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EASTERN NIGERIA ON THE BRINK OF SECESSION

under the lead- ership of its ambitious soldier-politician, Lt. Col. Ojukwu , has demanded virtually complete ... autonomy as its price for remaining within the united Nigeria. Ojukwu probably would prefer that solution, ... have proved unsuccessful. Anticipating military ac- tion by Gowon's Northern-dominated regime, Ojukwu ...