Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the 1st president of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. He previously served as military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra.
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