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Where did Odumegwu Ojukwu go after Biafra’s collapse?
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Following the collapse of the secessionist state of Biafra in 1970, Odumegwu Ojukwu fled to Côte d’Ivoire, where he was granted asylum. He remained in exile in that country until 1982, when he received a pardon and returned to Nigeria.1