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Iheanyi Chukwudi
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has asked Nigerian new President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to release the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the nation’s security custody.
MASSOB Leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu who made the demand on Tuesday in his speech to commemorate the 56th Anniversary of Biafra Declaration, stated that releasing Kanu was the right thing for Tinubu to do.
“MASSOB demand the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB from the new president Bola Tinubu of Nigeria who once declared that he does not believe in Nigeria,” he said.
His address reads in parts, “The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the people of Biafra today observe the 56th year anniversary of Biafra declaration by General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the then President of the Republic of Biafra.
“Today, we remembered, celebrated and commemorated the sacrifices our gallant soldiers of Biafra made for our freedom.
“MASSOB remembered the pains, anguish, hunger, subjection, hunger, and supreme prices our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters paid for Biafra freedom.
We shall continue to remember them because their sufferings always provoke and revive our unshakeable and undeterred zeal and commitment for the self determination of Biafra.
The new self determination struggle and restoration of Biafra anchored by MASSOB and others is grounded on the principal of non violence .
“Today, all over the world, MASSOB members are on sober reflection, as we remember the brutalities, persecutions, traumatic torture, extra judicial killings, afflictions, imprisonment and traumatic deaths in the hands of the security agents of Nigeria.
“We resolved that we shall never relent or succumb to Internal colonialism. They will never weaken our love, commitment and consistency in MASSOB. We know and understand that freedom can never be achieved on a platter of gold,
Persecutions and political subjection always strengthen the zeal of genuine freedom fighters. The more the freedom fighters are politically incarcerated, the more they are hardened, the more the followership becomes uncontrollable.
“MASSOB expresses our gratitude to the people of Biafra for their eloquent observation of today's Biafra day anniversary celebration.”
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