More than 47 years since the Nigerian civil war ended, Mr. F. N. C
Oragwu, one of the Biafran scientists has disclosed how he and others fabricated
weapons and built
airports and refineries for the defunct republic.
A 1960 graduate of Physics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland,
Oragwu said he was a key figure in the Research and Production section of
Biafra.
“I will give you the true story about the civil war because I was
involved very actively. Not only was I active, I was also one of the key
figures in Research and Production (RAP), which was a body of scientists,
engineers and technicians that produced all the weapons used to fight the war,”
he gan in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun.
He continued: “Before the war, the whole eastern Nigeria had no factory
that produced weapons and they could not import weapons from anywhere during
the war because they were blockaded. So, I can tell you because I am one of the
surviving people in the team; I am almost 82 years old now.”
According to Sun news, Oragwu also revealed how, prior to independence in 1960, the eastern and
northern Nigeria formed a political alliance. According to him, the North had a
political party called the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) led by Ahmadu Bello.
“The party controlled the 19 states we have today in the north. Dr.
Namdii Azikiwe led the National Council of Nigerian and Cameroun (NCNC).
Cameroun, before the 1914/1918 World War, was a German colony. When France and
Britain defeated Germany in the war, they took over Cameroun from Germany and
shared it between themselves.”
Full interview on pages 38 and 39
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