ADAKA BORO'S 12-DAY REVOLUTION
Major Isaac Adaka Boro was an Ijaw nationalist who died in the line of duty. In the early years of Nigeria's independence from Britain, he was in the fore front of the campaign for minority rights.
He formed the armed militia, Niger Delta Volunteer Force to demand for a larger share of proceeds of oil wealth for his people. On 23 February 1966, they declared the Niger Delta Republic.
After a 12-day war with the Federal Government of Nigeria, the militia was defeated and its members arrested for treason. At the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War in May 1967, Boro and his comrades were pardoned and enlisted to fight the war on the Nigerian side.
He was killed on 9 May 1968 near Okrika, Rivers State.
Born on 10 September 1938, in Olobiri, where oil was first discovered in Nigeria, Boro left University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) where he was the Student Union president to pursue his 12-Day Revolution.
His revolt was the first armed uprising against independent Nigeria.
In this interview, Yemi Farounbi (PhD) talks of the Adaka Boro he met at UNN.
Farounbi is Nigeria’s former ambassador to the Philippines. He is a respected broadcaster.
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