February 1966Event
Isaac Adaka Boro declares the Niger Delta Republic
Isaac Adaka Boro and the Niger Delta Volunteer Force declared a short-lived Niger Delta Republic before the revolt was suppressed.
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February 1966
Isaac Adaka Boro declares the Niger Delta Republic
Isaac Adaka Boro and the Niger Delta Volunteer Force declared a short-lived Niger Delta Republic before the revolt was suppressed.
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What happened
Isaac Adaka Boro and the Niger Delta Volunteer Force declared a short-lived Niger Delta Republic before the revolt was suppressed. The episode should be used with a sourcing caveat, but it belongs in the timeline because it foreshadowed later Niger Delta resource-control politics and minority anxiety over oil.