For discerning observers, the Nigerian Civil War, which was Africa’s first modern and brutal civil conflict, was an event waiting to happen. Indeed, when one examines the socio-economic, cultural and political history of the country, the crucial question should not be why there was a civil war in the country, but rather why it took more than half a decade after independence before the contradictions in the body politic resulted in a civil war. However, as with most civil wars in Africa, the distinction between ‘facts’ and ‘fictions’ in the Nigeria civil war are blurred.