The Nigeria Police Force have arrested ten members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB. The arrest came two weeks after the commemoration of Biafra Anniversary Day by members of the  group.
Okon Archibong, the spokesman of MASSOB in Cross River State told Newsmen that the State Coordinator of the group, Samuel Okah along with nine others whose names he gave as Shedrack Chinelo, Chief Joseph Ekperebi, Michael Adah, James Ekeme, Adah Johnson were arrested in Ikom and Ogoja on Monday night and detained at the Ikom police station.
“We have not had any other activity outside the May 30th commemoration of Biafra Anniversary Day but last night Police from Ikom Division went to the home our State Coordinator, Samuel Okah and nine other persons and arrested them”.
Mr Archibong stated  their members are been detained in the Ikom Police station and that reasons were not given by the police for the detention.
He said during the May 30th anniversary, the Cross River members of MASSOB only had a peaceful march in accordance to the directives of Ralph Uwazurike who ordered for none violence during the anniversary.
“I have gone to see them at the Ikom police station this morning and they are in the cell and I asked what offence they committed because during our anniversary march, we did not engage in any confrontation with anybody or group, not even with the police”.