Originally Posted by Fjord 
Your villain, my hero; your hero, my villain.
I blame Ojukwu only for failing to actualise Biafra; that was the main objective, he was the spearhead; but ultimately, the project failed. That failure has been used by prevailing interests in the Nigerian nation space to marginalise the Igbos ever since the war officially ended. Nowhere else is this apparent than in the treatment of the Igbo nation regarding the presidency. It is often heard that no one of Igbo extraction would ever again be leader of Nigeria; this used to be said in hushed tones; nowadays, such 'decency' has evaporated. Ojukwu is alive; he is also aware of this apartheid. How must that feel? He may be anything now, but he certainly wasn't a coward.
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I have a problem with the bolded parts. Why did he run away to a "meeting" when eastern Nigeria was over-run by federal forces. Why did he not stand shoulder to shoulder and die for the cause. What do you call a military leader who abandons his people to their destiny when the war is lost? I will always revere, admire and respect him as a man who stood up for his people against all odds. But I think that single act of abdication is a large black blot and undermines his status as a true hero of Ndiigbo in my humble opinion.