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Ojukwu is dead
The former Biafra leader and APGA chieftain had been hospitalized in the UK since December 2010 after suffering a stroke
Article | August 10, 2011 - 3:29pm | By Chidi Okoye
Former Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, died today at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, in the UK, where he has been receiving medical attention since December 2010 after he suffered a stroke. He was aged 78.

The hospital authorities had, last week, denounced media reports that the Odumegwu-Ojukwu had suffered a relapse. A statement signed by the hospital’s spokesperson, Joe Wise, on July 29 has said: “General Odumegwu-Ojukwu was admitted as an emergency patient from the Lynden Hill Clinic.  He was suffering from a chest infection for which he received treatment. His condition is stable. Contrary to reports published in a number of newspapers, the general has not suffered any further strokes; he is not on a life support machine and has not been on one at any time while a patient in the Royal Berkshire Hospital; the General’s treatment is being funded privately.”

Family members and the hospital authorities are yet to make any official statements regarding his death as at the time of this report.

The former soldier, and chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was was born on November 4, 1933, at  Zungeruin northern Nigeria to Sir Louis Phillippe Odumegwu Ojukwu, a businessman from Nnewi in southeastern Nigeria. Sir Louis was in the transport business, and was one of the richest men in Nigeria by the time he died in 1966.

Emeka, as he was fondly called, began his educational career in Lagos. In 1944, the young Ojukwu was briefly imprisoned for assaulting a white British colonial teacher who was humiliating a black woman at  King's College in Lagos; an event which generated widespread coverage in local newspapers At 13, his father sent him overseas to study in  Britain, first at  Epsom College, in  Surrey. He later earned a Masters degree in history at  Lincoln College, Oxford University. Thereafter, he returned to Nigeria in 1956.

He joined the civil service in Eastern Nigeria as an Administrative Officer at Udi, in present-day Enugu State. In 1957, within months of working with the colonial civil service, he left and joined the military as one of the first and few university graduates to join the army. His popular background and sound education guaranteed his promotion to higher ranks. After serving in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in the Congo, under Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Odumegwu-Ojuwkwu was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1964 and posted to Kano, where he was in charge of the 5th Battalion of the Nigerian Army.

He was in Kano, northern Nigeria, when Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, on January 15, 1966, executed and announced the bloody military coup in Kaduna. Odumegwu-Ojukwu supported the forces loyal to the Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Major-General Aguiyi-Ironisi.

Thus, when Aguiyi-Ironsi took over the leadership of the country in 1966, he appointed Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the Military Governor of Eastern Region. By May 29, 1966, a planned pogrom in northern Nigeria, during which Igbos were targeted and killed, presented problems for the young military governor. He did everything in his power to prevent reprisals and encouraged people to return, as assurances for their safety had been given by his supposed colleagues up north and out west.

Events later worsened, leading Odumegwu-Ojukwu to declare that the Igbos would secede from Nigeria and form a sovereign state, called Biafra. A civil war ensued in 1967 and ended in 1970 with Odumegwu Ojukwu leaving the country on self exile. After 13 years, the federal government granted him an official pardon and he returned in 1982. He was chosen by APGA as its presidential candidate for the April 2007 elections, which was won by Olusegun Obasanjo.

Fondly referred to as “Ikemba” by the Igbos, Odumegwu Ojukwu is survived by his wife, Bianca, a former beauty queen, and many children and grand children.

Eyah. Rip

This is bad,if its true.

when they said he was getting better i knew it was the direct opposite - oh well.

may his soul rest in peace. the only true igbo leader that ever lived.

he is not dead according to his son

musiwa.,.:

may his soul rest in peace. the only true igbo leader that ever lived.

You re very rice!

Rest in peace Ikemba.

Warrior and defender of his people. May the legacy of your struggle live on.

May the ancestors welcome your spirit, Eze Gburu Gburu  

rip man

RIP, SOLDIER!

Joining his league in hellfire.Send my regards to Awo that is if you are privileged to be in heaven.

ADIUE ODUMEGWU. EZEIGBOGBURUGBURU JEE NKE OMA. U WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE HEART OF THOSE WHO LOVES YOU.

