Nigeria: Let's Put Biafra War Behind Us - Obasanjo

19 January 2013

Abeokuta — Former President, and major player in the Nigeria civil war, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged Nigerians to put the memories of the country's civil war behind them in the interest of peace and unity of the country.

Obasanjo who narrated how he escaped a grenade attack close to his groin, during the 16-month civil war remarked that the whole episode was unnecessary.

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