On June 6, 1967, the federal government declared a ‘police action’ to contain the secession of the Eastern Nigeria, which had taken place on, May 30, 1967. On August 9 the secessionist troops invaded and occupied the Midwestern; an event which resulted in two development. Firstly, it primped the Federal Government to declare a full-scale war on the rebels, and to add the Region to its theatre of war against the rebellion. Secondly, it undermined the neutrality and the peaceful role played initially by the Midwest in the crisis before the invasion, the Midwestern state political and traditional leaders had resisted the use of its state as a battleground against the secessionist and played host to efforts at the peaceful resolution of the conflict. A case in point was the peace meeting between delegation of the Federal Government and the Eastern Nigeria at NFOR near Benin City in 1966.
But, this policy of neutrality changed with the rebel invasion.

The rebel occupation force instituted a government headed by Major (Dr.) Albert Nwazu Okonkwo who was appointed administrator on August 17, 1967 by the secessionist leader colonel Odumegwe Ojukwu, Okonkwo administration lasted six weeks from August 9 to September 20, 1967 during which period the policies and activities of the rebel army deeply antagonized the non-Igbo speaking people of the state. The Midwest was renamed ‘‘Republic of Benin’’ in the early hours of September 20,1967 by Governor Okonkwo.But the Midwest as the’’ Republic of Benin’’ lasted a few hours before it was liberated by the federal troops led by late Col. Murtala Mohammed. The federal government immediately appointed Major Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia as Administrator and later as the military governor of the state. He embarked on the process of reconciliation, reconstruction, and rehabilitation aimed at ameliorating the ill feeling and mistrust that had been sown amongst the non-Igbo of the state by the rebel invasion.

Pic below: 1967 cartoon of the idiot, Okonkwo .

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So how did this Army Medic end up as military administrator of occupied Midwest region and later as HoS to an independent puppet state of Benin fully under Enugu?

After Banjo had successfully invaded Midwest despite Midwest declaring neutrality under provisions of decree 8 as declared by the now ousted Ejoor, Banjo and Ojukwu argued back and forth for three days about whom to appoint Governor/ Administrator of the Midwest. Ojukwu had apparently initially preferred Lt. Col. Nwawo as the governor But Banjo, eager to avoid creating a restive non-Ibo population, independently and separately approached Lt. Col. David Ejoor (through the Catholic mission), Major Sam Ogbemudia (through an agent) and Lt. Col. Trimnell (a molato officer with ancestral links to Aboh division), in that order The first two declined. Ojukwu turned down the latter, ultimately choosing Major Albert Nwazu Okonkwo, a Midwest Ibo medical officer


Okonkwo will flee from Benin city to his village a day after declaring himself HoS of an independent Benin nation and from there communicate his resignation from the Nigerian Army.

What were they smoking back then?

able20:
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Stop derailing .

You idiots have been screaming of this Tinubu CSU record being released since yesterday but up til now we never hear or see anything.

Nobody will trust them with power.

PDP used them for 16 yrs and never for once consider them for power.

It is abundantly clear that the invasion, occupation and later declaration of a puppet independent state of Benin was a deliberate igbonization project of the Midwest.

The 7 week occupation by biafran orcs saw to non Ibo Bendelites being targeted for summary execution and mass murder by a what can best be described as biafran killer squads who indiscriminately arrested and killed non Bendel Ibo males of military age on suspicion they were against the occupation.

This is the same Midwestern people who felt sympathy for fleeing Ibo refugees passing through their lands and provided them with humanitarian aid as they made their way back across the Niger.

This is same Midwest under the Urhobo military administrator that invoked decree 8 to declare neutrality and from there prevented northern troops from invading through Midwest territory.

To the Bendelites , this was a war between the northern region and eastern region.

But Ojukwu and Enugu saw this as a sign of weakness instead of principle on the part of Ejoor and from there invaded and occupied the Midwest with the active collaboration of some misguided Bendel Ibos .

Ejoor who had somewhat became a go between negotiator between Ojukwu and Gowon was now put on a wanted dead or alive hit list by Ojukwu.

The 7week occupation by Ibo orcs and how they went about harrassing and killing non ibo Bendelites indiscriminately was a turning point in the relationship between the peoples of old Bendel towards ibos that still waxes strong till this day.

