'We Will Make Nigeria Ungovernable' - MASSOB Issues New Threat

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Thursday issued a fresh threat to the Federal Government, saying it will make the country ungovernable, if it failed to conduct a referendum in the South-East, to enable the people decide, through voting, whether they wish to secede, or remain in Nigeria.

The secessionist groups including the Indigenous People of Biafra claim that majority of people in the region would vote in favor of a separation from Nigeria. A Statement signed by the National Director of Information, MASSOB, Samuel Edeson said, "MASSOB and other pro-Biafra agitators will make Nigeria ungovernable if the Nigerian government failed to conduct referendum in Eastern Nigeria.

"We shall use everything at our disposal to fight the Nigerian government, especially through civil disobedience. "We are going to call for ‘sit at home’ in all Biafran land and Lagos." The MASSOB spokesman further spoke of plans by the group to drag former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the International Criminal Court for ‘atrocities’ he allegedly committed against ‘Biafrans’ since 1970, as well as other ‘crimes’.