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October 30, 2026

Beyond Gowon & Ojukwu: The Police Chief Who Witnessed Nigeria’s Last Major Peace Effort Before War

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By ENEFIOK EKEFRE The Forgotten Policeman at Aburi: Timothy Omo-Bare’s Place in Nigeria’s Road to Civil War WHEN historians recount the political and military upheavals that pushed Nigeria towards civil war in 1967, attention naturally turns to Yakubu Gowon, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the military officers who shaped the country’s turbulent transition from […]