The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has blamed former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, for the Nigerian civil war and genocide against the Igbos, saying he could have prevented it.
Posting on X, Amadi said Gowon could have prevented the Biafra civil war if he had prosecuted those who killed Igbos.
He faulted the decision of the former military Head of State and his colleagues to act decisively back then, noting that the former ruler failed to act on behalf of the rule of law.
He wrote: “The war came out of Nigeria’s faulty identity-based politics, which led to mass violence against Igbos.
“If Gowon and his colleagues had acted decisively on behalf of the rule of law and openly prosecuted those who killed Igbos, there would have been no demand for secession and no war.
“He was neither a great leader nor a grave villain. He was a rookie stooge of grossly incompetent and hegemonic leadership that walked Nigeria into a stupid & avoidable civil war
“He’s RESPONSIBLE for GENOCIDE but did not WILL it.”
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