A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dan Ulasi, has criticised former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), over his recently published memoir on the Nigerian Civil War, describing parts of the account as “convenient amnesia” and “half-truths.”
Speaking on The Morning Show on Arise Television on Friday, Ulasi reacted to comments made in Gowon’s memoir while discussing Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s apology to the Igbo community over the role played by some Plateau indigenes during the civil war.
Mr Ulasi argued that Gowon’s account failed to accurately reflect events leading to and during the conflict, particularly regarding the Aburi Accord.
According to him, Gowon endorsed the resolutions reached at the historic Aburi meeting in Ghana but later failed to implement them upon returning to Nigeria.
“If you look at what happened in the Aburi Accord, General Gowon signed everything in the Aburi Accord and only came back to disown what he agreed to. Perhaps he did not fully understand what was going on there,” Ulasi said.
He further accused the former military ruler of leaving out crucial aspects of history in his memoir.
“Look at the book he wrote. You see a lot of convenient amnesia, half-truths and narratives that do not align with what actually happened during the civil war,” he added.
Ulasi also questioned the timing of the memoir’s publication, noting that Gowon rarely responded publicly to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, when he was alive.
“Before Ojukwu died, he made several
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