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Police Raid Uwazurike's Home

This Day (Lagos)
NEWS
December 11, 2004
Posted to the web December 13, 2004

By Christopher Isiguzo
Owerri
Confusion ensued yesterday when home of Mr Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of the
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) was
raided by the men and officers of the Imo State Police Command. Although the
police were said to have shot guns, it could not be confirmed if anybody was
hurt by it. The raid was at the home of Uwazurike in Okwe, Onuimo local
government area.
In the course of the raid, 38 persons were reportedly arrested, but the
whereabout of Uwazurike was not yet known as at the time of filing this report.
The police raid is coming barely two months after the Imo State Command of the
State Security Service (SSS) raided Uwazurike's home.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Imo State, Mr Chike Nwabuwa (ASP)
said the raid followed an intelligence report that the MASSOB members were
holding a rally at Onuimo.
"We heard they were holding a rally, we went there to disperse them," he said,
and further denied that the police shot or arrested anybody.

   

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