ASPECTS OF IHIAGWA HISTORY IN THE POST NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR ERA, 1970-2010

Abstract

This paper attempts to distill the different measures evolved by the General Gowon ledgovernment towards alleviating the horrible and harrowing experiences suffered by the people of South East immediately after the Nigeria-Biafra war. It further highlights other measures used by the affected people of Ihiagwa to help themselves both economically and socially. The work employed the qualitative method of research. The research was presented thematically in chronological order characteristic of historical research. Sources were drawn from both primary and secondary sources to document aspects of Ihiagwa history between, 1970 and 2010. It goes further to dwell on one-decade intra-communal conflict preceded by succession disputes that characterized the community in the early 1990s and how it was amicably resolved resulting in the creation of another community from the “old Ihiagwa”, which some people saw as a win-win situation. It finally enumerates some of the modern challenges being experienced at present by the community and proffers solutions to some of these challenges.