A shekarar 1967 yaƙin basasa ya ɓarke a Najeriya, yaƙin ya kasance tsakanin sojojin Najeriya da sojojin Biafra. Shugaban ƙasar a wancan lokacin shine Janar Yakubu Gowon da sojojin Biafra inda Col Chukuemeka Ojukwu ke jagoranta. Yaƙin ya ɗauki tsawon shekaru uku daga 6 Jul 1967 - 15 Jan 1970. Ba da dadewa ba aka zabi Gowon a matsayin Shugaban kasa bayan juyin mulki a ranar 15 ga Janairun 1966 wanda ya sa aka kashe Shugaban Soja na farko Manjo Janar Johnson Ironsi . Ya kasance hargitsi da hargitsi, mutane da yawa daga Yankin Gabashin Najeriya wadanda akasarinsu 'yan kabilar Ibo ne aka yi niyyar kai musu hari a Arewacin Najeriya don haka suka gudu. Ojukwu ya tabbatarwa da mutane tare da basu kwarin gwiwar komawa kasuwancin su a wasu sassan kasar. Don rage duk wannan abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma wanzar da zaman lafiya, gwamnatin sojan tarayya ta zabi wakilai don ganawa da wadanda na yankin gabashin suka hadu a Aburi, wani garin Ghana, inda aka sanya hannu kan sanannen Yarjejeniyar Aburi.