The Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned a fresh military invasion of the home of Eze Israel Kanu, the father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at Afara Ukwu, Abia State last Sunday.
In a statement made available to journalists in Awka, Anambra State, on Monday by MASSOB's National Director of Information, Samuel Edeson, it said the attack on Kanu racked of primitivity and cowardice.
It said no amount of such intimidation would stop Biafra agitators from continuing with the struggle, adding that President Buhari cannot destroy the awareness which the agitators had created about Biafra.
The group wondered why the army would continue to unleash such primitive and brutal attack against nonviolent Biafra agitators saying it was signs of cowardice on the part of Buhari's government.
Report of a fresh invasion on the home of Kanu's family had on Sunday surfaced, raising a lot of dust about the intent of the military and its action as Kanu and members of his family had been declared missing.
Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu, alleged that the soldiers invaded their home and carted away some household items.
Part of MASSOB's statement against the invasion reads, "Applications of brutal
Federal forces against the nonviolent Biafra agitators can never subdue or defeat the indestructible revolution of Biafra.
Federal forces against the nonviolent Biafra agitators can never subdue or defeat the indestructible revolution of Biafra.
"MASSOB and other pro-Biafra agitators are not cowed or intimidated by this sheer acts
of over-zealousness and ethnic hatred of the people of Biafra by Hausa Fulani dominated Nigeria security apparatuses.
of over-zealousness and ethnic hatred of the people of Biafra by Hausa Fulani dominated Nigeria security apparatuses.
"Even in these persecutions, arrests, extra judicial killings, subjections and detentions of nonviolence, pro-Biafra agitators, we shall continue to maintain our non violence principles.
"MASSOB and other pro Biafra groups are the political masquerades of Ndigbo. We shall continue to be the pride of Ndigbo, upholding the vision of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu."
On the Anambra November 18 poll, MASSOB said pro-Biafra groups were yet reached an agreement on boycotting the exercise or declaring a sit-at- home order on the election day.
It said "We shall consult and deliberate widely on the positive and negative implications of such exercise in Anambra State .
"MASSOB must be tactical and sensitive in considering the wills and civil rights of the citizens."
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