Chukwuemeka Ejiofor, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Biafra founder,
Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, has recalled incidents of the civil war.
At age 21, he voluntarily joined the Nigerian Army as an
officer before defecting to the Biafran Army when the declaration was made in
1967.
In 1970, after the war, he developed psychological and
emotional problems. His father died of stroke and by the time he came back
from the north, he had lost everything. His mentor and relative, Staff Sergeant
Sylvanus Ezekwu also died during the struggle.
In 2008, Ejiofor, now 71, was asked to return home by his
people to be their traditional ruler in Oyofo in Ezeagu LGA, Enugu state.
In an interview, he said “We were systematically massacred
in 1966. I was stationed in Lagos at that time and when it started, we had to
escape at night to Enugu”.
“I feel sad. I was a victim of the Biafran war and you won’t
believe it that after the war, for many years I suffered from what I call loss
of memory. I lost my memory. I didn’t know all the things I had studied in
college as the best student. It was very painful.
“My saviour was that I escaped from Biafra and went into
exile for many years. I gradually recovered because of the healing process. I
had churches, charities, like St Vincent De Paul coming to help us come out
from the environment of war. We were just lucky.
“Three million was an underestimation. Every day, I pick
little children from the road who were dead. There were many mass graves then
that I lost count. I used to go to refugee camps to take children to Queen
Elizabeth hospital, Umuahia by the next morning they are dead.
“The blood of innocent Biafrans especially women and
children is crying to God for vengeance because of the cruelty and injustice
done to them. It can never die away. It is a spiritual thing that can never be erased.
“We are not interested in our past. In Britain and the US,
every November 11, they remember people who died in their first world war. They
raise money for their veterans. We don’t have that culture here”.
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So bro what are you saying in essence now? Do you still support this course, Do you, ur children, grandchildren and great grandchildren still wants to taste the pangs and pains of Biafra? God help us!!!
ReplyDeleteVengeance brings nothing other than more pain. The dead are gone lets the living be in peace ✌ #onenigeria
ReplyDeleteThere is no way we can be called one.we are not one.different culture,different religion.difference in everything.we are not one let's stop deceiving ourselves.we don't believe in killing.
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