ASABA MASSACRE MEMORIAL MONUMENT
October 1967A massacre of over 1000 male population occured at Ogbeosowa Square
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Interviews
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In Memory of the Asaba massacre
On the 4th/5th, October 1967 the Federal Troops of the second division of the Nigerian Army entered Asaba en route to Biafra.
In the next days that followed, a massacre of the male population occurred at Ogbeosowa Square in Asaba. The Asaba people, wishing to show allegiance to the Federal Troops, had come out to welcome them with the hope of assisting a reduction of tension in the town. The Federal Troops separated the women from the men and coldly assassinated the men and buried them in shallow mass graves around Ogbeosowa village.
This short video gives an account of massacres of civilians that happened in Asaba, Nigeria, October 1967. It uses interviews with survivors and witnesses, to tell the story of an event that has largely been ignored for decades. Credit: Professor S. Elizabeth Bird and Professor Fraser Ottanelli
OCT 1967
The Asaba Massacre occurred in early October 1967, during the Biafran War, fought over the secession of Biafra (the predominantly-Igbo, former Eastern Region of Nigeria). Asaba (Igbo: Àhàbà) has an interesting ancestral lineage(its origin is linked to Ugboma, Ezeanyanwu, and Nnebisi) though linguistically Igbo, it was never part of Biafra. The people of Asaba typically identify as Anioma.
We will never Forget
“Earth Conceal Not the Blood Shed On Thee”
Video Resource on the Asaba Massacre and
Memorial Anniversary
