MASSOB: Nigerian Army Declares Planned Civil War Memorial Church Services Illegal

Army, MASSOB set for showdown over Biafra memorial service

MASSOB had recently directed churches in the South-east to hold memorial and thanksgiving services on Sunday, 31 May, in honour of deceased victims of the civil war, which happened from 1967 to 1970. The post Army, MASSOB set for showdown over Biafra memorial service appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Shun illegal memorials for civil war victims - Army tells South East residents

The Nigerian Army has urged South East residents to shun a directive by MASSOB for Church memorials for victims of the Nigerian civil war

May 30: Army faults MASSOB’s directive on Churches

**Says it’s targeted at Disrupting Peace in South East By: Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Army has said that the recent directive by Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB to Churches, to observe a memorial for civil war victims of South extraction ‘is illegal, provocative, and must be disregarded by all. According to the Army, ‘ Any gathering or activity outside the framework of lawful national commemorations is …

MASSOB: Nigerian Army declares planned civil war memorial church services illegal

The Nigerian Army through the attention of Headquarters Operation UDO KA has warned against plans by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, to hold memorial services in honour of civil war victims in churches.   DAILY POST reports that MASSOB had directed churches in the South-East and parts of the South-South to hold memorial services in honour of the fallen heroes.   But a statement issued on Friday by the…

Army rejects MASSOB’s plan for ‘civil war memorials’ in south-east churches

The Nigerian Army has asked churches and residents in the south-east and parts of the south-south not to comply with the “illegal directive” issued by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to hold memorial services for victims of the Nigerian civil war.   MASSOB had directed churches in the south-east and parts of the south-west to hold special memorial and thanksgiving services for victims of the civil war…

Army to South-East Residents: Ignore MASSOB’s ‘Illegal’ Memorial Order

Nigerian Army has urged residents of the South-East to disregard what it described as an “illegal” directive by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra The post Army to South-East Residents: Ignore MASSOB’s ‘Illegal’ Memorial Order appeared first on PRNigeria News.