The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has challenged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to return to Nigeria and implement his group’s agenda for the realisation of Biafra.
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Speaking in an interview, Sunday Okereafor, MASSOB’s Director of Information, alleged that Kanu and IPOB do not have any agenda for the people of the South-East and the Biafra state actualisation.
Okereafor stated this in reaction to recent claims by Kanu that Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of MASSOB, has been hobnobbing with government officials and is not truly committed to the realisation of the Biafra state.
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The MASSOB spokesperson said Kanu was a toddler when Uwazuruike started the struggle for Biafra, adding that majority of the non-violent strategies employed by the group have been replicated by IPOB.
“If you look at MASSOB, you will know that MASSOB has agenda. We started the sit-at-home strategy, which Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are using now. Kanu should come up with his own agenda if he is with the struggle for Biafra,” Okereafor told the Punch.
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“Uwazuruike also introduce non-violence (agitation without violence), which the Nigerian government and the entire world are using now. If Kanu is saying that the MASSOB leader does not know what he is doing, he should come home.
“We have over 24 programmes in our agenda; we are keeping it secret. Let Kanu come home with his own programme. IPOB has no agenda and we want them to come up with their own agenda and they should stop seeing Uwazuruike as an issue.”
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On the claim by Kanu that Uwazuruike got oil block from the Federal Government to drop the agitation for Biafra, Okereafor said: “The allegation is false. Nnamdi Kanu was a boy when Uwazuruike began the struggle.
“Some of the South East politicians, who are sponsoring Nnamdi Kanu, are the people that own oil blocks with their caliphate in Nigeria. The Nigerian government bribed them by giving them oil block. Uwazuruike can never compromise on Biafra.
“We are genuine fighters for Biafra and not pretenders or betrayers. If they think Ralph has stopped the agitation for Biafra, why then was the Federal Government angry that he (Uwazuruike) went to UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation) to speak for Biafra?”
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Kanu is being tried by the Federal Government for causing disruption of public peace and attempting secession.
The IPOB leader, who was granted bail by a court, fled the country after soldiers laid siege to his late parents’ home in Abia State in September 2017.
The fugitive Biafra campaigner’s bail was revoked by a court in March 2019.
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