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    Detainees released by Buhari included, Ojukwu, former Ministers Ciroma, Oyagbola, Ogbeh and Usman see more below...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

  The former Biafran secessionist leader, late Odumegwu Ojukwu, and several former Nigerian Cabinet ministers are among 250 detainees ordered freed by the military Government, Mr. Ojukwu’s associates said today.

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, the Nigerian ruler, announced the release of 250 former political figures and  businessmen in a speech Monday commemorating the West African country’s 24th anniversary of independence.The Army Chief of Staff, Brig. Tunde Idiagbon, has signed orders for the detainees’ release, but it was not known whether they have been freed.

Associates of Mr. Ojukwu said those ordered released include Mr. Ojukwu, former Agriculture Minister Adamu Ciroma, former National Planning Minister Adenike Oyagbola, former Steel Development Minister Audu Ogbeh and former Education Minister Biliyamanu Usman.