The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has vowed to drag former President Olusegun Obanjo to the International Criminal Court for allegedly killing about 1000 pro-Biafra members at Umulolo, Okigwe, Imo State, on March 29, 2003.

This new development emanated from a statement issued by the group’s Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson following Obasanjo’s recent condemnation of the agitation of pro-Biafra group.

Former President – Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo had said: “No right-thinking person who has experienced the horror of war will ever agitate for more war. Nigeria cannot afford to go from Boko Haram insurgency to any other insurgency under any guise. And on no account should we wittingly or unwittingly allow this to happen again.”

According to Edeson, Obasanjo had tried to destroy the pro-Biafra group during his administration as the country’s president alleging that he had once bribed MASSOB leaders with ‘bag of money’ to forget the struggle for the resurrection of Biafra.

“MASSOB wishes to reply Obasanjo that Biafra is not dead and will never die.

“Obasanjo should have known that after killing over 1000 MASSOB members at Umulolo, Okigwe, in Imo State on March 29, 2003, which he masterminded through Achike Udenwa, then governor of Imo State.

“The killing of MASSOB members in Onitsha, Anambra State in 2006/2007, and detention of MASSOB members in various prisons in Nigeria has not stopped our agitation. In 2006 while Uwazuruike was in Keffi prison, Obasanjo invited us to Aso Rock where he promised us millions of naira and to send us out of the country.

“‘Ghana-must-go’ bag of money just for us to forget Uwazuruike to die in prison. But we rejected the offer”, Edeson stated.