IPOB Declares May 30 as Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day, Calls for Sit-at-Home Across Southeast
Abuja, Nigeria — May 10, 2026 — The Indigenous People of Biafra [IPOB] has declared May 30, 2026, as a day of remembrance for Biafran war casualties and called for a total sit-at-home across Biafraland. In a statement signed by IPOB spokesperson Comrade Emma Powerful, the group described the date as a “sacred covenant with the fallen” and said it would be observed as a day of mourning, reflection, and honour for those who died during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–1970 and in subsequent events. The statement said the day is meant to commemorate soldiers, civilians, scientists, and mothers who died during the conflict, as well as those killed during the May 30, 2016, remembrance observances in Nkpor and Onitsha. IPOB said those individuals were “unarmed men and women whose only offence was gathering to honour their dead and affirm their identity.” IPOB directed residents of the 13 states of Biafraland to suspend all commercial, social, and political activities on May 30. The group said ...
