Aburi: Emeka Ojukwu's Unfulfilled Promise And The Lies Of Yakubu Gowon By Remi Oyeyemi | Sahara Reporters During my active days in journalism, I never had the chance to interview the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. And I am not... READ MORE:
During an encounter with Late General Joseph Nanven Garba at Ile-Ife at a very private meeting put together by my elder brother, whose name I have to leave out of this, I was"lectured" by him on why the North had to take certain stances in the days and months leading to the Nigerian Civil War .
The then Colonel Benjamin Adekunle who was succeeded by then Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo at the Third Marine Commando on the war front, once reportedly called Yakubu Gowon a"coward" to his face as a result of some decisions which Gowon had taken in respect of the on-going war then. Gowon also alluded to his own reputation as a"coward" when he said publicly that Ojukwu had said that he would not fight.
Right now, I must confess, I am very upset with Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Ikemba of Nnewi and the former Biafran leader. Yes, I am very upset with him. He annoyed me for his unfulfilled promise to write his memoir about the civil war. He had promised me repeatedly during our engagement and interview that he would write the all important memoir. His failure to fulfil that promise has left a yawning lacuna for cowards to have a fraidy-cat feast and gratuitously malign his memory.
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