Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, the late Biafra leader’s wife, has declared that her late husband’s spirit and philosophy are relevant in Nigeria’s upcoming general elections in 2023.
She stated that what her husband stood for and fought for, including equity, justice, and peaceful coexistence, are essential drivers that will shape the general elections next year.
Ojukwu spoke on Saturday in Owerri, Imo State, at the 11th memorial ceremony for the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who led Eastern Nigeria in the 30 month civil war between May 1967 and January 1970 in defense of Nigeria’s invasion of the secessionist Biafra republic.
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The memorial, hosted by BIM/MASSOB leader Ralph Uwazurike, was attended by notable Igbo leaders such as the custodian of Igbo ancestry and the Regent of Nri ancient kingdom, Prince Ikenna Onyenso; former coach of Nigeria’s Eaglets, Fani Amu; Royal fathers, Biafra agitating groups from all parts of former Eastern Nigeria, and many others.
The ceremony included parades, march pasts, cultural displays, harvest offerings, dances, and recreations of Emeka Ojukwu’s life and times.
Bianca Ojukwu announced the construction of the Bruce Mayrock Building in honor of the then-20-year-old young American student who set himself ablaze in front of the United Nations building in New York on May 30, 1969, in protest of the genocide of Biafrans he had never met.
She said that the remembrance was not just for Ojukwu, but for every other Biafran war veteran and family who were victims of the war.
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“2023 makes us know that we miss Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. There is a present crisis of confidence among Igbo leaders. It is one man down, one less competitor, that the Igbo now eat their own. “
“Time for negotiation will come and it will be on a round table. The criteria for negotiation are the peace in all forms. I am happy that Ojukwu was restored to his full military rank before he died. Through negotiation, we will all get there,” Amu said.
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