Entrepreneur Chigozie Nnabugwu has spoken about the role his community’s landscape allegedly played during the Nigerian Civil War, saying an area known as Mother Valley provided refuge for many Igbo people fleeing the conflict.
In a video shared by News Central TV, Nnabugwu described Mother Valley as a vast location with unusual topography, deep terrain and dense vegetation that made it difficult for aircraft to detect those hiding there.
“It boiled down to my community because we have a very unique topographical landscape in my place called Mother Valley,” he said. “It’s a vast land, and if you hear the history of the Biafran War, that place saved a lot of Igbos because people had to run there.”
He added that the valley is “about ten storeys deep,” and that the trees concealed the habitable area below. “So when the planes of the army in Biafra passed, the people hiding there would not be seen,” he said.
Nnabugwu made the remarks while discussing historical accounts of how communities sought shelter during the war.
