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Biafra: You’re jittery because of our doggedness, MASSOB replies Buhari
Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said President Muhammadu Buhari is jittery and unsteady about its doggedness towards actualising Biafra.
The group said this in reply to President Buhari’s message to Igbo National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, who joined their colleagues from other parts of the country to pay him Sallah visit in Katsina State on September 13, that they should inform their fellow Igbo youths to stop Biafran agitation.
But MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, in a press statement, frowned that Buhari should be reminding the youths of the disgusting experience of their people, during the 30-month old war for freedom, insisting there was no basis for which he should single out Ndigbo, out of the number that paid him the Sallah visit.
“Telling the Igbo youth corps members to inform their fellow Igbo youths in MASSOB to stop Biafran agitation, shows that he (Buhari) directly recognises the corps members as Biafrans.
Read also: Buhari to Igbo NYSC members, tell your people to forget Biafra
“Buhari still erroneously think that with his kinsmen in vital positions in the military, he will easily crush Biafra. MASSOB views Buhari’s constant negative comments on Biafra as a way of reawakening consciousness among Biafrans, even as he is jittery and unsteady about our doggedness towards actualizing our lofty dream.
The current Biafran struggle will continue to unfold confusing methods for the Nigerian leadership. “We want President Buhari to continue to make similar statements that aptly express his frustration. No man can crush Biafra because God, history and humanity are on our side,” Madu said.
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