This one has his mouth full of lgbo shit. Igbo shit sweet him sotay he has opened 6 threads about lgbos in one hour. Oga jobless mofo, mama ify need your mouth to shit

At the time of the Biafran Invasion, there had been no "northern" troops in the Midwest. The Nigerian Army 4th Area Command had two battalions organized in nine companies. Two companies were based in Benin, two in Agbor, two in Asaba, and one each in Warri, Auchi and Ekiadolor. It was manned by Midwesterners, under the command of Lt. Col. Conrad Nwawo [the same officer to whom Major Patrick C.K. Nzeogwu (also Midwest Ibo) had surrendered in Jan 1966]. Because several non-Ibo officers remained in Lagos and Kaduna, all but three officers on the ground (Lt. Col. David Ejoor, Majors Ogbemudia and Eremobor) of the rank of Major and above were Midwestern Ibos. Probably 75% or more of the 42 officers were Ibo-speaking. Indeed, in addition to possessing a sizable chunk of the rank and file, among the strategic positions in the Command, Ibo-speaking officers held the following:

Commander, 4th Area Command (Lt. Col. Nwawo)
General Staff Officer 1 (Operations) (Lt. Col. Nwanjei)
Staff Officer (Civil-Military Liaison), Governors Office
Commander, Benin Garrison, including two companies (Lt. Col. Ruddy Trimnell)
Battalion Commander (Lt. Col. Igboba)
Battalion Commander (Lt. Col. Ochei)
Commanding Officer, Depot. (Lt. Col. Keshi)
Officer in charge, Engineers/ Communications (Lt. Col. Okwechime)
Company Commander, Auchi area
Company Commanders, Asaba area (including Major Alabi-Isama)
Company Commanders, Agbor area
Company Commander Warri area
Company Commander, Ekiadolor Unit
Non-Ibos held the following positions:

Quarter Master-General, 4th area command (Major Ogbemudia)
Intelligence Officer (Major Eremobor)

Col. David Ejoor (Military Governor, Midwest), was thus caught between numerous Midwestern Ibo officers (whom he could neither trust nor control) and the federal government (whom they did not trust). Not exactly a stranger to intrigue, Ejoor (as Commander 1st battalion, Enugu), narrowly escaped death (from Majors Anuforo and Ifeajuna) at the Ikoyi Hotel in Lagos, Jan 15,1966. He also slipped out of an attempted kidnap (by Ojukwu) during the burial of Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi at Umuahia on Jan 20, 1967. As noted above, he tried to play a balancing act as a neutral, by declaring that the Midwestern region 'would not become a battlefield'. It was a no win situation.

nedu666:
This one has his mouth full of lgbo shit. Igbo shit sweet him sotay he has opened 6 threads about lgbos in one hour. Oga jobless mofo, mama ify need your mouth to shit

Ohu

NotMagicBishop:


Stop derailing .

You idiots have been screaming of this Tinubu CSU record being released since yesterday but up til now we never hear or see anything.

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Kaiser20:



CSU Certificate: Save Us Members Of APC Of Inflicted Shame, Eze Counsels Tinubu

Derail as much as you like.

NotMagicBishop:


Derail as much as you like.

Please don’t be distracted. You are doing us a great favor by researching and narrating the truth about events of the past. Thanks so much for this great piece!

If you're mature, you will know that $1=#1090 and inflation rate is 25.6%. This should be your worries and not bragging rights of who's president!

Judgementa1:
Nobody will trust them with power.

PDP used them for 16 yrs and never for once consider them for power.

ValarDoharis:
If you're mature, you will know that $1=#1090 and inflation rate is 25.6%. This should be your worries and not bragging rights of who's president!

I don't reply biafrans.

Again, you're not mature. Focus on things that affects you and stop joking around for things that you have no control over. You cannot determine who will be president, not even a thousand of you

Judgementa1:

I don't reply biafrans.

ValarDoharis:
Again, you're not mature. Focus on things that affects you and stop joking around for things that you have no control over. You cannot determine who will be president, not even a thousand of you

Rest ogbeni and stop being emotional. Election is over and u lost.

Election is not over and I did not lose. Temporarily, Nigeria lost because we all patronize same markets. There's nothing the so-called winner buy cheaper! Use your head!

Judgementa1:

Rest ogbeni and stop being emotional. Election is over and u lost.

ValarDoharis:
Again, you're not mature. Focus on things that affects you and stop joking around for things that you have no control over. You cannot determine who will be president, not even a thousand of you

Why is this topic paining you ?


Do you have a reason you don't want us to revisit the invasion and occupation of the Midwest and how your biafran orc army went about harrassing and executing non Ibo Bendelites ?

I responded to only one person..has nothing to do with the topic.

Regarding the topic, firstly, I'm from Delta Igbo. Secondly, I cannot undo the past but we can redo the future. People keep talking about the constitution of 1963 but we're here now, what stops us from making a new constitution esp with all the learnings we've gotten for 63yrs?

Narrow-minded people like you guys think that apportioning blames of past events of actions done by dead people will fix the future!

NotMagicBishop:


Why is this topic paining you ?


