‎MASSOB Knocks SEDC Leadership, Asks Tinubu to Sack Okoye, Nworgu, Others

‎The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the leadership of the South East Development Commission, SEDC, describing it as “a blatant disgrace and ignominy to Ndigbo.”
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‎In a statement from Owerri signed by MASSOB leader Uchenna Madu, the group accused SEDC Managing Director Mark Okoye, Board Chairman Dr. Emeka Nworgu, Executive Director of Projects Toby Okechukwu, and Executive Director of Finance Stanley Ohajuruka of mismanaging the commission.
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‎MASSOB recalled that the South East Development Commission Establishment Act 2024 was created for the “reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconciliation” of areas damaged during the Nigeria-Biafra war.
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‎The group alleged that the current leadership, which it called “inexperienced political criminals,” has “intentionally and consciously failed Ndigbo” in carrying out that mandate.
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‎Citing the commission’s recent appearance before a Senate committee, MASSOB said Senator Tony Nwoye lamented the allocation of funds to conferences, seminars, CCTV and drones.
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‎The group noted that SEDC budgeted ₦10.5 billion for CCTV and drones, ₦3.5 billion for regional security operations, ₦2.4 billion for office expenses and ₦1.6 billion for vehicles.
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‎MASSOB further alleged that SEDC has no functional physical office in the South East more than a year after the board’s inauguration, and has not occupied the Enugu office provided free by the state government. It also said Okoye could not state the commission’s credit balance when questioned by Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe and Orji Uzor Kalu.
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‎MASSOB is demanding that President Bola Tinubu immediately sack all current SEDC appointees and replace them with “Igbo men of integrity and zeal who experienced the Nigeria-Biafra war,” arguing that the commission’s purpose is tied to post-war rehabilitation.
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‎The group commended Senators Abaribe, Kalu, Nwoye and Victor Umeh “for their astute and pragmatic stand in exposing the blatant criminalities and embezzlement of funds meant for Igbo land development.”
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‎MASSOB argued that with transparency and financial discipline, SEDC could become a platform for crowdfunding to drive urbanisation and infrastructure in Igbo land, reducing reliance on federal allocation.
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