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How Ojukwu smuggled arms into Nigeria in build-up to civil war – Gowon
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How Ojukwu smuggled arms into Nigeria in build-up to civil war – Gowon

Former military Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon has revealed in his newly launched autobiography that the 30-month Nigerian Civil War could have been averted if Eastern Region leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu had adhered to the 1967 Aburi agreements, claiming instead that Ojukwu used the peace talks to buy time for surreptitious arms smuggling.

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