“Soldiers drafted from Obinze barracks, this afternoon took over the BIM – MASSOB Secretariat at Mgbee in Orlu LGA of the (Imo) State and barricaded the road leading to the office.
“The soldiers in two Hilux trucks and numbering about 12 collected fuel from a nearby filling station and barricaded the entrance leading to the Secretariat before setting the building on fire.
“Some good Samaritans who attempted to quench the fire were prevented from doing so while the fire rages on.
“They vandalized the iron door which had inscription ‘ BIM – MASSOB’ and later poured twenty five litres of fuel on the Secretariat after they had successfully removed 66 pieces of plastic chairs and 6 roofing zinks inside the office
“Meanwhile, the leader of Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for Actualization of Sovereign Sate of Biafra ( BIM – MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has condemned the military onslaught against his members saying that Indigenious people of Biafra are causing mayhem knowing they have no traces of address .
“In a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri and signed by his Media aide, Chris Mocha shortly after the confirmation of the burning ,warned members of BIM – MASSOB not to retaliate or resort to violence in the face of the provocation.
Uwazuruike who handed this warning to his followers not to retaliate said his BIM – MASSOB members were not responsible for the killing of soldiers, policemen or any body wondering how his group would become a scapegoat in the crime perpetrated by members of Indigenious people of Biafra, IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“He said the IPOB are engaging in mayhem and killing of security operative because the group wanted to provide our enemies with evidence to kill Ndigbo.”
