Although most nations supported the Gowan regime, France sent it weapons.  The recent death of Prime Minister Balewa and a massacre of 50,000 precipitated by Islamic Hausas galvanized its freedom movement.  Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu declared it a free and sovereign state, and its military w
Although most nations supported the Gowan regime, France sent it weapons.  The recent death of Prime Minister Balewa and a massacre of 50,000 precipitated by Islamic Hausas galvanized its freedom movement.  Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu declared it a free and sovereign state, and its military was initially successful in fending off the federal army.  Within a year however, it had become completely landlocked and despite support from Tanzania and Zambia, starvation and famine ensued.  FTP, name this Igbo separatist state that was reabsorbed by Nigeria in 1970.
Although most nations supported the Gowan regime, France sent it weapons.  
Biafra