Lt. Colonel Emeka Ojukwu, the Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, paying a visit to students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Campus in mid-March 1967.
Ojukwu declared the secession of the region from the rest of the Federation in May and two months later, a civil conflict formally commenced.
Source: Personal Collection.
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