(Born 14 August 1929, Ubahu, Igboland)
Illustrious world middleweight and light-heavyweight boxing champion of the mid-1960s, Igbo
ambassadeur extraordinaire during the
genocide by Nigeria, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, when 3.1 million Igbo or
one-quarter of this nation’s population are slaughtered, proclaims solemnly to the world at the time: “Without Biafra, the championship title
is no good to me. Without Biafra, my title is nothing”
Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe
Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe
He disowned his title because of genocide against Biafra by Nigeria. Well done Dick Tiger of Enyimba, Abu.
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