Asaba massacre: ‘My mother was the only woman killed that day’ — Nduka-Eze

Chuck Nduka-Eze, Chairman of the Asaba Massacre Memorial Trust, has recounted how his mother was shot dead during the 1967 Asaba Massacre, saying she was the only woman killed on October 7.
Nduka-Eze disclosed this while speaking on the Asaba Massacre on Channels Television’s Politics Today, recalling how his mother challenged soldiers over their treatment of civilians in Asaba, Delta State, during the Nigerian Civil War.
He said his mother was 27 years old when she witnessed the brutality against residents and tried to question the soldiers’ actions.
According to him, she argued that the troops should be protecting the people of Asaba, who were Nigerians and had not posed a threat ...