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Title	Nigeria: Whether the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) held a rally on 15 August 2005 in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Nigeria
Publication Date	27 November 2007
Citation / Document Symbol	NGA102688.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Whether the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) held a rally on 15 August 2005 in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, 27 November 2007, NGA102688.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/47d6546b1e.html [accessed 30 May 2012]
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Nigeria: Whether the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) held a rally on 15 August 2005 in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

In 2005, there were reports of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) holding rallies in Anambra State during the months of September (Daily Champion 12 Sept. 2005; ibid. 8 Sept. 2005; Vanguard 8 Sept. 2005; UN 8 Sept. 2005) and December (ibid. 7 Dec. 2005; This Day 7 Dec. 2005). However, reports of a MASSOB rally held on 15 August 2005 in Awka, Anambra State or elsewhere in Anambra State could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

Daily Champion [Lagos]. 12 September 2005. Alphonsus Nweze. "Nigeria: 200 Massob Men in Detention – Spokesman." (AllAfrica) <http://allafrica.com/stories/200509120677.html> [Accessed 22 Nov. 2007]
_____. 8 September 2005. "Nigeria: 5 Killed in Massob Protests." (AllAfrica) <http://allafrica.com/stories/200509080261.html> [Accessed 22 Nov. 2007]

This Day [Lagos]. 7 December 2005. Christopher Isiguzo, Charles Onyekamuo and Lilian Okenwa. "12 Killed in Massob, Securitymen Clash." (AllAfrica/Factiva)

United Nations (UN). 7 December 2005. Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). "Nigeria: At Least 12 Dead in Clashes over Separatist Protest." <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=57494> [Accessed 27 Nov. 2007]
_____. 8 September 2005. "Nigeria: Police Arrest 45 People in Violent Southeast Secessionist Protests." (AllAfrica) <http://allafrica.com/stories/200509080738.html> [Accessed 22 Nov. 2007]

Vanguard [Lagos]. 8 September 2005. "Nigeria: Massob Rally Leaves a Policeman Dead, Others Injured." (AllAfrica) <http://allafrica.com/stories/200509080777.html> [Accessed 22 Nov. 2007]

Additional Sources Consulted

Internet sites, including: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), European Country of Origin Information Network (ecoi.net), Factiva, The Guardian [Lagos], United Kingdom Home Office, United States Department of State.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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