The official surrender ceremony that ended the Nigeria-Biafra civil war. At Dodan Barracks. The Nigerian head of State Major-General Yakubu Gowon shook hands with arrested senior Biafran officers that were presented to him by Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo said the Biafran officers were reporting for "reassignment and redeployment". Gowon greeted the leader of Biafra's delegation Phillip Effiong with the words "how are you my friend?"

Effiong closed his surrender statement with "we are loyal Nigerian citizens, and accept the authority of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria...the Republic of Biafra hereby ceases to exist.

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