MASSOB blames Obiano for members’ death

MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) is holding Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano responsible for the death of its members in Onitsha.

Members of MASSOB and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were celebrating the release of Nnamdi Kanu when the Army allegedly attacked and killed some of them.

A statement by MASSOB’S leader, Uchenna Madu, said Anambra State was not the only state where “members of MASSOB and IPOB demonstrated, protested or jubilated because of Nnamdi Kanu, but we have not recorded any killings, harassment, massive arrest, clampdown, shootings, torture and unguided statements by other governors, except in Anambra.”

It added that when “Obiano visited the Hausa residents in Onitsha following the torching of a Mosque, Obiano sympathised with them without commiserating with the injured and relations of dead non-violent Biafra agitators.”

“He, rather, tactically supported their clampdown of the protesters. This executive order prompted the Army to kill, injure and arrest many of our members in Onitsha, including those killed during the celebration.

“Governor Obiano neither condemned the action nor commiserated with us. The history of IPOB /MASSOB struggle for Biafra will not be complete without Gov Obiano’s sabotage. The same history will never forget a similar genocide against MASSOB members by former governors Peter Obi in 2006 and Achike Udenwa in 2003.

“This exhibition of inferiority complex by some Igbo governors and political leaders is a sign of weakness and cowardice and the fear of the Hausa Fulani oligarchy,” Madu said.

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