MASSOB of Uwazuruike is non-violent – BIM leader

A leader of MASSOB in Ebonyi state, Mr John
Nwifuru, urges institutions of government to obey a
court verdict in his favour
- Nwifuru says MASSOB under the leadership of
Uwazuruike has been non-violent from 1999 till date
- The MASSOB leader states that the group has never
violated any Nigerian law
A leader of the Movement for the Actualization
of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in
Ebonyi state, Mr John Nwifuru, has said no
amount of police intimidation and harassment
would deter him from pursuing the agenda of
MASSOB even if he dies in the process.
Nwifuru who is also a leader of the Biafra

Independent Movement (BIM) made the
statement on Thursday, April 20, when insisting
that it was the judiciary that ordered the Ebonyi
state police command to return all the properties
they took from his office and pay him
compensation for infringing on his fundamental
human rights.
The MASSOB (BIM) leader referring to a copy of
the judgment that was delivered on February 17,
2014 by Justice F.C. Inya-Agha, stressed the need
for institutions of government to obey the
verdicts of the court, Vanguard reports.
He said it was the police that took the case to the
Appeal Court in a bid to jail him but failed as the
court ordered the police to release him as he
didn’t have any case to answer.
He said: " If they deny me, God will not deny me; I have
all the evidence of the ruling delivered by the Nigerian court
in my favour. During proceedings, the police brought four
lawyers to facilitate my jail but they couldn’t as the Court
ordered me to go and that I did not have any case to
answer and that they (police) should go to 5 national dailies
and apologize to me.
“MASSOB of Uwazuruike is non violent from 1999 till date;
the group has never violated any Nigerian law and that’s
why we are being killed like fowls. We have lawyers,
doctors, commissioners and even policemen who are apart
of us. Though they may be intimidating and killing us, they
are part of us. But government workers are afraid because
of that name ‘freedom fighters’ because if they come out as
our members they could be sacked. They are our brothers.”
According to a statement sent to NAIJ.com by the
media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma
Powerful, the new leaders would pilot the day-
to-day running of the affairs of the group
The new leadership is expected to work under
the leadership and command structure of IPOB
leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his deputy, Uche
Mefor.
The new officers according to the statement are:
George Onyeibe from Agbor, Delta state who is
now Africa Representative and Interim Nigeria
coordinator; Tonye Tiger Amachree, from Ijaw in
Bayelsa state who assumes the office of Biafra
land coordinator and Ategwa William Eje from
Yala local government, Cross Rivers state, now
the deputy Biafra land coordinator.
Those appointed regional coordinators which is
part of executive council are Akpan from Ikot-
Ekpene Akwa-Ibom state, representing Biafra
land east; Duke Oyibo, from Urhobo in Ughelli
South, Delta state, representing Biafra land west;
Aghaerigbo Chukwujindu from Ikeduru Owerri
Imo state, representing Biafra land central.