Yakubu Gowon

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Gowon To Surrender To His Concience, Apologize For Biafra War

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Gowon To Surrender To His Concience, Apologize For Biafra War

OHANAEZE NDIGBO PRESS RELEASE - BIAFRA WAR: SURRENDER TO YOUR CONSCIENCE, STOP PLAYING THE OSTRICH, CONFESS AND APOLOGIZE — “THEY USED YOU TO EXECUTE AN UNJUST WAR AGAINST THE IGBO” — OHANAEZE TELLS GOWON - Date: 29th June 2025 The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, categorically rejects the recent remarks made by General Yakubu Gowon, who purported that the Nigerian Biafran War was not primarily targeted against the Igbo people but merely against secessionists who resisted the Nigerian government in 1966. Such assertions are not only gross misrepresentations of historical facts but also an affront to the collective memory…
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Ojukwu Wanted Governors to Control Military – Gowon Reveals Why Aburi Accord Failed..

Ojukwu Wanted Governors to Control Military – Gowon Reveals Why Aburi Accord Failed..

According to a report published by Arise News on June 18, 2025, former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has explained that the collapse of the 1967 Aburi Accord — the last major attempt to prevent Nigeria’s civil war — was partly due to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s insistence that regional governors should control military zones. Gowon, in an exclusive interview with Arise News, revealed that the disagreement over who would control military forces in the regions was one of the most serious stumbling blocks during the peace talks held in Aburi, Ghana. “Although we said that the military would…
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