Using the money from these ventures, he funded his education in the United Kingdom, earning a law degree from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth in 1957.

Three months after the election, on 31 December 1983, the military assumed control under General Muhammadu Buhari and Onoh, together with all the other civilian governors, was dismissed.

[5][3] Former Justice of the Supreme Court Anthony Aniogulu said "Christian Onoh ... was always and is always fighting injustice.

She is also remembered for her controversial relationship and marriage to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu the Ikemba of Nnewi and former Biafran president, who was over thirty years her senior.

His son Josef Onoh also went into politics and became Chairman of Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation.

[2] Chief Mrs Caroline Chinweolu Onoh: Born: 26 December 1935, Died: 17 June 2016.