Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday commended President Goodluck Jonathn for the Federal Government’s participation in the burial rites of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
Kalu said: “President Jonathan is in the right office at the right time.I do not think any other sitting Nigerian President would have honoured the Great Ikemba like Mr. President.He eschewed politics, shoved aside ethnic considerations and went ahead to change the course of falsified history by treating Ojukwu as a hero and nationalist.
“The Vice-President was there; so was the Senate President. First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan turned out in mourning dress. I just wished Ojukwu could open his eyes for one second to see his beloved country lifting him.”
The ex-governor said Ojukwu fought a war of unity.
“Call it civil war, or what you wish.To me it was a war of unity,where brother fought against brother.A Cyril Iweze on the Federal side and a Ganiyu Adeleke commanding the Biafra School of Infantry.You could find Tony Igwe playing football in Lagos while a Princess, daughter of late Oba Oyekan of Lagos dodged bullets in Ogwuaga, Abba in the Igbo hinterland,”Kalu said.
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