The late elder statesman and leader of the defunct Biafra Republic, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was laid in state yesterday at the Micheal Okpara square, Enugu, where a crowd and top dignitaries gathered to pay their tributes.
The casket was draped in green-white-green national colours and placed on top of it was a pair of service shoes, a sword and a cap.
Present at the event were; Vice President Nnamadi Sambo; First Lady, Patience Jonathan; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Professor Wole Soyinka, Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana, and several state governors, Senators, traditional and religious leaders.
May his soul Rest In Peace.
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| Vice President Namadi Sambo |
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| First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan |
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| Some of the Late Ojukwu's Children |
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