May 21, 2026
Gowon
By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has reopened one of the most painful chapters in Nigeria’s history, accusing late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, of frustrating repeated efforts to stop the country from sliding into civil war.
The claim, contained in Gowon’s autobiography, My Life of Service and Allegiance, offers a deeply personal account of the failed peace talks, political mistrust and constitutional disputes that shattered negotiations between the federal military government and the Eastern Region before the 1967–1970 Civil War.
