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Section One of the bill as proposed by Obasanjo says "no group of persons, associations of individuals or quasi military group shall retain, organise, train or equip any person or group of persons for the purpose of enabling the group of persons or association of individuals to use or display physical force or coercion in order to promote any political objective or interest, ethnic or cultural interest, and social, occupational or religious interest".

Sub section two of Section Two also states that "any association dissolved and proscribed pursuant to subsection one of this section shall cease to carry out activities, duties or functions for which it was formed." It also states that "no person shall manage, take part in or encourage the management of the association, or take part in any meeting of the association whether or not the meeting takes place in a private or public premises and no person shall take part in any procession conducted by the association or any person associated with the association, or acting in furtherance of the aims of the association".

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British citizen Leads MASSOB Protest in London
From Olusegun Adeniyi in London, 11.21.2006

There was a mild drama in London yesterday when about 15 men burst into the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in Westminster, to disrupt the formal launching of the Heart of Africa project of the Federal Ministry of Information.
The men, led by a white man and claiming to be members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Biafra (MASSOB), threw the venue into confusion by shouting derogatory slogans against Nigeria and the government in power.
Information and National Orientation Minister, Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr, who was on the podium making his presentation at the period, became an object of verbal attack by three of the activists who rushed to the stage to accost him of selling lies about a government they alleged “has been killing Biafran people.”
Brandishing posters bearing gory photographs of mutilated bodies they claimed to be “Biafrans” killed by the Nigerian authorities, the men said the only way forward for the country was for Nigeria to “be divided into North, East and West.”
It took the security men who were apparently taken unaware about 15 minutes to restore order after dragging out the unrelenting white Briton who led the MASSOB activists.
Speaking with THISDAY outside the venue, the MASSOB gang leader said he was fighting “because the Obasanjo government has been killing my people. Go to Onitsha where about 700 people have been killed in the last four weeks and you will see what we are saying.”
Asked as to his interest in “Biafra” when he is clearly not a Nigerian, the MASSOB leader responded: “My wife is from Biafra and I am prepared to die for my people. The government is killing my people and we cannot keep quiet. We will fight this battle until Biafra is created. Nigeria is a dead country”.
When asked for evidence that the Nigerian government has been killing “Biafrans”, the gang leader and his team comprising Nigerians of Igbo extraction, said they were being supplied information on a daily basis as to how the State Security Service (SSS) operatives were killing anybody associated with MASSOB.
Aside Nweke, prominent people on the podium at the time of the drama included former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade.
Yesterday's programme was the climax of a three-day event designed to sell Nigeria to the world through an exhibition of its arts and crafts, culture and costume, as well as the richness of its diversity through selected photographs.
The project, according to Nweke, was conceived to “reconstruct perception of our country and position Nigeria as the destination of choice not just for tourism but for investors and indeed for adventure seekers.”
Nweke added that the “Heart of Africa” project represents a unique way of telling the Nigerian story in a manner that “partly defines who we are and why our nation is the hub of social and economic activities on the continent. Indeed, from whichever perspective it is written, and provided it is objective, the Nigerian story will explain why we say if you haven't been to Nigeria, you have not been to Africa”.
In her opening remark at yesterday's session, leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Amos, said Nigeria is today confronted by three challenges that would shape the future of the country and indeed that of the continent: How to ensure free and fair elections next year; how to sustain and deepen the current economic reforms programme and tackling the Delta question.
Amos reminded the audience that the 2007 polls in Nigeria represents important watershed for Africa because whatever happens would reverberate across the continent. “Nigeria must get it right to consolidate democracy in the continent”.
In his preface to the project, President Olusegun Obasanjo stated that the work would “address the challenge faced by people and institutions that wish to genuinely explore our history, culture and importantly tourism potential, but who lack accurate knowledge to do so.”
Obasanjo added that the work represents “a creative archetype of our identity, a very rare combination of beautiful sceneries dotting our landscape and an expression of many generation. It speaks fluently of our commitment to constructively redefine our identity and showcase the unique resourcefulness and natural endowment that signpost our existence.”
In his keynote address, former Commowealth Secretary General, Chief Anayaoku said Africa is today a continent in transition and tomorrow a continent of hope with Nigeria “as a true reflection of Africa and as such, is at the heart of the continent.”
According to Anyaoku, “Nigeria’s geographical location, its human composition and history, its place in the global setting, its assets and liabilities, its warmth and openness, its energy and vibrancy, its wealth - potential and actual - the grandeur and richness of its culture, all these are attributes that make Nigeria a reflection of Africa.”
The three-day event, which ended yesterday with an info-documentary, had several Nigerians from home and the Diaspora in attendance.
From the government were no fewer than eight Ministers, including that of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman, her Education counterpart, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili. There were also the Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Sani Yerima, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Dora Akunyili and many others.
From the UK were MP Mark Simmond, Richard Morgan of Unilever and Nick Blazquez of Diageo Africa. Nigerians in the Diaspora included Mr Adebayo Ogunlesi of Credit Suisse, Ms Patti Boulaye, Mr Segun Aganga of Goldman Sachs et al...

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