History and storylines behind Why Niger Delta Can Be part of Biafra
Why Niger Delta Can Never Be Part of Biafra 馃憞 History You Need To Know
Ojukwu joined Aguiyi Ironsi to attack and capture Adaka Boro. He was sentenced to death for declaring Niger Delta Republic.
Odumegwu Ojukwu and Aguiyi Ironsi were still on the side of the Gambaris then, trying to please them.
For declaring Niger-Delta Republic, Ironsi who was then the military Head of State, ordered Ojukwu to get Isaac Adaka Boro arrested for treason.
Ojukwu, in an attempt to please the Gambaris, fought Isaac Boro for 12 days. He used federal might of “one-Nigeria” to kill 150 soldiers loyal to Isaac Boro, caught Isaac Boro, stripped him naked and sent him to Lagos, where Ironsi charged him to court and within just 2 months got him convicted at the Supreme Court for treasonable felony of trying to break away from Nigeria. He was sentenced to death by hanging.
However, before Ojukwu and Ironsi could execute their sentence on Isaac Boro, God intervened and a counter coup happened. Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over & declared Isaac Boro innocent and released him.
But just fifteen months later, Ojukwu himself declared Biafra Republic due to the way Igbos were being killed in the North.
In declaring Biafra, rather than first apologise to Isaac Boro for what he earlier did to him and then ask for his cooperation, Ojukwu did nothing like that. Without consulting Boro at all, he arrogantly included in his Biafra map the very Niger Delta areas which Isaac Boro earlier tried to pull out of Nigeria and which he (Ojukwu) nearly killed him for.
This angered Isaac Boro and Ken Saro Wiwa who both pledged support for Gowon in order to teach Ojukwu a bitter lesson for his arrogance. That was why Isaac Boro and Saro Wiwa fought on the side of Gowon during the war.
