Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu

**Sir Louis Phillip Odumegwu Ojukwu, OBE**  (1909  - Satumba 1966) wani ɗan kasuwan Najeriya ne daga dangin Ojukwu na Nwakanwa quarters Obiuno Umudim Nnewi.

Ojukwu, shi ne ya kafa kamfanin sufuri na Ojukwu, shagunan (store) Ojukwu da kuma masakun Ojukwu. A lokacin da ya kai kololuwar sa, shi ne na farko kuma wanda ya kafa kungiyar hada-hadar hannayen jari ta Najeriya da kuma shugaban bankin nahiyoyi na Afirka. Har ila yau ya kasance shugaban ko dai ya yi aiki a hukumar gudanarwar wasu manyan kamfanoni a Najeriya irin su Shell Oil Nigeria Limited, Guinness Nigeria Limited, Nigerian National Shipping Line, Nigerian Cement Factory, Nigerian Coal Corporation, Costain West Africa Ltd, John Holt plc, Nigerian Marketing Board da dai sauransu. Ya lashe kujerar majalisar dokoki a lokacin jamhuriya ta farko ta kasar.

Ya halarci makarantar firamare a Asaba da Cibiyar horar da Hope Waddell. Ɗan sa Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu gwamnan sojan Najeriya ne kuma shugaban kasar Biafra mai fafutukar ɓallewa.

## Rayuwa da aiki
Ojukwu ya fara sana’ar sa ne a sashen aikin gona kafin ya tafi ya koma John Holt a matsayin ma’aikacin sayar da tyre. Ya kuma kafa kamfanin masaku a Onitsha don kara masa kuɗin shiga a wannan lokacin. A John Holt, ya lura da  tsananin rashin isassun ababen hawa a kan dillalan masaku na Gabas. Ya tafi  ya kirkiro kamfanin sufuri na kansa don inganta yanayin kasuwanci ga 'yan kasuwar Najeriya.

Nasarar da ya samu kuma ta samu bunkasuwar tattalin arziki bayan yakin duniya na biyu, yana aiki tare da Kamfanin Railway na Afirka ta Yamma da kuma sabbin allunan kayayyakin da aka kaddamar, ya samar da jiragensa na sufurin kayayyaki da sauran 'yan kasuwa. A matsayinsa na mai jigilar kaya yana da kamfanin sufurin kansa (Ojukwu Transport Limited) wanda shi ne babban kamfanin sufuri na farko da ya fara jigilar mutanen gabas zuwa Legas daga Asaba na bakin kogin Neja bayan da wata kila sun tsallaka daga Onitsha a cikin jirgin ruwa.

A cikin shekarun 1950, ya bambanta sha'awarsa, ya sayi wasu masana'antu, ya zuba jari mai yawa a fannin gidaje kuma ya zama darakta a manyan kamfanoni da dama ciki har da Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Najeriya mallakar gwamnati. Ya kasance memba a hukumar kula da Coal Corporation ta Najeriya, Shell Oil, D'Archy, da Bankin Continental Bank.

A lokacin kafin samun yancin kai da kuma a jamhuriya ta farko Ojukwu ya kasance mamba mai himma kuma mai ba da gudummawa ga jam'iyyar siyasa ta NCNC. Ya taɓa zama ɗan Majalisar Wakilai. A shekara ta 1958, ya kasance shugaban hukumar raya yankin gabas da hukumar tallace-tallacen yankin gabas. 

A ranar 1 ga watan Mayu, 1953, aka naɗa shi shugaban kwamitin sulhu na NCNC kuma aka ba shi ikon zabar mafi yawan mambobin kwamitin. An ɗorawa kwamitin alhakin maido da zaman lafiya a majalisar dokokin yankin. Ra'ayinsa game da manufofin ɗan jari hujja ne kuma haƙƙin tsarin gurguzu na Zik. 

Ya kasance mawallafin wani rahoto kan Ofishin Jakadancin Tattalin Arziki na Turai da Arewacin Amurka tare da Azikiwe, rahoton ya ba da shawarar zuba jarin karin kuɗaɗe daga hukumar tallace-tallacen kayan amfanin gona a bankin yankin da kuma kamfanoni don bunkasa tattalin arziki. 

A duk lokacin yakin duniya da kuma bayansa, motocin Ojukwu na daukar kaya suna yiwa mai su kudin shiga. A wani lokaci, ’yan Burtaniya sun sa motocin Louis suka motsa kayansu don yaƙin - sabis ɗin da Louis ya sami lada; Shekaru bayan haka, Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu ta yi masa jakin.

Yayin da arzikinsa ke ƙaruwa, tasirinsa da karfinsa ya fara wuce gona da iri. Ya kasance mai fafutuka a fagen siyasa kafin samun ’yancin kai, kuma ya kasance mai bayar da gudummawa ga Majalisar Dattawan Najeriya da Kamaru (NCNC), jam’iyyar siyasa wacce Nnamdi Azikwe na ɗaya daga cikin mambobinta. A wani lokaci, an zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan majalisar wakilai.

## Mutuwa
Ojukwu ya rasu ne a shekarar 1966, shekara guda kafin yakin basasar Najeriya. Ɗan sa Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu shi ne jagoran masu fafutukar kafa ƙasar Biafra.

## Manazarta