Asaba Massacre at 59: Wounds, apologies and a day of forgiveness

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By Egufe Yafugborhi
59 years after the pogrom that wiped out an estimated 1,000 Asaba men, memories remain raw as apologies, forgiveness and the quest for national closure turn front burners.
The sun was going down in Asaba 59 years ago when a generation of families lost fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.
The killings of October 7, 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War left an estimated 1,000 Asaba men dead and a community carrying a wound that time has failed to erase.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Asaba remembered again. 
But the 59th ...