Confident of Owerri Defeat - Federal Nigerian troops were reported today to have penetrated the heavily defended Biafran town Owerri. Col. Benjamin Adekunle, commander of the Federal third division, shown above in a recent picture, said during a hospital tour Friday that he would "drink tea in Owerri Sunday." Owerri and the Biafran headquarters of Umuahia are the only major towns still left to the Biafrans.

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Title:
Confident of Owerri Defeat - Federal Nigerian troops were reported today to have penetrated the heavily defended Biafran town Owerri. Col. Benjamin Adekunle, commander of the Federal third division, shown above in a recent picture, said during a hospital tour Friday that he would "drink tea in Owerri Sunday." Owerri and the Biafran headquarters of Umuahia are the only major towns still left to the Biafrans.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Adekunle, Col. Benjamin
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. September 1968]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Military officers
Adekunle, Benjamin, 1936-
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 280 x 203 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kd17gw521
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000391_0001
Barcode:
39999088103450