BREAKING NEWS, Politics
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LESS than one week after he was sacked by the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, as its leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, leader, MASSOB, on Sunday, December 6, announced the formation of the Biafra Independent Movement, BIM. He said the MASSOB would be reorganised and handed over to youths as the youth wing of the Biafra agitation.
Uwazuruike, who addressed reporters during a general meeting of zonal and regional administrators at the Ojukwu Library, Imo State, said the MASSOB had been rested temporarily and old members would now belong to the new BIM while the MASSOB structure would be reorganised as the youth wing of the Biafra struggle.
He said he would be referred to as Biafra leader instead of the MASSOB leader, as he was previously known, noting that the metamorphosis was in line with laid down plans for the actualisation of Biafra.
The embattled leader apologised to victims of the Onitsha mayhem in which about 13 people were killed, including two policemen. “We condemn the demonstration in its entirety, the MASSOB was not part of the demonstration and we apologise to the victims, including the Hausa community. There is nothing special about Nnamdi Kanu’s detention. He is not the only person to be detained because of Biafra.
“I have been to prison more than 16 times and nothing happened. We cannot continue to suffer our people by closing the roads and forcing traders to close their shops; IPOB should take the demonstration to Abuja and Lagos where the impact will be felt by the Federal Government instead of creating problem in the Southeast,” Uwazuruike said.
A faction of MASSOB led by Uchenna Madu, expelled Uwazuruike for alleged financial misappropriation.
— Dec 7, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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