Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has issued serious warning against any plot to scuttle the November Anambra governorship election.
MASSOB said the warning was in view by a directive issued on social media by some disgruntled and sponsored persons residing in diaspora.
It accused the said individuals of “unleashing their personal minded narratives using the pro-Biafra activism to create political instability and chaos in Igbo land by trying to use the upcoming Anambra governorship election as a yardstick.”
This was contained in a statement made available to NATIONAL POST on Wednesday, signed by Comrade Uchenna Madu, Leader of MASSOB.
The pro-Biafra group said, “MASSOB will never allow this deceit to scale through.
“Several times during elections in the south east, they always came up with this sympathetic deceit of sit-at-home, with claims that such futile exercise enhances Biafra actualization but MASSOB always countered and stopped them. This time they will fail.”
It warned anti pro-Biafra activists, “including those hiding in diaspora to stay clear of Biafra land now.”
MASSOB assured residents of Anambra State that the November 8, governorship election in “must hold because we have gone a long way underground mobilizing and sensitizing the state residents including members of pro Biafra groups to engage in the upcoming governorship election.
“MASSOB members and other pro Biafra groups are coming out to participate in the election with our massive support to the competent and credible candidate that is full of Igbo blood.
“MASSOB also encourages the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to go ahead without distraction in conducting the governorship election
“That having studied the political, economical, religious and social implications of not having a credible election in Anambra State and the political instability and chaos that may erupt, we insist that the Anambra State governorship election must be peaceful and credible
“MASSOB advises the people of Anambra State and other residents in the state to exercise their fundamental and constitutional rights of choosing their next governor because Anambra political space will never be in vacuum.
“That MASSOB position on Anambra governorship election is for the interest of Ndigbo, we can never allow or give unfortunate legal room for outsiders to dictate our political and economic future.
“That MASSOB position does not mean derailment of the Biafra self-determination for actualization and restoration.
“We must always consider the overall interest of Ndigbo first before a group or individual interest,” the statement concluded.
