Former Abia State Governor, Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to recognise those who fought and died on the Biafran side at this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
Kalu said: “Since we all agree it was a war of unity, I would like those who died fighting for Biafra to also be remembered. I know of the great poet, Major Chris Ifekandu Okigbo,Lt.Tom Bigger ,Chief Emeka Ojukwu’s half-brother,Col. Chude Sokei, Head of the Biafra Air Force, Major Hannibal Okpani Nkama, one of Nigeria’s best cadets and Corporal Nwafor, the gunner.