Nobody can stop elections in Southeast – Group
The leadership of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has insisted that nobody can stop the general election from holding in Southeast.
In a statement by MASSOB National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson, the separatist group said the decision was taken after its national council meeting yesterday, which was presided by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu at the MASSOB National Secretariat in Awgu, Enugu State.
The meeting which was attended by all the state, zonal and local government coordinators, including the national directors, unanimously agreed to pursue the actualisation of Biafra state through the principle of non-violence and collaboration with other progressive pro-Biafra groups.
He said: “MASSOB reaffirmed our primary and vowed goal of actualising Biafra through the principles of non-violence and international diplomacy in collaboration and brotherhood with other progressive pro-Biafra groups.
“MASSOB, having realised that Biafrans cannot forcefully impose our desirable interest on the people of Nigeria, and also having understood the principals of non-violence, MASSOB unanimously agreed and resolved that Nigeria state will conduct their political exercises, including general elections in Igbo land.
“MASSOB in the wisdom of internationally recognized freedom of political participation and exercises we declared that this year’s general elections in Nigeria will not be stopped or boycotted in Biafra land. The people of the Southeast are free to participate in the electoral processes of Nigeria because our political space must be filled. MASSOB has allowed INEC to conduct elections in Biafra land.” Nation
