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Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, listen ⓘ 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was a Nigerian military officer who was the first Vice President and the second and last President of the Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970.
Der Biafra-Krieg war ein nigerianischer Bürgerkrieg von 1967 bis 1970 um die Sezessionsbemühungen des südostnigerianischen Gebietes Biafra mit der Hauptstadt Enugu.
Der Oberbefehlshaber der Streitkräfte war der Präsident von Biafra, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, der Generalstabschef war Philip Effiong. Die Streitkräfte Biafras bestanden aus den Teilstreitkräften Heer, Marine und Luftstreitkräfte .
Only a few days earlier, Ojukwu fled into exile by plane to the Ivory Coast, leaving his deputy Philip Effiong to handle the details of the surrender to General Yakubu Gowon of the Federal Army on 13 January 1970. The surrender paper was signed on 14 January 1970 in Lagos and thus came the end of the civil war and renunciation of ...
Immediately after Ojukwu's departure President Effiong called for a ceasefire to discuss the details of surrender. On January 12 Philip Effiong, Joseph Achuzie, Ogbugo Kalu, and other Biafran officers made their way to Amichi and later Owerri to broadcast their final surrender to Col. Obasanjo.
12. Aug. 2017 · This officer gentleman, Philip Effiong, First Commander of the Nigeria Army Ordnance Corps, deserves to be celebrated by all as a brave man of peace. Nigerian History will not be unkind to him...
4. Aug. 2019 · This interview with Philip Effiong, II, a Prof of Drama in Michigan State University, whose father, Lt. Col Philip Effiong, was the Second-in-command to then Head of State, defunct Republic...
