Traditional dancers entertain people during the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

An officer places a pair of shoes on the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu outside St. Micheal Catholic church during his final funeral ceremony in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: MILITARY OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Soldiers salute the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu outside St. Micheal Catholic church during his final funeral ceremony in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: MILITARY OBITUARY POLITICS) 

A man entertains during the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu outside, in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

A soldier adjusts the trolley used in carrying the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu outside St. Micheal Catholic church during his final funeral ceremony in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: MILITARY OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Clergymen surround the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu at St. Micheal Catholic church during his final funeral ceremony in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY RELIGION POLITICS) 

A man wears a fabric bearing the portrait of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu during the final funeral ceremony in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is escorted by aides into St. Micheal Catholic church during the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS RELIGION) 

Bianca (C), the wife of Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, is assisted by family members into St. Micheal Catholic church during the final funeral ceremony for him in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY RELIGION POLITICS) 

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is escorted by aides into St. Micheal Catholic church during the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS RELIGION) 

Traditional dancers entertain people during the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu outside, in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

War veterans attend the final funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in his native village of Nnewi, southeast Nigeria, March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Binca (C), wife of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, attends the national funeral ceremony for Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Former Secretary of the Commonwealth Emeka Anyaoku (L) sits with the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka during the national funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

A war veteran with an amputated leg attends the funeral of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu during a national funeral ceremony in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

A security official stands next to a poster bearing the photograph of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu during a national funeral ceremony in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Former Ghana President Jerry John Rawlings attends the national funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Members of the Catholic church attend the national funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY RELIGION POLITICS) 

A woman wears a fabric printed with the portrait of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu during a national funeral ceremony in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

A soldier stands guard near the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu during a national funeral ceremony in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY MILITARY) 

Emir of Kano Ado Bayero (front) leaves with his royal guards after attending the national funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS MILITARY) 

Nigeria's Vice President Namadi Sambo takes a bow after laying a wreath during the national funeral ceremony for Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS MILITARY) 

Soldiers carry the casket of Biafran ex-warlord Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu during a national funeral ceremony in Nigeria's southeastern city of Enugu March 1, 2012. Ojukwu, who led a bitter secessionist war in the 60s for a separate Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, died last year in a London hospital after a bout of illness. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY MILITARY) 

Members of the Biafra community hold banners and flags as they wait for US Presidential Barack Obama's convoy near the Presidential Castle in Accra July 11, 2009. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (GHANA POLITICS) 

A man dances with the Biafran flag in Okigwe town, near Owerri in southeastern Nigeria, May 27, 2008. The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) will be celebrating their 41st anniversary throughout eastern Nigeria on May 30, 2008. Picture taken May 27, 2008. REUTERS/George Esiri (NIGERIA) 

A man carries the Biafran flag during a parade in Ekwe village, near Enugu in southeastern Nigeria, May 27, 2008. The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) will be celebrating their 41st anniversary throughout eastern Nigeria on May 30, 2008. Picture taken May 27, 2008. REUTERS/George Esiri (NIGERIA) 

A man displays the Biafran currency in Okigwe town, near Owerri in southeastern Nigeria, May 27, 2008. The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) will be celebrating their 41st anniversary throughout eastern Nigeria on May 30, 2008. Picture taken May 27, 2008. REUTERS/George Esiri (NIGERIA) 

A trader holds old Biafran banknotes no longer legal tender in Nigeria at the market city of Onitsha, southeastern Nigeria, June 21, 2006. Picture taken June 21, 2006. To match feature NIGERIA-BIAFRA. REUTERS/Estelle Shirbon (NIGERIA) 

Disabled Biafran war veterans wait for people to give them money under a shelter along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Biafra, southeastern Nigeria, June 21, 2006. Picture taken June 21, 2006. To match feature NIGERIA-BIAFRA. REUTERS/Estelle Shirbon (NIGERIA) 

Disabled Biafran war veterans wait for people to give them money under a shelter along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Biafra, southeastern Nigeria, June 21, 2006. Picture taken June 21, 2006. To match feature NIGERIA-BIAFRA. REUTERS/Estelle Shirbon (NIGERIA) 

Disabled Biafran war veterans Usim Chukwu (L) and Joseph Akani wait for people to give them money under a shelter along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Biafra, southeastern Nigeria, June 21, 2006. Picture taken June 21, 2006. To match feature NIGERIA-BIAFRA. REUTERS/Estelle Shirbon (NIGERIA) 

Opposing Nigerian presidential candidates Muhammudu Buhari (L) of the
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Odumegwu Ojukwa of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) shake hands after meeting in the
state capital Enugu, April 17, 2003. The two fought on opposite sides
of the Biafran conflict in Nigeria between 1967 - 1970. Ojukwu said he
would support Buhari if presidential elections due April 19, go on to a
run off between Buhari and incumbent President Olusegun Obasango who
was a hero of the federal forces during the Biafran war. REUTERS/Howard
Burditt REUTERS

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