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Thursday, 23 February 2012

Lagos bids Ojukwu farewell

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Markets were shut and traffic grinded to a halt as eminent Nigerians gathered yesterday at the Tafawa Balewa Square for the Lagos leg of the multiple funeral programme for the late Biafra leader, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.


Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Peter Obi (Anambra) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo) led the exciting farewell.


They were joined by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Military Governor of Western Region Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, former Chief of General Staff Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (rtd), former military administrator of Lagos Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd), Senators Ben Obi, Uche Chukwumerije, Chris Ngige and Ike Nwachukwu, to honour Ojukwu.
Fashola, Obi and Okorocha preached peace.


Tinubu said Ojukwu, who led the then Eastern Region's secession war between 1967 and 1970, was forced to defend his people.
Elder statesman Dr Tunji Braithwaite said Ojukwu did not declare a war against Nigeria, but against "corruption, lies and injustice, so that we can have a one and better Nigeria".

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