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We Won’t Give Up, says MASSOB: as Police Steal N1.3m from Uwazuruike and Detain
11 MASSOBians without Charge
Twenty-four hours after the police attack
on its leader, Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday said it was more
than ever before committed to the realisation of an independent Biafra republic. MASSOB also alleged that the policemen
who invaded its leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike’s country home in Okwe, Onuimo local govenment area of Imo State,
carted away, among other items, the sum of N1.3 million raised to solve the organisation’s logistics problem. About
100 cops had raided Uwazuruike’s home apparently seeking Biafra items, such as flags, declared illegal by the Federal
Government. The MASSOB leader escaped arrest but 11 of his men were picked up. Director of information of MASSOB
Mr. Uchenna Duru, told Daily Champion that attacks by security agencies would not deter the organisation from pursuing
the Biafra cause. If nothing, he added, such onslaught had further gingered the members to show "more than
extra" determination and commitment to the Biafra cause. Condemning the attack, MASSOB described it as primitive,
observing that "there was no cause for it." Duru reiterated that MASSOB is non-violent and "no threat
to the Federal Government of Nigeria." Eleven MASSOB members arrested at Okwe, he said, are being detained
at the... 
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 Former Head of Interim National Government, Chief
Ernest Shonekan, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu and famous novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe are
among 191 people to be accorded national honours. Shonekan is to be conferred with the highest national honour,
Grand Commander of the Order...
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 Indications that foremost
aviation activist, Capt. Jerry Agbeyegbe may not have died from an auto crash as claimed by the police emerged
yesterday when an autopsy conducted on the deceased showed 29 holes arising from gunshots. The autopsy conducted
at the Eko Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday evening by a consultant pathologist...
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