Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Raphael Ben Kechi Okafor dan siyasar Najeriya ne kuma dan kasuwa wanda ya kasance memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Tarayya, wanda ke wakiltar Owerri-West a lokacin Jamhuriyar farko ta Najeriya. Ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Zikist kuma tsohon Sakataren Majalisar Tarayya ne, Ma'aikatar Ciniki kuma daga baya ta Ma'aikatar Shari'a. Ya kasance Ministan Kasuwanci na Tarayya a watan Janairun 1966 kafin a sake shi.
Juyin mulki ya kawo karshen Jamhuriyar Farko. Bayan juyin mulkin da kuma lokacin yakin Biafra, ya shiga cikin tara kudi ga sojojin Biafra. A cikin 1970s, ya zama wakili mai tsaftacewa da jigilar kaya a ƙarƙashin sunan kasuwanci na Continental Lines (Africa) Ltd.