Gowon Lands In Trouble Over Civil War Comment
The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi has called out the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) over his recent comment during his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
Ibom Focus had reported that Gowon told President Tinubu not to be worried about the criticisms of Nigerians on his performance following his assumption of office in May 2023.
Mr Gowon said this while addressing newsmen after he visited President Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said that as a former leader of the country, he also faced the same situation when he started the Civil War in 1967, which many Nigerians thought would destroy the country but his government succeeded.
Gowon also begged Nigerians to give President Tinubu more time to solve the socioeconomic problems in the country.
He said, “I was telling him that there’s no Nigerian leader that can get there, that will not get all of these; all that is being said about him.
“But certainly, there is no doubt about all what one has heard and seen from various media. I think the government is trying its best to deal with the various problems of the country.
“But with Nigerians, don’t you worry you will get criticised, but people who get there know better than you know. I think all one can say to Nigerians is that they have to give the President time to get things really done and it is too early to sort of say perfect result will be achieved. That is my opinion.
“At least, if I remembered, I was told that I was too slow, fighting the war and that probably Nigeria would not make it and that we should seek for discussion. Well, did we do it or not? They probably did not know the problem there on the ground there.”
However, the legal practitioner and former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in a post on his X handle on Friday lamented Gowon for thinking that prosecuting a civil war is an achievement.
He said, “What’s bad about Gowon’s comment is that he thinks prosecuting a civil war an achievement. It is actually a monumental failure that a nation went to war under his watch. To be proud of that failure is disgraceful.
“The war was needless,infantile and evidence of lack of wisdom.”
https://x.com/SamAmadi/status/1760959228372492649?s=20
