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Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 [1] – 26 November 2011 [2]) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. [3]
Ojukwu is a family name of Nigerian origin, and may refer to: Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968) Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933–2011), aka Emeka Ojukwu, Nigerian military officer, statesman and politician
Emeka a biography by English writer Frederick Forsyth about his friend Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, head of the state of Biafra, a republic that seceded from Nigeria and was briefly independent. The book was published in 1982. In 1991 a revised edition was published. [1] [2]
His daughter, Nuzo Onoh, is a celebrated British writer, while his other daughter, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, became a beauty queen, presidential adviser, and later Nigeria's ambassador to Spain. She is also remembered for her controversial relationship and marriage to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu the Ikemba of Nnewi and former Biafran president ...
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Flag of Biafra. The Ahiara Declaration: The Principles of the Biafran Revolution, commonly known as the Ahiara Declaration, was a document written by the National Guidance Committee of Biafra and delivered as a speech by the Head of State of Biafra Emeka Ojukwu in the Biafra town of Ahiara on June 1, 1969.
Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (née Onoh; born 5 August 1968) [1] is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently serves as the Federal Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. [ 2 ]
Biafra was established on 30 May 1967 by Igbo military officer and Eastern Region governor Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu under his presidency, following a series of ethnic tensions and military coups after Nigerian independence in 1960 that culminated in the 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom. [9]