Memorial Anniversary 9th October, 2021
Asagba urges Nigeria to ‘own’ Asaba massacre 54 years after.
The monarch stated this on Sunday during the two-day Asaba Massacre Annual Memorial Anniversary at the Asagba’s palace.
He said, “Time has come for Nigeria to remember what happened in Asaba during the war on October 1967.
1967 massacre: Asaba community seeks national monument for fallen kinsmen
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The scars are still visible, and the emotional and psychological trauma have refused to go. Every October, forlorn faces and heart-rending speeches signpost the 54-year-old holocaust at a memorial anniversary.
The people of Asaba, west of the majestic Niger River and capital of present-day Delta State, still mourn. Fifty-four years ago, on October 7,
Ex-Nigerian envoy in UN seeks virtues from 1967 Asaba massacre
Credit: Monday Osayande (Guardian Newspaper)
As indigenes of Asaba in Oshimili South Council of Delta State, marked the anniversary of October 1967 massacre during the Nigeria Civil War, a former permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Prof. Joy Ogwu, has advocated fresh reawakening and consciousness that will bring virtues from the disaster.
ASABA MASSACRE: Indigenes demand establishment of Federal Varsity
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THE people of Asaba, Delta State, Saturday, decried the October 7,1967 massacre of their indigenes, calling on the Federal Government to establish a university in the capital city as part of measures to compensate for the genocide committed against them during the Nigerian civil war.
Let’s rebuild together to honour our fallen heroes
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Email: info@asabamemorialmonument.org
contact@asabamemorialmonument.org
Palace: Asagba’s Palace, Umuezei Quarters
Asaba, Delta State
Members of the 2021 Memorial Monument Committee
Chief Chuck Nduka-Eze – Isama Ajie of Asaba, Chairman
Chief (Dr) Ben Okonta, The Ojiba of Asaba.
Prof (Dr) Victor Izegbu
Ogbueshi Chike Ogeah
Ogbueshi Ken Odogwu
Ms Ngozi Edozien
Ogbueshi Uche Nwanze, The Onoi of Asaba
