Gowon Denies Aburi Agreement Included Biafra’s Independence
Nigeria’s former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has dismissed claims that the 1967 Aburi meeting in Ghana endorsed the secession of the Eastern Region and the creation of Biafra. Gowon said the late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, misrepresented the outcome of the meeting by telling Eastern Nigerians that both sides had agreed to divide…


