Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has stated that former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, could have averted the Biafra civil war.
According to Amadi, Gowon could have prevented the conflict by holding accountable those responsible for the killings of Igbos.
He faulted the decision of the former military Head of State and his colleagues to act decisively back then.
Posting on X, Amadi noted 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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