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THE ASABA MASSACRE MEMORIAL MONUMENT

THE ASABA MASSACRE MEMORIAL MONUMENT

by Stephen Kola-Balogun | May 15, 2021 | Asaba Massacre 1967

The Asaba massacre was a watershed moment in the Nigerian Civil War and in the history of modern day Nigeria.  On 5th of October 1967, Federal troops entered Asaba and began ransacking houses and killing civilians.  Over a period of 3 days more than a...

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    Asaba Massacre

    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, Nnebisi, and Igala in the present Kogi State) though linguistically Igbo, Asaba was never part of biafran territory.

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