General Gowon now says that the Igbos, my people were compensated after the war.

General Gowon now says that the Igbos, my people were compensated after the war.

General Gowon now says that the Igbos, my people were compensated after the war. 🤦

I want to ask him a few simple questions.

Can twenty pounds compensate for a lifetime of labor?

Can interest restore businesses reduced to ashes?

Can figures written on paper replace fathers buried without graves, mothers broken by grief, or children who perished before they had the chance to dream?

Answer me Gowon!

History is not rewritten by declarations made decades later, the people remember what happened and that is what makes history!

The trader whose account held thousands before the war remembers how he could only get twenty pounds, even when he had more!

The civil servant who returned home to begin life again with almost nothing, and even lost their positions remembers.

The businessman who watched his life’s savings disappear in the twinkle of an eye remembers everything!

If compensation had truly been complete, why has this wound remained open in the hearts of so many of my people?

The greatest wealth taken from our people was never money.
It was the time, the opportunity, and the future that was stolen from an entire generation.
No amount of interest can repay that debt!

My people deserve honesty, not convenience and excuses!
Although you may defend your decisions, the memories of those who lived through those years cannot simply be erased

The truth does not fade because time has passed.
It waits patiently for every generation willing to listen.