Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has revealed how he restrained some senior military officers from arresting the then Military Governor of the Eastern Region, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, during the tense political crisis that preceded the Nigerian Civil War.
Gowon disclosed that several officers within the Nigerian Army were angered by Ojukwu’s posture during the period and were eager to take decisive military action against him.
According to Gowon, one of the officers pushing for Ojukwu’s arrest was Lt. Col. Benjamin Adekunle, then Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion in Enugu....... .
