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New Biafra @22: Remain Indoor and Pray -Uwazuruike Urges Biafrans

May 12, 2021

Ralph Uwazuruike

By Emmanuel Nnadi, Owerri

The leader and founder of Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB), Chief Dr. Ralph Uwazuruike have directed his members to remain indoors and pray while observing the 22nd May redeclaration of the New Biafra.

Uwazuruike on May 22nd 2000 declared the defunct Republic of Biafra at 175 Folks Road Aba, the commercial city of Abia State. The declaration that triggered arrests, detentions, Killings and Intimidations of the members of MASSOB from Olusegu Obasanjo led Federal Government of Nigeria, even though Uwazuruike made it clear that he is not ready for violence, as he maintained that he will use non Violence methodology to achieve his purpose of Actualising the Republic of Biafra.

Speaking in a statement signed by his Foreign Representative, Mazi Ikenna Obibi Egeonu, Uwazuruike said. “As BIM-MASSOB prepare to celebrate May 22nd 2021, being the day New Biafra was reproclaimed, the father of the Nation and Ijele Ndigbo, Chief, Dr. R. Uwazurike has instructed all members of the family to stay indoors and mark the day with special prayers, in glorious thanks to the Maker of all things, for our life and successes so far.

“This decision becomes necessary to avoid mistaking and arresting BIM-MASSOB and other non-violence group agitators as IPOB/ESN. Similarly, every other person is advised to be mindful of their movements and actions, assured that on our road to homeland Biafra we remain dauntless and committed”, he said.

The Father of the New Biafra Nation also advise all Biafrans to report any suspicious movements within their environs to the appropriate authorities.

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BIAFRANS MUST NEVER KILL THEMSELVES – DEFACTO GOVERNMENT

Uche Mefor, Defacto Government Head of Media

BIAFRANS MUST NOT BE THE ONES TO WILFULLY SPILL BIAFRAN BLOOD ON BIAFRAN SOIL

We shall continue to state the obvious:

War is the last undesirable option for us, Biafrans. We should boldly and courageously profess this but must not run away if one is brought to us due to no fault of ours. Even at that, we must choose carefully and wisely too.

Biafra agitators shouldn’t be the ones to bring war or violence to Biafraland against their own.They shouldn’t be the ones to wilfully spill Biafran blood on Biafran soil.This is because the consequences could be divisive, colossal and unintendedly indeterminate in terms of its reprisal, ricocheting effects.

As other parts of Nigeria are imploding, Biafraland must be insulated from it and protected by Biafrans themselves because of our unique experiences in the past. Let this ugly history not repeat itself again in our time.The war of the 1960’s was unprepared as it was brought to us but that generation fought gallantly and made their marks regardless because they consulted, collaborated and overwhelmingly agreed within the limited time left for them.

This time around, we must not be the ones to rush into the unprepared war or hostility ourselves unless brought to us like in the 60’s in which case we would be forced to defend ourselves. Still, it remains an expensive venture——must not be done unilaterally (if success is to be assured), rather it should be a collective endeavour. Humanitarian considerations, air, land and sea access and defensive strategies must be brought into immediate and reasonable purview of contemplatiion. And with the uncertainty and its inevitability increasingly stares the Nigerian state in the face, our own priorities should also be to equip ourselves, conserve energy and what we have and not the other way round. Be vigilant, consult, collaborate,synergize , wait for any eventual aggression by the enemy aggressors and not us to be the ones to be destabilising Biafraland and killing Biafrans of any shape with impunity as we see it today. That is a self-destructive strategy and tactics that must be discouraged , changed and jettisoned.

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Government Will Call For Negotiations If Oil Is Stop From Flowing – Uwazuruike

As He Speaks About Ikonso’s Death, IPOB and Ebubeagu

April 27, 2021

Ralph Uwazuruike

By Mentus Ngwoke, Owerri

The Founder and the leader of Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has condemned the killing of Ikonso the commander of Eastern Security Network (ESN). However, having said that, he pointed out that the strategy used by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in pursuit of their goals is wrong and will only lead to more death. He said that on Monday during an interview with BBC News Igbo.

On the killing of Ikonso, Uwazuruike said: “I am saying sorry to IPOB for the loss of one of their members. It is a human that died and we are one as we are all seeking for the freedom of Biafra. We are all seeking for the same thing so it touches us when one of us is killed despite being in different groups”.

Speaking further Uwazuruike said he served the late General Odumegwu-Ojukwu for 10 years before he started MASSOB and he learnt a lot during his time with the former leader of Eastern region. He said Ojukwu told him Biafra can never be achieved through violence and that is where IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is getting it wrong.

“Nnamdi Kanu lacks that experience which I got while serving Ojukwu. A sovereign state is too much, this is not what you can achieve through force, they know all you are doing,” said Uwazuruike.

He added: “The security agencies know where to find MASSOB members, they know where to locate IPOB members. They know where Nnamdi Kanu is sleeping today, they know who is cooking for him. If they want you dead they will kill you immediately, but they don’t do that.”

