How Zik ended Biafra war, by Nwobodo

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has narrated how former Nigerian leader, Nnamdi Azikiwe, ended the Biafran war to stop what could have been a total annihilation of the Igbo.

He said: “So, one day, I asked him, Sir, why is it that they call you Sabo. He laughed and said, ‘if not for me, there may be no Igboman alive today.'” “Zik told me he didn’t want to do that but because he didn’t know why Ojukwu should ask him to come overseas and keep two security men around him. He wasn’t a thief, he wasn’t a criminal. Why should he do that?

“But the only airline that was viable and available then was Nigerian Airways. Zik had no option but to use it. He had always thought that the plane would fly straight to Liberia. But it came via Nigeria. When the plane came to Lagos to refuel, passengers that would stop in Lagos, alighted while others went out to ease themselves.

“Zik said when Gowon saw him, he couldn’t believe it. He, the Head of State, said “Sir, before we do anything, let us pray”. “So, Zik said to me that anybody that says that I’m a saboteur is saying that out of ignorance. So, he saved Ndigbo by that singular action. He disclosed that their mission was to build a befitting museum in Awka, Anambra State, to mentor the young to know that at one point or the other, Nigeria was great.

 

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