FACTS 

 
 
Birthday: May 30, 1967
 
Capital: Enugu (Umuahia from Oct. 1967)

 
Population: 15 million
 
Area: 30,000 sq. miles
 
Ethnic Groups: Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, Ogoja, Ijaw, etc.
 
Resources: Palm produce, crude oil, coal, natural gas, limestone, iron ore,
cocoa, timber, etc.
 
Human Resources: 500 doctors, 700 lawyers, 600 hundred, 300 economists, etc.
 
University: University of Biafra, Nsukka [projected University of Port
Harcourt]
 
Head of State:
General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, jssc.
 
Chief of General Staff:  
Major-General Philip Effiong
 
Chief Secretary: 
Mr. N. U. Akpan
 
GOC Biafran Army: 
Major-General Alexander Madiebo [replaced Brigadier Hilary Njoku]
 
Commander, Biafran Air Force:
Wing Commander G. I. Ezeilo
 
Commander, Biafran Navy:
Captain. W. A. Anuku
 
Director of Military Intelligence: 
Mr. Bernard Odogwu
 
Military Assistant to the C-in-C: 
Colonel David Ogunewe
 
Principal Officer to the C-in-C:
Colonel Patrick Anwuna
 
Prominent Division GOCs:
Brigadier Tony Eze, Brigadier Pat Amadi, Colonel Joe ('Air Raid') Achizie,
Colonel Nsudo, Colonel Iheanacho, Colonel Archibong,  etc.
 
GOC, 101 (ROB Liberation Army): Brigadier Victor Banjo [later executed for
sabotage]
 
Inspector-General of Police: 
Mr. P. I. Okeke
 
Chief Justice: 
Sir Louis Mbanefo
 
Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice:  
Mr. J. I. Emembolu
 
Special Advisers to the Head of State: 
Dr. Akanu Ibiam & Dr. M. I. Okpara [respectively former Governor and Premier
of defunct Eastern Nigeria]
 
Biafra’s Roving Ambassadors: Dr. Nnamdi (Zik) Azikiwe (ex-President of
Nigeria, later left the breakaway republic); Dr. Kingsley Ozumba (K. O.)
Mbadiwe, Dr. Okechukwu. Ikejiani, Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike, Mr. Chukwuma
Azikiwe, etc.
 
Chairman , Consultative Assembly:
Dr. Alvan Ikoku
 
Chairman, Atrocities Commission:
Mr. G. C. M. Onyiuke
 
Chairman, Rehabilitation  Commission:
  Dr. S. E. Imoke
 
Chairman, Development Commission:
Professor A. Modebe
 
Chairman, Marketing Board:
 Mr. C. C. Mordi
 
Relief Coordinator:  
Dr. S. E. Cookey
 
Chairman, Food Directorate: 
Mr. Bob Ogbuagu
 
Chairman, Housing Directorate: 
Mr. P. O. Nwakoby
 
Commissioner of Home Affairs: 
Mr. C. C. Mojekwu
 
Commissioner for Information: 
Dr. Ifeagwu Eke
 
Commissioner for Health: 
Mr. James Udo-Affiah
 
Commissioner for Transport & Communication: 
Mr. Felix Iheanacho
 
Commissioner for Education: 
Mr. M. T. Mbu.
 
Commissioner for Labor: 
Mr. Emmanuel Aguma
 
Commissioner for Rural Development: 
Chief Frank Opigo
 
Commissioner for Agriculture:
Professor Eyo Bassey Ndem
 
Commissioner for Forestry & Animal Husbandry:
Mr. U. O. Imo
 
Biafra Representative in London: 
Mr. I. S. Kogbara
 
Biafra Representative in France:
Mr. Ralph Uwechue
 
Vice-Chancellor, University of Biafra:  
Professor Eni Njoku 
[ex-VC, University of Lagos]
 
Director, War Information Bureau
Dr. Michael C. J.  Echeruo
 
Direct Military Aid: 
Count Carl Gustav von Rosen (a Swede) of the "Biafran Babies" [Minicon
fighter planes] fame.
 
Relief Organizations: 
Caritas International
World Council of Churches (WCC), International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC)
 
Nigeria Declaration of War: 
July 6, 1967
 
Military Administrator of Republic of Benin (ROB): 
Major (Dr.) Albert Okonkwo