Col Ojukwu's Biafran aspirations where supported by Tanzania's first President, Julius Nyerere - the influential African statesman and pan-Africanist.

BBC: Ex-Biafra leader Chukwuemeka Ojukwu buried in Nigeria

Former Biafran fighters at the funeral seemed happy with the active role played by the army and the federal government during the burial, our reporter says.

BBC: Ex-Biafra leader Chukwuemeka Ojukwu buried in Nigeria

But he has never addressed the atrocities of the Biafran war, in which he was caught up with his young family - except occasionally in his poetry.

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