IBB Recounts How ‘Ogbunigwe’ Nearly Killed Him During Nigerian/Biafra Civil War
Former Nigerian Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has shared a harrowing experience from the Nigerian Civil War. In his newly launched book, "A Journey in Service," Babangida recounts how a Biafran "Ogbunigwe" shell nearly took his life during a fierce battle on March 27, 1969. Babangida, then a Major, was commanding the 82 Battalion, which came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces while trying to capture Umuahia. Despite the Nigerian troops' aggressive response, the Biafran artillery continued to bombard them. It was during this intense fighting that Babangida was wounded by shrapnel from an Ogbunigwe shell, which landed…
