12 June 1967 Gowon swears in his cabinet as Nigeria prepares attack the newly declared Igbo republic of Biafra
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12 June 1967, less than 2 weeks after Igbo people declared independence of the break away Republic of Biafra.
General Gowon, military ruler of Nigeria, under the constant advise from the former colonial power UK, forms a government that includes both peoples of the Northern (Hausa) and Western (Yoruba) Nigeria including Obafemi Awolowo the Yoruba leader that Gowon's regime released from prison a few months earlier.
General Gowon, military ruler of Nigeria, under the constant advise from the former colonial power UK, forms a government that includes both peoples of the Northern (Hausa) and Western (Yoruba) Nigeria including Obafemi Awolowo the Yoruba leader that Gowon's regime released from prison a few months earlier.