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Last Updated: Monday, December 13th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Uwazuruike missing after police raid on MASSOB   By Ben Duru Correspondent, Owerri The whereabouts of the leader of the Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has become an issue of controversy between the police and MASSOB members. The controversy ensued after a police raid at the weekend on the enclave of MASSOB in Okwe, Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chike Nwabuwa, said police did not arrest any MASSOB member including Uwaruruike, but MASSOB insisted that he was taking to an unknown destination. The police denied claims that they shot to disperse the crowd that gathered for the meeting called by MASSOB. Policemen from Owerri last weekend raided the headquarters of the movement as part of efforts to ensure that populace do not identify with an unlawful organisation. This raid is coming two months after a similar raid by the state security services. Nwabuwa confirmed the raid, saying MASSOB is a dissident group interested in dismembering the country and that the group’s unlawful activities would not be allowed to continue. He said the gathering was illegal and that the assemblage of the so-called members was an affront, considering the efforts so far made to explain the situation to the people. The police officer said the raid was successful and that the officers drafted for the action did not engage in any shooting nor did they make any arrest. A MASSOB member, Chief Metu Oke, said the whereabouts of Uwazuruike is still unknown and that the police fired several shots to disperse members. Oke could not confirm if arrests were made, saying many of their members were yet to be accounted for and efforts are still on the find out if their leaders was in police net or escaped during the pandemonium.   Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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