[size=18pt]16 killed, 83 injured as security operatives raid MASSOB offices[/size]

Wednesday, 06 June 2012 00:00 From Uzoma Nzeagwu , Awka. News - National

A COMBINED team of the police, army and other security operatives yesterday killed about 16 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and injured 83 others as they raided the offices of the group in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State and its environs.

Also arrested during the raid that lasted from Monday night to yesterday morning were over 500 members of the group, including women at different locations in the state.

The MASSOB National Director of Information and the Onitsha Region Four Administrator, Uchenna Madu and Chief Arinze Igbani, who briefed reporters over the incident, declared that the raid on their offices by the security operatives was unwarranted and provocative, saying that it was a renewed plot by the army to resume a systematic clampdown on MASSOB.

Madu said : “At about 5 p.m., a detachment of security operatives, numbering over 50, allegedly broke into MASSOB office along ‘Pam Pam’ lane at the Onitsha Main Market. They vandalized the office, set the Biafran flag ablaze and then ordered all those in the neighbourhood to lie down in the flood.”

He also alleged that the team invaded MASSOB’s central office along Kilometre Seven , Owerri Road, Onitsha where a security meeting of the movement was holding and opened fire on the people, arresting and killing some of the members on the spot. The team also allegedly made away with the bodies of the dead persons.

The MASSOB leaders urged the immediate and unconditional release of all its members that were arrested or they be arraigned in court.

They also urged security operatives to stop further attacks on MASSOB offices, and that they should respect the sanctity of the Biafran flag.

“MASSOB is non-violent, we have assisted the security operatives in fishing out criminals especially in Onitsha where we have handed over 15 notorious armed robbers and car snatchers to the police”, he said.

They appealed to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Azubike Ihejirika and the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar to call their men to order, suggesting that the state Commissioner of Police and the Onitsha 302 Army Commander should always contact the MASSOB leaders whenever they thought they were going beyond control.

When contacted, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Emeka Chukwuemeka, confirmed the operation but noted that he was yet to be officially briefed on the number of arrests and casualties recorded.


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Now that we have a SS/SE president, incident like this should not be occurring nau.

Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan should do something about the "mistreatment" of his people.

May these Nigerians' souls RIP.

Security operatives have no business killing Nigerians unjustly. These operatives and their commanders need to be dealt with accordingly if the killings were not justified. I have a few questions though:

(1) Did the security operatives shoot in self defense?
(2) Were these MASSOB members displaying the biafran flag treasonously?
(3) What criminal activity by MASSOB prompted this raid?

Killing 16 people and injuring 83 for no reason at all does not make sense. What were all those people doing at the location, were they perpetrating any crime?

Why is MASSOB being raided? Perhaps it is another of those incidents where people overeach themselves.
16 dead is no joke and heads need to roll.

ndu_chucks: Security operatives have no business killing Nigerians unjustly. These operatives and their commanders need to be dealt with accordingly if the killings were not justified. I have a few questions though:

(1) Did the security operatives shoot in self defense?
(2) Were these MASSOB members displaying the biafran flag treasonously?
(3) What criminal activity by MASSOB prompted this raid?

Killing 16 people and injuring 83 for no reason at all does not make sense. What were all those people doing at the location, were they perpetrating any crime?

How can a flag be displayed so "treasonously" that the response is 16 dead?

Well done Goodluck Azikwe Ebelechukwu Jonathan

Iheajirika should be promoted to field Marshall for this laudable acts

Incase we have any other MASSOB cell, it would not be out of place to carpet bomb them

Since you guys cant handle the violent Boko Haram, Na for MASSOB body make you show power

I laff in 98% votes :d

Why not do all these "gragra" with Boko haram? Cowards!

Uwazuruike should not be walking a free man for heading a separatist organisation.

this massob retards,wetin them sabi about war sef,some of them no even born when the first biafra war was fought sef,if them sabi how many biafrans been die for that war,them for focus on their business.

May their soul rest in Peace but its expected. When Uwazurike have continuous liase with the Nigeria Police,handing over Igbos to Nigeria police. Uwazurike must resign

i thot massoab is a legal organization like OPC ?
i guess i need to go back to school

amosy007: i thot massoab is a legal organization like OPC ?
i guess i need to go back to school

You guessed right. OPC is the right hand of God, MASSOB is God's stepping stool.

Let's continue to spread d hate & bitterness. A non violent group is been killed and arrested without court arraignment while we dialogue with an al qaeda linked terrorists. Even another group marched through lagos displaying arms while d police watched.Clearly d message is clear. Come 2015, every group must be armed or nothing 4 them.

