Ojukwu: Exile, Diplomacy and Survival

This is an ode to human survival and revival. The author deployed intelligence gathering, strategic local and external security maneuvers, as well as international media engagements and diplomatic shuttles to the termination of the former Biafran leader's exile. Readers will find the politics and dramatis personae of Ojukwu's pardon quite intriguing. They put a lie to the notion that tribe was always the bane of Nigerian politics. Patriots from across the divides made General Ojukwu's return not only possible but also a national celebration.

This book is a must-read for glimpses into how the Nigeria/Biafra war was won and lost, and the steps taken by even those blamed for it to engender reconciliation in the polity.

— Felix Oguejiofor Abugu,

Former Editor, The Guardian on Saturday and MD/Editor-In-Chief, AbeyaNews online.

Just years after the civil war, a patriotic ethnic mix of Nigerians worked for lasting national unity by ensuring General Ojukwu's return to his fatherland. This rebukes the sundering of Nigeria through subsequent decades, a dire warning that the country must be pulled from the brink. Otherwise, disintegration looms…

— Chuks Iloegbunam, author of Ironsi: Nigeria, The Army, Power and Politics 

The Author:

Kanayo Esinulo earned a reputation for committed electronic and print media journalism before veering into public relations, where he also excelled. In Biafra, he worked at General Ojukwu's State House. When the republic capitulated, he followed the Biafran leader to Côte d'Ivoire and served as one of his closest aides throughout his years of exile. This captivating book is on the years of exile and the deft moves that led to Ojukwu's return to Nigeria in 1982.

Paperback 

156 pages