Late Chinua Achebe
How can there be unity in an Army that is packed on what you
call Federal Character (Nigeria Version of Equal Opportunity)?
people don't join Army because they see it as a Vocation; most
of the people in the Army are Surrogates of certain people who
put them there for their nefarious purposes.
When we have a proper, Well Oriented Country, we will put together
an army that will be for the protection and defense of the people against
external aggression.
Colonel Joseph Achuzia
The Igbo fought when the Pogrom Started, and they were being Killed
and Pushed out of the Federation.
So, to ensure that they stayed in the Federation, they had to fight
or else, it would have meant being dispossessed of their hand.
So where were we expected to run to when the hostilities started
to Cameroon? so these were the reasons.
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Again, you must try to differentiate the reasons for Civil War from the
reasons why Nigeria had a Coup, and some people carried out "Operation
Wetia," and the Civil Strife the Country has Experinced since
the 1950s.
Ohanaezebr News
Source: Conversation of Late Chinua Achebe, Colonel Joseph Achuzia and
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, November 28, 2005.
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