FG vs IPOB/ESN: MASSOB Reveals Those Behind South-East Attacks

The Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the Federal Government of sponsoring recent attacks rocking the South-East.

Naija News reports that this was made known by MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State.

According to the MASSOB leader, intelligence reports shows that the attacks were perpetrated by Federal Government’s “protected bandits”.

He stated that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government was sponsoring the attacks in other to paint pro-Biafra agitators as violent.

The statement read in part, “The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has condemned the incessant criminal terrorism and security deterioration in Igboland.

“MASSOB condemned the terrorist attack on Chukwuma Soludo at Isuofia; we equally condemned the unwarranted killings of Ebonyi State indigenous citizens by Fulani terrorist herdsmen. MASSOB condemned in totality the breaking of Owerri prison by the so-called unknown gunmen.

“How can untrained and amateurs with no military training overpower the entire security apparatus of Nigeria in the South-East? Why is it that there was no security resistance during the breaking of Owerri Prisons and Imo State Police headquarters in an operation that lasted more than one hour?

“Nigeria military cantonment, Obinze, Owerri, is seven minutes’ drive to the scenes of the crime; Imo State MOPOL base is three minutes’ drive to the scenes of the crime, but no resistance from security agencies.

“The terrorist attacks in Owerri are part of the ongoing destructive measures by the President Muhamadu Buhari-led administration to discredit and blackmail the pro-Biafra organisations to create an erroneous impression that Biafrans are waging war against Nigeria. Igboland is the most peaceful region.

“MASSOB advises Governor Hope Uzodinma to stop heaping blames on IPOB or ESN or any other pro-Biafra organisation. Pro-Biafra agitators are not responsible for all the terrorist activities in Igboland.”