State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph
Uwazuruike, said that the war against Boko Haram would never end
unless Biafra becomes an independent nation.
Uwazuruike, who spoke through his Deputy National Information Officer,
Mazi Chris Mocha in Nnewi, Anambra State
maintained that insurgency would continue to spread if Igbo are not
allowed to go to their 'promised land'.
He said the Biafran agitators had nothing in
common with Boko Haram or any violent group but
maintained that it would be logical and reasonable
enough to allow any group in Nigeria like MASSOB
that clamoured for self-determination to actualize
its dream.
Uwazuruike insisted that since the Igbo had insisted
to be on their own, the Federal Government has no
other option than to allow them go, adding: "We are
not fighting for our independence through violence
or in violation of the law."
Speaking in Lagos, Uwazulike urged Ndigbo to
come together with the goal of speaking with one
voice in the common interest of the Igbo race.
Uwazulike made call during this year's annual New
Yam Festival organised by Eze Ndigbo of Lagos, Eze
Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu, Igbo
communities and Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the state.
At the event, attended by Executive Secretary, Isolo
LCDA, Hon. Segun Jubrin,, Senator Oluremi Tinubu
who was represented by Executive Secretary Lagos
Island LGA, Mrs Omolara, the Iya Loja general, Mrs
Folashade Tinubu Ojo who was represented by 20
Iyalojas in the state and Eze Ndigbos in all the
LCDAs, Uwazulike declared that right from the pre-
independence till date, Ndigbo had contributed
immensely towards the development of modern
Nigeria through trade and commerce. He said this
venture has made them the second most populated
tribe after their host community.
Meanwhile, MASSOB has said the actualisation of a
sovereign state of Biafra will take the Federal
Government by surprise despite efforts to hinder it.
Director General, Organisation of Biafra Film and
Music Industry (OBMFA), an arm of MASSOB, David
Eboson, stated this in a release he signed, after the
tour of some West African countries for an
enlightenment programme for the group's latest
music album entitled: 'Ihe nwute mere umu-Biafra'.
Eboson advised Ndigbo in the diaspora to go for the
Biafran international passport as their identity as
Igbo.
