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13 Years After The War, Igbos gathered Together And Contributed Money To Build The Sam Mbakwe Airport Major Donors to the fundraising for the construction of the Imo Airport in 1983. Arguably the only airport in Nigeria built with the contribution of the citizens of the State. (More insight and rebuttal with facts welcome). Look closely at the list and you will see name of great Igbo men from the The 80s Great Igbo men! Igwe bu Ike! See the Pictures and Names below.

A successful arms dealer, Francis Arthur Nzeribe sold weapons to both Nigeria and Biafra during the 30-month Nigerian Civil War. As a matter of fact, Nzeribe traded arms in every single place there has been a conflict in Africa. In the 1960s, Nzeribe worked for Kwame Nkrumah as a speechwriter but after the coup that sent Nkrumah and his aides to Conakry, Nzeribe sneaked back to Ghana to work for the new government that had overthrown his principal. In April 1969, Nzeribe was involved in a bribery scandal with Ghana's Head-of-State, Joseph Arthur Ankrah which forced the latter to resign. In 1979, J.J Rawlings deported the Nigerian businessman from Ghana where he found his way to the United Kingdom to continue his arms-dealing business. In 1970, after the civil war, Nzeribe returned to Nigeria to open his first company, FANS Holdings Limited. In 1993, Nzeribe's Association for Better Nigeria approached the court on the basis of corruption and rigging to stop the announc...