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How I Risked Been Detained, Killed By Ojukwu During Biafra War - Mbu
Matthew Mbu, a former Foreign Minister and United Nations, UN,
ambassador, has revealed how late Biafra warlord, Dim Odimegwu Chukwuemeka
Ojukwu, plotted to detain him after the Civil War.
He said he cautioned Ojukwu as the war progressed to surrender due to the
suffering of the civilian population in the Southeast.
Mbu said people around Ojukwu convinced the warlord to detain him because
of his advice to end the war.
These revelations were made public through an autobiography the late
ex-Minister left behind to be published by his family.
The book entitled “Dignity in Service,” is due for public presentation on
Tuesday next week at the Yar’Adua International Conference Centre, Abuja
He said, “We had the hawks and the doves, on the Biafra and the federal
side that made the contest bloody. As the war progressed, I cautioned Ojukwu
based on the realities that were obvious, especially the suffering of the
civilian population. The hawks of the civil war were in their own world.
“They convinced Ojukwu to detain me because of my advice of caution. I
remember when I once came in from a foreign trip, Chief M. D. Yusuf, my friend
said: ‘Do you know how close you were to being detained?
“We were surprised you weren’t detained. Ojukwu was to detain you, your
friend was to detain you, we knew he was going to detain you.’ I said, ‘Yes
when I came back from my foreign missions, they saw me and they began to cry
and said you are going to be detained, he is going to detain you’, because I
told him the truth.
“My overriding interest was just to bring peace to the whole situation.
That was how I led the Biafran diplomacy during the war and eventually signed
the communiqué that ended the war. Some people who went on diplomatic mission
never came back again. But I was going out and coming in frequently.”
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