MASSOB declares June 8 sit-at-home, demands Rev. King’s release

The Movement for the actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra ,MASSOB has declared a sit-at-home protest on June 8, 2013 to mourn Igbo people who lost their lives to recent bombings in the Northern part of the country.

A statement signed by the Regional Administrators of MASSOB in Afikpo North and Afikpo South (Edda Central), in Ebonyi State, Comrade Uchenna Madu and Rev. Ogbonnaya Nnachi respectively noted that June 8, 2013 has also been declared a Biafra Public Holiday to mark the event.

The group said: “This sit-at-home exercise is as a result of numerous killings of Ndigbo in Nigeria, mostly in the Northern Region, extra judicial killings of our people in Biafra land, the wanton destruction of our people’s properties and the insensitive murder of six Igbos in June 8, 2004 at Apo village FCT, Abuja.

“June 8, 2013 as a day of mourning is set aside to remember and honour our innocent brothers/sisters, mothers, fathers and children who have been wickedly and callously killed, murdered and massacred by Islamic terrorist (Boko Haram), Nigerian Army, Police and other Islamist religious fundamentalists”.

MASSOB called on Ndigbo irrespective of their locations to observe the one-day sit-at-home from 6 a.m to 4pm, stressing that “it is a national duty for every Biafran , an honour to their fatherland, a special sacrifice offered for freedom, and a unique price paid for the world to know about our existence”.

They announced that there shall be no movement of vehicles and persons and that all private/general motor parks, major/minor markets, shops, schools, air/seaports, public/business places and banks shall be closed even as there would be no marriage/burial ceremonies on that day.



“MASSOB declares that their deaths will never be in vein, it must be avenged by actualizing Biafra, the only sure way of separating our people from blood sucking Northern environment”, the statement added .

The group noted that keeping quiet and making a lot of noise in the pages of Newspapers by some Igbo groups was not enough to salvage the deadly condition of Ndigbo in the North, adding that “some drastic steps and actions must be taken and that shall commence from June 8, 2013″.

In addition, the group demanded the unconditional release of Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (Rev King), General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly,CPA, who they said has been in prison custody since 2005 over alleged trumped up charges of murder.

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The Ndigbo will be claiming they don't like Abacha. They chose June 8 (the day abacha died) to mourn abacha pretending to use it to mourn bomb blast victims.

It is high time we started respecting calendar. Can't just imagine picking a date and not keeping to it.
That is how we were told Biafra would be declared on the 6th of november.

Reverend King the Biafran hero is now in shackles for murder

They should just shut up

MASSOB

SOBBING AGAIN.

Rev King should be released? This country is in trouble. How do the people themselves think? Which one is worse in Nigeria: followers or leaders?

How can any sane person call for the 'unconditional release' of Rev King because the murder charges were 'trumped up'? Must everything be tribalized?

On another note, if the Northern environment is blood-sucking, why can't Ndigbo and all the other endangered groups leave or boycott the place?

IMPOTENT COWARDS, ...planning another sit-at-home. how many sit at homes so far has yielded any favorable outcome?

I don't understand these people n I believe they don't understand themself either. How does Rev king issue relate to Boko haram, Biafra and insecurity. They beta focus their energies on wat they are good at and set their priorities right.

Tribalism is a disease. Or should I say stark illiteracy is the cause? Do the massob think with their anus? Or this is just another attention seeking stunt? Whatever the case is, it is a disgrace & shame on them. It makes them look foolish and aimless plus vision-less. Looks like they are suffering from protracted delusion syndrome. They have reduced their chances of being taken serious in the future. It is an insult to the indigbos.

I sincerely hope the MASSOB leader did not include Rev. KING in this statement because that would be a tragedy. It would show that the man needs a psychiatric treatment. No one that wants to be taken seriously as a leader will be advocating for the release of a confirmed murderer. Uwazuruike should put his acts together and stop stumbling into one blunder after another. This is not the stuff Igbo people are made of.

MASSOB is a disgrace to Ndigbo...

Rev king? Really? They probably took a que from GEJ on the Alams pardon. If you can pardon alams, why not Rev King

OP, where is the link to this story? Cos it obvious that you needed to the Rev. Kings story to ridcule yourself.

This reminds me the first ever sit-at-home observed by massob that nearlly paralyise the enconomy of this country.
don't dare the easterners!

Why wait till June?

The earlier you all start sitting at home, the sooner we can get some respite from your kidnapping business.

MASSOB is truly a disgrace to Igbos. Demanding for Rev. King's release......speaks a lot about how your so-called leaders have a penchant for crime, murderers and criminals.

Massob has murdered it this time around! Phew!

Ha ha, if it was the north or west making such a declaration, i trust it will be respected bt we all know the east.

am sure this is one big joke

Warra joke

Yawns

In addition, the group demanded the unconditional release of Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (Rev King), General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly,CPA, who they said has been in prison custody since 2005 over alleged trumped up charges of murder.

Ebele, spread presidential pardons around

massob or na mass SOB?

Why will i blame them, when Oga jonathan gave pardon to comfirmed theif and some peaple came here to defend him.
Boko haram also have Ogas 4rm North and west calling 4 amnesty in their support.
I knew it is a matter of time for other peaple to be calling 4 pardon, amnesty and drop of charges for their own criminal friends too.
To me this just show that our leaders are the same North, West and East. They are all criminals, muderers and theives, they just don't have the opportunity to do it and that is Why they are making noice.
Very soon some peaple will call for amnesty 4 kidnapers.

I can't believe that anybody can ask for the release of Rev. King

This just confirms how unseriously MASSOB should be regarded.

Pardon dy reign

Ridiculous statement indeed,MASSOB is not a representative of NDIGBO.

Biafra is dead and gone, Long live Nigeria!!

Ndigbo kwenu!!!..i think nigerians wil not take us serious when we sit at home,why cant we jst sit on d expres-way and demand 4 d release of our new MASSOB leader..this is another shameful/disgraceful reason an ibo man cant b president of this great nation

June 8 is a saturday. Thats already a sit at home holiday.