No fewer than
220 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra (MASSOB), including leader of the group, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, were
yesterday arrested by the soldiers at a check-point at Okigwe, Imo State, for
allegedly putting on Biafran uniform.
They were
arrested on their way to Monobil Hotel Okigwe, where members of Okigwe Zonal
Youth Conference had organized an honour award for Uwazuruike for his efforts
to emancipate the Igbo.
However, while
the MASSOB leader was later released when one Captain Ola, leader of the
soldiers, arrived at the scene of the incident, his 220 members who were there
to felicitate with him at the award ceremony were taken to an unknown destination.
When contacted
on phone, Uwazuruike confirmed the incident, saying he did not know where his
men were taken to at the moment. He said he would go to the Okigwe office of
the army to look for them and seek their release after the award ceremony.
He regretted that
the army and police had continued to harass MASSOB members even when they have
not constituted any security breach.
Uwazuruike
further reiterated the determination of the group to emancipate the Igbo and
enthrone a Sovereign State of Biafra.
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