The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday restated that the agitation for the realization of the sovereign state of Biafra cannot be abandoned.
The MASSOB leader, who was quoted in a statement signed by the Deputy National Director of Information, Mazi Chris Muocha, said: “I cannot abandon Biafra. The struggle is on course, any tribe wishing to remain in Nigeria can do so but MASSOB will remain committed to the non-violent actualization of independent Biafra.”
“If we could not abandon the struggle on March 29, 2003 when our members were ambushed in Umulolo near Okigwe in Imo State by Nigerian security forces, is it now that our independence is at the corner that we will abandon the struggle?”
Also, the MASSOB Director of Information, Uchenna Madu in a separate statement, said the movement under the leadership of Chief Uwazuruike was ever committed to the actualization of an independent state of Biafra.
He explained that the parley between MASSOB leadership and other groups in the Nigeria Federation was a deeper dimension to the struggle, adding that Biafra’s independence could be achieved in isolation.
Madu, who was reacting to the reported peace pact signed by the leader of the group in Owerri, noted that, “the individuals that visited the MASSOB leader in Imo State were core agitators who do not believe in Nigeria and the outcome of their meeting would further the agitation for Biafra.”
Describing MASSOB as the most formidable organization in Africa, the group’s image maker, urged Ndigbo to remain committed to the Biafran course, saying, “we urge our brothers and sisters to continue to support our struggle for independence, they should not lose hope on Biafra because MASSOB as ever before is still very much on course.”
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