"Having mandated me to proclaim on your behalf, and in your name, that Eastern Nigeria be a sovereign independent Repu…"

"The Federation of Nigeria is today as corrupt, as unprogressive and as oppressive and irreformable as the Ottoman Emp…"

"The worst thing about Nigeria is that here is a nation that has so much potential but the only problem is that everyb…"

"If America says to you today that they are proud of the fact that, for two hundred years, they have been trying to ma…"

"I don’t know who decided on a structure of 36 states, but I say, if we decide to review it, why shouldn’t we? Those s…"

"If the Igbos feel that things are best for them in a country of their own, why shouldn’t they have it? If after all w…"

"It is always difficult to know which is rumor and which is fact, more so in a place like Nigeria. Certainly, it is cl…"

"What happened was that Nigerians decided that they would like to put a final solution to Igbo problem. They unleashed…"

"I don’t know whether I am [a world historical figure] or not. But certainly, I do know that I am probably the most Ni…"

"At the beginning, nobody wanted to mix the brigades that were organized according to religious sects. When I was appo…"