The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has disassociated itself from the Supreme Council of the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Dr. Dozie Ikedife, which claimed that it would be bringing together all pro-Biafra groups.

The former Ohanaeze Ndigbo president-general and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council, Ikedife, had on Tuesday claimed to have organised a unity congress in Owerri, the Imo State capital, with the aim of bringing together MASSOB and other splinter groups to expedite the self-determination agenda of the Igbo group.

But this claim has drawn the ire of MASSOB, as its leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, told Daily Sun in Owerri that the Supreme Council of the Indigenous People of Biafra was not known to his group and had not consulted MASSOB for anything.

Uwazuruike, who was visibly angry that the Supreme Council group was dropping the name of MASSOB in the media to give hype to its activities, said MASSOB, as against the call of the Ikedife group of uniting all groups, supports all groups in the struggle so long as it was for the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra.

He, therefore, said he suspected that the Supreme Council had a hidden agenda by claiming things that were not factual.

“We have been in this struggle for many years now and everybody knows our stand. We said that we are non-violent and that we support other sister groups that are involved in the struggle and that are following the tenets of the struggle.

“But for a group to emerge from nowhere to claim to be elders, who have not been in the struggle, believing they can actualise Biafra by going to court and visiting countries, that is not the modus operandi of our struggle,” Uwazuruike said.

He disclosed that MASSOB is a highly organised movement with streamlined structure with which it is using to pursue the Biafran agenda.

“We have said it severally that we are not against any group working to actualise the Biafran dream, but at the same time, we will not stand to watch people we have not entered into any agreement with, to use the name of MASSOB to score cheap popularity,” the MASSOB leader said.

•Credit: Daily Sun. Photo shows MASSOB Leader Uwazuruike.

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