Kanayo Esinolu, a former Aide to Emeka Ojukwu during the Biafra war, has stated that his father had large sums of money deposited in the African Continental Bank (ACB) on Milverton Avenue in Aba before the war began. He said after the war ended, his father was stripped of his wealth and given only 20 pounds by General Gowon’s government
In an interview with Edmund Obilo, Esinolu said the reason given was that his father had withdrawn money from his account during the war. He questioned this decision, asking how his father could have fed his family without withdrawing money from his account during the war
In Esinulo’s words: “This no Vanquished no Victor, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and all the three R, they were all grammar. You are rehabilitating people and you are giving my father, with all the money that he had with ACB (African Continental Bank) of Milverton Avenue Aba, you are giving him 20 pounds, that he withdrew money during the war. If he didn’t withdraw money during the war how could he have fed his family? And the thing goes round. Chucks will give you his own experience from his own father too. How can you give my father 20 pounds, he has a lot of money at ACB”
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