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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu &#; His Blueprint for The Igbo Nation

Some southern military officers led by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Adewale Ademoyega, Christian Anuforo, Donatus Okafor, Humphrey Chukwuka and Timothy Onwuatuegwu, who were dissatisfied with the alleged northern domination and discrimination in the military and public service, the economic woes, social injustice and corruption in the country, orchestrated the January coup.

In his memoir, &#;Why We Struck&#;, Ademoyega, one of the plotters, explained that &#;Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places, that seek bribes and demand 10%; those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers or VIPs.&#;

&#;Once they were so uplifted by the society, they became solely and wholly motivated to use every opportunity to lift their immediate family out of the level of the masses into the privileged class and also to keep themselves perpetually in that class and totally abandon the masses.&#;

Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria&#;s former Prime Minister was one of the casualties of Nigeria&#;s first military coup in January Pho

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (fondly called Emeka) was born in Zungeru, Niger State, in northern Nigeria on November 4th,  to Sir Louis Phillippe Odumegwu Ojukwu, a transport businessman from Nnewi, Anambra State.


Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Age

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu would have been 91 years old, if he were alive today. May his soul rest in peace.


Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Early Life

Ojukwu received the best education money could buy. His primary education was at a private Catholic school in the Nigerian city of Lagos. Before he was ten years old, he was enrolled at nearby King's College as the youngest pupil in the institution's history. Two years later, Odumegwu Ojukwu's father transferred him to a school in Surrey, England, called Epson College, to finish secondary studies. Odumegwu Ojukwu had a natural athletic ability and, during his years in England, he honed his skills on the playing field when not attending classes. In school-sponsored sports he served as captain of the rugby and soccer teams. He also set the All England Junior record in the discus throw. 

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Have you ever seen a child born with a silver spoon with unlimited access to his father’s wealth, yet choose to snub these rights and start life on his own accord? Don’t ponder too deeply but read on about the life of one of Nigeria’s powerful men who influenced her history: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Early Life and Education

Emeka Ojukwu was born on November 4, , in Zungeru, present-day Niger State, Northern Nigeria, to Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu (). A businessman from Nnewi, present-day Anambra State in South-Eastern Nigeria. Ojukwu Snr. was into the transport business. He took advantage of the business boom during the Second World War to become one of the richest men in Nigeria.

Ojukwu started his secondary school education at the C.M.S Grammar School, Lagos, at the age of 10 in He later transferred to King’s College, Lagos, in There he was involved in a controversy leading to his brief imprisonment for assaulting a white British colonial teacher who humiliated a black woman.

At 13, his father sent him overseas to study in the United Kingdom. First at Epsom College and later at Lincoln College, Oxford University, where he earned a master’s degree in History. Oj

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He was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in and the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from to

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Emeka Ojukwu Jr., Ebele Ojukwu, Okigbo Ojukwu

Profession Historian, Soldier (rtd), Businessman, Politician,

Working Experience

Previous Appointments:

Appointed admnistrative Officer, former Eastern Nigeria Public Service, ; enlisted in the Nigerian Army and posted to Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria, ; Posted to 5th Battalion, NA, ; instructor, Royal West African Frontier Force Training School, Teshie, Ghana, ; returned to the 5th Battalion,NA, ; promoted Major, NA, ; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General, Brigade Headquarters, Kaduna, ; served in Congo Emergency Force, ; promoted Lieutenant Colonel and appointed Quartermaster-General, NA, ; Commander, 5th Battalion, Kano; ; ap


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