A regional administrator of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Anthony Nwodo, had the particular misfortune of being one of the plotters of a proposed June 8 sit-at-home exercise when he knew that he did not have the clout of Asari Dokubo to make the whole country shut down if he was arrested.
And so he has been arrested and the world continues to glide on. Meanwhile did I mention that Asari Dokubo is still a free big boy.
Last Tuesday, MASSOB held a sensitisation campaign on their proposed sit-at-home exercise, which has now led to an alleged manhunt and clampdown by security operatives for their sect members, in a bid to ensure that their plans do not see the light of the day.
Agents of the Department of State Services, DSS, arrested Nwodo, who is MASSOB’s Awka North Regional Administrator, at a newsstand, along the Old Market Road, Onitsha, and whisked him away to a yet to be known destination.
He was reportedly lured by the voice of a female operative who convinced him of her eagerness to be a part of MASSOB’s moves.
According to reports:
Reacting to the arrest, the MASSOB Deputy Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha and the Regional Administrator for Aguata, Sylvester Okonkwo, described the arrest of Nwodo as an uncivilized action and demanded for his immediate release alive in the interest of peace and tranquility.Nwodo was said to have been called on phone by a lady believed to be a personnel of the security operatives and was informed that he was seen by her issuing out fliers containing articles on the proposed June 8 sit-at-home exercise.The said caller also demanded to know the whereabout of Nwodo, to enable her pick up her own fliers to be educated properly on the sit-at-home exercise, adding that he should tell her the type and colour of dress he was wearing, for proper identification.Impressed by such flattering words, the witnesses said the MASSOB chieftain not only revealed his whereabout, but also informed the caller that he was very close to them.Unknown to him that the caller was among the security operatives who parked their white SUV with a revolving light at a petrol station very close to the newsstand hunting the MASSOB chieftains, Nwodo drew nearer to their vehicle and as soon as he approached the vehicle closely, she called him once more to confirm that he was actually their target. It was learnt as soon as he was trying to pick the call, they grabbed him, threw him into the waiting vehicle and zoomed off.It was when the vehicle zoomed off that he looked at the back seat of the vehicle and noticed that the particular lady who had been calling him on phone all the while was sitting at the back seat, as one of the security operatives hunting for MASSOB members.
Obviously, Nwodo’s arrest is more serious and potentially harmful to Nigeria’s peace than Asari Dokubo’s rant and threats last week. That’s why – we believe – Asari Dokubo still walks free till date, and Nwodo… Oh well, poor Nwodo, he simply was not ‘Asari’ enough.
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