Akanu Ibiam Quotes

1906–1995

Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam KCMG KBE (29 November 1906 – 1 July 1995) was a Nigerian medical missionary and statesman who served as Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966. In 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, he renounced his British knighthood in protest of the United Kingdom's support for the federal government against Biafra.

Also known as: Akanu ibiam