For many months I didn’t know my husband had died — Lady Aguiyi Irons
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For Lady Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi, the shock of the news of the tragic death of her husband, the late former Head of State, Lt. General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi can never go away.
She described the day and entire period as shocking and terrible dark days. But she remains grateful to God that she weathered it all. In this interview in Umuahia, Lady Aguiyi Ironsi laments that both the Federal and State Government do not accord the nation’s heroes the respect they deserve.

Today is 50 years of the tragic death of your husband. How did you receive the news?

Well, it is 50 years now, I am happy that God has kept us alive till today. And today, one can look back to those dark days. It is not a day one can forget in life, we keep remembering it. The shock can never go away.

How did you feel when the news came?

As the wife at home, all of a sudden the news came that your husband, the Head of State, has been killed.

How did you receive the news?

Shocking, it was a terrible thing.
But usually when a soldier marries a woman, he always tries to bring her up to his standard, that is to be brave and courageous. Time without number, they go out and they don’t return.
They tell us as wives, ‘as a soldier, I can die any day.’ They don’t hesitate to tell us something like that. And when they tell us things like that, we always think they are just talking, but they are teaching us something serious, really. In my case, when I got worried, he would advise me not to be worried.
He would tell me, ‘don’t be worried, I am a soldier, I can die any day.’ So on this fateful day, it happened. Where did he go to, a meeting in Ibadan; Fujuyi was hosting him at the State House, Ibadan. From a meeting you don’t see your husband again; he was not sick, nothing.

What you do, nothing, you wouldn’t even know what to do, you are just empty. It is only God that can console you, that time you need God most. That was what happened to me, it was shocking. You don’t even know the true situation of things. Nobody told me whether he was dead or alive. For so many months, no information on whether he was killed.
People just kept trooping in [to the State House], saying this and saying that, then you are dumb, you can’t even talk. I just kept looking at thousands of people that came to see me.

Who were you going to talk to?

Some people said they saw him in Umuahia, his home town, some said they saw him in other places, I was just looking at people talking, I did not know what to contribute. I was just confused, looking at them.

But being the wife of a general, and going by what he used to tell you about the risk in his profession, were you able to put one and two together to sense that he was dead?

Oh yes. That was why I called Emeka [Col. Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, the Governor of Eastern Region] and told him to take me down to the East, that I didn’t think I would continue to remain here [State House], Lagos. I called him to make arrangement to move me down, and he did that immediately.

Were you with the children then?

Of course, even my first son who came from London on holidays followed him [Gen Ironsi] to Ibadan for the meeting. I did not even remember that he was there with him, he followed his father to Ibadan for a meeting; he said he wanted to have a sight-seeing. A young boy, who had been in London all his life, just came home on holidays. I didn’t even remember again that he was with his father because my brain was off.

How did your son feel the tragic incident?

He was with his father in the State House, Ibadan, when the soldiers came [to arrest his father]. His father put him in the wardrobe and went down stairs to meet the soldiers who came for him. He warned his son, ‘don’t enter any car, just take train and go back to Lagos.’ A very clever boy, he did as instructed and came back to Lagos on train.

Was he the person who eventually told you what actually happened to your husband?

No, he did not even talk. He just entered and said, ‘oh, I have a brave father. I have a brave father, he didn’t allow them to touch him; he followed them to wherever they were going.’ He said he looked through the window, that his father just entered his car and followed them. And Fujuyi, (who was his host])insisted that he must go with them where they were going. He said he was looking at them as they left. He told me, ‘mummy, dad said I should tell you not to cry.’

How are you planning the memorial service?

The church service will hold Friday, 29th July, at the Martha Day Catholic Cathedral, Umuahia, and reception will hold here in the house. The memorial service is to thank God for keeping us alive. He, himself, being a man of God would be happy where ever he is now. So we have to thank God. Members of the Legions have indicated interest to come and they will go to his burial site to pay him respect.

What of the Military authority, did you extend invitations to them?

My dear, only members of the Legion have said they would come. But the Military know about it. 50 years anniversary is a national thing. Even the Federal and State Governments ought to take it serious, but they are busy doing their politics. It is their responsibility to do everything I am doing now about this programme, but they don’t care, the Government, both Federal and State, are busy doing politics, and the past heroes they don’t recognize them. It is a major event in the nation’s history, but look at how they are handling it. The man who just phoned me is the chairman of the Legions in the State, informing me that they are coming in their uniform.

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BIAFRA:
BUHARI: YOUR PRIDE WILL BE YOUR DOOM, ...RELEASE NNAMDI KANU AND HAVE PEACE.

