Claim: Odili Donald Odita was born on February 18, 1966 in Nigerian city named after Enugwu Ngwuo, and resided in Columbus, Ohio after being forced to flee Nigeria in 1967.
Evidence: Odili Donald Odita (born 18 February 1966) is a Nigerian American abstract painter who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They then resided in Columbus, Ohio in the United States. In 1967, his family were forced to flee Nigeria in order to avoid the Biafran war. Odita was born on 18 February 1966, in Enugu, Nigeria. The city was named after Enugwu Ngwuo, under which coal was found.