Albert Okonkwo
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Major (Dr.) Albert Nwazu Okonkwo // āwas briefly the Military Administrator of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria in mid-1967 during an attempt to establish the region as the independent Republic of Benin early in the Nigerian Civil War.[1] Okonkwo was a Major in the Biafran Army Medical Corps.[2] He was trained as a physician in the United States, and was married to an American.[3]
Quick Facts Administrator of Mid-Western Region, Preceded by ...
Albert Nwazu Okonkwo | |
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Administrator of Mid-Western Region | |
In office 17 August 1967 ā 20 September 1967 | |
Preceded by | David Ejoor |
Succeeded by | Samuel Ogbemudia |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
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