28/05/2026
Gen. Gowon : I Mistakenly Signed Aburi Accord due to Fever as he Released a Book Blaming Ojukwu for the Gènocíde
14 Years after the Dèath of Ojukwu, Gen. Yakubu Gowon's released his autobiography, “My Life of Duty and Allegiance” (launched May 2026), in which he blames Ojukwu for the civil war and the failure of the Aburi Accord, has sparked intense controversy, largely because it was published long after Ojukwu’s death in 2011. This timing, combined with the lack of direct, real-time confrontation of Ojukwu's televised allegations that Gowon betrayed the Accord, has several powerful implications
By waiting until Ojukwu was no longer alive to respond, critics argue Gowon has produced a "highly managed exercise in self-justification" rather than an objective historical account.
The "Dead Don't Talk" Strategy: The silence of key historical actors allows for the distortion of facts, where personal accounts can be presented as undisputed history without the threat of immediate, direct rebuttals, as noted by critics and social media observers.
Ojukwu's surviving recordings, where he insisted that records and transcripts of the Aburi meeting showed both sides reached agreement, directly contradict Gowon’s memoir, which claims no such agreement was reached to allow for a confederation.
Based on Facts on Ground, it is Clear that Gowon failed to honour the Aburi agreement due to pressure from either external forces (foreign powers) , Fulani Caliphate and permanent secretaries who sought to maintain a strong central government and protect oil interests, rather than the peace process.
In essence, the timing of the memoir’s release means that while Gowon has the last word in print, Ojukwu’s words live on in audiovisual recordings, leaving the Nigerian public to navigate two fundamentally different versions of the same conflict.
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