Biafra Sit-at-home Movement: Security Forces In Show Of Force, MASSOB Mobilize Residents In The East

By Mojisola Delano Last updated May 30, 2017

Members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and the Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday morning staged a procession in Owerri, the Imo State capital, ahead of the May 30 “sit-at-home” order by the pro-Biafran agitators.

This was just as security agents comprising the men of the police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Department of State Services, Army and Air Force also marched around major streets in Owerri and other parts of the state.

Singing pro-Biafran songs, the secessionist groups distributed handbills, with the inscription “2017 Biafran heroes’ Remembrance Day. We remember our fallen heroes from 1966 to 2017 – the 3.5 million Biafrans killed in Nigeria Biafra war, the over 200 IPOB members killed from 2015 till date; the 30th May, 2017 sit-at-home and celebrating 50th Biafran anniversary.”

Amidst cheers from residents, who came out to watch them, MASSOB and IPOB members demonstrated on the street, clutching various Biafran insignia into.

They, however, did not clash with the security agents who were equally on a separate procession.

Source: Vanguard , Thisday

1 Comment

Femi Yerokun says 8 years ago

All of this show of force may not be necessary. Ask MASSOB leader to mobilise in Lagos and see how many of them will follow him. It’s just noise making seeking attention in one corner of the country.
Better results will be achieved if they join other nationality groups to demand equity for the component parts that make up Nigeria.