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The End of the War
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20 Pounds storyAt the end of the war, the Nigerian Government ordered that all biafran currencies must be deposited into a bank account immediately or they are worthless. After everyone complied with the directive, they again ordered that every former Biafran account holder will receive only the sum of 20 pounds regardless of how much they had in their account. This I beleived was the most unjustified act of the war as heads of households were forced to rebuild their financial holdings as well as support a typically large african family with only 20 pounds.
The major speeches at the end of the war
Ojukwu’s Message as He Flees Biafra
(1) Pre-recorded and broadcast over Biafran radio at 6:00 a.m., 11 January 1970. (Text from B.B.C ME\3277\B1.)
Lt.-Col. Effiong Announces Surrender of Biafra. Text taken from transcript of actual radio broadcast over the Biafran radio at 4:40 p.m., on Monday 12 January 1970.
General Gowon Welcomes Biafra’s Surrender
Broadcast at midnight on 12 January 1970 (Federal Ministry of Information Press Release No. 31\1970).
Ojukwu’s Call from Exile
Statement issued through the Biafran Information agency in Geneva and reproduced verbatim in The Times, 16 January 1970.
'The Dawn of National Reconciliation' - Gowon's Victory Message to the Nation, 15 January 1970. Broadcast from Lagos, 15 January 1970.
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