ABA- Over 50 members of the Movement for the
Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra,MASSOB,
have been arrested by the Police in Aba, Abia State.
Members of MASSOB and Biafra Independence
Movement BIM in Port Harcourt celebrating Biafra
Day





MASSOB had declared May 22 to celebrate the
rededication of Biafra by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike at
175 Faults road Aba on May 22,2000.




It was gathered that the MASSOB members were
arrested at Osisioma Ngwa junction along the Enugu
-Port Harcourt expressway when Police patrol teams
numbering over 15 fired tear gas canister at them.
MASSOB Leader for Abia South zone,Fred
Onyenaucheya, who condemned the arrest of the
Biafra activists, insisted that MASSOB will not be
cowed by the clampdown on its members.

He said,” MASSOB is a non violent organization.We
are shocked that Police could tear gas and arrest our
members who were only celebrating the rededication
of the new Biafra. As at now ,over 20 of our
members are receiving medical attention for injuries
they sustained during the Police attack .

Even our female members were not spared.We have
about 50 MASSOB members arrested by the
Police.This is a grave infringement of our right to
freedom of movement.But we assure the Nigerian
government that no arrest,detention or any other
form of intimidation will stop us from actualizing an
independent state of Biafra.”

He called on the Police to immediately release and
apologize to the detained MASSOB members as they
did not commit any crime.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Abia State
Commissioner of Police,Mr.Anthony Ogbizi, was
unsuccessful as at the time of filing this report.


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