Do you have a reason you don't want us to revisit the invasion and occupation of the Midwest and how your biafran orc army went about harrassing and executing non Ibo Bendelites ?

Judgementa1:

I don't reply biafrans.

He is a proud Biafran


Are you a proud Nigerian at the moment whose current president have become an international embarrassment

ValarDoharis:
Election is not over and I did not lose. Temporarily, Nigeria lost because we all patronize same markets. There's nothing the so-called winner buy cheaper! Use your head!

Again stop being emotional. Obi has the worst credentials and precedent among the top 4 candidates.

Tell me what his achievement is in Anambra that transcend beyond.

ValarDoharis:
I responded to only one person..has nothing to do with the topic.

Regarding the topic, firstly, I'm from Delta Igbo. Secondly, I cannot undo the past but we can redo the future. People keep talking about the constitution of 1963 but we're here now, what stops us from making a new constitution esp with all the learnings we've gotten for 63yrs?

Narrow-minded people like you guys think that apportioning blames of past events of actions done by dead people will fix the future!

Well, I am stating the role played by Bendel Ibos in colluding with biafran invaders and how their foolishness saw to non Bendel Ibos being killed indiscriminately by the invaders.

If I had my way I will see to Anioma state being created because it appears you guys are aligning again with the same land grabbers .

It is very neccessary to revisit this dark history because it appears from all indications that you are hell bent repeating the same foolishness.

Ofunaofu:


He is a proud Biafran


Are you a proud Nigerian at the moment whose current president have become an international embarrassment

Then he should stop putting his mouth in Nigerian issues.

Ofunaofu:


He is a proud Biafran


Are you a proud Nigerian at the moment whose current president have become an international embarrassment

Ohu stop derailing.

We have no problem with you and if you think Anioma should be carved out of Delta, we actually want it asap. As for aligning with the general Igbo nationality, why not?

NotMagicBishop:


Well, I am stating the role played by Bendel Ibos in colluding with biafran invaders and how their foolishness saw to non Bendel Ibos being killed indiscriminately by the invaders.

If I had my way I will see to Anioma state being created because it appears you guys are aligning again with the same land grabbers .

It is very neccessary to revisit this dark history because it appears from all indications that you are hell bent repeating the same foolishness.

The point is we're all in this together! If you think that because you support Tinubu then you'll have it better then you're ignorant!

Judgementa1:

Again stop being emotional. Obi has the worst credentials and precedent among the top 4 candidates.

Tell me what his achievement is in Anambra that transcend beyond.

NotMagicBishop:
It is abundantly clear that the invasion, occupation and later declaration of a puppet independent state of Benin was a deliberate igbonization project of the Midwest.

The 7 week occupation by biafran orcs saw to non Ibo Bendelites being targeted for summary execution and mass murder by a what can best be described as biafran killer squads who indiscriminately arrested and killed non Bendel Ibo males of military age on suspicion they were against the occupation.

This is the same Midwestern people who felt sympathy for fleeing Ibo refugees passing through their lands and provided them with humanitarian aid as they made their way back across the Niger.

This is same Midwest under the Urhobo military administrator that invoked decree 8 to declare neutrality and from there prevented northern troops from invading through Midwest territory.

To the Bendelites , this was a war between the northern region and eastern region.

But Ojukwu and Enugu saw this as a sign of weakness instead of principle on the part of Ejoor and from there invaded and occupied the Midwest with the active collaboration of some misguided Bendel Ibos .

Ejoor who had somewhat became a go between negotiator between Ojukwu and Gowon was now put on a wanted dead or alive hit list by Ojukwu.

The 7week occupation by Ibo orcs and how they went about harrassing and killing non ibo Bendelites indiscriminately was a turning point in the relationship between the peoples of old Bendel towards ibos that still waxes strong till this day.

shebi your Yoruba father was there when all these things were happening

ValarDoharis:
The point is we're all in this together! If you think that because you support Tinubu then you'll have it better then you're ignorant!

Nigerians went for the best candidate. They would have done the same if obi was better.

Lets see how the best will improve your standard of living

Judgementa1:

Nigerian went for the best candidate.

ValarDoharis:
Lets see how the best will improve your standard of living

He did it before and I believe he will perform excellent as president.

My standard of living is wonderful. I can always afford my desire.

odduduwa:
shebi your Yoruba father was there when all these things were happening

The original post was lifted from an Edo historian who witnessed the invasion and occupation


Ohu you think because we are silent you take it as consent.

ValarDoharis:
We have no problem with you and if you think Anioma should be carved out of Delta, we actually want it asap. As for aligning with the general Igbo nationality, why not?

You are obviously a conc ohu claiming Delta Ibo.