By Ikeugonna Eleke
Police in Anambra State have arrested a member of the Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) planning sit-at-home enforcement in the state.
A press release by the State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, gave the name of the arrested suspect as Friday Obeta.
The release said: “Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Nnewi Sector, acting on credible information on how the proscribed Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has set out plans to enforce Sit-At-Home on the 30th of May, 2025, arrested one Friday Obeta.
“The victim, aged 37 years, had one motorcycle, a branded t-shirt and an operational Identification card of the proscribed organization recovered from him.
“The suspect confessed to being a member and an informant to the proscribed group and has made useful information that is aiding the investigation for the possible arrest of other gang members.”
May 30th is considered by separatist elements, including MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to be Biafran Day remembrance for the souls of those killed during the 30-month long Biafra-Nigeria Civil War.
Ikenga said as a result of this, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, had charged operatives of the Command to intensify their onslaught operations, given the suspect’s confessions.
He further urged them to step up surveillance operations to thwart any unlawful gathering in the state.
