May 29, 2026
By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has criticised the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, over its opposition to planned memorial prayers for victims of the Nigerian civil war.
MASSOB, in a statement signed by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, described the Army’s reaction to its directive asking churches in the South-East to hold special prayer services as “provocative” and “unjustified.”
The group said the planned activities were intended to honour millions of Biafrans who lost their lives during the 1967–1970 civil war, insisting that remembrance services and prayers should not be criminalised.
