Okigwe Crisis: A repeating history of the Zaki Biam massacre?
It’s over 22 years since the Zaki Biam massacre, (also known as The Zaki-Biam Invasion or Operation No Living Thing ) Which saw the mass execution of hundreds of unarmed Tiv civilians by the Nigerian Army between 20 – 24 October 2001 . The incident left sad prints on the community which its citizens and indigenes won`t ever forget as it comes with sad tales of the loss of life and property. Economic and infrastructural development are still gradually taking place in these communities as the effect of the execution lingers. The massacre was a surreptitious operation of the Nigerian army to avenge the killing of 19 soldiers, whose mutilated bodies were found on 12 October 2001, near some Tiv villages in Benue State . However, history is repeating itself after 22 years, as OKIGWE one of the major geo-politically zones in Imo state is reportedly under siege by the Nigerian army. Okigwe is one of the 27 loca...