The Imo State Police Command has summoned the chief of the Motion for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to seem earlier than its Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) over alleged criminal offences.
Uwazuruike was invited to report on the AKU headquarters in Owerri on Monday, October 20, the identical day civil society organizations are anticipated to carry nationwide peaceable protests demanding the discharge of the detained IPOB chief, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
In accordance with the police invitation letter, Uwazuruike is to reply questions concerning alleged criminal invasion, forgery, and willful injury.
The letter, collectively signed by ASP John Ebute, ASP Eze Jet, and Inspector Alice Zakari, was dated October 16, 2025.
Reacting to the event, MASSOB described the police invitation as a attainable try to forestall Uwazuruike from taking part within the deliberate peaceable protest for Nnamdi Kanu’s launch.
In a press release issued on Uwazuruike’s behalf by his Director of Info, Mazi Chris Mocha, and made obtainable to newsmen, MASSOB confirmed that the pro-Biafra chief had been directed to report back to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 20.
Mazi Mocha was quoted within the assertion as saying that the invitation might not be unconnected to a current viral video by which Uwazuruike said that he could be a part of any peaceable protest for Nnamdi Kanu’s launch.
The MASSOB Director of Info hinted that Uwazuruike, within the video, additional mentioned the protest shouldn’t be solely about Kanu but additionally concerning the collective dignity of the individuals.
Mazi Mocha asserted that the group has no downside with the police invitation of its chief however identified clearly that the summons was supposed to forestall Uwazuruike from becoming a member of the deliberate peaceable protest on October 20.
MASSOB additional famous that Uwazuruike has constantly advocated a non-violent method because the guideline of Biafra’s self-determination battle, sustaining that his assist for the protest relies on conscience and justice, not confrontation.
