CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT:THE NIGERIAN CIVIL/ SECESSION WAR, 1967-70
DIM CHUKUEMEKA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU: THE NIGERIAN-BIAFRAN ICONIC WARRIOR AND THE GIANT IKEMBA OF IGBOLAND
"For
you (Igbo and Eastern Nigerians), I abandoned all ease and embraced pain. For
you I impoverish myself to buy your protection. For you, I walked every
battlefront to assure your welfare. For you, I stood when every other
person crouched. For you, I endured 13 years of bitter exile. For you, I
endured 10 months of maximum security prison. For you, I endured priestly
poverty. For you, I continue to struggle...What
I have said is not harsh, it is only the naked truth and it reflect only the
intensity of the love I harbour for my people."
General Dim Christopher Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ikemba of Nnewi, Dikedioramma, Eze Igbo Gburugburu, Biafran Warlord and a prominent Nigerian politician
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