The systematic killings of Ndi Igbo have just begun ― MASSOB warns
Following the clampdown on members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by security operatives in Emene, Enugu, the Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has sternly placed a warning to all Igbos, describing the incident as a tactical annihilation of the Igbo tribe.
Speaking in Owerri, Uchenna Madu, the new MASSOB leader pointed out that the Igbo leaders should rise and stop further shedding of the innocent blood of young people in the Igbo land, adding that the leading administration is wounding the morale of Igbo socio-political leaders, to create fears in the populace of Ndigbo towards 2023.
Uchenna said: “The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) roundly condemned the unwarranted and callous killings of IPOB members in Enugu on Sunday.
“It is the worst barbaric and primitive reactionary measure of combined security agents of Nigeria against the perceived enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kinsmen called the Fulanis.
“The loose venom of pathological hatred by this present administration against Ndigbo and Christians in general on Sunday in Enugu further proved our earlier revealed conspiracies plot to backward the political emancipation of Ndigbo in Nigeria.”
“It is a well-known fact that all pro-Biafra agitators including MASSOB, IPOB, EPC, BNYL, BIM, MOBIN, etc are non-violent and armless groups. It is also on records that none of these groups has indulged in acts of terrorism, violence or killings.
“Why should the Nigerian Fulani-led police embark on a deceitful mission of blackmailing the harmless and non-violent members of IPOB that they were engaged in firing spree with the agents of DSS that led to the combined team of Nigeria armed security forces to heavily descend on them in a warlike manner on their meeting at Emene, Enugu on Sunday which resulted in the death of innocent and defenseless citizens of Biafra.”
“What happened in Enugu on Sunday between IPOB and combined security forces of Nigeria was not a clash or a confrontation but a systematically-plotted act of terrorism, hatched and orchestrated by the presidency to inflict a demonized fear that will succumb and demoralize the surging rise, clamor and support for Biafra and Nigeria president of Igbo extraction.
“They fronted the DSS to provoke the harmless members of IPOB to an assault but IPOB members declined to fall into their trap, but because it was a designed mission that must be accomplished, the DSS opened fire on defenseless citizens, the police, army and Air Force immediately joined them in the brutality of IPOB members and terrorizing the inhabitants of Enugu city.
“MASSOB draws the attention of Igbo political leaders irrespective of their political party or affiliation that they are the main target of this latest assault.
“It is against the political emancipation of Ndigbo in Nigeria they seem to lead, it is about 2023 general election.
“It is all about wounding the morale of Igbo socio-political leaders. It is about creating fears into the populace of Ndigbo towards 2023.
“Ndigbo must rise now in defense of our fatherland. An injustice to an Igbo person is injustices against all Igbos irrespective of political differences.”
“The presidency is using Pro Biafra agitators as their testing ground of wounding and inflicting injurious blow that will demoralize the chances of Igbo political emancipation in 2023.
“They knew that pro-Biafra agitators are heavy factors to be reckoned with in 2023 towards Igbo political emancipation. MASSOB reiterated our earlier resolved decision that no amount of treacherous and subtle clampdown, attacks, killings, arrest, mesmerization, prosecution by the Nigerian state will deter us from the Biafra actualization and restoration struggle.”
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
