Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Raphael Ben Kechi Okafor he kaitōrangapū me te tangata pakihi o Nigeria, he mema no te Federal House of Representatives, e tohu ana i a Owerri-West i te wa o te Reipa Tuatahi o Nigeria. He mema ia o te nekehanga Zikist, a he Hekeretari Paremata Federal o mua, Ministry of Trade me muri mai o te Manatū o te Ture. I noho poto ia hei Minita o te Tauhokohoko Federal i te Hanuere 1966 i mua i te tukinga o te mana
i whakamutu i te Whenua Tuatahi. Whai muri i te whakaekenga me te Pakanga o Biafra, i uru ia ki te kohi moni mo te ope taua o Biafra. I nga tau 1970, ka noho ia hei kaihoko whakamana me te kaihokohoko i raro i te ingoa pakihi o Continental Lines (Africa) Ltd.