has become Hospice
Yakubu Gowon at almost 90 years doesn’t have a single child that will bear his name when he’s no more. His name will be forgotten forever when he dies. A muderer of five million 😊people,may God forgive his sins.
He has a male child with an igbo woman
@@BOG418yeah, he acknowledged the man only a few years ago after many years of denial. A sad guy he is.
Wow, a military man lives longer.
the ibos said he committed genocide against their people in the biafra war.
You are not a gentleman, you went to Aburi and signed agreement with Ojukwu and because of your indecisiveness you went back to Nigeria and reneged and consequently threw Nigeria into an unnecessary bloody civil war in which millions of Igbos were murdered.
Gowon is just saying his mind but the real question is looking on the hindsight wouldn't it have been necessary to accept the confederation that Ojukwu proposed given the situation today. The clamour for regional establishment, national soverign conference and the abysmal failure of Nigerian nation today, don't we think that the one Nigeria concept has became amirage.
You should watch Ojukwu's interview. Ojukwu never mentioned Confederation. What Ojukwu wanted was a return to true Federalism. A return to the 1963 constitution.
No amount of refining will makekerosene suitable for a pot of soup! Why did he renege on Aburi accord? May The Almighty take care of your actions and inactions! Vengeance belongs to him!!!
This is a great piece of insights for our generation
Live long gen.much love from Uganda
I think this man has a memory problem, he has answered a single question
He carved Igbo areas like a butcher carving meat out of a bone. About 33% of Igbo areas were in other areas. Fast forward, Imo State now has the largest gas deposit in West Africa. If he had known that Imo would be Imolite, he would have carved it up like grated carrot. Karma has a way of displaying wonders.
Yakubu Gowon 😢😢 a sad coward
A devil 👿 speaking so soft and sweet is a very bad man 👨 full of energy of the devil 👿 period.????.
Gowon is a man of history, in comportment, he is as charming as his peaceful in heart. True to his Shakespearean quote he played his part well and history is vindicating him. He has lived to keep Nigeria together more than 50years after the Civil war. Thesame Nigeria that the sons of evil and insolently inconsolable children of misinformation are condemning. The children of anger who believed so much in a one sided story of malice, arrogance and victimhood.
Don't blame yakubu Gowon for he refused the aburi accord, let just take the past as past and destiny that has been written because God almighty knows why everything in life happens before we even intended over it.
There use to be a house in my street the house belongs to a Igbo family and till now they never came back to claim it and it not belong to a Yoruba man
Same in Benin. Yet you can hear ignorant and heartless Nigerians on this comment justifying the war. I pray for them to experience one.
Evil people always live long 😢😢😢😢
True, but what about Nelson Mandela, was he evil? Just asking.
They live very very very long.
@@mubatsievonne4649 you are right about Mandela 😂😂😂
Am Igbo but i feel sad for Gowon 💯 he has a lot of burden on his mind . Am sure in hindsight he regretted everything that happened . May God forgive us all for killing ourselves all in the name of greed selfishness nd hate.
Thank you my brother I can see from your statement you have good spirit. Yes as a typical Igbo man one's bound to be bitter about civil war but you look beyond sentiments and see it as part of human error. Indeed you are right Gowon is burdened and ned to be sympathize with. If many can imbibe this kind of spirit I think we will have a lovely country. Remain blessed.
I wonder how this bastard have been able to sleep all these nights with blood filled hands
How can he sleep or didn't you see the vengeance of innocent blood that he shed been retributed on his people of middle belt .
Even today if any Igbo try nonsense in Nigeria will decisively dealt with
@@abdullahimuhammad8028Kai Mallam irin wanan magana ba kyo
Why didn't he stop the killings Igbos in the north. Today, he is a witness to the killings of his people in benue and plateau states. He has a credibility problem.
You read my mind. He only implied that Ojukwu asked Easterners to return to the East but he never told us how he failed to stop the killing of Easterners when he finally took over. The British Higher Commissioner, Bruce-Cumming, even blamed him for failing to stop the killing. He also was going to announce the secession of the North shortly after he took over but the American ambassador and the British High Commissioner prevailed not him not to do so. Even then his announcement on August 1, 1966 hinted that the basis of unity was not longer there. Nigerian history for you.
This Man still have bad feeling for Late General Murtala Muhammad. We read how he became the Nigerian leader with the help Murtala and here he's saying Soldiers wanted him to lead them. With all due respect it's not true that was what happened. Joe Garba in his book ' Revolution in Nigeria and the Biafran War-: Another view' has narrated what exactly happened . The Man even in death is bitter with Murtala Muhammad period.
Well softly spoken man
U were among the northern officers who sent ur kinsmen to k.ll ironsi and all igbos living all over the country. how can u say they were given instructions not to k.ll him by who ?
Ooh guys war is war, it's a conflict and who looses lost and who wins won, I'm sorry for those millions that died, but gowon is a good man, but he can't satisfy everyone
He did not oversee the Nigerian civil war. He triggered it.
No
He never saw a single battle line and the real battle Obasanjo, Danjuma, Murtala Muhammed and the likes where those who supervised and fought in the war.
GOWON IS A KILLER