Asaba Massacre: Obasanjo urges forgiveness, reconciliation

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged survivors and families of victims of the 1967 Asaba Massacre to clasp forgiveness and reconciliation.

Obasanjo made the telephone connected Wednesday portion participating virtually arsenic president of the juncture astatine the 59th day of the massacre successful Asaba.

He described the massacre arsenic 1 of the astir achy and unspeakable aspects of the Nigerian Civil War.

Obasanjo said the warfare was an unfortunate lawsuit that should ne'er person happened, adding that helium wept aft receiving documents connected the massacre from Chief Chuck Nduka-Eze.

“To each of you assembled: fto america support 1 happening successful mind, forgiveness, forgiveness, and forgiveness again,” Obasanjo said.

He urged the radical of Asaba to forgive and enactment towards reconciliation, emphasising the request to forestall specified tragedies from recurring.

Responding to the appeal, the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, said the radical could forgive but would not hide the tragedy.

Azinge said determination would beryllium nary closure oregon healing until a sitting President publically apolo...