{"id":5534,"date":"2012-10-28T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T10:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2012-10-28T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T11:23:32","slug":"biafra-war-achebe-is-ignorant-gowon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/biafra-war-achebe-is-ignorant-gowon\/","title":{"rendered":"Biafra War: Achebe Is Ignorant &#8211; Gowon&#8230;Says Massive Death Claim, A Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, took a swipe at Chinua Achebe over his book on the Nigeria Civil War, describing him as &#8220;ignorant&#8221; and not knowledgable in the whole Biafra War saga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat role did Achebe play in the secessionist plans? Achebe must\u00a0 have been outside the country during the war and probably did not know what happened during the period otherwise he would not have written on what he was not sure of \u201c, he\u00a0 remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The former Head of State said that the massive deaths recorded by the Igbo during the civil war was caused by their own propaganda machine which claimed that the northern invaders were coming to their camps in the South East.<\/p>\n<p>Gowon\u00a0 yesterday said he and late Chief Obafemi Awolowo have no regrets in the roles they played during the war and would be prepared to appear at the International Criminal Court, ICC, The Hague to defend the prosecution of the civil war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u00a0 was the Igbo that objected to the creation of corridor for movements of\u00a0 medical\u00a0 aid\u00a0 and food supplies\u00a0 to the civilian population at the period; on this,\u00a0 I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over\u00a0 the role played by me during the war\u00a0 and, fortunately,\u00a0 some Nigerians are still alive to bear witness to the roles played by both the leadership of the secessionist group and the then Federal Military Government under my leadership, \u201cthe war-time leader stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact , if there was no secession by the south eastern part of the country, there would have been no civil war because right from the beginning of the crises,\u00a0 the war would have been averted if not for the secession . It was something I believed we could have stopped,\u201d\u00a0 he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The former leader spoke to journalists during a\u00a0 courtesy, visit to Governor Mu\u2019azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State at the Presidential Lodge, Minna, Niger state<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Biafran-Letter-of-Surrender-to-Nigeria1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5543\" title=\"The Biafran Letter of Surrender to Nigeria\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Biafran-Letter-of-Surrender-to-Nigeria1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Biafran-Letter-of-Surrender-to-Nigeria1.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Biafran-Letter-of-Surrender-to-Nigeria1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Biafran Letter of Surrender to Nigeria<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/General-Obasanjo-and-General-Effion1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5544\" title=\"General Obasanjo and General Effion\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/General-Obasanjo-and-General-Effion1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/General-Obasanjo-and-General-Effion1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/General-Obasanjo-and-General-Effion1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/General-Obasanjo-and-General-Effion1-600x405.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>General Obasanjo and General Effiong<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, took a swipe at Chinua Achebe over his book on the Nigeria Civil War, describing him as &#8220;ignorant&#8221; 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