Sir Louis Ojukwu |
,break colanut and pour dry gin according to the Igbo tradition,at this junction there is replica of moses in the bible and king pharaoh,without any premonition or inner instinct to the owelle of Onitsha that one day the young Emeka would grow to challenge his authority in Igbo land,which eventually come to pass in the year 1967 when Emeka decided to declare the Biafra republic,which Dr.Azikwe campaign against as the father of the nation and his statue as pan-africa,this political mistake contribute to his low ranking among his fellow easterner,till his death in the year 1997,when in the second republic government of sheu shagari due to the nationwide agitation to pardon Emeka,when Gen.Gowon have been early granted pardon by the civilian goverment of shagari,the president summon twice the council of state meeting to deliberate about Emeka issue,but the body language of Zik were against his friend son pardon,indeed he work against it by directing his then party governor,Jim nwobodo and Sam Nmbakwe to vote against the decision due to his fear about his party NPP influence in the south east if eventually Emeka arrive,but the agitation is too deafening that shagari didn't have any option than to pardon Emeka,which he did,on the d day at the council of state meeting,all the NPP governor talk against the pardon,but shagari as a wise man put it into vote,when Great Zik see the voting pattern that he had been defeated,he was the last person to raise his hand up reluctantly in support of Emeka pardon.from the publisher
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