The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra,
MASSOB, has vowed not to give up until the Independent State of Biafra
is actualized.
The group was reacting to a statement by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that Nigeria cannot afford to disintegrate.
MASSOB said on Saturday that contrary to the VP’s statement, the country had already disintegrated.
Osinbajo had in Calabar said Nigeria could not afford to break up and
added that the heterogeneous nature of the country earned it respect
from other nations.
But MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Sunday Okereafor told
Punch that the Igbo had continued to suffer marginalisation, including
the absence of good federal roads in the South-East.
Okereafor, who also spoke on the rejection of the South-East
Development Bill by the House of Representatives, pointed out that it
would be difficult for the Federal Government to develop the region
during the current recession.
“We are saying no to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s call for
Nigerians to come together. There has been no plan or intention to
develop the South- East. It will remain undeveloped. We have no road in
the region. Can they start now that the recession is on? It is laughable
to think that the Federal Government can develop the South-East and
South-South now.
“Today, Biafra is the answer. We cannot negotiate and we cannot come
together again. We have said it is Biafra or nothing and we cannot
negotiate it with anybody for the sake of our future.
“Nigeria has already disintegrated. Fulani herdsmen are attacking
innocent Nigerians and this is one of the signs that Nigeria is not one
again. MASSOB is saying that on Biafra we stand,” he said.
The MASSOB spokesman pointed out that Osinbajo was aware that the
South-East was marginalised, adding that the call for the development of
the area was just.
“In the whole world, it is on record that only MASSOB had a
successful sit-at-home protest and non-violent movement. We want the
acting president to know this,” Okereafor added.
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