Thread by @ChidiNkwocha_

Wow just getting to know that the late Major Gen. Philip Effiong (Ojukwu’s 2nd-in-command during the Biafran War, who’d signed the peace treaty with Gowon) was friends with and used to visit my paternal grand-uncle Sir Philip Nkwocha of blessed memory.

#ArmedForcesRemembranceDay

Didn’t get to have a much personal experience with Ndaa Philip Uwaezuoke Nkwocha (was quite a kid when he died about 2007), but he had a reputation as an astute academic (one of the pioneers in my community of origin) and Director, Sunray Publications, Port Harcourt.

I fondly remember him for his bald rounded head, áfó beer (potbelly 😂), baritone voice and boisterous, witty humor. As a lover of education, he’d greatly influenced my father (who has always supported his children education-wise). And a bevy of texts
columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pri….

I believe he must’ve played a great role (at least with his pen and voice) during the Nigerian Civil War, the heroes of which the country remembers today.

As their offsprings, we can’t afford the labor of our heroes past to totally be in vain. So #VoteWisely

Rest on, Heroes🇳🇬.

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