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MASSOB, a movement for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra, has been subject to a clampdown by the SSS and police, with over 1300 members arrested nationwide. The movement's leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has been accused of plotting to assassinate him and has gone underground. Meanwhile, a former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, has been accused of receiving a N20 million bribe to release a ship arrested for bunkering.

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MASSOB, a movement for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra, has been subject to a clampdown by the SSS and police, with over 1300 members arrested nationwide. The movement's leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has been accused of plotting to assassinate him and has gone underground. Meanwhile, a former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, has been accused of receiving a N20 million bribe to release a ship arrested for bunkering.

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