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Actor Fabian Adibe Reveals How He Was Jailed 30 Months For Joining Biafra Force

Tobias Sylvester
By Tobias Sylvester
Published: August 28, 2022
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Veteran Nollywood actor, Fabian Adibe has narrated how he was jailed for 30 months after joining Biafra forces during the Nigerian civil war in 1967.

Actor Fabian Adibe Reveals How He Was Jailed 30 Months For Joining Biafra Force

Fabian Adibe Speaks On How He Joined Biafran Army

The actor, who spoke to BBC Igbo, said he was already acting but opted to join the Ojukwu Special Task Force after a pregnant woman was murdered in the open.

Adibe said his team was deployed to Ibadan for an operation with explosives, but they were all arrested and imprisoned in Lagos for 30 months until the civil war ended in 1970.

He said, “1966 coup happened. The north felt that the coup plotters had them in mind, hence, they started killing Igbos in vengeance, leading to an exodus from the north back to the east, and the three-year war that followed.

“I went to war with [Odumegwu] Ojukwu’s task force. We were caught in Ibadan and put in the maximum security prison in Lagos. I was there for 30 months. It started when a pregnant woman was killed and her baby ripped out.

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“She was put on the train and we went there to see for yourselves. It hurt the Igbo. If someone offended you and you killed both their parents and their kid for it, you shouldn’t extend hostility to the entire people of their tribe.

“I entered my name to join the army because the agric minister made it open. We were taken to join the Ojukwu Special Task Force and trained, climbing mountains, getting immersed in water, and flying on an aircraft.

“We were given explosives to cut off the route of the federal soldiers, including rails and bridges. On getting to Ibadan, we didn’t know how the police and army learned of our plans. We were arrested and photographed.

“No one asked what our mission was. We were imprisoned all through the war. 1970 was when we were released.”

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Adibe, who also spoke on the evolution of Nollywood since then, said nepotism and tribalism marred the casting process nowadays.

“Acting in the Nollywood of old is much easier than what we have today. Then, we acted together irrespective of our state of origin or tribe. We all met in Enugu and easily got acting jobs. It’s not like that today,” the actor added.

“My wife was sacked in 1997 because she was a non-indigen in Enugu, despite being an Igbo woman from Abia state, married to an Imo state-born man. Back in our days, this wouldn’t have happened. Nigeria was one then.”

KanyiDaily had also reported how Nollywood actor, Prince Emma Buchi was killed by his personal assistant identified simply as Sunny, in Asaba, Delta state.

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