Raymond Njoku

Later on, at St Charles, college, Onitsha, where he was studying, he applied and won a scholarship that earned him an admission into a teachers training school.

He was president of Igbo State Union of Nigeria in succession to Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe; Vice President NCNC (National Council of Nigeria & the Cameroon), and also served the Aba community as the leader of the Aba Community League of the Ibo State Union.

He was the chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; addressed British parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, at the Guildhall, London.

During the Biafra War Prime Minister Harold Wilson read his telegram to the House of Commons calling for a ceasefire.

Sir Hugh Fraser, Duncan Sandys and Patrick Wall were among his members of parliament friends.