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UNPO: It’s Time To Let Biafra Go,BIM-MASSOB Begs Global Body

Amidst Continued Onslaught Against Its Members By Nigeria Security Forces

May 19, 2021

By Emmanuel Nnadi, Owerri

A call has gone to the Unrepresented Nations and people’s organization, UNPO, to do something urgently to prevail and pressurize the All progressive congress (APC) led Muhammadu Buhari federal government to halt the ongoing victimization, suppression and arrests of the members of BIM-MASSOB.

A statement issued to journalists and signed by the Biafra’s director of information/ senior special assistant to the president of internal government of Biafra on media and publicit, Elder Chris Mocha said, “the members of BIM-MASSOB are hounded day and night, arrested , tortured and detained on trump up allegations wthout trial by the repressive regime of president Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.”

The arrests , detention since March 21,2021 without trial of the members of BIM-MASSOB continued unabated in cross river state, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and Imo states even after it was explicitly established to the security forces that the arrested members have no link or relationship with the proscribed indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, they have remained in their detention facility till date

The presidential spokesperson pleaded with the United States and other relevant Western Nations to take full responsibility of their actions to accord Biafra recognition adding, ” No responsible government will allow her law abiding citizens to be mowed down on daily basis as was the case in nigeria with impunity and no person had been prosecuted.

The statement added that in the last three months under review, no fewer than nineteen (19) of BIM-MASSOB members have either disappeared or been arrested, tortured and detained incumunicado by the combined team comprising of soldiers, police, civil defense and the department of state service, DSS.

“The force should be able to distinguish between a non violence group like BIM-MASSOB which deserves a better deal of respect and honour than other violent agitators like IPOB”

Insistng that the arrested persons including Mr. Ikechukwu Ajah are innocent members of a peaceful organization, BIM-MASSOB, campaigning for the rescucitation of Biafra through non violence method, it’s time to let Biafra go, he concluded .

Leopard Football Team To Represent Biafra At Zanzibar, Tanzania On August 20th- 31st

May 18, 2021

By Emmanuel Nnadi, Owerri

The leadership of Biafra Independence Movement/ Movement for actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra’ (BIM-MASSOB) , at the weekend, said it chose may 22 every year as Biafran Independence Day because the new Biafra is different from the one of 1967-1970.

The former Biafra led by the military head of state of the defunct Biafra , Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was characterized by violence and led to loss of over 2 million lives of the Biafran people while the new Biafra’ of today is built on non violence with new method and new idealogy.

BiM -MASSOB stressed that the old Biafra’ ( 1967-1970) was discontinued after 3 years of a bitter civil war with the rest Nigerians and their Allies while the Biafra of today and which Uwazuruike is the leader is a continuation of the former one.

The celebration of new Biafra Day on May 22 is coming at a period when the leadership of BIM-MASSOB planned to also celebrate Uwazuruike’s laudadle achievements at home to mark the 20th anniversary of the hoisting of the new Biafra flag at Aba, Abia state, on May 22, 2000.

Uwazuruike who’s the arrow head of the emancipacition struggle to free the people of former eastern region from their political bondage in Nigeria through non violence method had been detained several times by the Nigerian authorities , sometimes without trial .

A statement signed by the movement’s Director of information and Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity, Elder Chris Mocha listed some numerous achievements recorded by Uwazuruike’s BIM- MASSOB to include but not limited to 20 years of uninterrupted non – violence programme and activities in our quest for the Independence of Biafra’;

The relocation of Biafran war veteran soldiers from Ugwuoba in Oji river local government area of Enugu state to Okwe ,where they ‘re currently being accommodated in the houses built for them.
They’ve been placed on a monthly stipends since 2012.

Other remarkable achievements by BIM-MASSOB are the setting up of Biafra Internal government at home;

The completion of Ojukwu memorial library, Owerri;

The building of fm radio station;

The construction of secretariats at various senatorial zones in Biafraland;

The ongoing construction of world class Homeland University ;

The ongoing construction of University Teaching hospital;

And the Homeland International stadium at Okwe in Onuimo council area of Imo state .

Going down memory lane, Mocha explained that , at the international level, BIM-MASSOB had secured the admission of Biafra’ as the 46th member Nation of the Unrepresented Nations and people’s organization (UNPO);

The setting up of Voice of Biafra international ( VOBI) rado station itransmitting from Germany;

It’s worthy to mention that Biafran Leopard national team will represent Biafra’ to participate in the upcoming international football matches at Zanzibar, Tanzania,which kicks off from the 20th of August to 31st 2021.
BIM-MASSOB has spent millions of naira to ensure the successful movement of the national players to Zanzibar;

As we celebrate Biafra Day on May 22, we make bold to state here without mincing word that our call and resolve to free our people from being treated as second class citizens in Nigeria is not negotiable.