Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Born

November 4, 1933

Died

November 26, 2011 (aged 78)

Known as

politician, military personnel

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu also known as Ikemba, was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. As the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra, Ojukwu led the Biafran forces during the Nigerian Civil War against the Nigerian federal government forces.

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