By Ndubuisi Ezeonyebuchi.
For Family writer.

In every country of the world, the President is the leader of the entire country and not the leader of one section of the country, irrespective of their voting pattern during the election that produced the said President. But in Nigeria, the reverse is the case. Due to the fact that the electorates in the East did not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general presidential election, he vowed to punish them for it.

The President who is supposed to be the leader of all shocked everyone. He openly showed his hatred towards the Biafrans by stating publicly, saying, "the Igbo hate me because of Biafra war, but I will not apologize to them, in fact, if there is a repeat of 1967-70, I will kill more Igbos to keep Nigeria one."

He further made it clear that the only way to conquer the Biafrans is by Islamizing them, which he promised to fulfill before he leaves office, "I will not stop to show openly and inside me the agitation for the total implementation of sharia law throughout the whole of Nigeria."

Neglect and hatred shall include the weapon used by Muhammadu Buhari to fight the Biafrans, his infamous 97% and 5% declaration at the US Institute of Peace are a confirmation to this. But his days started ticking down on 14th Oct. 2015 when he kidnapped the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPO, Nnamdi Kanu and subsequently declared on his media chat that Mazi Kanu will not be released by his puppet Court.

The Dullard of Daura, Muhammadu Buhari the pedophile, is an archaic man. His kind lived in the dark ages. With his archaic brain, he believes that a retired General who is now a President of a democratic state still has the power to control the Judiciary and Legislature; give and take away life; and decides the future of other people. But unknown to him, this is the 21st century, tyranny has since fallen.

Muhammadu Buhari continues his genocidal war against IPOB whose only crime is calling for Nnamdi Kanu's release. Killing many and arresting several others, even when a wise counsel is telling him that a military approach against the IPOB is his doom, yet his barbaric pride wouldn't let him hearken. He has continued to stretch his evil sword as far as southern Biafra (Niger Delta), bragging to crush anybody with Biafran identity, insisting that he must decide the future of the Biafran generation. He said he has the power to give and take away life.

But IPOB and other Biafrans, having vowed to take their destiny into their own hands, reacted. Resisting Tyrant Buhari in a professional way, they rejected his evil agenda. Pushing him back in an unimaginable way, making it apparent to the world that his downfall is in geometric retrogression and hence, his doom very near.

Oil companies have now closed down, Naira is now worthless at N370, foreign investors are on the run, the government can no longer pay salaries, the economy is now in recession. Buhari's doomsday is fast approaching. The only way to avert this apocalypse is the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

This is an impending doom, there is no middle ground. Begging Avengers for your fraudulent negotiation is a joke. There is only one way. Swallow your pride, Buhari. Those who advise you otherwise shall not go down with you. If you keep to your barbaric pride, your doom shall follow imminently.

Muhammadu Buhari, your days are numbered, swallow your shame, release Nnamdi Kanu and save your total collapse. That is the only way for your survival.
Free #Biafra
Free #Nnamdi Kanu
#BiafrExit

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Name Aso-Rock After Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi, Ohanaeze Youths Urged Buhari
July 29, 2016 News No comments
AGUIYI
Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has called on the Federal Government to immortalize the slain Head of State, Late General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi, After fifty years of the first military coupd’état which tragically claimed the life of the then Head of State.

Ohanaeze Youths said that the late Ironsi staked his life for the unity of the country and therefore deserved to be immortalized and given his proper place in the annals of Nigerian history.

Ohanaeze Youth Council, in a press statement issued by its National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, expressed great regret that 50 years after his tragic death, the Federal Government was yet to immortalise Ironsi “who staked his life to unite Nigeria”.

OYC suggested that the Federal Government should “name the nation’s seat of power, Aso Rock after the late Head of State in recognition of his invaluable sacrifices for the unity of Nigeria.”

According to the statement, while the masterminds of the heinous act “are still moving around and parading themselves as statesmen, the members of Aguiyi Ironsi’s family have continued to wallow in pains and poverty.”

OYC therefore enjoined the Federal and as well as the various State Governments to give attention to the welfare of the family to assuage their pains. Meanwhile, the Aguiyi Ironsi family is organizing a memorial service in Umuahia to mark the 50 years anniversary of the tragic death of their father.

According to the matriarch of the family and wife of the late General, Lady Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi, a church service will hold today at the Mater Dei Catholic Cathedral, Umuahia, which will be followed by a reception at the family house.

BIAFRA:
BUHARI: YOUR PRIDE WILL BE YOUR DOOM, ...RELEASE NNAMDI KANU AND HAVE PEACE.

By Ndubuisi Ezeonyebuchi.
For Family writer.

