Anambra State University named after late Odumegwu Ojukwu

 

 

Anambra State University, Uli has been named after late biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, announced the renaming of the University in a live broadcast on Anambra Broadcasting Service Television ABStv on Friday November 1st. The governor said the university was being renamed in celebration of Ojukwu's posthumous 80th birthday.

The former military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and Biafra warlord died on November 26, 2011, aged 78.