Proscribed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, of masterminding the killings of millions of Igbo people during the 30 months Nigeria/Biafra civil war which lasted from 1967 to 1970. Gowon had, in an interview to mark his 90th birthday last week, alluded that the Southeast should be blamed for the civil war following their attempt to secede from Nigeria.👉 For More READ FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE ↔️
“I have always said that if there’s no secession, there wouldn’t be a breakout, and there wouldn’t be a question of civil war because it got to the stage that the situation was getting pretty clear that a part of the country, the Southeast, wanted to secede,” he had said.
But the Biafra agitators have refused to buy that explanation, saying the former military leader was the originator and cause of the unrest that claimed the lives of over three million Biafrans.
In a statement on Monday, the group alleged that there was no secession agitation at the time Gowon declared war on the South-East region.
“We read General Gowon’s speech, where he decided to hide the truth about the real cause of the war between Nigeria and Biafra,” IPOB said.
“He is laboring in vain to wash and launder his image tainted by the atrocities he and his Nigerian soldiers committed against the Biafrans.
“He has told us that he was sick after the meeting at Aburi in Ghana and could not announce the agreement reached between Nigeria and Biafra about confederation or regional autonomy so that every region would govern itself and develop at its own pace.
“Gowon said he did not prepare very well for the meeting and did not go with his secretary.
“He came back from Ghana and became sick because Odumegwu Ojukwu went to the meeting fully prepared and presented a superior argument on regional government. It was General Gowon’s failure to implement this agreement for the confederation that caused the war. “General Gowon, with due respect, we want to address you as an elder. You are 90 and do not know when you will depart from this world to face your maker. We expect you to tell the truth.”👉 For More READ FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE ↔️
