THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has congratulated the winner of the November 6 governorship election, Prof. Charles Soludo of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
In a statement yesterday, signed by its National Director of Information, Edeson Samuel, MASSOB urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Andy Uba, to concede defeat.
The group added that any attempt by the defeated candidate to challenge the outcome in the court would take the state back to the dark days.
Uba had in a statement a few days ago rejected the outcome of the election.
He alleged that the exercise was marred by irregularities.
However, MASSOB said: “Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, congratulates Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor-elect for his victory at the just concluded poll.
“We commend the people and other residents of Anambra State for adhering to our directives that the election will hold without dangers of fear or threat of lives; they defied all threats by coming out to vote.
“MASSOB wishes to thank all our members in Anambra State who participated in the election. We also commend the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for heeding to our encouragement and directives in conducting the governorship election in Anambra state.
“MASSOB has maintained that any projects or programs that will benefit Ndigbo and Biafra people, we will always give our support in order to achieve that project.
“MASSOB wishes to advise other contestants who lost in the Anambra State governorship election to think twice before approaching the court for litigations. They should know that their lawyers will always give them hopes of winning their cases through the courts because of their personal and monetary interests.
“MASSOB advises the political gladiators that contested in the just concluded poll in Anambra State to empower and establish the unemployed youths of their town instead of wasting their money on court cases.”
