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MASSOB adopts new ideology, says ‘Wherever our foot touches is Biafra land’

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MASSOB adopts new ideology, says 'Wherever our foot touches is Biafra land'

Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Thursday announced its latest ideology by declaring, that anywhere Igbo people reside and own investments automatically becomes part of ‘Biafraland.

The ideology was disclosed by a leader of MASSOB, Comrade Kingsley Madu, who explained that Lagos, Abuja, as well as other cities where Igbos reside and own major investments are all part of ‘Biafraland’.

He state this at Awgu, Enugu State during a rally organised to welcome the leader of another pro-Biafra group, the Biafra National Guard, ‘General’ Innocent Oji, who was recently released from detention.

He said, “Pro-Biafra groups have adopted a new ideology which stated that any part of the country where a large population of Igbos is found, and where Igbos contributed towards human and material development, is part of Biafra.”

Madu, who decried the alleged sacking of Igbo traders from a portion of land at Trade Fair and FESTAC in Lagos, added that Biafrans no longer want to ‘confine’ themselves to a particular place.

He alleged that the affected traders were evicted by Lagos State government in connivance with the Federal Government after they had invested billions of naira in developing the area, adding, that Igbos would no longer tolerate any such actions.

“Some years back a portion of land at Trade Fair and FESTAC were conceded to our people for development in Lagos. After spending billions of naira in developing this part of Lagos for the economic growth of Nigerian government, today information reaching us is that the Federal Government, conniving with the Lagos State government, yesterday retrieved the land, the platform, all the investment and everything from the people of Biafra.

“This is part of the reason for Biafra agitation. And we are warning because we now believe that everywhere an Igbo man is part of Biafra. That is the latest ideology we have.

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“We don’t want to confine ourselves to a particular place; we now believe that wherever our foot touches is our land that is Biafra. Lagos is also Biafra, Abuja is also Biafra. Anywhere our people are that place is Biafra.
“So what we are saying now is that that part of Lagos that our people developed with their money is also part of Biafra and we cannot leave.”

Madu meanwhile, called on Ndigbo to relocate their investments in the ‘Biafra mainland’, South-East and South-South, where according to him they will be guaranteed of safety and protection.

Oji had earlier declared that Biafra will be achieved in less than one year. He commended Madu for not giving up on the struggle while he was incarcerated.

“By the grace of God, this struggle will not last beyond one year from now because we have our strategy. But if the Federal Government feels we cannot do anything let them go and arrest our supreme leader, Nnamdi Kanu, for them to see what we can do,” he said.

 

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