The Nigerian troops had entered Asaba on the 4th day of October 1967, in pursuit of Biafran soldiers who had earlier crossed Ore after taking Benin and dislodging Nigerian troops there.⠀
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But because the Biafran soldiers had blown up the Niger bridge to make it impossible for the Nigerian side to pursue them, Nigerian soldiers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Murtala Muhammed simply settled in Asaba where they started going from house-to-house killing people of the town who were accused of aiding the Biafran soldiers.⠀
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On the 7th day of October, after the house-to-house killing had gone on for days, the leaders of the town, in a bid to convince the Nigerian troops of their loyalty and support, summoned their people to come out in the street.
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Hundreds of men, women, and children obeyed the summon and came out, mostly dressed in ceremonial white attire, singing, dancing, and chanting "One Nigeria". But the moment they got to the Ogbe-Osawa village square where the Nigerian troops were gathered, the soldiers separated the men and boys of 12 years and above from the women.
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Orders were shouted. The guns were raised. The men and boys were showered with bullets, cut down in their prime. At the end of the bullet festival, more than 700 of them lay lifeless. There were dead bodies everywhere.
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Most of them were later buried in a mass grave while the Nigerian troops still occupied the town, hunting down men and boys who escaped the October 7 massacre, and raping and forcefully “marrying” off women and young girls.⠀
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Ironically, those who led this massacre rose to become national heroes, with monuments named after them, and beautiful stories told about them.⠀
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However, for the Asaba people, the horrific and traumatic experience of the October 7 massacre still haunts them, even in silence, to this day.

Sorry about that

Murtala died in a hail of bullets too


Ironic

illicit:
Sorry about that

Murtala died in a hail of bullets too


Ironic

Not enough,..he should be tried posthumously,..striped of honor,including renaming of the MMA lagos.

Melonsmasher:




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Emperormartin:
When murtala Mohammed died in a coup led by Col. Dimka the people of Asaba rejoiced

And the person who murdered him died in a hail of bullet too. His widow is still alive aging gracefully till date and his children are doing great with equally successful grandchildren.

I am sure you don't find any qualms lying against the dead because he is not alive to prove you as liars like we did during the last election by bursting your bigotry, lies and hate campaign against other Nigerians.

It's irresponsible and unpatriotic that your parents never tell you the good other Nigerians did to your tribe. They fed you on hate, lies and bigotry towards everyone in Nigeria and foreign nationals which fuelled the persecution complex you all have today.

Your parents never told you of a Fajuyi who insisted that he will rather die than release Ironsi to those who came for him and died with Ironsi as a result. Your parents never told you of a Col. Victor Banjo, who led the Ojukwu's army to record the early success that took control of Asaba, Benin before our Nigerian Army took over.

Your parents never told you of how Nigerians collected rents in their absence and gave them on return after the defeat in the war.

Your parents never told you of how the man at the centre of the war, Col Ojukwu, had since begged and reintegrated himself back to Nigeria and died as a Nigerian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM69swDw1XI
You will always lose with this persecution complex.

When murtala Mohammed died in a coup led by Col. Dimka the people of Asaba rejoiced

FreeStuffsNG:




And the person who murdered him died in a hail of bullet too. His widow is still alive aging gracefully till date and his children are doing great with equally successful grandchildren.

I am sure you don't find any qualms lying against the dead because he is not alive to prove you as liars like we did during the last election by bursting your bigotry, lies and hate campaign against other Nigerians.

It's irresponsible and unpatriotic that your parents never tell you the good other Nigerians did to your tribe. They fed you on hate, lies and bigotry towards everyone in Nigeria and foreign nationals which fuelled the persecution complex you all have today.

Your parents never told you of a Fajuyi who insisted that he will rather die than release Ironsi to those who came for him and died with Ironsi as a result. Your parents never told you of a Col. Victor Banjo, who led the Ojukwu's army to record the early success that took control of Asaba, Benin before our Nigerian Army took over.

Your parents never told you of how Nigerians collected rents in their absence and gave them on return after the defeat in the war.

Your parents never told you of how the man at the centre of the war, Col Ojukwu, had since begged and reintegrated himself back to Nigeria and died as a Nigerian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM69swDw1XI
You will always lose with this persecution complex.

U don't have to quote me

I am Yoruba