Abstract
ABSTRACT The Oru-Igbo is a prominent Igbo community in the defunct Biafran Republic that played a profound role in the preservation of Biafrans during the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. Due to the nature of Oru-Igbo’s terrain littered with assorted water bodies, fishes, plantation and farm settlements, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from different parts of Biafra flooded the area. Thus, the terrain of Oru-Igbo during the war made it difficult for invasion by the Federal troops of Nigeria. Despite this historical reality, not much has been documented regarding the efforts of Oru-Igbo in the preservation of the IDPs as well as the mechanism being deployed in integrating them into their existing households through local initiatives. The historical-analytical method is adopted in the research, while primary and secondary sources were utilized in interpreting the data. The findings indicate that local initiative of the Oru-Igbo people in settling and integrating the IDPs into their existing households helped in their recovery process from all forms of trauma, diseases, hunger and stigmatization. Also, humanitarian activities of international agencies from Europe and America in Oru-Igbo were significant in the sustenance and preservation of IDPs that sought for sanctuary during the Nigerian civil war.
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