A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand
Alliance, Chief Chris Uche, says the spirit of the late Leader of the
defunct Republic of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, is behind the recent
pro-Biafran agitation.
He said this in Owerri on Thursday at the third memorial anniversary of Ojukwu.
Uche added that Biafra would be declared a sovereign state without the shedding of blood.
He also noted that those who died for the Biafran cause would never be forgotten.
Uche, who is also a former Commissioner
for Housing in Imo State, said that the time for the realisation of
Biafra was drawing near.
He said, “Ojukwu gave us a template. He
is still alive in our minds. Chief Uwazuruike’s yearly remembrance
ceremony in his honour is bringing the time closer for the realisation
of Biafra. We shall keep the flag flying and we shall achieve it without
shooting of gun.”
Also speaking, the founder of the Oodua
People’s Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, said there was nothing wrong
with the recent protests for the creation of a Biafran state.
The 80-year-old politician thanked
Biafran agitators for going about their protests peacefully and urged
the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra to
continue to protest peacefully.
Also speaking, the leader of MASSOB,
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, said that the essence of the anniversary of
Ojukwu was to rekindle the consciousness of Biafra among the people.
He said that MASSOB was a non-violent
group but regretted that the Indigenous People of Biafra, which recently
emerged, was using threats of violence to achieve its aim.
He called for the unconditional release of Radio Biafra Director, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
Uwazuruike said, “They (IPOB) believe
that since MASSOB has not achieved Biafra through non-violent methods
for 16 years, they will achieve it through violence. They threatened
fire and castigated some Igbo leaders.”
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