He said the security agents arrest and lock up activists from time to time and could easily add what will kill them in the next five or six years to the food they serve them but they don’t do that.

“The State don’t come out to kill an activists maybe because of international protocols. But we come out to say we are hiding, we are protecting ourselves, we have security. If they (The State) want your security to kill you, your security will kill you,” he said.

He said the only way to get the government to come to the negotiation table is by stopping the flow of crude oil from the Niger Delta. “Even if you get Biafra by pointing gun at people the international community will not recognise you,” he added.

Speaking about Ebubeagu, he said the South East governors got it wrong when they said Ebubeagu will work in collaboration with the police. Explaining what he meant, he said members of the security outfit are supposed to be only Igbos whose job will be to go into the bushes and forests to arrest criminals with AK-47 and hand them over to the police because they have no power to prosecute.

According to him, people will not have confidence in Ebubeagu if members of the police who are from different tribes are part of the security outfit. He added that people will think they are killer herdsmen in police uniforms when they see them in the bush and they can’t communicate with Igbo language.

Source: BBC News Igbo

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Again, Suspected Joint Security Taskforce Arrest 5 BIM-MASSOB Members In Anambra Community

Ralph Uwazuruike

As Group Decry Continued Harrassment Of Members In Onitsha

By Sophie Eze, Onitsha

ONITSHA: Security agents suspected to be joint task force comprising of Naval officers and operatives of Directorate of state service, DSS, yesterday, arrested  five  members of a leading  protagonist of Biafran movement,.   ( BIM-MASSOB)  along the popular  Onitsha- Owerri road, Onitsha, Anambra State.

In a statement signed by the Biafra’s  Director of Information and Senior Special Assistant to the President of  Biafra’ internal Government ( BIG) on Media and Publicity, Elder Chris Mocha, gave their names as Mr. Akachukwu Nwachukwu, Chukwudi Okafor, Kingsley Ukachukwu, Igwe Onyekachi and Ebuka Okafor.

Mocha said  the detained members are innocent members of a  peaceful organization that pursues for the realization of Biafra’ through a Non-violent process.

BIM-MASSOB which practices  an internal government as a prelude to achieving Biafra soveriegnty has decried the incessant harrassment and intimidation of the internationally recognized non- violent movement by security agencies in Nigeria.

The   five members of Chief Ralph Uwazuruike–led  Biafra independence movement/ movement for actualization of sovereign state of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB) were arrested shortly after the commercial bus  conveying them from AP filling station Owerri road, had taken off to Oraifite town in Ekwusigo LGA to attend the group’s regional meeting,  when unidentified gunmen suspected to be  joint task force intercepted the  bus,  shot sporadically into the air forcing  their driver to stop .
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” The  securitymen  came in  four sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that included  a Venza , 2 Lexus – 3030, and a Toyota Camry as the trigger- happy officers  shot sporadically into  the air probably to  put fear among the passengers of the commercial  bus”.

Mocha while appealing to the joint security taskforce not to rely on false security report in their   professional duties, also demanded for their release .

As at the time of filling this report, the reason for the arrest could not be ascertained as they were  taken to an unknown destination.

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I Will Donate 5,000 Men And Women For Ebubeagu – Uwazuruike

April 13, 2021

Ralph Uwazuruike

By Emmanuel Nnadi, Owerri

Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and Biafra Independence Movement (BIM-MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike says that he will donate 5,000 Men And Women for the newly established Southeast Security Outfit Called ‘Ebubeagu’ without interference.

Speaking when he featured on ‘Your View’, a programme on Television Continental (TVC) on Tuesday, Uwazururike said only south-east governors have the power to establish a security outfit for the region.

On December 14, IPOB announced the launch of ESN for the south-east and south-south regions — a replication of Amotekun in the south-west zone.

The establishment of ESN sparked mixed reactions as calls on south-east governors to establish a joint regional security outfit intensified.

Amid the rising insecurity in the region, on Sunday, governors of the region announced the setting-up of a joint security outfit, codenamed ‘Ebube Agu’.

Reacting to the development, the MASSOB leader said ESN is an internet outfit that does not have any legal backing for its establishment, adding that no individual has the right to establish a security outfit for the region.

“There is nothing like Eastern Security Network. Nobody believes in ESN; that was just an internet affair — social media network. They did that on the social media,” he said.

“Nobody recognises ESN. I do not recognise ESN, personally; because nobody has the right to provide security for me when it is not legal; when it is not with the force of the law.”

“You do not have more security than Ralph Uwazuruike as an individual in the south-east. Like now I’m willing to donate 5,000 men and women to the south-east governors to work with them without interference.”

Uwazuruike said Ebube Agu is the recognised security outfit for the region because it was established by the south-east governors.

“No individual, no matter what you are, without consultation should establish a security outfit for the south-east region. It doesn’t happen. It is only Ebule Agu, established by the south-east governors that is recognised as a security outfit for the region,” he added.

“It is only the south-east governors that have the authority to establish a security outfit for the south-east. No individual has the right to establish any security outfit for the region.”

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