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As Biafra was now perceived as expansionist, this provoked a predictably violent response from the federal military government who retook the Midwest with ease, escalating the conflict into a full-scale war which resulted in more than 30,000 deaths and the reincorporation of Biafran territory into the republic after a victory for the federation.

Following the war, Nigeria became to an extent even more mirred in ethnic strife, as the defeated southeast was now conquered territory for the federal military regime, which changed heads of state twice as Murtala Mohammed staged a bloodless coup against Gowan; Olusegun Obansanjo seceded the former after an assassination. Ethnic and religious tensions following independence led to the Nigerian Civil War and the start of intermittent democratic and military rule that did not end until 1999, when the democratic republic was permanently re-established with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo as its current president. Recently, supporters of Obasanjo had tried and failed to extend term limits following rejection by the national assembly. New elections are set for 2007.