Officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Owerri, the Imo State capital, over the weekend stormed the house of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and arrested no fewer than 50 members of the group on guard duty. This is happening ahead of the annual Ojukwu Memorial Celebration by MASSOB. Report says policemen reportedly from the state CID arrived at the annex housing the Ojukwu Memorial Library, where work was ongoing for the celebration, in more than 10 Hilux vans. A member of MASSOB said that the policemen cordoned off the house of their leader and the Ojukwu Library, as they arrested all their members on duty. The source said the policemen contemplated breaking into Uwazuruike's house, but were dissuaded by their team leader, who said he had information that the MASSOB leader was not at home. Uwazuruike recently willed all his property to MASSOB, which fixed the staging of the Ojukwu Memorial Celebration for November 26. In his reaction, the Assistant National Director of Information of MASSOB, Mr. Sunny Okoroafor alleged that the mission of the police was to assassinate Uwazurike in order to instigate crisis in the zone. He wondered why armed policemen stormed the house of their leader at 1:45a.m, if not to kill him. “The mission of the Nigeria police who stormed the house of Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of MASSOB at 1:45a. heavily armed was just to assassinate him in order to make the South East ungovernable, which the Nigerian government will use as an excuse to invade the South East. “Armed policemen rounded up our members and also seized about 70 walkie-talkies of those on duty, but no amount of intimidation from the Nigerian authorities can make us abandon the struggle for the actualisation of the Biafra nation,” Okoroafor said, demanding the immediate release of the detained members. When contacted by the newspaper, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Taiwo Lakanu said the police only arrested five members of the group who were protesting and chanting anti-government songs. The police boss equally denied seizing over 70 walkie-talkies from those arrested, stating that nothing was taken from the five members arrested by his men. “You know that Uwazuruike and his movement thrive on propaganda. We arrested only five members,who were protesting and chanting inciting songs against the Nigerian government. But if he claims that 50 of his members were arrested, I challenge him to mention their names. Again, it was a blatant lie that the police had seized about 70 walkie-talkies from those arrested, and I can tell you categorically that nothing was taken from them, so it was all a lie,” the CP said.
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Posted: at 7-09-2015 02:30 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Much as I don't support MASSOB, Mr. Police commissioner it ain't plausible that only 5 people were protesting and you arrested them. I suggest you go back to the drawing board and think of a better reason
Posted: at 7-09-2015 02:53 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
freethinker at 7-09-2015 03:21 PM (9 years ago) (m)
IN BIAFRA WE STAND EVEN IF THEY CONTINUE KILLING US, ONE DAY BIAFRA WILL SURELY BE, PERIOD! GOD WILL SURELY HEAR THE CRY OF HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. ISRAELITES WERE IN BONDGAE FOR YEARS BUT ONE DAY GOD DELIVERED THEM. THE GOD THAT DELIVERED THE ISRAELITES WILL SURELY DELIVER US!
Posted: at 7-09-2015 03:21 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
innocentbola at 7-09-2015 03:28 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: freethinker on 7-09-2015 03:21 PM
IN BIAFRA WE STAND EVEN IF THEY CONTINUE KILLING US, ONE DAY BIAFRA WILL SURELY BE, PERIOD! GOD WILL SURELY HEAR THE CRY OF HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE. ISRAELITES WERE IN BONDGAE FOR YEARS BUT ONE DAY GOD DELIVERED THEM. THE GOD THAT DELIVERED THE ISRAELITES WILL SURELY DELIVER US!
What exactly will you gain by inciting war?
Posted: at 7-09-2015 03:28 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
innocentbola at 7-09-2015 03:31 PM (9 years ago) (m)
I don't understand, why would this people still want Biafra, do you want the same war that happened then to occur again? Why can't we all live in peace, what will you gain in secession?
Posted: at 7-09-2015 03:31 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
I smell lies on both sides. Why would you have over 50 people guarding a house? Na fortress? How would only 5 riot? How would people be rioting at 1:45am?
Posted: at 7-09-2015 04:12 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
In a democratic society, peaceful demonstration is not a crime. How on earth did the govt. think people were demonstrating by 1:45 am? It was a calculated effort to hinder the crude of MASSOB. Democracy would have given them chance for peaceful union. They were at somebody's house, so that should not even be called demonstration; because they were not in the streets. Justice delayed is not justice denied.
Posted: at 7-09-2015 04:24 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
This is where police will like to show their weak power. How can they be demonstrating around 1am? It's not una fault. Just bcus massob are not violent like boko haram and MEND
Posted: at 7-09-2015 04:57 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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