What shal we say then, shal we continue 2 fight dat peace may abound? Ur guess is as good as anyone's.

Enough blood has been shed for Biafra.

The Universe has a law: those blood are not in vain.

Nigeria will either implode or explode and Biafra will surely arise to fall no more.

My sympathy to the dead and the wounded.

bayooooooo: Uwazuruike should not be walking a free man for heading a separatist organisation.

you are a fool! Biafra is a done deed. Live with it. The Nigeria blood suckers must stop the illegal and destardly killing of our men and women. We cant allow these bloodsuckers come into our territory to kill us. The ICC must take note of this genocide. Rip to the killed.

Ileke-IdI:


You guessed right. OPC is the right hand of God, MASSOB is God's stepping stool.

says the overly dumb 12th wife of opc leader..

That is good.They should extend the campaign to nl so they can arrest the likes of dede and onlylies.

When e go start dis military men make una no RUN oooo. If this is swept under the carpet then ..........

This is so unfair. Just last wk unilag students were protesting peacefully but d police opened fire on them This wk its Massob. Yet, Boko Haram deserves negotiation and not a brutal end. WTF is going on!

A young Man commits suicide after posting on facebook https://www.nairaland.com/956446/ayodeji-balogun-commits-suicide-after#11024362

Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika was born on February 13, 1956 in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State.

http://www.abiastate.gov.ng/2012/01/lt-gen-azubuike-ihejirika/

Ihejirika was born on February 13, 1956 in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State. He commissioned into the army on December 17, 1977 as a member of the Nigerian Defence Academy’s 18th regular combatant course.

http://igbopeople..com/2010/09/onyeabo-azubuike-ihejirika.html

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday appointed an Igbo man, Major-General Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika, from Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State to head the Nigeria Army.

http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/html/biafra_news.html

For those who think you'll only enjoy a government when your "brother" is appointed into a position of authority....

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That is good.They should extend the campaign to nl so they can arrest the likes of dede and onlylies.

what a scum! So its good human beings more valuable than you were killed. Anyway judging from your background I know how you cowards think. I just read the oyo state govt just lifted the ban on Amala NURTW so you people can continue killing yourselfs over ewedu and amala in you favorite place - parks

MAsSoB has no place in Nigeria since they are flaring the agitation for a secession from Nigeria τ̅o Biafra wwhich is a TREASONABLE offence punishable by death.

But, the killings is wat was wrong, unless the Massob gang were armed, they shld αv bn rounded upp n arrested.

Biafra is gone, move on abeg!

MASSOB are the vestiges of Ojukwu's Biafra and , no sane government will allow the resurrection of a concluded war. What sanctity? What flag of a non existent nation?. The war was over 42 years ago. Let sleeping dogs lie.

The GOC of Onitsha barracks will know no peace in his life if he is the one that sent them. That same squad should be taken to Bauchi or Maiduguri for shoot out. I wish them the hottest part of hell fire.

agb2011: This is so unfair. Just last wk unilag students were protesting peacefully but d police opened fire on them This wk its Massob. Yet, Boko Haram deserves negotiation and not a brutal end. WTF is going on!

massob is non-violent,bt ar bin attacked,wifowt exchangin bullet wif d stupif security agencies....naw d king of em all d boko haram cant b confronted bt ar negotiatable....Bleep segregation...Biafra must stand...

Mr. Globe:

what a scum! So its good human beings more valuable than you were killed. Anyway judging from your background I know how you cowards think. I just read the oyo state govt just lifted the ban on Amala NURTW so you people can continue killing yourselfs over ewedu and amala in you favorite place - parks

Na today ? Nigeria has been killing ibos since 1940s. Anyways,I hope this would serve as a warning to potential secessionists among you !

Ileke-IdI:
Now that we have a SS/SE president, incident like this should not be occurring nau.

Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan should do something about the "mistreatment" of his people.

My sister, Jonathan is already bemused. He just relishes killing people. I think people should have an undeniable right for private/public gathering. Abacha was only carnivorous; Jonathan is a blood sucking monster. Now his sand munching,bought-out media, (NTA,AIT) would come out spewing all gobbledygook, purveying lies to impugn his party opposition.

Any security operation that results in the death of 16 people should be questioned. Where they armed? Even if they were armed, did they carry out the first attack? To what extent is the military allowed to respond with firepower? This is the kind of extrajudicial killing we see everyday in our country. How can a country be so wicked to its citizens. 16 people gone just like that. Sad, really sad.

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Na today ? Nigeria has been killing ibos since 1940s. Anyways,I hope this would serve as a warning to potential secessionists among you !

You are a kporkpice.......