NIGERIA: SUPREME FEDERAL MILITARY COUNCIL MEETS ON EVE OF REPORTS OF MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH BY FEDERAL FORCES IN SECESSIONIST BIAFRA.

Record ID: 237311

  • Title: NIGERIA: SUPREME FEDERAL MILITARY COUNCIL MEETS ON EVE OF REPORTS OF MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH BY FEDERAL FORCES IN SECESSIONIST BIAFRA.
  • Date: 10th January 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV EXT GOWON'S RESIDENCE 0.05 2. MV MUSA USMAN ARRIVES 0.09 3. MV ABBA KYARI ARRIVES. 0.16 4. MV U.J. ESUENE ARRIVES (2 SHOTS) 0.27 5. CU ADMIRAL WEY ARRIVES 0.40 6. CU LIET. COMMANDER SPIFF ARRIVES. 0.48 7. CU AUDU BAKO ARRIVES 0.56 8. CU COL. OGBOMUDIA ARRIVES. 1.02 9. CU COL. IKWE ARRIVES 1.09 10. MV GOWON INTO MEETING PLACE AND TAKES SEAT (2 SHOTS) 1.20 11. MV DELEGATES AND OFFICIALS (3 SHOTS) 1.36 12. CU SIGN "CAUTION SUPREME HEADQUARTERS" 1.41 Initials SAW/VS/CT/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: LAGOS, NIGERIA
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Reuters ID: LVADTVT85HDJDOKOFIY61D4E0PTF
  • Story Text: THE NIGERIAN FEDERAL SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MET IN LAGOS YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) ON THE EVE OF REPORTS OF A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH BY FEDERAL FORCES IN SECESSIONIST BIAFRA.

    THE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE RESIDENCE OF MAJOR-GENERAL GOWON, THE NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE, AND WAS ATTENDED BY NAVAL, AIR FORCE AND ARMY LEADERS, AS WELL S THE GOVERNORS OF NIGERIAN STATES. THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE CIVIL WAR.

    TODAY (SATURDAY) IT WAS REPORTED FROM LAGOS THAT FEDERAL FORCES STOOD POISED FOR A FINAL THRUST INTO THE HEART OF SECESSIONIST BIAFRA AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS OF CIVIL WAR.

    GENERAL GOWON SENT A MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE FEDERAL DIVISIONS RINGING THE HEARTLAND OF THE FORMER EASTERN REGION AND SOME REPORTS CLAIMED THAT THE BIAFRAN SOUTHERN FRONT HAD COLLAPSED.

    AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING WERE COL. MUSA USMAN, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF NORTH-EASTERN STATE; LIET. COL. ABBA KYARI, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CENTRAL STATE; COL. U. J. ESUENE, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH EASTERN STATE, REAR ADMIRAL WEY; LIEUT. COMMANDER DIETTE SPIFF, GOVERNOR OF RIVER STATE; COL. OGBOMUDIA, GOVERNOR OF MID-WEST STATE; AIR FORCE LEADER, COL. IKWE; AND MAJOR-GENERAL GOWON.
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