The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has declared May 30, 2026, as Biafra Day.
The group announced a sit at home across the South East region in commemoration of the 59th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in 1967.
MASSOB, led by Uchenna Madu, stated that markets, schools, banks, public and private motor parks, as well as other business premises, would remain closed from 6am to 4pm on May 30.
The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the group’s National Director of Information, Edeson Samuel.
According to the organisation, the sit at home exercise is intended to honour Biafrans who lost their lives during the Nigerian civil war and to promote what it described as a non violent self determination struggle.
MASSOB also used the occasion to demand the release of Nnamdi Kanu, describing his continued detention as unjust.
“We demand his immediate release and call for justice for all Biafrans who have been unjustly detained or persecuted,” the statement said.
The group maintained that participation in the exercise would not be enforced, stressing that no individual would be intimidated or compelled to comply with the directive.
“MASSOB and other pro Biafra agitators will not molest, compel or intimidate anybody to observe the stay at home exercise,” the statement added.
The organisation further stated that there would be no street protests, demonstrations, processions or public gatherings during the anniversary activities.
MASSOB, however, alleged that security agencies, including the military, police, Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, would be heavily deployed across major cities in the South East during the commemoration.
The group insisted that no form of intimidation or force would stop the agitation for Biafra.
