On March 31,1968,there was an ambush at Abagana town in the present
Anambra State by Biafran troops led by Major Jonathan Uchendu that wiped
out the Nigerian 2 Division.That Nigerian 2 Division under the command
of Murtala Mohammed was in a long convoy of about 300 military vehicles
heading to Enugu to link up with the Nigerian 1 Division.On this
occasion, Murtala Mohammed was baying for blood.He was blood thirsty and
had perfected his plans to suck as much Igbo blood as possible.Apart
from the 200 military vehicles bearing arms and ammunition,Murtala had
in that convoy a trailer load of horse whips.Murtala's intention was to
have every Igbo male child from the age of 6 whipped before being shot
to death.Don't forget that on October 7,1967 he lined up about a
thousand Asaba male indigenes and had them executed and buried in mass
graves.Some fathers who came to the 'meeting' with their kids had the
kids also shot on the orders of Murtala,but God is never a 'bom
boy'.Today Murtala Mohammed has had his generation and lineage
closed.Ronke,the Yoruba woman he married gave him only one female
child.He never heard the cry of a male child in his home before Buka
Suka Dimka's hot bullets rained on his body in a bloody coup as he
headed from Dodan Barracks for Moslem Jumat prayers on 13th of
February,1976.
During that Abagana ambush,of the 6,000 Nigerian
troops only a very small number survived, this included Murtala Muhammed
who was the commander of the 2 Division.He was said to have been
pursued by Major Jonathan Uchendu to Nanka,but missed capturing the mass
murderer by the whiskers as the helicopter in which he escaped took off
as Uchendu was arriving there.
Now I want to let us know that
there's a significance to the destruction of the Nigerian Army 2
Division.After that heroic ambush by Biafran soldiers,Gowon promptly
relieved Murtala of the command of the 2 Division and he was never given
any more roles till after the war.This was after Gowon learnt of
Murtala's hideous intention to wipe out every Igbo male,after horse
whipping and being shot,and the women were to be given to the
Hausa/Fulani and 'munchi' soldiers as sport.I want to reveal to you that
it was in anger of that that Murtala overthrew Gowon in a palace coup
d'tat while he was away in Ethiopia,and it was in retaliation that
Middle Belt elements in the Army,led by Dimka, conspired and attempted
to take back power and hand back over to Gowon who was then exiled in
London.
If Murtala had had his way,the entire generations of the
Igbo nation would have been wiped out,but thanks to gallant Biafran
soldiers who inadvertently saved us from such fate.Who knows,perhaps the
persons that gave birth to you and I would have suffered that fate as
Murtala planned.Had that happened none of us would have been on planet
earth today.This is one of the major reasons why those heroes that
fought the Nigerian aggressors in different fronts must be honoured.
Biafra lost 3.5 million people in the genocide that can only be compared
to the Jewish pogrom in the hands of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler.The
people of Biafra suffered the greatest deprivation ever witnessed in the
history of man,and yet without help they fought the British,the
Nigerians,The Soviet Union,Egyptian pilots flying Soviet made MIG
fighter jets,and strafing markets and hospitals.In fact it seemed then
like Biafra fought the whole world. This is why those who fought to keep
us alive must be honoured, from Generals Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Phillip
Effiong,Madebo,and others such as "Hanibal" Joe Achuzie who died
recently,Kaduna Nzeogwu,Tim Onwuatuegwu,Jonathan Uchendu, the millions
of children who Nigeria and the British caused their death through
starvation and subsequently, kwashiorkor,the great Biafran scientists
like Dr.Roy Umenyi,Professor Godian Ezekwe,Professor Frank
Ndili,Dr.Ezekiel Izuogu,,Professor P.N Okeke, among others.We would not
also forget the thousands of Biafran soldiers who fought gallantly with
no other weapon but determination, anchored on self preservation.
We
owe them nothing but honour and we can only do that by sitting at home
come Wednesday,May 30th.May 30 is Biafra Heroes Day.SIT AT HOME.HONOUR
OUR FALLEN HEROES!
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