Major (Dr.) Albert Nwazu Okonkwo//ⓘwas briefly the Military Administrator of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria in mid-1967 during an attempt to establish the region as the independent Republic of Benin early in the Nigerian Civil War.[1]
Okonkwo was a Major in the Biafran Army Medical Corps.[2]
He was trained as a physician in the United States, and was married to an American.[3]
^"Republic of Benin". World Statesmen. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^Meto Edgar Onwuamaegbu (2007). Those That Trespass Against Us. Lulu.com. p. 215. ISBN 1-84753-240-3.
^"Breakaway Nigerian Area Lasts Only One Day". Gadsden Times. 16 September 1967. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
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