Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday dissociated the movement from the proposed November 5 declaration of sovereign state of Biafra. The Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, another Biafra separatist group, had disclosed in a statement recently that it would formally declare a sovereign state of Biafra on November 5. The leader of the group, Mazi Benjamin Onwuka, who spoke with journalists in Enugu, recently, said they were now seeking the backing of the United States of America, Russia, China, Britain and France as permanent members of the United Nations to realise that lofty objective because the agitation for Biafra could not be achieved without the assistance of the in-ternational community.
But in his reaction to the declaration statement, Uwazuruike told journalists in a telephone interview yesterday that MASSOB was not part of any plan by any person or group of persons to declare a sovereign Biafran Republic on November 5 or any other date.
He added that MASSOB, as a non-violent organisation, would not identify with any agenda that would imply taking up arms or engaging in any form of violence to realise the Biafra man-date, which, he said, was becoming more feasible by the day.
“I am not aware of any date. MASSOB is not a party to any plan to em-ploy violence as a means of pursuing our agenda.
We are non-violent and we will remain so.
It is true that in this struggle, we have splinter groups, but I am not aware of what hap-pens in their camp nor do I support their plan of ac-tion,” Uwazuruike said.
The MASSOB leader added that the agitation for sovereign state of Biafra was beyond verbal threats and counter-threats.
He said his group was still on course and would not be distracted by activities of other groups who might want to disagree with MASSOB’s non-violent stance.
He said: “MASSOB is very much focused and the liberation of Ndigbo is still our priority but we will not allow unnecessary sentiments to dictate our mode of operations.
MASSOB should be counted out completely from the purported November 5 ultimatum as we are not part of it and will never be.
“MASSOB will achieve Biafra Republic without firing a shot, current events in the country and across the world have supported our struggle in no little means and at the very right time, which may not be too far from now, a Sovereign State of Biafra will be born.”
But in his reaction to the declaration statement, Uwazuruike told journalists in a telephone interview yesterday that MASSOB was not part of any plan by any person or group of persons to declare a sovereign Biafran Republic on November 5 or any other date.
He added that MASSOB, as a non-violent organisation, would not identify with any agenda that would imply taking up arms or engaging in any form of violence to realise the Biafra man-date, which, he said, was becoming more feasible by the day.
“I am not aware of any date. MASSOB is not a party to any plan to em-ploy violence as a means of pursuing our agenda.
We are non-violent and we will remain so.
It is true that in this struggle, we have splinter groups, but I am not aware of what hap-pens in their camp nor do I support their plan of ac-tion,” Uwazuruike said.
The MASSOB leader added that the agitation for sovereign state of Biafra was beyond verbal threats and counter-threats.
He said his group was still on course and would not be distracted by activities of other groups who might want to disagree with MASSOB’s non-violent stance.
He said: “MASSOB is very much focused and the liberation of Ndigbo is still our priority but we will not allow unnecessary sentiments to dictate our mode of operations.
MASSOB should be counted out completely from the purported November 5 ultimatum as we are not part of it and will never be.
“MASSOB will achieve Biafra Republic without firing a shot, current events in the country and across the world have supported our struggle in no little means and at the very right time, which may not be too far from now, a Sovereign State of Biafra will be born.”
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