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
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Last year, he published a long-awaited memoir about the brutal three-year Biafran war - when the south-eastern Igbo region tried to split from Nigeria in 1967.
BBC: Chinua Achebe: Obituary of Nigeria's renowned author
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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