In every country of the world, the President is the leader of the entire country and not the leader of one section of the country, irrespective of their voting pattern during the election that produced the said President. But in Nigeria, the reverse is the case. Due to the fact that the electorates in the East did not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general presidential election, he vowed to punish them for it.

The President who is supposed to be the leader of all shocked everyone. He openly showed his hatred towards the Biafrans by stating publicly, saying, "the Igbo hate me because of Biafra war, but I will not apologize to them, in fact, if there is a repeat of 1967-70, I will kill more Igbos to keep Nigeria one."

He further made it clear that the only way to conquer the Biafrans is by Islamizing them, which he promised to fulfill before he leaves office, "I will not stop to show openly and inside me the agitation for the total implementation of sharia law throughout the whole of Nigeria."

Neglect and hatred shall include the weapon used by Muhammadu Buhari to fight the Biafrans, his infamous 97% and 5% declaration at the US Institute of Peace are a confirmation to this. But his days started ticking down on 14th Oct. 2015 when he kidnapped the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPO, Nnamdi Kanu and subsequently declared on his media chat that Mazi Kanu will not be released by his puppet Court.

The Dullard of Daura, Muhammadu Buhari the pedophile, is an archaic man. His kind lived in the dark ages. With his archaic brain, he believes that a retired General who is now a President of a democratic state still has the power to control the Judiciary and Legislature; give and take away life; and decides the future of other people. But unknown to him, this is the 21st century, tyranny has since fallen.

Muhammadu Buhari continues his genocidal war against IPOB whose only crime is calling for Nnamdi Kanu's release. Killing many and arresting several others, even when a wise counsel is telling him that a military approach against the IPOB is his doom, yet his barbaric pride wouldn't let him hearken. He has continued to stretch his evil sword as far as southern Biafra (Niger Delta), bragging to crush anybody with Biafran identity, insisting that he must decide the future of the Biafran generation. He said he has the power to give and take away life.

But IPOB and other Biafrans, having vowed to take their destiny into their own hands, reacted. Resisting Tyrant Buhari in a professional way, they rejected his evil agenda. Pushing him back in an unimaginable way, making it apparent to the world that his downfall is in geometric retrogression and hence, his doom very near.

Oil companies have now closed down, Naira is now worthless at N370, foreign investors are on the run, the government can no longer pay salaries, the economy is now in recession. Buhari's doomsday is fast approaching. The only way to avert this apocalypse is the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

This is an impending doom, there is no middle ground. Begging Avengers for your fraudulent negotiation is a joke. There is only one way. Swallow your pride, Buhari. Those who advise you otherwise shall not go down with you. If you keep to your barbaric pride, your doom shall follow imminently.

Muhammadu Buhari, your days are numbered, swallow your shame, release Nnamdi Kanu and save your total collapse. That is the only way for your survival.
Free #Biafra
Free #Nnamdi Kanu
#BiafrExit

BIAFRA:
BUHARI: YOUR PRIDE WILL BE YOUR DOOM, ...RELEASE NNAMDI KANU AND HAVE PEACE.

By Ndubuisi Ezeonyebuchi.
For Family writer.

In every country of the world, the President is the leader of the entire country and not the leader of one section of the country, irrespective of their voting pattern during the election that produced the said President. But in Nigeria, the reverse is the case. Due to the fact that the electorates in the East did not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general presidential election, he vowed to punish them for it.

The President who is supposed to be the leader of all shocked everyone. He openly showed his hatred towards the Biafrans by stating publicly, saying, "the Igbo hate me because of Biafra war, but I will not apologize to them, in fact, if there is a repeat of 1967-70, I will kill more Igbos to keep Nigeria one."

He further made it clear that the only way to conquer the Biafrans is by Islamizing them, which he promised to fulfill before he leaves office, "I will not stop to show openly and inside me the agitation for the total implementation of sharia law throughout the whole of Nigeria."

Neglect and hatred shall include the weapon used by Muhammadu Buhari to fight the Biafrans, his infamous 97% and 5% declaration at the US Institute of Peace are a confirmation to this. But his days started ticking down on 14th Oct. 2015 when he kidnapped the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPO, Nnamdi Kanu and subsequently declared on his media chat that Mazi Kanu will not be released by his puppet Court.

The Dullard of Daura, Muhammadu Buhari the pedophile, is an archaic man. His kind lived in the dark ages. With his archaic brain, he believes that a retired General who is now a President of a democratic state still has the power to control the Judiciary and Legislature; give and take away life; and decides the future of other people. But unknown to him, this is the 21st century, tyranny has since fallen.

