The Aburi Accord (Agreement) was concluded in Aburi, Ghana in 1967 by the Supreme Military Council (federal government delegates) and Eastern Region delegates led by Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Eastern Region Head. The meeting took place on January 4th and 5th, 1967 and was aimed at finding a way to prevent war in Nigeria.
Aburi, a town in the southern Akuapim municipality in southeastern Ghana, was specifically chosen as the venue for the meeting because the safety of the eastern delegates and their leader, Colonel Ojukwu, could not be guaranteed in any way in Western Ghana and the northern regions of Nigeria.
Topics discussed during the meeting included:
* Reorganization of the army;
* Constitutional Treaty;
* and the question of resettlement within the country.
Here is the List of delegates sent to the Aburi conference:
* Lt.-General J.A. Ankrah (Chairman of the Ghana National Liberation Council)
* Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon
* Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu
* Major Mobolaji Johnson (Governor of Lagos State)
* Lt. Col. Hassan Katsina (Governor of Northern Region)
* Lt. Col. David Ejoor (Governor of Mid-Western Region)
* Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey (Military Vice President of Nigeria)
* Colonel Robert Adebayo (Governor Western Region)
* Alhaji Kam Selem
* Mr. T. Omo-Bare
Others were:
* N. Akpan (Secretary to the Military Governor of Eastern Region)
* Alhaji Ali Akilu (Secretary to the Military Governor of Northern Region)
* D. Lawani (Secretary to Military Governor of Mid Western Region)
* P. Odumosu (Secretary to the Military Governor of Western Region)
* S. Akenzua
In response to this agreement, the federal military government issued Decree No. 8, which fleshed out the Aburi Agreement. The agreement was later terminated due to differing interpretations by both sides, leading to the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).
