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Newspaper from 2005/12/05

Senator Idris Kuta, the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, has confirmed that there is pressure on the National Assembly to amend the constitution before 2007. The senator has stated that it is not possible to amend the constitution before the end of this dispensation. Meanwhile, members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have declared today and tomorrow as sit-at-home days to protest the continued incarceration of their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. The protests have resulted in low attendance in schools and workplaces, and some banks have been forced to shut down. Additionally, soldiers have raided a police station in sympathy with a colleague who was involved in a case of assault.

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Senator Idris Kuta, the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, has confirmed that there is pressure on the National Assembly to amend the constitution before 2007. The senator has stated that it is not possible to amend the constitution before the end of this dispensation. Meanwhile, members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have declared today and tomorrow as sit-at-home days to protest the continued incarceration of their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. The protests have resulted in low attendance in schools and workplaces, and some banks have been forced to shut down. Additionally, soldiers have raided a police station in sympathy with a colleague who was involved in a case of assault.

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