S’East elders demand national honour for Ojukwu
Headlines, South-East, Uncategorized Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
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South-East elders on Tuesday demanded a posthumous national honour for the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu before his burial.
A former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, who spoke on behalf of other South-East elders, insisted that the national honour must come before Ojukwu’s burial.
He said, “Late Ojukwu deserves such a recognition being a former Governor of Eastern Region, which today comprises 11 states in Nigeria.
“We want the Federal Government to give him national honour posthumously and it must come before his burial.”
“He deserves to be honoured as a former Governor of Eastern Region, which today comprises 11 states in Nigeria.
The Federal Government should give him national honour for the sake of ‘no victor, no vanquished’, declared at the end of the war. If they fail to do this, it means there is a victor and vanquished.
“We are insisting that he must be honoured before his burial. Such an honour will be unacceptable to Ndigbo if it comes after his burial.”
-Punch
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