This article examines the rationale behind, or motivation, for the Biafran head of government, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s sustained objection both to proposed mercy corridor and daylight relief flights into Biafra by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) despite the prevalent starvation in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. Ojukwu’s public justification for his objection to the proposals was that there was a possibility that the Nigerian forces could poison the food and medicine destined to Biafra. He also argued that agreement to daylight flights could expose Biafra to bombardment by Nigerian forces. Surprisingly, some scholars have either ignored this aspect of the conflict or accepted Ojukwu’s claims in their analysis of the relief debates. Using mainly archival sources and interviews, this paper argues that while it may be possible for Biafra’s infrastructure to be attacked by federal forces, Ojukwu’s main reason of objection to the proposals was to keep open the lines through which Biafra was receiving its arms and ammunition from external sources.

本文探讨了比夫拉政府首脑楚克维梅卡·奥杜梅格武·奥朱库将军持续反对红十字国际委员会（红十字国际委员会）在比夫拉普遍饥饿的情况下向比夫拉提议的慈善走廊和日间救援航班的背后的基本原理或动机在尼日利亚内战期间。Ojukwu 公开反对这些提议的理由是，尼日利亚军队有可能毒害运往 Biafra 的食品和药品。他还辩称，同意白天飞行可能会使比夫拉遭受尼日利亚军队的轰炸。令人惊讶的是，一些学者在对救济辩论的分析中要么忽略了冲突的这一方面，要么接受了奥朱库的主张。主要使用档案资料和访谈，