Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Iye nevamwe vake vehurumende vakabviswa muhofisi mu
15 January 1966 coup yechiuto, uye akanga ari wezvematongerwe enyika akatanhamara kudzivisa kuurayiwa pashure pokubudirira. Azikiwe aive mutauriri weBiafra uye akapa zano mutungamiri wayo, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, panguva yeHondo yeBiafra (1967<unk>1970). Akachinja kuvimbika kwake kuNigeria munguva yehondo, uye akakumbira Ojukwu kuti apedze hondo mumapepa uye kubvunzurudzwa. "The New York Times" yakataura nezvematongerwe enyika ake, "Muhupenyu hwake hwose, mubatanidzwa waDr. Azikiwe nevokuchamhembe wakamuisa mukusawirirana naObafemi Awolowo, mutungamiri wezvematongerwe enyika weYoruba, rimwe boka rinokosha renyika rokumaodzanyemba".