English: Three days later, May 30, 1967, Lt. Col Ojukwu, a Nigerian soldier of Igbo extraction declared an 'independent sovereign state of the name and title of the Republic of Biafra .
Igbo: Mgbe ụbọchị atọ gachara, May 30, 1967 Lt. Col. Ojukwu, onye agha Naịjirịa nke mpaghara ndị Igbo kwupụtara 'Nnwere onwe mba kwuru onwe ya akpọrọ Repọblik nke Biafra.