Ontisha,Anambra State and other states of the south-east
geopolitical zone staged by members of the Movement for
the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB,
and the Indigenous People of Biafra,IBOP,last
Tuesday,calling on the Federal Government to release
their detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, the two pro-Biafra
groups, Wednesday, disassociated selves from acts of
arson and violence that culminated in the razing down of
Onitsha Central Mosque and burning of some vehicles.
This came as the Inspector General of Police,Solomon
Arase, warned that the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, will
henceforth, arrest and prosecute persons found to be
engaged in the breakdown of law and order by way of
protests,especially in the old eastern region.
It would recalled that over 40,000 members and
sympathizers of MASSOB and IPOB,had last Tuesday,shut
down commercial and business activities in the south-east
geopolitical zone in an avowed stance for the creation of
the sovereign State of Biafra hinged on perceived
injustice,marginalization and neglect meted to the people
of the region.
In a statement made available to newsmen by MASSOB
Acting Leader, Uchenna Madu which reads in part,”the
setting of Ontisha Central Mosque,vehicles ablaze and
making of burning fires which depicts violence are not
done by the members of IPOB or MASSOB under my
leadership.
“This unwarranted acts of violence are perfected by
hoodlums sponsored by agents of the Federal
Government to create impression that non violence and
peaceful pro-Biafra group have turned violent on our
agitation for Biafra. Our oppressors are no longer
comfortable. There is no evidence of terrorism in our
protest. How can we now resort to violence now that we’re
told that the presidency is about negotiating with leaders
of pro-Biafra group?
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