Ojukwu and the True Nigerian Spirit – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Guest Columnist By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Tributes
One of the best things about the passing of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu is the kind of tributes which the news of his passing has elicited across the country. The former leader of Biafra has enjoyed the distinction of being eulogised across the political, ethnic and religious spectrum. From every part of Nigeria, Nigerians, high and low, prominent and ordinary, old and young have stepped forward to honour him with moving tributes. For a man whose life was defined by the role he played in the turbulent three years of the Nigerian Civil War, a man for whom the prefix “rebel” was once de rigeur, this was quite an achievement. The praise is also very well deserved because the life of Ojukwu exemplifies what can happen when principled courage meets patriotism. Here was a man who went to war out of conviction but who also, out of conviction, decided to stop fighting and come home to contribute to achieving the purposes for which he went to war, this time through civil and democratic means. The Eze Igbo Gburugburu was indeed a rare man who without giving up his principles, made peace with his enemies and joined hands with other patriots to seek solutions to the challenges of nationhood....

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Posted: at 1-03-2012 08:51 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming

The people praising him today have no choice, becos the reason for which he was pushed to go to war over 40yrs ago is still here with us now
even in a bigger way at dat
in fact he didnt declare war, he only respected the ABuri accord which others came back and turned away from
those who did then cant hide their faces now
that is why they cant attend his funeral
mtchew

Posted: at 2-03-2012 11:15 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming