Leader of the Movement for Actualisation of Soveriegn State of Biafra/Biafra Independence Movement (MASSOB/BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has raise alarm that some Nigerian soldiers stormed his “Okwe Country home” in Onuimo Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State and abducted four of the “security aides’ guarding the Freedom House.
Uwazuruike, who demanded for their immediate release or be handed over to any Police station nearest to them, also listed their names as Enoch Chukwuemeka, Joseph Ekpeyong, Sunday Osulor and Goodluck Chukwuemeka.
In a statement issued on Monday morning, Uwazuruike said the abduction occurred on Sunday night at about 1925hrs.
According to him: ‘Some Nigerian soldiers stormed my Okwe Country home and abducted 4 of my security details guarding the MASSOB Freedom House in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State.
‘No provocation led to the abduction and no explanation was offered by the soldiers to his arrested security details.’
In the statement signed on his behalf by the MASSOB/BIM Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, Uwazuruike urged the Commander of 32 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, near Owerri, to ensure the early release of his security men.
He added that the members of BIM-MASSOB have never being indicted or found wanton by any security reports because of the peaceful approach to our agitation for Biafra.
He added: ‘The soldiers who arrived the Freedom House in a Navy blue colour Sienna car sighted the MASSOB security men in front of the gate to the MASSOB’s Freedom House. When they stopped, the soldiers numbering about 5 walked straight to my security men and started flogging them mercilessly without any explanation or provocation’.
‘The soldiers after beating my members blindfolded them with clothes and whisked them away to an unknown destination.”
