Did Pelé–by playing a match in Nigeria–cause a ceasefire during the Biafran War?
If any sports personality could stop a civil war in an African country in the sixties then it would be Pelé.
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Olaojo Aiyegbayo
Olaojo Aiyegbayo is a writer based in Huddersfield, UK. He tweets @olaojo15.
How Arthur Ashe ended up in the middle of a military coup in Nigeria
The American tennis great once found himself in the middle of a military coup in Nigeria.