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Many do not realise that Nigeria has already had half a dozen constitutional debates - none...Read the full article.

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As Ojukwu said “It is better that we move slightly apart and survive, it is much worse that we move closer and perish in the collision.”

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Admin or Big K or SLB, can the Quote above be incorporated or integrated in 'Quote of the Day' on the frontpage of the NVS.

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I second that motion.

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This is the type of records that some self-styled "nationalists" wouldn't want to see in the public space, let alone have the public discuss it. One reason for this is that their portraying themselves as committed "one-Nigerians" could be seen to be hollow and deceptive.

It's unfortuante that some persons, due to their short-sightedness, selfishness, over patriotism for one Nigeria, or hidden agenda, decided to throw away a golden opportunity to take a critical look at issues and produce a constitution/country that would be truly united and strong. Our civil war thus ended without anyone seeing the need to ontinue with the dialogue. At least those who mattered in the scheme of things then didn't see the need. And what we are doing today is to argue issues that we would have taken care of long ago. So when next you visit an international airport in Nigeria, you might see yourself pronouncing the name of a great soldier and nationalist who gave his all to ensure that Nigeria remained one strong united entity but had to kill off innocent and unarmed citizens of that same Nigeria in the process. And today some are proud to reference him and his cohorts as national heroes. After all, he fought for the unity of the country and even apologised for the minor mistake of the ethnic cleansing he approved.

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FROM THE ARTICLE....

"Nigeria has wasted billions of Naira on constitutional debates and constitutions that are no longer in use, and a future SNC is unlikely to discuss anything that has not already been covered in the previous constitutional debates. Ironically the best recorded of these constitutional debates was never implemented, and Nigeria has been paying the price since. To plan for the future Nigeria might do well to go back into its archives and learn from the "SNC" which it has already "

"Ojukwu's aides were not without doubt. Some warned him that the Aburi meeting could be a trap set by anti-Igbo members of the Federal Government to arrest or kill him. Ojukwu brushed aside their concerns by pointing out that he had received a guarantee of safe passage from Lt-Colonel Gowon, and that he had to trust Gowon's word as an officer and a gentleman."

"Ojukwu decided to show his good faith, and to test the good faith of the others by asking all present to renounce the use of force to settle the crisis. Ojukwu's motion was accepted without objection."

"Ojukwu reasoned that in January 1966, soldiers from every region of the federation (Nzeogwu: Mid-West, Ifeajuna-East, Ademoyega: West, Kpera: North) had staged a coup in which soldiers and politicians from every region of the federation (Akintola: West, Balewa: North, Unegbe: East, Okotie-Eboh: Mid-West) were also killed. Whereas when northern soldiers staged a revenge coup in July, soldiers from one region of the federation only (North: Danjuma, Murtala, Martin Adamu et al) singled out soldiers from one region in the federation as their targets (East: Okoro, Ironsi etc). "

"Ojukwu almost prophetically warned that allowing a middle ranking officer backed by coup plotters to become the Head of State irrespective of seniority would create a dangerous precedent which Nigeria would find difficult to emerge from. "

"Ojukwu used a metaphor to explain his reasoning: “It is better that we move slightly apart and survive, it is much worse that we move closer and perish in the collision.”


Those are facts that have been contineously twisted overtime , so much you will start to beleive the opposite as the truth!

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It would be nice if Max would see the following rather than being carried away by how clever or intelligent Ojukwu is/was

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The debaters threw off formality and addressed each other by their first names: "Emeka", "Bolaji", "Jack" (nickname of Lt-Colonel Gowon) were thrown around as if addressing each other in at a social gathering. One of Ojukwu’s secretaries was amazed to observe that “the meeting went on in a most friendly and cordial atmosphere which made us, the non-military advisers, develop a genuine respect and admiration for the military men and their sense of comradeship. The meeting continued so smoothly and ended so successfully…..that I for one, was convinced that among themselves, the military had their own methods
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Commodore Wey slammed the point home rather forcefully when he declared that "Candidly if there had ever been a time in my life when I thought somebody had hurt me sufficiently for me to wish to kill him it was when one of these fellows opened his mouth too wide".

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A pack of opportunistic jackals, representative of the mindset of the pure colonial army who in their haste to fill the boots of their departed colonial overlords felt then and still feel now that they were better than the "bloody civilians"
A conference held by murderous soldiers to reconcile themselves after killing their comrades...... So they could rule for themselves.
What would we call that? Rulership of zombie by zombie for zombie?

How can anyone imagine these murderous band of drunkards could by any stretch of the imagination represent the citizens of any country? They certainly don't represent me.


Thats how I see this, it doesn't come close to what people calling for a SNC has in mind.