Gowon Reveals How Ojukwu Pawned Biafra’s Mineral Wealth for Foreign Support

Former Head of State Yakubu Gowon’s new memoir is renewing debate over Nigeria’s Civil War. He recounts Olusegun Obasanjo refusing to serve under Murtala Muhammed, forcing Gowon himself to step in and enforce military order. In a startling claim, Gowon alleges that Biafra leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu secretly pawned Biafra’s mineral wealth to the Rothschild banking family for about $10 million, with French backing. The book also explains why Nigeria turned to the Soviet Union for arms and highlights a Lebanese trader’s role in securing weapons. Nigerians online are now debating whether these revelations shed new light on wartime history or simply reopen old wounds.

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