MOVEMENT for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, charged its members to shun violence in the struggle for the cause.
A letter, signed by a prominent member of MASSOB, Prince Kingsley Isigwe and made available to Daily Champion, urged members to remain focused and united in the struggle.
Owerri - Members of the Movement for the Acutalisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and the Biafra Liberation Front (BLF), have protested the illegal issuance of Police uniforms to eight members of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners in Onitsha Motor Parks and its environs.
Awka - THE crisis rocking Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra state took a frightening dimension yesterday when some hoodlums, invaded the Fegge, Onitsha premises of the Methodist Church Nigeria and attacked the resident Bishop, the Right Reverend Raphael Chibuzor Okpoko, inflicting injuries on him.
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LOOKING at the political history of this country so far, it appears that many 'Ndigbo' politicians and leaders are yet to learn from the political maturity and dexterity of their friends, the Yorubas and other sections of our country. A few examples will help us here. The fate and fall of the immediate past MD/CEO of the Nigerian Breweries Plc, and his roles in national politics, when compared with that of several other MD/CEOs of multinationals from Yoruba land, and they are many, leave us with lessons to learn. Compare the handling of the OPC in the South West with that of Bakassi Boys and the MASSOB in the South-East, and you find a key difference.While the OPC will not allow the indiscrimate killing of their youths under any circumstance, we are allowing our own to be used to potray many Ndigbo youth as undesirables and to be shot at sight by the Police. The turnover in the seat of the President of the Senate and other offices zoned to the South-East with those zoned t o the South-West or other zones of the country leaves a lot to be desired in the politics of the South-East.
Onitsha - THE crisis rocking Onitsha, commercial hub of the South East, took a new turn yesterday as the Methodist Bishop of Onitsha Diocese, Rt. Rev. Chibuzo Okpoko, narrowly escaped death in the hands of people suspected to be members of a militia.
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Lagos - Permit me to begin this article with a salute to courage of our colleagues most of whom are distinguished members of the upper legislative chambers - the Senate and the House of Representatives, for upholding the independence and the general wishes of the Nigerian people. It is heartening that the much - orchestrated bill on constitution amendment failed to see the light of the day. I once again commend the leadership of Chief Ken Nnamani.
Enugu/Onitsha - A combined team of soldiers and policemen yesterday launched fresh attack on Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) at Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State allegedly killing two and arresting another 69 suspected members of the movement.
Onitsha - THE Joint Security team deployed to Onitsha in the aftermath of the recent break down of law and order yesterday arrested 69 people said to be members of MASSOB.
Already, the Federal Government has set up a four-man panel of inquiry into the jail break in Onitsha during the violence. The arrests were effected during a raid at the Silas Works Street office of the suspects. They were subsequently taken to Awka.
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Lagos - Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), has accused the Presidency and Chief Uba, the self-styled godfather of Anambra politics and and National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), as the brains behind the on-going crisis in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Lagos - Two members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were said to have been kiled yesterday by a combined team of Police and the Military Personel currently patroling the troubled commercial city of Anambra state,Onitsha.
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