Muhammadu Buhari continues his genocidal war against IPOB whose only crime is calling for Nnamdi Kanu's release. Killing many and arresting several others, even when a wise counsel is telling him that a military approach against the IPOB is his doom, yet his barbaric pride wouldn't let him hearken. He has continued to stretch his evil sword as far as southern Biafra (Niger Delta), bragging to crush anybody with Biafran identity, insisting that he must decide the future of the Biafran generation. He said he has the power to give and take away life.

But IPOB and other Biafrans, having vowed to take their destiny into their own hands, reacted. Resisting Tyrant Buhari in a professional way, they rejected his evil agenda. Pushing him back in an unimaginable way, making it apparent to the world that his downfall is in geometric retrogression and hence, his doom very near.

Oil companies have now closed down, Naira is now worthless at N370, foreign investors are on the run, the government can no longer pay salaries, the economy is now in recession. Buhari's doomsday is fast approaching. The only way to avert this apocalypse is the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

This is an impending doom, there is no middle ground. Begging Avengers for your fraudulent negotiation is a joke. There is only one way. Swallow your pride, Buhari. Those who advise you otherwise shall not go down with you. If you keep to your barbaric pride, your doom shall follow imminently.

Muhammadu Buhari, your days are numbered, swallow your shame, release Nnamdi Kanu and save your total collapse. That is the only way for your survival.
Free #Biafra
Free #Nnamdi Kanu
#BiafrExit

BIAFRA:
BUHARI: YOUR PRIDE WILL BE YOUR DOOM, ...RELEASE NNAMDI KANU AND HAVE PEACE.

By Ndubuisi Ezeonyebuchi.
For Family writer.

In every country of the world, the President is the leader of the entire country and not the leader of one section of the country, irrespective of their voting pattern during the election that produced the said President. But in Nigeria, the reverse is the case. Due to the fact that the electorates in the East did not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general presidential election, he vowed to punish them for it.

The President who is supposed to be the leader of all shocked everyone. He openly showed his hatred towards the Biafrans by stating publicly, saying, "the Igbo hate me because of Biafra war, but I will not apologize to them, in fact, if there is a repeat of 1967-70, I will kill more Igbos to keep Nigeria one."

He further made it clear that the only way to conquer the Biafrans is by Islamizing them, which he promised to fulfill before he leaves office, "I will not stop to show openly and inside me the agitation for the total implementation of sharia law throughout the whole of Nigeria."

Neglect and hatred shall include the weapon used by Muhammadu Buhari to fight the Biafrans, his infamous 97% and 5% declaration at the US Institute of Peace are a confirmation to this. But his days started ticking down on 14th Oct. 2015 when he kidnapped the leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPO, Nnamdi Kanu and subsequently declared on his media chat that Mazi Kanu will not be released by his puppet Court.

The Dullard of Daura, Muhammadu Buhari the pedophile, is an archaic man. His kind lived in the dark ages. With his archaic brain, he believes that a retired General who is now a President of a democratic state still has the power to control the Judiciary and Legislature; give and take away life; and decides the future of other people. But unknown to him, this is the 21st century, tyranny has since fallen.

Muhammadu Buhari continues his genocidal war against IPOB whose only crime is calling for Nnamdi Kanu's release. Killing many and arresting several others, even when a wise counsel is telling him that a military approach against the IPOB is his doom, yet his barbaric pride wouldn't let him hearken. He has continued to stretch his evil sword as far as southern Biafra (Niger Delta), bragging to crush anybody with Biafran identity, insisting that he must decide the future of the Biafran generation. He said he has the power to give and take away life.

But IPOB and other Biafrans, having vowed to take their destiny into their own hands, reacted. Resisting Tyrant Buhari in a professional way, they rejected his evil agenda. Pushing him back in an unimaginable way, making it apparent to the world that his downfall is in geometric retrogression and hence, his doom very near.

Oil companies have now closed down, Naira is now worthless at N370, foreign investors are on the run, the government can no longer pay salaries, the economy is now in recession. Buhari's doomsday is fast approaching. The only way to avert this apocalypse is the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu.

This is an impending doom, there is no middle ground. Begging Avengers for your fraudulent negotiation is a joke. There is only one way. Swallow your pride, Buhari. Those who advise you otherwise shall not go down with you. If you keep to your barbaric pride, your doom shall follow imminently.

Muhammadu Buhari, your days are numbered, swallow your shame, release Nnamdi Kanu and save your total collapse. That is the only way for your survival.
Free #Biafra
Free #Nnamdi Kanu
#BiafrExit