The Chief Ralph Uwazuruike-led Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State ofย Biafra,ย MASSOB, otherwise calledย Biafraย Independent Movement, BIM, disclosed yesterday that it destroyed eightย illegal tortureย campsย set up by fake members of the movement in Okpioko, Ogbaru local government area, Anambra state.
This disclosure was made by the Anambra North Zonal Administrator ofย MASSOB-BIM, Nze Damian Nzekwe while reacting to the illegal activities ofย the fake members.
According to him, โscores have been tortured and dispossessed of their belongings byย the fake membersย of MASSOB-BIM and it is based on the incessant reports on daily basis to us from the general public that prompted us to destroy about eight of theirย illegal tortureย camps.
Theyย tortureย and rob their victims in the camps dispossessing them of items that include, wrist-watches, jewelries, money, GSM handset, good shoes and clothesโ.
โPeople believe they are our members and so we resolved to destroy the camps and handed some of them we arrested over to the security operatives. We want to now use the opportunity to tell the general public that it is not everywhere they see theย Biafraย flag that they should believe are our members. We donโt hide our identity. Report such people to us when they start to extort or rob people instead of assisting them. We have set out monitoring teamโ he revealed further.
โThe way the criminals use our name to extort and rob their victims is alarming, prompting us to wonder whether they are doing this thing in collaboration with the state government.
Nzekwe who was flanked by his director of information, Comrade Charles Igbokwe, stated that, โthey prey mostly on commuter vehicles, tricycles, wheel barrow pushers, market women and trucks, without fear of any arrest.
โIf they take you to theirย tortureย camp as a girl, they will rape you in turns and dispossess you of all you have and nobody will ask questions just to avoid being trailed for attack; and that is why we say โnoโ to their existence nowโ.
โInformation reaching us is that some of them have perfected with some politicians to work for them and what we want to tell the politicians is that we will stop those using our name to work for them. We are not Nigerians and nothing concerns us with the election and anybody using our name to work with Nigerian politicians will be dealt with. We are not stopping Nigerians from conducting their elections but fake members of MASSOB-BIM using our name must be dealt with if caughtโ, he warned.
