Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was born on 4 November 1933 at Zungeru in northern Nigeria to Sir Louis Phillippe Odumegwu Ojukwu, a businessman from Nnewi in south-eastern Nigeria.
At 13, his father sent him overseas to study in Britain, first at Epsom College, in Surrey and later earned a Masters degree in history at Lincoln College, Oxford University He returned
to colonial Nigeria in 1956.
to colonial Nigeria in 1956.
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| Young Ojukwu |
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| Ojukwu the war lord |
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| In politics |
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| Active Ojukwu |
He died in the early hours of Saturday at a United Kingdom hospital.
He was aged 78.
He was aged 78.
His death was confirmed in a statement by the family titled DIM CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU IS DEAD signed by Ojukwu’s son, Chukwuemeka.
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| Ojukwu at old age |
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