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MASSOB Members Stage Peaceful Procession To Mark Anniversary by basilo101: 10:09pm On Sep 13, 2016
Channels Television.
Updated September 13, 2016
MASSOB, BiafraMembers of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Abia State on Tuesday defied the rains as they marched in a peaceful procession through Umuahia and some local government areas.



The procession was to celebrate the 17th year anniversary of the group.

Men, women and retired soldiers who call themselves ‘Freedom fighters’ were seen carrying placards and singing songs hinting that they have reasons to celebrate.

Some of them who spoke to Channels Television disclosed that they would only believe in Nigeria as one nation if things would be done differently.

They condemned what they described as recent massive killings of their fellow southerners in the northern part of the country, inequality in governance, amongst many others.

According to Evans Okoronkwo and Kingsley Nwosu, the way the country is going has become a source of concern that indicates that it is not one nation as being portrayed to the world.

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Re: MASSOB Members Stage Peaceful Procession To Mark Anniversary by basilo101: 10:14pm On Sep 13, 2016
MASSOB is 17 years old, for those who think the struggle has anything to do with 2015 election

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Re: MASSOB Members Stage Peaceful Procession To Mark Anniversary by SuperS1Panther: 10:19pm On Sep 13, 2016
The Police Command in Anambra said 14 suspected Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) members had been arrested in Onitsha over alleged illegal procession. Mrs Nkeiruka Nwode, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha on Tuesday.

Nwode said that the arrests were carried out in different parts of the town during a procession by the group to mark 17 years of its existence. She explained that the persons were arrested for illegal procession, adding that no life was lost in the confusion that followed the arrest of the members. However, Religious Administrator of MASSOB, Rev. Apostle Ezichukwu, claimed that more than 50 members were arrested, with 20 missing and one person allegedly shot by the police.

Ezichukwu, who said that the procession was peaceful, wondered why the police arrested members of the group. He alleged that security personnel from the Army, Police, Navy and NSCDC were detaining MASSOB members at the Army Barracks, Onitsha, police headquarters, Awka and other police stations. Also speaking, the Anambra North Zonal Leader of MASSOB, Mr Benjamin Omenka, appealed for the release of those arrested and urged members of the group to be patient.

According to him, the present call for restructuring by some segments of the country came as a result of the fear for Biafra independence by those who have tied the country down. “Let the whole world know that we are resolute in our stand for a Biafra Republic. “It is not compulsory that we shall remain one indivisible nation, so they should allow us to go to our Promised Land,” he said, adding that the agitation would remain a peaceful one.

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Re: MASSOB Members Stage Peaceful Procession To Mark Anniversary by MrCounselor: 12:21am On Sep 14, 2016
peaceful protest indeed.
Re: MASSOB Members Stage Peaceful Procession To Mark Anniversary by Nobody: 5:54am On Sep 14, 2016
The spirit of freedom can not be intimidated.
next year 2017 is Biafrans golden Jubilee.
I can't say more than this for now.

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