Election’ll hold in Anambra, MASSOB tells IPOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra has said the governorship election slated for November 18 in
Anambra State must hold.

MASSOB stated that contrary to the statement credited to the
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, that the
election would not hold in the state, the people of Anambra should
be prepared to exercise their voting rights on that day.

The National Director of Information of MASSOB, Sunday
Okereafor, who spoke in a telephone interview with our reporter on
Saturday, said it was wrong for anybody to say election would not
hold in the state.

Okereafor explained that MASSOB would storm Awka, the Anambra
State capital, on September 13, 2017 to celebrate the 18th
anniversary of the movement, adding that the group was planning to
establish a Biafra radio station in Germany.

He said, “Eighteen years of MASSOB existence would be celebrated
on September 13, 2017. We will celebrate it in a big way and MASSOB
is saying election must hold in Anambra. It must surely hold.

“We have come a long way and we are the founders of the
struggle. All the pro-Biafra groups came out of MASSOB. We are
telling Anambra people to go ahead in November and be part of the
election.”

He pointed out that the radio station would not be used for hate
speech and blackmail of other ethnic groups, adding that “real
information” would be disseminated to the people.

Saying MASSOB welcomed only genuine fighters, Okereafor
explained that insisting that there would be no election in Anambra
could put the lives of the people in danger.

“IPOB is wrong to have said election will not hold. How can they
say election will not hold? They want to create problems in
Nigeria. They want our people to be killed again?

“We are saying no violence and they are inciting violence. The
people of Anambra should go ahead and elect their leaders on the
day of the election,” he added.

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The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra has said the governorship election slated for November 18 in
Anambra State must hold.

MASSOB stated that contrary to the statement credited to the
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, that the
election would not hold in the state, the people of Anambra should
be prepared to exercise their voting rights on that day.

The National Director of Information of MASSOB, Sunday
Okereafor, who spoke in a telephone interview with our reporter on
Saturday, said it was wrong for anybody to say election would not
hold in the state.

Okereafor explained that MASSOB would storm Awka, the Anambra
State capital, on September 13, 2017 to celebrate the 18th
anniversary of the movement, adding that the group was planning to
establish a Biafra radio station in Germany.

He said, “Eighteen years of MASSOB existence would be celebrated
on September 13, 2017. We will celebrate it in a big way and MASSOB
is saying election must hold in Anambra. It must surely hold.

“We have come a long way and we are the founders of the
struggle. All the pro-Biafra groups came out of MASSOB. We are
telling Anambra people to go ahead in November and be part of the
election.”

He pointed out that the radio station would not be used for hate
speech and blackmail of other ethnic groups, adding that “real
information” would be disseminated to the people.

Saying MASSOB welcomed only genuine fighters, Okereafor
explained that insisting that there would be no election in Anambra
could put the lives of the people in danger.

“IPOB is wrong to have said election will not hold. How can they
say election will not hold? They want to create problems in
Nigeria. They want our people to be killed again?

“We are saying no violence and they are inciting violence. The
people of Anambra should go ahead and elect their leaders on the
day of the election,” he added.

PUNCH