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Monday 24 July 2017

Heartbreaking! Ex-Biafran Commander, Ogbonnaya Oji is Dead

Ogbonnaya Oji and wife
 
A retired colonel in the Nigerian army who is from Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, has died, just three weeks after the death of his wife, Christiana. Ogbonnaya Oji, a retired colonel in the Nigerian army, is dead, He was 76, his nephew, Ahaoma Kanu, a journalist with National Daily newspaper tells Premium Times.
 
Mr. Orji, from Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, died on June 20, three weeks after the death of his wife, Christiana.
 
The deceased who joined the Nigerian army in 1960 as an officer cadet, was later to become one of the major actors of the first military coup in the country in January 1966, alongside the coup leader Kaduna Nzeogwu.
 
He fought on the side of Biafra during the civil war. He served in the Biafran army as the commanding officer of the 9thBattalion in 1967, Commander 62 Brigade in 1968, principal staff officer, 12 Division in charge of operation and training in 1969, and also as the principal staff officer at the 4th Commando Division in charge of operations in September 1969.
 
He was trained as an officer cadet at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna. From there, he moved to MONS Officer Cadet School, Aldershot in the United Kingdom to complete his cadet training. He was commissioned 2nd Lt in July 1960.
 
Orji was a combatant infantry officer. His service record includes military attachment with the Royal Sussex Regiment Belfast, Northern Ireland, Platoon Commander 4th Battalion Ibadan, Nigerian Contingent in the United Nations Peace Keeping Operations in the Congo in 1962, Battalion Intelligence Officer 4th Battalion Ibadan, and General Staff Officer (GSO III) 2 Brigade Nigerian Army Apapa Lagos.
 
Until his death, he held the traditional titles of Ugwumba 1 of Amaoba, Dike Oha 1 of Oboro and the Traditional Prime Minister of Oboro Clan.
 
He got married in July 1964 to Christiana (Nee Isika) and their marriage was blessed with three male children and 13 grandchildren.
 
Both Mr. Orji and his wife would be interred on August 19 at their country home in Amaoba-Ime, Oboro in Ikwuano, Abia State. 
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