By Ijeoma John, Nnewi
A Nigerian Politician and Business Development Expert, Amb. Prince Samben Nwosu has corrected General Gowon’s perceived misconceptions about the late Dim Emeka Ojukwu.
Recall that, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Gen. Gowon launched his autobiography “My Life of Duty and Allegiance”, which drew the attention of Samben Nwosu to set the record straight.
On the Aburi Accord, where Gowon accused Ojukwu of sabotage, Nwosu maintained that it was the unilateral Decree No. 8 of 1967 that divided revenue and broke the agreement not Ojukwu, claiming that Igbos value contracts, they do not break them.
On ‘pogroms’ vs ‘secession’, he disclosed that before Ojukwu declared the Independent State of Biafra, over 30, 000 Igbos were killed in Northern Nigeria with no protection from the Gowon’s government.
“When innocent Igbos were slaughtered in the North and abandoned by the Federal Government under your watch, do you call that secession, rebellion or survival?. You asked why Ojukwu prepared for war – I answered by asking you, Why was Ojukwu forced into war?” he queried.
On mineral deals, Gowon further alleged that Ojukwu mortgaged their resources to foreign powers, Nwosu argued what of the oil wells in Rivers and Bayelsa that Gowon’s government took from Eastern Nigeria after the war, calling that a true mortgage of their patrimony to federal might without compensation to their people.
On today’s Nigeria, he concurred when Gowon said “Nigeria will not fall”, stating that it will not stand on injustice either.
“The marginalisation of the Southeast since 1970 – from abandoned properties to lack of federal infrastructure is the real unfinished war.
“The Igbo man would not approach governance so as to refight the war, the Igbos would prefer to fix Nigeria for the benefits of everyone.
“You cannot blackmail the Igbos anymore and stop their legitimate demand for restructuring, resource control and a better Nigeria where no Igbo child will ever be told that his identity disqualifies him from leadership.”
