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Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu's Funeral, February 2012
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Photo 1 of 6Credit: VanguardThe death of the leader of the breakaway Biafran state in 1967, Dim Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has seen thousands of people paying their last respects to the warlord. -
Photo 2 of 6Credit: VanguardGovernment officials... -
Photo 3 of 6Credit: Vanguard...and traditional leaders attended the funeral, to bid farewell to the man who fought in the three-year Nigerian civil war. -
Photo 4 of 6Credit: VanguardArmy pallbearers carry casket of the deceased leader, who also stood as a presidential candidate of his party, All Progressive Grand Alliance... -
Photo 5 of 6Credit: Vanguard...before words of farewell from religious leaders. -
Photo 6 of 6Credit: VanguardThis grieving man pays his last respects to Ojukwu. His body is being taken to Nigerian states before his burial on March 1, 2012.
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