Word: onitsha
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...operation began in the predawn hours when more than 100 trucks carrying hundreds of Biafran troops rolled across the Niger River Bridge that connects the Biafran town of Onitsha with the Midwestern town of Asaba. There, the troops split into two columns-one heading south toward the seacoast, the other sweeping west to the state capital of Benin. With nice timing, Biafra sympathizers in Benin were already staging a military coup against the Midwestern governor, and the city fell with hardly a shot. Other towns soon followed, including the bustling southern port of Warri. That night, a Biafran...
...road link with the East closed. Then they fled across the river in canoes. All along the swampy and grassy border areas, Ibo soldiers dug into foxholes. In the Eastern towns, however, the mood was ebullient, and many businessmen took to renaming their establishments after the new republic. In Onitsha, the Lucky Biafra Bar made its debut, while a freshly painted red sign advertised the No More Nigeria Garage...
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