Uli attained global recognition on account of the unfortunate fratricidal war that engulfed Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. It was the host of the famous or dreaded airstrip, depending on which side of the divide one was, that was the centre of much airlift activity.
Uli finally cemented her place in contemporary Nigerian legend as the scene of the famed last flight in January 1970, when the then leader of Biafra, the late Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, famously…
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