According to DAILY SUN, General Yakubu Gowon’s assertion that he made amends with Ojukwu has been contested by Dr. Josef Onoh, brother-in-law of the late Biafra leader Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Onoh calls the claim false and says it misrepresents historical facts.Gowon recently stated in an interview that he reconciled with Ojukwu in London, this statement has drawn reactions.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Onoh insists that the so-called reconciliation was a chance meeting during a condolence visit in Enugu in 2010, after the death of his father, Chief C.C. Onoh, who was Ojukwu’s father-in-law.
According to Onoh, Gowon’s visit was primarily to pay respects for the passing of Chief Onoh, not to reconcile with Ojukwu.
Onoh shared details of the meeting, saying it was cordial but brief.
Gowon, he recalled, declined alcoholic drinks and opted for water or juice, during the visit, Gowon underlined reconciliation, while Ojukwu expressed his views on peace and unity.
“Gowon’s narration of his meeting with Ojukwu is a lie! That wasn’t how it happened because I was there. And it wasn’t in London, rather it was in Enugu, in March 2010 and I received him. Part of the reason for his visit was to pay condolences on the passing of my father, who is Ikemba Ojukwu’s father-in-law who passed-on in May 2009, but Gowon was not in the country and couldn’t make it for the burial.”
“To Gowon I say ‘The dead don’t talk,’ but I’m privileged to have heard him talk while alive. When you lie, you have to tell another lie to cover the first lie, then another lie, and so on. It is so much easier to tell the truth than it is to lie because I was there and the truth shall set you free,” he said.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
