A son of one of the victims of Asaba massacre, Mr Augustine Nwanze-Maijeh, has appealed to Federal Government to compensate the families of the victims of Asaba massacre.
The late Augustine Nduka Maijeh was among the victims of Asaba massacre during civil war in 1967.
He made the appeal at St Augustine Catholic Church, Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area during a service to mark Late Augustine Nduka Maijeh posthumous birthday.
Mr Augustine Nwanze-Maijeh, who spoke on behalf of other victims, said that his father was a philanthropist who had helped people and the community.
He said, “We are remembering our father as we held a posthumous birthday and thanksgiving in his honour. My father was killed during the civil war and left us in pains and hardship. “His passing away brought unimaginable suffering, both physical and psychological on my decease mother and my siblings. My father’s wealth, both land and other property, were confiscated. He has all the documents. We are very young. We have no clue what was happening around us.
“We are using this opportunity to appeal to the Federal Government to compensate my father’s death and other victims of Asaba massacre.
“It’s inhumanity the military committed, a genocide and the victims’ families deserved to be compensated, No amount of money will bring our fathers back but it’s a way of healing our wounds.
“My father traveled down to Asaba to help one his friends who was a lawyer on that fateful day when he met his untimely death”
Maijeh who disclosed that he was about five year old when his father was killed in the massacre lamented that it took the grace of God for him and his siblings to survive life, having passed through hardship.
