By Adadareporters
The Truth, Justice and Peace Commission set up by Anambra State government uncovered 322 corpses in a ‘mysterious’ mass grave.
The wife of Biafran warlord, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, revealed this discovery. She said the site of the grave had been sealed off for forensic investigations.
Mrs Ojukwu, who did not disclose the location, said, “So many people are still missing or their fate not yet verified. Eighteen persons have been categorically identified as missing or disappeared. In the course of the proceedings, the gruesome discovery of a mass grave site was brought by testimonies, to the attention of the commission.
“The chairman of the commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, mandated that the suspected mass grave site be sealed for forensic investigation by pathologists. This will help in unraveling who the victims were and the circumstances of their deaths.
“The TJP commission had earlier held the first phase of its public hearing between June and July this year in the course of which we considered 24 petitions and met with 48 witnesses who testified on oath from 14 communities of the state within a 10-day hearing.”
She added that a Bureau of Missing Persons as recommended by the commission had already been established in the state to document the missing and the circumstances of their disappearance.
