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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu[chOOk´´wOOAmA´kA OdOOmAg´wA OjOOk´wA] Pronunciation Key, 1933–, Nigerian general and secessionist. Of Igbo background, he joined (1957) the Nigerian army and rose to become (1966–67) military governor of E Nigeria. That region seceded (1967) from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra, with Ojukwu as head of state. He held office during the bloody war (1967–70) between Biafra and Nigeria and then went into exile in COte d'Ivoire upon Biafra's defeat.
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