![]() ![]() This was as a result of well- tailored propaganda which he skilfully fed the European and United States of America press. No European country actually accorded diplomatic recognition to Ojukwu’s regime, yet many of them were sympathetic to Biafra. Although the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU) now renamed the African Union (AU) was solidly behind the Federal government, yet, four African states Tanzania, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Zambia recognized Ojukwu’s regime in 1968. The Biafra side was headed by Lt Colonel Odumegwu Emeka Ojukwu. The principal actors in the Nigerian Civil War can be referred to as the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of Major General Yakubu Gowon on the part of Nigeria. The Battle for Nigeria’s Coastal Areas: Operational Responsibility and the Development of the Nigerian NavyĬontribution of the Navy to the Defeat of Biafra Dr. Nigerian Navy on the Eve of the Nigerian Civil War
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