{"id":342605,"date":"2024-10-19T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=342605"},"modified":"2024-10-19T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:54:24","slug":"if-south-east-had-no-desire-to-secede-there-wouldnt-be-nigeria-biafra-war-gowon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/19\/if-south-east-had-no-desire-to-secede-there-wouldnt-be-nigeria-biafra-war-gowon\/","title":{"rendered":"If South-East had no desire to secede, there wouldn\u2019t be Nigeria\/Biafra War \u2014 Gowon"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Nigerian civil war occurred between 1967 and 1970. From August 1, 1966 to July 29, 1975<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>General Yakubu Gowon, a former military head of state in Nigeria, claims that if there had been no plans for secession, the Nigerian Civil War would not have been necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian civil war occurred between 1967 and 1970. From August 1, 1966 to July 29, 1975, Gowon served as the head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Gowon said the Nigerian civil war was inevitable due to the south-east\u2019s desire to secede.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/clark-gowon-should-have-allowed-igbo-leave\/\">Gowon<\/a> made this statement in an interview with Daily Trust, noting \u201cIt got to the stage that the situation was getting pretty clear that a part of the country, the South-east wanted to secede,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former head of state asked south-east residents to embrace national unity, stating that \u201cBiafra\u2019s dissolution followed Nigerians\u2019 acceptance of reintegration and unity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always said that if there\u2019s no secession, there wouldn\u2019t be a breakout and there wouldn\u2019t be a question of civil war because it got to the stage that the situation was getting pretty clear that a part of the country, the South-east wanted to secede,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further about the war, Gowon said: \u201cSometimes I say to myself that I don\u2019t mind being called the Abraham Lincoln of Nigeria because we had a similar situation and we were able to achieve the same result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that one English journalist asked why I thought the war was over \u2014 what if the people continued with guerrilla warfare?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut thank God there was no guerrilla.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian civil war occurred between 1967 and 1970. From August 1, 1966 to July 29, 1975 General Yakubu Gowon, a former military head of state in Nigeria, claims that if there had been no plans for secession, the Nigerian Civil War would not have been necessary. 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