{"id":166267,"date":"2025-06-09T12:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T11:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ipob-responds-to-gowon-on-biafra-civil-war-legacy"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:21:27","slug":"ipob-responds-to-gowon-on-biafra-civil-war-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ipob-responds-to-gowon-on-biafra-civil-war-legacy","title":{"rendered":"IPOB Responds to Gowon on Biafra Civil War Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, likened former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon\u2019s legacy to that of German dictator Adolf Hitler who slaughtered six million Jews.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB maintained that Gowon will never be known for unity but for unparalleled brutality like Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>The group accused Gowon of insulting Biafrans with his latest remark on unity which it claimed was an insensitive, provocative, and shameless attempt to whitewash the Biafran genocide he orchestrated.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB rubbished Gowon\u2019s comment that the Biafra civil war was fought \u201cfor unity and not hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cIPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu vehemently condemns the recent statement by General Yakubu Gowon, former Nigerian Head of State, describing his remarks as a provocative, insensitive, and shameless attempt to whitewash the atrocities of the Biafran genocide he orchestrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis claim that the Nigerian Civil War was fought for unity, not hatred, is not only a grotesque distortion of history but a deliberate insult to the millions of Biafrans slaughtered under his command and an affront to all victims of his premeditated genocidal campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGowon\u2019s crocodile tears over the violence in Jos and his hollow lamentations about Nigeria\u2019s disunity cannot erase the bloodstains on his hands. His words are a painful reminder of the unrepentant arrogance of a man who presided over the massacre of over five million Biafrans, men, women, and children, whose only crime was seeking self-determination in the face of systemic marginalization and state-sponsored pogroms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo compare his genocidal war to a quest for unity is to spit on the graves of our ancestors and mock the suffering of survivors. Gowon\u2019s legacy is not one of unity but of unparalleled brutality, second only to Adolf Hitler\u2019s slaughter of six million Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe demand that Gowon answer the following questions, which he has dodged for decades:<\/p>\n<p>What happened at Aburi? Why did you renege on the agreements reached with Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, which could have averted the war? Why did you repeatedly seek guidance from a certain diplomat during those negotiations, betraying Nigeria\u2019s sovereignty to neo-colonial interests?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you perpetuate the falsehood that the January 1966 coup was an Igbo plot when evidence clearly shows it was a military action by officers from across Nigeria? Why did you refuse to return Nigeria to regionalism, a system that fostered unprecedented economic growth, in favor of a unitary structure designed to exploit Biafra\u2019s oil and gas resources?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat transpired during the late Sir Ahmadu Bello\u2019s visit to Sandhurst, where he addressed Nigerian cadets in Hausa, sowing seeds of division? As a self-proclaimed born-again Christian, why have you refused to publish your account of the Aburi Accord? What truth are you afraid to reveal to posterity?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGowon\u2019s periodic speeches are not calls for healing but deliberate provocations that reopen old wounds. His refusal to acknowledge the truth about the Biafran genocide, starvation policies, mass executions, and aerial bombardments of civilian populations demonstrates his lack of remorse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnity cannot be imposed by force, nor can it thrive in a contraption like Nigeria, an artificial creation designed by colonial masters to exploit indigenous ethnic nationalities. The diverse cultures and worldviews of Nigeria\u2019s peoples are irreconcilable under a forced union that prioritizes the interests of a few over the aspirations of many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Gowon and his ilk we say: Your generation failed to build a foundation for meaningful development or coexistence. Your actions sowed the seeds of discord that Nigeria reaps today. Spare us your sanctimonious rhetoric about unity. The blood of five million Biafrans cries out for justice, and no amount of media posturing can silence their voices. If you seek peaceful coexistence, let your actions, not empty words, prove it. Begin by telling the world how you sleep at night after superintending one of history\u2019s worst atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IPOB remained resolute in the pursuit of self-determination for Biafra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on all Biafrans, both at home and in the diaspora, to reject Gowon\u2019s revisionist narrative and unite in our quest for freedom. Nigeria\u2019s unity is a myth, sustained by coercion and exploitation. The time for truth, justice, and liberation is now,\u201d IPOB added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, likened former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon\u2019s legacy to that of German dictator Adolf Hitler who slaughtered six million Jews. IPOB maintained that Gowon will never be known for unity but for unparalleled brutality like Hitler. 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