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Was Gowon accused of crimes against humanity and genocide during the Nigerian Civil War?

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Yes. The OAU appointed a commission of inquiry in 1970 to investigate the conflict. The report was critical of both sides, but it found that the federal government was primarily responsible for the large number of civilian casualties and for the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
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