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By Nwabueze Okonkwo & Chimaobi Nwaiwu
Nnewi—The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said that no amount of intimidation, harassment and blackmail will ever deter its leader Chief Ralph Uwazurike from dropping the agitation for the actualization of Biafran Republic.
This was disclosed by the Regional administrator for MASSOB, in Isu, Imo State, Prince Ogaraku Venatus in a statement made available to Vanguard.
“We have absolute confidence, trust, respect, and faith in our leader and father of the agitation for Biafra actualization Chief Ralph Uwazuruike’s leadership traits and strong conviction to actualize Biafra.
“We have also uncovered a planned move by some disgruntled Igbo politicians to stage anti-Biafra rally in Abuja. That move will fail and our leader Chief Uwazurike is not worried about such silly and selfish move by the people we understand have been paid heavily to do the protest.
“Chief Uwazurike has succeeded in telling the Federal Government of Nigeria that he does not mince words in his determination to achieve the Biafran state and equally expose the injustice done to Ndigbo. So, the politician whose interest is nothing more than money in their pockets cannot stop MASSOB or any other pro-Biafra group,”he said.
Prince Ogaraku also prayed that no evil plan intended to scuttle the Biafra struggle will succeed.
Restoration of Biafra
Similarly, another Igbo political group, Ndigbo United Assembly, NUA, yesterday, added its own voice in the on-going agitation for the restoration of Biafran state, saying that Biafra is on course.
Speaking to newsmen during a peaceful demonstration embarked upon by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, President-General of NUA, Comrade Peter Okala declared: “My take on the Biafran agitation is positive in the sense that our colonial masters knew our differences before making a contract of amalgamation to try if we could understand ourselves, but the fact remains that till date, the centre could not hold and the South East is still hated with passion by our Northern and South West brothers.”
Okala who is also a one-time governorship candidate of the National Conscience Party, NCP, in Anambra State asked: “Could you imagine Wole Soyinka using Igbo people to popularize his seminar topic in far away United States of America, where he was quoted as saying that Igbo people can only vote at the direction of their stomach? So, what kind of a hopeless statement from a so-called prominent citizen is that?
“In Nigeria today, if one is asked to name 100 most corrupt people in Nigeria who have emptied our treasury , hardly will an Igbo man be among them. But we are abused in every part of Nigeria as people, who could do anything to get money simply because the West is in control of the media and the North has partnered with them to marginalize the South-East.”
Okala also observed that the inabilty of political office holders in the South -East to join the pro-Biafra movement is not a crime because it may be a treason in Nigerian laws, but it’s the right of every person to choose an association or a country he or she should belong to and there is no law that will empower anyone or institution to stop it.”
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