Ndigbo media forum rejects Gowon’s claim on Ojukwu, civil war peace efforts

By Seyi Babalola

The Ndigbo Media Forum has rejected claims by former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, that late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, frustrated efforts to prevent the 1967 Nigerian Civil War.

In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Rev. Paul Eze, the group described Gowon’s remarks as “historically inaccurate, insensitive to the wounds of the past, and…