On July 9, 2001 and exactly 10 years, 4 months and 17 days before his demise,

On July 9, 2001 and exactly 10 years, 4 months and 17 days before his demise,

On July 9, 2001 and exactly 10 years, 4 months and 17 days before his demise, Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, told Rudolf Okonkwo, in an interview in the United States of America:

“The worst thing about Nigeria is that here is a nation that has so much potential but the only problem is that everybody seems unprepared to face the problems or the realities of the Nigerian situation. There is absolutely no way you can look at the Nigerian federation, the way it was conceived, and say it is a good federation. One of the federating units is bigger than the other units. The other thing is that everything that has worked in Nigeria, or appears to have worked, seems very much to have been an imposition. The idea that sovereignty belongs to the Nigerian people is all fiction as far as Nigeria is concerned.”

Ojukwu departed the world on this day, 26 November 2011.