C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

Politician

1933 – 2011

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Who was C. Odumegwu Ojukwu?

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician. Ojukwu served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966, the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and a Nigerian politician from 1983 to 2011, when he died, aged 78.

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Born
Nov 4, 1933
Zungeru
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Christianity
Nationality
  • Nigeria
Profession
Education
  • Epsom College
  • Master's Degree, Lincoln College, Oxford
    History
  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
  • University of Oxford
  • King's College, Lagos
Lived in
  • Niger State
Died
Nov 26, 2011

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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