"I have seen things in Biafra this week which no man should
have to see. Sights to search the heart and sicken the conscience I have seen
children roasted alive, young girls torn in two by shrapnel, pregnant women
eviscerated,
and old men blown to
fragments, I have seen these things and I have seen their cause: high-flying
Russian Ilyushin jets operated by Federal Nigeria,
dropping their bombs on
civilian centres throughout Biafra...
"At Onitsha - the 300
strong congregation of the Apostolic Church decided to stay on while others
fled and to pray for deliverance. Col. [Murtala] Mohammed's Second Division
found them in the church, dragged them out, tied their hands behind their backs
and executed them".
For record purposes, however,
let me state fearlessly that I saw hundreds of unarmed civilians being shot at
sight in Benin City when Federal troops arrived to liberate the city from rebel
[Biafran]soldiers
There appeared to be a fleeting
period of lunacy in which Mid westerners gladly identified their Igbo
compatriots to be shot down by Federal [Nigerian] troops.
LETTERS:
I was a year perhaps when my
father left to fight in the war..just a baby yet I still feel the aftermath 34
years later because my father never returned...I class myself as a war victim
and my soul is lost and will remain lost until the wonderful reunion between my
father and me happens... whether here in this life or in heaven...Thank you for
your work and pictures they were my first link to the reality...Maybe one on
the photos of those brave soldiers going to war had my father in who knows..
god moves in mysterious ways....All i know is I am proud of my Nigerian
heritage....God bless all those who died in the war may they rest in peace....
Yours Sincerely,
Grace Mullen,
United Kingdom
January 9, 2000
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