Police Arrests Ten MASSOB Members In Cross River
The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has claimed that ten of its members were on Monday, arrested by the police in Cross River State.
This is coming two Weeks after the group engaged in a peaceful protest in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Biafra Republic by late warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu.
Spokesman of MASSOB in the state, Okon Archibong told Vanguard that the State Coordinator of the group, Samuel Okah along with nine others whose names he gave as Shedrack Chinelo, Chief Joseph Ekperebi, Michael Adah, James Ekeme, Adah Johnson were arrested in Ikom and Ogoja on Monday night and detained at the Ikom police station.
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Archibong said, “We have not had any other activity outside the May 30th commemoration of Biafra Anniversary Day but last night Police from Ikom Division went to the home our State Coordinator, Samuel Okah and nine other persons and arrested them”.
According to him, the MASSOB members were taken to the Ikom Police station and detained there, and the police did not give any reason for their arrest.
“I have gone to see them at the Ikom police station this morning and they are in the cell and I asked what offence they committed because during our anniversary march, we did not engage in any confrontation with anybody or group, not even with the police,” he added.
Meanwhile, when contacted, Mr John Eluu, the Police Public Relations Officer for Cross River State Police Command said he was yet to be briefed on the matter.
