The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has vowed to fight back on any Igbo killed again anywhere in the country, particularly in the North.

MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike said the decision was taken after the group’s emergency meeting in its office on January 15, which had in attendance several Igbo sons and daughters.
“The Igbo nation shall no longer sit by and allow the killing of Igbo sons and daughters who trade or transit in/through northern Nigeria or indeed anywhere, nor shall we permit our sons and daughters to be in any way disturbed by threats and ultimatums to leave their place of business,” he said.

Consequently, Uwazuruike disclosed that his group had decided to take steps in that regard and would remain proactive in safeguarding and protecting Igbo lives and property.

“We insist that the murderers of our innocent men and women be unmasked and be made to face the full wrath of the law or if this cannot be guaranteed, that they be handed over to us. In the event that the security agencies are not able to fulfill this responsibility within a reasonable time, we shall have no other option but to find them ourselves and appropriate punishment meted out to them. Enough is indeed enough,” he said.

He regretted that the attack on the Igbo was coming at a time both Ndigbo at home and in diaspora were still mourning and preparing for the burial of the Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. “Even as we mourn and grieve, Nigeria is brewing in crisis, whilst the insensitivity and callousness visited on the Igbos have continued unabated even with the lopsided socio-political structure of the country,” the MASSOB leader said.
Uwazurike pointed out that while other parts of the country witnessed widespread protests and civil disturbances in the wake of the removal of fuel subsidy, the South-east was calm and still remained calm due largely to his group’s intervention. “Conversely, there has been sustained but unprovoked, unwarranted and senseless killing of innocent Igbos across the length and breadth of northern Nigeria.

“Sadly and regrettably, the Boko Haram sect has acknowledged responsibility for these cold blooded murders of our people and the same Boko Haram is indirectly being encouraged by the Borno State government with payments of huge sums of money to relatives of Boko Haram members without bothering about the Igbos who have been killed in large numbers,” he pointed out, adding that the state by the act had encouraged and rewarded violence.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/jan/23/national-23-01-2012-011.html

We are approaching dangerous grounds! If this threat by MASSOB is anything to go by, Igbos should be extra vigilant wherever they are.

MASSOB has lost credibility.  Is this not the same group that told ndigbo not to be intimidated by boko and to stay put in north?  shyyt~~

MASSOB needs to chill on this tough talk and allow Boko Haram and Hausa-Fulani North to keep alienating themselves further and further.

I understand we have suffered a lot of casualties lately, but I think we have suffered even more casualties that got unreported in the last 30years.

This is the time to give Igbo's responsible advise. Those in the North plan a new future outside the North.

There is no need engaging a drowning man in a fight. What BokoHaram is doing will consume North and to engage them in this madness is to simply engage a drowning man.

This is no time for tough talk!

This is not good! The North won't like what they'll see when the "Now Cool" SE starts their own killings! Probably wat BH crave for anyway- to anger the SE and heat up the polity for some Jihad adventure! The SE are d least people u'll want to see get angry, coz they go Wide Wide killing Spray! If this happens again, kiss Nigeria goodbye!

Negro_Ntns:

MASSOB has lost credibility.  Is this not the same group that told ndigbo not to be intimidated by boko and to stay put in north?  shyyt~~

WTFF? Are you on cheap crack?!

bunch of jobless noise makers, they've been vowing to retaliate since how many years ago, idioticas!

^^^You mean your immediate family?

These cowards don start again

Start it first.

Igbos much talk less action before dem hear gbao you would find them in Abudjan yelling Genocide

all talk,no action.

Chyz*:

all talk,no action.

Abi oh!

Chyz*:

all talk,no action.

What happens if they start acting?
You all will be the ones to scream Igbo people don come again.
I just dey pity the people wey dey wait make igbo people unleash their terror.
It's not gonna be a child's play. I tell ya.
I really appreciate Igbo for not retaliating in the face of constant provocation.
Once they hit it, it will take a new dimension!
Are you guys prepared for the eventuality?

I am praying that we sit down to talk fast before it becomes free for all.

My concern is not wether Nigeria will disintegrate, it is the innocent lives that will be wasted for no reason, order than that the white man found it convenient to amalgamate the "un-amalgamatables".

talkativeness is not a disease afterall. Let them keep talking.

too dumb to know that this is what the boko haram sponsors wanted? and when it comes down to a free for all, who is gonna suffer most? which spl are more spread out?

One Nigeria!
And the govt is busy preaching to foreign investors to come and invest that Nigeria is safe!.

If the massob was going to respond like this, why were our ibo folks mock ingother ethnic group as coward when they were being killed?
Let no ibo take it personal if this thread is mocked. To make it worse they are still bitter abt subsidy removal protests that started in the sw. Why did our ibo pple not stage their protest when they felt aggrieved?
I see alot of inferiority complex in them with the pattern of the actions so far.

Na mouth, afer all massob existed before MEND and Boko - na only dem dey jail instead of Amnesty Trips to SA and USA

these boko harams guyz are not even Nigerians, they are terrorist for Christ sake since the law of our land is not favourable to them, they have no other option than to act indiscriminately by way of expressing their grievance over the death of their brothers and leaders.
they claim Nigerian by inter-marriage that is why the people and government of state could not do anything to put an end to this because if they attempt to do so, it is like indirectly affecting your own blood >>>> what is the way out should be our concern and the other way round

diluminati:

bunch of jobless noise makers, they've been vowing to retaliate since how many years ago, idioticas!

I have been following this female's comments for sometime, I believe she is one of the most senseless females ever to exist in Nigeria. Please do note, When it rains, it pours.  Watch, Wait and Pray it does not happen, you might have to eat your children.

Mtcheeeew! Who does nt know d Igbos! They are money lovers n economizers. Talk is CHEAP n action is EXPENSIVE. So they've gone 4 d cheap one,

massob n0 get weapons jhor,
abi na ogbunigwe dem wan use??
xcept dey'll pair with mend,

Imanuelle:

massob n0 get weapons jhor,
abi na ogbunigwe dem wan use??
xcept dey'll pair with mend,

Clap for Yourself! Best Comedian of the Year so far!

Who are they planning to kill now ? Awusa or berom ?

dayokanu:

These cowards don start again

Start it first.

Igbos much talk less action before dem hear gbao you would find them in Abudjan yelling Genocide

NL is a wonderful site, even donkeys can now talk. he-goats who are supposed to be in Ijabu farm burning charcoal to make their miserable end meet are here dishing out hatred as if they can kill a fly.

I smell war!

Offer Chief Uwazuruike and his gang 10million and they will lie low forever.

, so funny
i know say dey no get the balls na

Everybody knows that MASSOB is not OPC , , those boiz are talk and do, they are not bloody yoruba cowards.

massob should use this opportunity and push for a soveriegn national conference ,its obvious somepeople have been trying to drag us into the fracas and we know what happen when we yield to it, uwazurike is a very hot tempered man and will carry out his threat but i dont think its time yet. meanwile these dirty yoruba cowards can keep running their mouth while staying by the sideline waiting for who to backstab. two faced cowards.

Talking tough doesnt win wars. And what is the basis of this their talk about retaliation? Some criminals probably not numbering more than 3000 in a nationality of about 50 million are throwing bombs and killing people largely indiscriminately. And because of that, you roll out your war machine, not against that tiny criminal fraction, but against the entire nationality. Does that make sense? It doesnt. If you have any power you can use, track the criminals and leave the innocent husbands, wives, fathers, mothers and children etc minding their own business alone.