SIT-AT-HOME, SOLDIERS READY FOR MASSOB, STORM ANAMBRA

Fear has gripped the residents of Onitsha, Awka in Anambra State over
the deployment of soldiers ahead of tomorrow's sit-at-home directive
issued by the Movement for the
Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra, MASSOB.
As early as 7.30am yesterday, lorry loads of soldiers were sited
trouping into Onitsha from the River Niger Bridge.
Reports said they might havecome from Delta State and other
neighbouring states into Onitsha which is believed to be the
operationalheadquarters of MASSOB while Okwe in Imo State is its
theoretical headquarters.
MASSOB had through its Director and Deputy Director of Information,
Uche Madu and Mazi Chris Mocha, warned that it would deal ruthlessly
with anybody who refused to observe the sit-at-home order.
Mocha had said, "the sit-at-home order remains June 8, 2013 and any
group or groups that said it has been postponed said so on their own".
But in a statement, the state Police Command warned MASSOB and other
groups agitating for a sovereign state of Biafra to steer clear of
June 8 sit-at-home directive.
The police said they would invoke some sections of the law to ensure
the protection of the lives and property of the people.
In the statement issued yesterday, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, reminded MASSOB and other
militant groups that they remained banned in Anambra State.
He urged the citizenry to go about their normal businesses and forget
about the ranting of those he described as miscreants.
-National Mirrior