Biafra: Clergy Women Caution MASSOB, IPOB

Nigerian Women in Clergy has cautioned pro-Biafran groups, Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to suspend their street protests in the interest of peace.

The clergy women under the leadership of Prophetess Nonnie Robberson emphasised the importance of dialogue against violent protests that will further lead to deaths and destruction of property in the South-east.

A statement issued on behalf of the group by its President, Prophetess Nonnie Robberson, said violent agitation that led to the Biafran war was to the disadvantage of all, asserting that victims of the war who managed to survive have continued to tell their horrible stories. She said Nigeria as a country would have gone beyond the level it finds itself today, if not for the setback of the war.

Nonnie who advised the group to view dialogue as a better option said, “I was conceived and born during the Biafran war, and it hurts me so much when I recall the pain my mother went through during the period. Reviving this agitation through street protests will further re-awaken the scars most of us have decided to leave behind; hence it's time to shield the sword."