The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has urged governors of Old Eastern Nigeria, particularly those from the South-East region, to declare every May 30 a day of mourning for victims of the 1967-1970 civil war.
 
The OYC, in a statement yesterday, also urged Igbo across the world to wear black on May 30 to mourn victims of what it described as genocide against the Igbo during the civil war.
 
The group’s statement, signed by its National President, Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, and the Secretary-General, Ifeanyichukwu Nweke, advised the people of the old Eastern region to honour the victims of the civil war on May 30, 2026, by closing their businesses.
 
“Igbo governors and other leaders have abandoned the observance of Biafra Hero’s Day, a sombre memorial of the tragic period in Ndigbo’s history, specifically the Biafra Genocide 1967-1970,” the statement said.
 
The group noted that the Yoruba proudly commemorate the virtues and ill-treatment of Moshood Abiola on June 12 of every year, but Igbo political leaders fail to organise such an event in honour of their people who died in the civil war.
 
The OYC executives predicted that past and current political office holders who worked against the interest of the Igbo would lose in the 2027 election through what they called “political Tsunami”.

The group further urged President Bola Tinubu to take reconciliatory steps on May 29, 2026, by releasing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and other detained members of pro-Biafra groups.