Sam Omatseye is more knowledgeable than the general himself

It depends on which individuals are owning them? Land owners or based on patronage. Where the oil is not on land, there should be criteria for awarding developers. You cannot have government owning assets: they should be tax takers

And not only is he a talkative, he is so uninformed, tribalistic and biased. He did not even let the person he was interviewing to put in a word edgewise.

He talks too damn Much!!!

The host purely has more knowledge than the general

@@ejionyemchikwado9262 Even if he has more knowledge than the General,he was not the one being interviewed. He talked too much in this interview.

@@ejionyemchikwado9262 You are talking rubbish! How did you come to such a conclusion that the host is more knowledgeable when he did not allow the guest to talk?

You get sense my brother 👍

Thank you so much for pointing out @14:10 the false statement that Ojukwu's reason for declaring Biafra was because he was jealous of Gowon becoming HOS. What a gibberish from a supposedly brilliant journalist?

He talks too much.

Am not a Nigerian but from history, Nigeria has never been 2 countries like English and French Cameroons. So there's no way Nigeria can be divided into nations. You guys should just learn how to live together happily. Nija has a lot of potential if united. The voice or influence Nija has in Africa n the world wouldn't have been possible if the country was divided. Dividing your country is just for selfish interest of some power Igbo elites.

@@yusufuhassan4105 do you know what is going on in Nigeria now? Do u know the amount of suffering and theft? A country where snake swallows money, u expect people not to agitate

Gown actually joined the Army several years before Ojukwu and was commissioned 2/Lt. on October 19, 1955 (his 21st birthday). But Ojukwu's date of commission was backdated to September 22, 1955 on account of his University degree. Gowon became a Lt. on September 9, 1957, 13 days before Ojukwu. But Ojukwu became a Captain on September 22, 1961, just shy of one month before Gowon became a Captain. On March 7, 1963 Oiukwu was promoted Major, two days before Gowon. However, both men became Lt. Cols. on the same day.

KZfaq be deleting my comments

If you were in their position and that was your job, what would you have honestly done ?

@@1anre protect unarmed civilians.

@@agubatamartin4368 We are talking about enemy combatants here. No need to try and twist the narrative

Initially.....today it's relegated due to classing

Charls Nwaokoye : How many people from the other parts of Nigeria were part of the 1966 coup apart from the Ibos that killed Akintola (Yoruba), Okotie Eboh ( Urobo), Tafawa Balewa& Saudana ( Fulani) etc whilst Azikwe, got a tipped off and ran to London and Okpara and all Eastern leader’s lives were speared and untouched? This sectional misdeeds of the Ibos coup plotters mastermind by Nzegwu who bragged and taunted the killing of Saudana was the principal reason why the North staged the counter coup that took Gen Ironsi .

With all his intelligence, where is he today? He was summarily retired after the war while Buhari continues to wax stronger. Buhari became the president two times while he is almost a nonentity. He and his foolish non-Igbo southerners fought the war on behalf of the north, only to be pushed away when it came to sharing the post-Biafra war booty. So who is the intelligent person now?

You have a big problem if you don't see the positives in this educative discussion... Very big one!

No not him

His book is like 2 dictionaries thick. You should be ready to really read a lot

What has yoruba done to affect Nigeria. The only yoruba who ruled Nigeria brought something you are using to type your rubbish now and the premier of yoruba Awolowo achieved more than any man in Nigeria for his region. So stop typing nonsense

Why did biafra cross the river? You could have stayed in your enclave. The same greed to control Nigeria that made Ironsi jettision the regional constitution

Since Lagos was the Nigeria's capital in 1967 and Nigeria launched the first attack on Biafra, where did you expect Biafra to attack? Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri or Lagos? Ironsi did not jettison regional constitution/federalism. When Ironsi came to power, Nigeria had 4 regions that were self-reliant and when he was murdered in the counter coup, Nigeria still had 4 regions. When Ironsi came to power, Nigeria had fiscal federalism and when he was murdered, Nigeria still maintained fiscal federalism. So can you tell me how Ironsi jettisoned regional constitution. Gowon/Awolowo administration destroyed Nigeria's federalism. I guess this truth is too complex for you to decipher.

@@tayorobinson2315 What has the achievement of Awolowo got to do with the assertion of the commentator? Was Awolowo the only premier that achieved a lot for his people?

@@ukoparah chief Awolowo achieved alot thats what attracted all other regions to western region. Am sure if you are not bias can you compare your premier in east or the premier in the north to Chief Awolowo ir can you point out one thing your premier achieved that can be spoken of today? Please if you don't have tangible arguments don't try to get involved in things you know nothing about

The Sardauna Ahmadu Bello coined the phrase HausaFulani, so the caliphate used both the hausa and islam to weild political power. Middle belt and the Kanuris had always been against the caliphate. Then the Igbos (Zik and Ironsi) wanted the full control of Nigeria, hence the unitary system by Ironsi and alliances by Zik and Zik's opposition to Awo requesting regional succession clause . Yorubas were always in opposition until this APC tenure.

Sani Abacha is a kanuri by origin but born in kano and speaks hausa fluently, adopted kano as his state of origin.

The welfare idea of the west that time was necessary and perhaps should have been the starting point for every part of the country. Nevertheless the west had Odua investment and very many economic programmes to help state and individuals no wonder the gains of cocoa business still reflects in the west till today. For instance the types of houses owned by individuals in the west in the fifties and sixties were not found anywhere in Nigeria showing that the west was prosperous

@@ebenezerrotimi Yes you're right, only that we're all facing the consequences of a socially minded country now. Everyone thinks nothing about bettering the lots of their lives until the government does it. An average Nigerian is always looking up to the next election and the next promise. The consequence is eventual stagnation. A capitalist state will usually start small, but the progress is unending.

Spoken like a true uncultured igbo man. Calling an old man childish because you hate the truth you are hearing.

BATHRAM OKERE get over it

Listen to ur comment, what sense does it make?

I see lack of ability to pay attention to crystal clear details.

You have problem

The war was to keep Nigeria one. The achievement is, Nigeria is still one country till today.