Despite rumors swirling on the Internet that Ikemba Odumegwu-Ojukwu has died in a London hospital, Saharareporters has ascertained from his direct family as well as sources within the hospital that the former Biafran leader remains alive.

In a telephone interview, Okigbo Odumegwu-Ojukwu, one of Ikemba’s children, stated, “It is not true that my father died.” Mr. Okigbo Odumegwu-Ojukwu resides in London and is constantly in touch with the hospital personnel caring for his father.

Saharareporters also spoke to a UK-based medical doctor involved in Ikemba Ojukwu’s care – and he also debunked the rumor of Chief Ojukwu’s death.

i knew the end was near for him IKEMBA THE GREAT!

R.I.P WARRIOR

To hell with him.
I hope this is indeed true.
So what were the Igbo propagandists saying a few weeks ago about his relapse being untrue?
SMH.

EZE NDI IGBO GBURU GBURU,
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE YOU

ADIEU GREAT HERO AND DEFENDER OF BIAFRA
THE GREAT LOVER OF HIS PEOPLE
YOUR DREAM AND ASPIRATION OF THE IGBO RACE WILL ONE DAY COME TO PASS,
ADIEU IKEMBA, EZE NDI-IGBO NILE

sowetto:

Despite rumors swirling on the Internet that Ikemba Odumegwu-Ojukwu has died in a London hospital, Saharareporters has ascertained from his direct family as well as sources within the hospital that the former Biafran leader remains alive.

In a telephone interview, Okigbo Odumegwu-Ojukwu, one of Ikemba’s children, stated, “It is not true that my father died.” Mr. Okigbo Odumegwu-Ojukwu resides in London and is constantly in touch with the hospital personnel caring for his father.

Saharareporters also spoke to a UK-based medical doctor involved in Ikemba Ojukwu’s care – and he also debunked the rumor of Chief Ojukwu’s death.

Reminds me of that obj-yardua phone conversation. . . . .umoru,umoru are you dead ? Hahahahah

It's such a pity. Has this news been confirmed? What is happening this week?

Nigeria has lost one of the REAL leaders.

May his soul rest in peace. Amen

I hope he is alive

Akutunku re lona orun

, Hmm a great iroko tree has fallen,,R I P Ezeigbo gburugburu,,ur legacies will foreve live on, We love u bt God loves U more,
At least ur nt like the south west leaders that took money during d death of MKO Abiola,
Igbo adighi ekpe azu,

rubi:

You will always be remebered

gone but not forgotten R.I.P

The[b] Iroke tree [/b] has fallen

Iroko ko,plywood ni.RUBBISH

dayokanu:

Akutunku re lona orun

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I hope Poster is giving us a valid information.

A man is not dead until he is forgotten,

Many fought for their nations,

Few stood till the end,

North, East, South or West,

Let us all pray for our leaders: past and present,

May their tales, paths and lessons provide guidance for our future,

May we be better leaders than they were so they may rejoice in Heaven that their cries were answered.

why on earth shld dis be on the front page!? Dailytimes is now defunct so where did dat story emanatd from? Plz remove from frnt page as it wil only demeanin d credibility of dis forum if dis man still hapns 2 be alive

dayokanu:

Akutunku re lona orun

Ole ihe i na-acho ebe a?Ede ihe nani gi na-aghota.I bu Onye mmuo.?
@Topic,Sad.
We all came from sand and our creator and to him would we return to someday.

btwn,how true is this story sef

Fake News! OBJ is Dead.

The moderators should do well to verify stories before putting them up anywhere especially the front page. If you click on the link to that article, this is what you get:

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The one and only Ikemba himself;Ezeigbo Gburugburu! The best President Nigeria never had.

As for the assertion thast "His popular background and sound education guaranteed his promotion to higher ranks, "This is blatant lies.His family background did not play any role in his military career.
It is an open -secret that when Ikemba want to join the army,his father was against it and when his father eventually agreed that he will join the army,he promised that he will use use connection to make him a commissioned officer but Ikemba declined and joined the army from the rank and file.QED

Ikemba!!! Ikemba!!!! Ikemba!!!!!! your time has come and gone welcome and goodbye Ike ndi Igbo.