One of the major actors in the Nigeria-Biafra war of the late 1960s, Maj. Gen. David Akpode Ejoor (rtd), died in a Lagos hospital this Sunday . He was born on January 10, 1932.
Briefly the military administrator of the Mid-Western Region, Ejoor was later chief of army staff from 1971—75 during the Gowon regime.
The Urhobo nation mourns him.