Nigeria: MASSOB to Give Ojukwu 'Best Burial in Africa'

29 November 2011

Enugu — The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday said it would give the former Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu the best burial ever witnessed in Africa just as it declared a one-week period of mourning for the fallen hero who passed on last weekend in a London hospital.

MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike who made the declaration during a well attended press briefing at Ojukwu's Casabianca mansion, GRA, Enugu, said the mourning period commences December 1 during which Ndigbo all over the world are expected to offer prayers for the repose of Ojukwu's soul.

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