The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has declared sit at home order on the day of the burial of the former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
In a statement by the MASSOB Director of Information, Uchenna Madu, the order was a mark of honour and respect to their former leader who would be buried in his country home.

“As mark of honour and respect to His Excellency, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu MASSOB has declared sit at home ‘s on the 3rd February for Biafrans. All markets, shops motor parks, schools, airport, banks and offices shall be closed from 7am to 4 pm. Ndigbo residing outside Igbo land are mandated to observe the sit at home order as mark of loyalty to Eze Igbo.”

The statement further said “Ojukwu was a greatest Igbo man ever lived, he deserved the most suitable state burial. Ojukwu’s body shall lie in state at his Casabianca lodge, GRA, Enugu on 2nd February. Local and foreign dignitaries including a high- powered delegation of Nigerian government led by President Goodluck Jonathan and some AU/UN delegates will attend the ceremony”
“On 3rd, Ojukwu shall be buried at his Umudim Nnewi home after church service and other traditional rites. All who wish to attend the burial shall go to Nnewi on the evening of 2nd February as no movement will be on 3rd February,” he said.

Comrade Madu also said that the movement had perfected plans to give adequate security to everyone that will attend the burial ceremony of the former Igbo leader, adding that the recent security challenge in Nigeria will not affect their resolve to give Ojukwu a befitting burial. He called on all Ndigbo in different parts of the world to observe the sit at home as part of last respect to the deceased whom he said was committed to Igbo cause and urged them to always remember him in prayers.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/jan/12/national-12-01-2012-016.html

gonna be a long weekend

Great. I have already started my own sit at home for the EZE NDI IGBO. A HERO IS GONE "SOBS"

we dey talk about oil subsidy and its impact on the masses, you people are talking about a dead man. seriously, what's the matter with our igbo brothers?

@occam, wots ur own here. We have our own issue to face. OIL subsidy is not our problem and will never be one. So if you don't know what to say better close your mouth. Ah ah ah

Is this their own version of strike?

Olodostein:

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has declared sit at home order on the day of the burial of the former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
In a statement by the MASSOB Director of Information, Uchenna Madu, the order was a mark of honour and respect to their former leader who would be buried in his country home.

“As mark of honour and respect to His Excellency, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu MASSOB has declared sit at home ‘s on the 3rd February for Biafrans. All markets, shops motor parks, schools, airport, banks and offices shall be closed from 7am to 4 pm. Ndigbo residing outside Igbo land are mandated to observe the sit at home order as mark of loyalty to Eze Igbo.”

The statement further said “Ojukwu was a greatest Igbo man ever lived, he deserved the most suitable state burial. Ojukwu’s body shall lie in state at his Casabianca lodge, GRA, Enugu on 2nd February. Local and foreign dignitaries including a high- powered delegation of Nigerian government led by President Goodluck Jonathan and some AU/UN delegates will attend the ceremony”
“On 3rd, Ojukwu shall be buried at his Umudim Nnewi home after church service and other traditional rites. All who wish to attend the burial shall go to Nnewi on the evening of 2nd February as no movement will be on 3rd February,” he said.

Comrade Madu also said that the movement had perfected plans to give adequate security to everyone that will attend the burial ceremony of the former Igbo leader, adding that the recent security challenge in Nigeria will not affect their resolve to give Ojukwu a befitting burial. He called on all Ndigbo in different parts of the world to observe the sit at home as part of last respect to the deceased whom he said was committed to Igbo cause and urged them to always remember him in prayers.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/jan/12/national-12-01-2012-016.html

SIT AT HOME ORDER!!! one whole day of economic activity?

this is funny,
well, let's see whether an Ibo man who would open his shop on the day of his mother's burial will comply with this.

It can only happen in Igbo Land

studyineu:

@occam, wots your own here. We have our own issue to face. OIL subsidy is not our problem and will never be one. So if you don't know what to say better close your mouth. Ah ah ah

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Look nation of Biafra is dead. finito. let's focus on more pressing and important matters. Now oil subsidy is not your issue; but you benefited too. Men!

igbo wey fit die for money

hey brothers lets allow haters to keep worrying theirselves till death by ignoring their post here,

we have a task to carry.


RIP Ojukwu tho what you fought for its nt yet achieved, I believe someday it will  

Am missing IKEMBA.

if u respond to ur critics who ve nothing meaningful to say to dis thread , u have time for them, don't derail

Is this the same Ike-eba who fled to Abidjan in the heat of war?

No time for haters ma igbo brodas. Let every hater go kiss naked wire

studyineu:

Am missing IKEMBA.

Abegi why not join him when they are burying his rotten body ?

born2fuck:

igbo wey fit die for money

I thought as much too.If they cant sit at home during the strike,why would they sit at home for oju-iku ? Yeye people.

rip ikemba.

RIP to the King of Igboland.

I love seeing Haters.

from hell to hell, an agent of satan, enemy of his own people.

Sit at home for the legendary cowards who fled the heat of war

~Bluetooth:

Abegi why not join him when they are burying his rotten body ?
I thought as much too.If they cant sit at home during the strike,why would they sit at home for oju-iku ? Yeye people.

ha! ha! post like this makes me feel more happy.the bitter truth is that people'll always be jealous of those who're far better than themselves.your system is infiltred with thirsty hatred.anyway, Merry /fjul/ subsidy!

Jealousy at work, they are even jealous of Ojukwu even in Death. RIDE ON

dayokanu:

Sit at home for the legendary cowards who fled the heat of war

Umm. . . . . Why would I want to sit at home for OBJ, as you demand I do?

These MASSOB guys are a bunch of opportunists.

What has MASSOB said about the fuel subsidy removal? It is to come and be making stupid and irrelevant statements when the country is boiling that they know to do best.

Nonsense!

read what a real warlord, Effiong had to say about Ojuku

When Biafra's military resistance collapsed, [size=28pt]Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire[/size].

Efiong assumed leadership in this situation of turmoil, starvation, and collapse. He became Head of State of Biafra on 8 January 1970 and on 12 January announced surrender.[1]

At the time of the surrender, Efiong believed that the situation was hopeless and that prolonging the conflict would have led only to the further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra. At that time Effiong said, "I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of the war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end."[1]

Nnaemeka L. Aneke wrote, "General Efiong’s handling of Biafra’s surrender is one of the most tactical and devoted maneuvers ever seen on the Nigerian scene. Those who do not appreciate the depth of it may not have appreciated what was at stake as Biafra capitulated."[2] Many observers had expected wholesale retribution at war's end.
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Later life


In a 1996 interview, Efiong reflected on those events:

I have no regrets whatsoever of my involvement in Biafra or the role I played. The war deprived me of my property, dignity, my name. Yet, I saved so many souls on both sides and by this, I mean Biafra and Nigeria. . . .

I felt that I played a role which has kept this country united till today. . . .

At the end of it all when I saw they (Biafran soldiers) could no longer continue and [size=28pt]Ojukwu had fled[/size], I did what was ideal after wide consultation . . . [2]

Efiong died 6 November 2003, at the age of 78 less than two weeks before his 79th birthday.

The b1nch fled the war front and left the populace to die

What a shame to war generals.

God bless Effiong a true general who waited not the biatch who fled

Even though am not in Nigeria, I will observe the sit-at-home order too. RIP the Peoples General.

@stagger, incase you are not informed, Massob is the igbos and we have delared our stand on the fuel subsidy issue. We are not against it.

Will any of you freaks sit at home ?

@occam, am wit u, our problems re bigger than a dead man's burial ryt nw.

Come and drag us out of our house that day if u de vex