The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra ( MASSOB) led by Comrade Uchenna Madu, has declared that May 30 ‘Biafra Day Celebration’ would be used to mark the 58th anniversary of the Biafra declaration by General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

MASSOB, Director of Information, Edeson Samuel, declared that all markets, public, private motor parks, schools, banks, and other public business premises shall remain closed from 6am to 4pm on that day.

He stated that the closure of the public places and services should serve as a mark of honour, respect, and patriotism to the fatherland.
“It is a mark of appreciation and acknowledgement of the numerous sacrifices and prices our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters rendered for Biafra during the three-year war of genocide against Biafra by the British-backed Nigeria,” he said.

“The call for stay at home has been our annual and recalling measures and steps for effective civil disobedience ceremonial exercise.

“MASSOB reminds the people of Biafra that this exercise has always been the life wire of the Biafran struggle, which boosted the potency and acceptability of the nonviolence Biafra self-determination struggle.”

It added that the request for closure of Markets, public, private motor parks, schools, and other public business premises is voluntary and not by force.
“As a nonviolence organization, Biafrans shall not be compelled, pressurised or forced to observe the stay at home exercise,” he said.
“MASSOB and other pro-Biafra agitators will not molest, compel, or intimidate anybody to observe the stay-at-home exercise, as all our members shall stay indoors in observance of the great day of Biafra.
“There shall be no physical demonstration, street march, procession, or any other public functions in Biafra land on May 30th, 2025.
“MASSOB knows that there will be a heavy presence of the armed Nigerian Army, Mobile police, DSS operatives, and Civil Defence in major cities of Biafra land during our annual Biafra Day Anniversary Celebration.
“No amount of security intimidation, mesmerization, killings, detention, oppression, incarceration etc, will ever stop the will power of an indigenous people for self-determination. The use of force can never stop the inflow of the spirit of Biafra.”