[M.M. Mbanaja Series] Ojukwu's prophecies that must be fulfilled. An extract of Ojukwu's speech from exile -1970

[M.M. Mbanaja Series] Ojukwu's prophecies that must be fulfilled. An extract of Ojukwu's speech from exile -1970

"As a people we have endured as only giants endure. We have fought as heroes fight. We have dared as only gods dare. We are disillusioned by the world's insensitivity to the plight of our people.Yet because our cause is just we believe we have not lost the war, only that the battlefield has changed.

We are convinced that Biafra will survive.Biafra was born out of the blood of innocents slaughtered in Nigeria during the pogroms of 1966.

Today in History: Biafra Declaration of Independence - Ojukwu's speech 1967

Today in History:  Biafra Declaration of Independence - Ojukwu's speech 1967

Fellow countrymen and women, you, the people of Eastern Nigeria:

Conscious of the supreme authority of Almighty God over all mankind, of your duty to yourselves and posterity;

Aware that you can no longer be protected in your lives and in your property by any Government based outside Eastern Nigeria;

Believing that you are born free and have certain inalienable rights which can best be preserved by yourselves;