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The Akwa Ibom National Congress (ANC) in Lagos has condemned in strong terms, the recent attempt by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to effect the abduction of the remains of late General Philip Asuquo Effiong on the guise that he is their leader. The group in collaboration with the Confederation of Niger Delta (CONDEL) at a news conference in Lagos said the recent drama at Oko-Ita, Ibiono Ibom in Akwa Ibom State was an embarrassment to the youth, elders of Akwa Ibom State in particular and Niger Delta region in general, for members of MASSOB numbering over 1,000 to remove the casket of late Effiong, the Ekangkang of Ibiono Ibom who fought for the Nigerian people and finally announced the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970. The group went further to warn Mr. Ralph Uwazurike and other MASSOB members who for personal reasons attempted to remove the casket containing the remains of the late general in the name of Biafran leader. The National Co-ordinator, Akwa Ibom National (ANC) and Confederation of Niger Delta (CONDEL), Andy Annette urged Uwazurike and his group to learn how to identify and celebrate their heroes rather than encroaching boundaries, saying that it was an insult for MASSOB to start championing the moribund issue of Biafra again. "The Biafra itself and their leaders have become a very big problem, because the first Biafran experiment was started by these same people and finally abandoned for General Effiong... (This Day) |
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