Biarfan Independence Movement (BIM) has boasted that the Federal Government lacks power and capacity to stop the actualization of sovereign state of Biafra, adding that the matter is now before the United Nations (UN) for consideration.
Addressing newsmen Monday in Onitsha on the recent protests by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Uchenna Madu-led MASSOB, a Personal Assistant to former leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, Mr Emmanuel Omenka said BIM replaces the Uwazurike led MASSOB and accused the MASSOB led by Madu as a violent group.
Omenka who addressed newsmen with his Anambra Central Administrator of BIM, Vincent Iloh, said IPOB and Madu-led MASSOB perpetuated the recent mayhem in the South East and South South zones, adding that both should be held responsible for the destruction of property and loss of lives during the protest.
According to Omenka, “Uchenna was expelled from MASSOB in 2014 because of anti-MASSOB activity. When you don’t follow the organogram of the group, we expel you. So, they were expelled for not following the organogram.
“Madu and his cohorts are being sponsored by politicians to blackmail the then Uwazurike-led MASSOB. But we don’t blackmail. We remain non-violent in action and words. Those politicians who said that Biafra died in 1970 are cowards because Biafra still exists,” he said.
He said, “The God we serve will still help us to actualize a Biafra State without splitting blood. We are BIM now and we are more determined than ever to actualize Biafra without violence.
Ilo, on his part, said: “Those politicians that are sponsoring Madu and his cohorts will never succeed because Uwazuruike remains the only Igbo man that stakes his life for the cause of the Igbo nation.
“He is the leader we know in Igboland and who will take us to the promise land not minding the intimidation, blackmail and arrest by the Federal Government’s security forces against our members,” he said.
Uwazurike only withdrew tactically from MASSOB
Meanwhile, MASSOB led by Mr Madu, has said that the recent change of name by Uwazurike of the MASSOB group he led before he was removed is a tactical way; he wants to withdraw from the struggle for the actualization of Biafra, confirming what they have been saying that he has been compromised.
The MASSOB National Director of Information, Mr Samuel Edeson said that Uwazurike has been know for his inconsistency and sell-out when the chips are down and has proved them right by having him removed as MASSOB leader before he announced his new group.
“Uwazurike’s acceptance of his removal by announcing BIM as his new group is good riddance for the bad nonsense he planted into MASSOB before we removed him. We are happy that he has proved us right. Now we will be more focused on our struggle for actualization of Biafran state,” he said.
He dismissed all the allegations of Uwazurike and his followers against MASSOB as tissues of lies and action of drowning people who have been thrown off balance and are looking for something to hold to get balanced.
-Vanguard