MASSOB warns losers of Anambra guber election

Anthony Iwuoma

MASSOB, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has charged losers in the November 6, 2021, gubernatorial election in Anambra State not to challenge the victory of Prof Charles Soludo at the Elections Petitions Tribunal.

Soludo, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, had trounced other contestants to clinch victory in the highly charged election.

Mr. Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  and Mr. Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  came second and third respectively.

However, MASSOB in a statement signed by the National Director of Information, Comrade Edeson Samuel, urged the losers to perish any thought of contesting the result of the election at the election tribunal but rather to collaborate with Soludo, the governor-elect, and seek ways to empower youths in the state.

“Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, congratulates Prof Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor-elect for his victory at the just-concluded poll,” the statement partly read.

“We commend the people and other residents of Anambra State for adhering to our directives that the election will hold without dangers of fear or threat of lives, they defied all threats by coming out to vote.

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“MASSOB wishes to thank all our members in Anambra State who participated in the election. We also commend the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for heeding our encouragement and directives in conducting the governorship election in Anambra state.

“MASSOB has maintained that any projects or programs that will benefit Ndigbo and Biafra people, we will always give our support in order to achieve that project.

The pro-Biafra group cautioned the losers to be wary of lawyers, who would always raise false hope in order to milk them of their money.

The statement further said: “MASSOB wishes to advise other contestants that lost in the Anambra State governorship election to think twice before approaching court litigations. They should know that their lawyers will always give them hope of winning their case through court because of their personal and monetary interests.

“MASSOB advised the political gladiators that contested at the just concluded poll in Anambra State to empower and establish the unemployed youths of their towns.”

Meanwhile, contrary to MASDOB counsel, Uba has declared his interest in challenging Soludo’s victory, a move many see as a futile exercise, he has been pointedly told that “Anambra is not Imo State where a fourth-placed candidate ended up becoming the governor via court ruling”.