Considering the pressures he was exposed to,and also his relative inexperience,his level-headed mindset was remarkable.

I'm so impressed with his intelligence at this age to lead a country like Nigeria at a difficult time in her history. Please commend his bravery.

So the Nigerian civil war was all about oil revenue and not OJukwu or North and Igbo or one Nigeria. Oil is what is all about, oil , oil! Both ojukwu and Gowon was only interested about the oil not better life for Nigerians

The Nigerian Civil (Biafran) War was mainly Britain VS France for Nigerian's oil.

I had an opportunity to listen to one interview Gowon granted to British journalist. In the interview, things went wrong and Gowan began to yell back at the British man, "you guys are the ones who told us to kill the Igbos" I am surprised that no one had since posted this video on KZfaq.

The first blow was struck on the 15th of January 1966 when almost an entire generation of thinkers and people qualified to lead our country were killed like dogs in the street. I am sorry if this offends but you can not build anything great from such a brutal and catastrophic event. Everything that took place after that was bound to happen. The military do not belong in the political arena. They are not qualified and it violates the constitution of any civilised country. Ojukwu, Gowon etc should have chosen either the gun or civilian life to make a difference. You can't have both. What would you say to people who effect significant change in this world without firing a single round and killing their own brothers? Nigeria has never recovered from the choosing to rule by the gun. Secession was never a viable economic option for Nigeria and neither was the civil war. Period. It would have been the death of the rest of all our people. Every military ruler and so-called well intentioned politician comes in under the pretence of addressing injustices and cleaning up corruption only to replace what was there before with something worse. There is a difference between a man fighting for justice and a man that has achieved his aims sitting in his office with a bloated belly. Do not worship these people like they gods and do not make heroes out of anyone. They almost led all our people to destruction. The real heroes are the ordinary people who still love their country despite that shameful episode in our history. I am tired of listening to generation upon generation breathing life into an illegal and an unjust war that resulted in mass killings on both sides and shamed our race. I am Yoruba and I have many cousins from the east and we celebrate the ethnic diversity in our family. We are all brothers and sisters and we should respect our humanity which is more important that any ethnicity, country or flag. Some of these people that are being hero worshipped did not step foot in Ibo land till their 20's. Most of them were born in the north and were from privileged backgrounds as well as being stooges for the British who had bad bele after being being thrown out of the country in 1960. Fight for your name and fight for your family. Forget about these so-called leaders that never missed a meal.

A very sensible and intelligent leader who later on attended Warwick University to further his knowledge of Politics.

The hero of all time

I'm Igbo but I have a personal love for Gowon. I cannot even say why.

That is a leader. No wonder Nigeria is still great despite all the ills experienced in the past.

Do Biafrans even know how many Midwestern civilians your soldiers killed please don’t accuse Gowon of Hypocrisy when you yourself are being hypocritical

D war was avoidable. D ego btw Gowon n Ojukwu led to d war. Im an Oxford man vs Im a Sandhurst man. We want peace. Never again should we see ds again.

Gowon may you and your generations to come never have peace for all the innocent blood you killed. Amen for ever

unfortunately it is now lasting forever

after applying force against the people wish. Is Nigeria still united till today? . Use of force can never stop an ideology and can never make a country progress. Our struggle for Biafra continues till today and we must achieve it. It’s will only take time and sadly more lives will continue to lost until the wish of the people is done ✅

Very measured response.

Even though I was a little child hiding in the bushes of Biafra I still have the greatest respect for General Gowon. Let us thank him for the way he prosecuted the war. He had no bitterness in his heart. He was simply a stooge used by these Hausa/Fulani criminals. Long Live General Yakubu Gowon.

I respect both men: Gowon and Ojukwu., they were not bad in themselves; their people were. They were only being used in my view.

Highly Intelligent

This man called Gowon, was living in the past, and in spite of his age so immatured in his reasoning about the difference that he had with his Christian brethren from the Eastern region, to a point drawings arms murdering millions of them, including young children and maiming thousands upon thousands of people, vowing to till fight on. His selfish interest of being the Supreme commander, and sabotaging the Aburi Peace Accord opted it all.

Bingo

See how these people were speaking English

You dont force people to be together

Ojukwu wanted to become an oil sheikh from Nnewi. The man is a greedy bufoon.

Sandhurst vs Oxford? Oil? Ego? Immaturity? Tools? The War.

You all keep alluding to Ojukwu s greed. You forget that his father was Nigerias first self made millionaire, for which Sir Odumegwu was knighted. His son, young colonel was Sandhurst trained, understood economics, he needed the oil money from his homeland to defend his people, allowing access to this revenue to the Federal Government was his major failure, especially after Aburi accord which the Federal government ignored. Without gunboats all Biafrans were sitting ducks to be slaughtered by British aided Naval blockade through starvation. The only credit I give Gowon is that he chose this more humane method, but he later went on to embezzle $40million and bought house in Britain while still a student in his late thirties, there. Colonel Ojukwu never stole oil money and no Biafra born Army officers did. Almost all the northern military leaders stole money starting from Gowon, through Abacha,etc. Some got creative and called their loot "Rural Electrification " ,I personal ly lost my paychecks to Babangidas greed when he cut salaries.

They did fight a total war though 😢

There are too many chances to avert this civil war if not Ojukwu's greed ,selfishness and desperation for power.

A misfit.

Modern 4 million people biafrans die during the war

Lol. Gowon, and how did all of this turn out? Friends? Hell no. There's no friendship anywhere.

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The living legend

my heroes

Disgraceful

One can see your illogicality in all your arguments, for instance, you say "I told my troupes that they are not fighting a total war". So what did you fight? The past generation, the present generation, and the future have you to blame for your rash decision and for the evil that will happen to Nigeria because of the thoughtless decision you and Ojukwu made.