South-East Senators’ visit to Buhari has doused tension – MASSOB

The Movement for the Ac­tualisation of the Sover­eign State of Biafra (MAS­SOB) has commended South East Senators for taking the worsening plight of the Ndigbo to President Muhammadu Buhari during their last week’s visit to the State House in Abuja.

MASSOB said that the action of the lawmakers has doused ten­sion in the South East because the Senators spoke the mind of their constituents.

In a statement issued on Mon­day by MASSOB leader, Comrade Uche Madu, the group noted that the Senators outlined “the quan­tum of socio- infrastructural de­cay in the zone and also made a case for the release of the Indig­enous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and oth­er pro-Biafra activists from de­tention.

MASSOB described the move as a welcome development – although it expressed fears that President Buhari might not meet the lawmakers’ demands.

Madu said: “This sudden po­litical move of Igbo Senators to President Buhari is a welcome development even though Buha­ri may not easily hearken to their pleas because of his anti-Igbo pol­icies.”

According to him, “the ac­tion of the South East Senators has helped to douse MASSOB’s earlier resolve during the posthu­mous celebration of the late Biafra leader, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, on November 4, 2016 at Okwe in Imo State, to commence an inter­nal revolution across Igboland, during which Igbo leaders and politicians who are not projecting Igbo interest and seem to be dilly-dallying with alleged marginalisa­tion of the Igbo nation by the pre­sent administration will face the wrath of our ancestors.

“We have no intention of witch-hunting or threatening any Igbo leader as our reformed MASSOB is for the services of Ndigbo but Igbo leaders who di­rectly or indirectly promote or uphold or complement the anti-Igbo policies of President Buha­ri against Igbo interests will sure­ly face the wrath of our ancestors.

“Igbo Senators suddenly woke up because of our leader’s ultimatum during the celebration of the 83rd posthumous birthday of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumeg­wu-Ojukwu (Eze Igbo Gburugb­uru) at MASSOB headquarters, Okwe on 4th November, that if Igbo political, religious, tradi­tional, economic and opinion leaders fail to rise up against the oppression, subjection and anti-Igbo policies of President Buha­ri against Ndigbo and Igboland, including the biased detention of our brothers, Nnamdi Kanu, Chi­diebere Onwudiwe, Madubug­wu, Benjamin Nwawuisi (IPOB members), Innocent Orji, Sabas­tian Amadi, Uchenna Nicholas and 17 MASSOB members, Ben­jamin Onwuka and other BZM members and effect their release before this year ends, MASSOB will commence a native internal revolution against Igbo leaders,” he said.

MASSOB charged the South East Caucus in the House of Rep­resentatives and other Igbo lead­ers to emulate the Senators.