The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra has responded to recent comments by former heads of state, Generals Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo, both key actors in the ill-fated Biafran war.
MASSOB through its Director of Information, Uchenna Madu , said on Monday that struggle for the emancipation of the Biafran people remained on course despite the despite efforts by some ‘bad eggs’ to discredit genuine activists.
Obasanjo said recently that the Biafran struggle had become an avenue to defraud people, while Gowon speaking in Lafia, Nassarawa state recently said that Biafra poses no threat to the unity of Nigeria, that it was in deed an issue that died in 1970.
Contrary to Obasanjo’s claims, Madu noted that Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director Biafra Radio, was totally committed towards realising Biafra.
“After our monthly national officers’ meeting at MASSOB headquarters at Freedom House, Okwe, we have decided as follows: Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that Biafran activists are fraudsters and General Yakubu Gowon’s statement that Biafra is a closed issue, were all made because of their conviction on a certain individual’s betrayal and deviation from the Biafra struggle,”he said..
