THE Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) under Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has cautioned politicians in the Southeast to drop their alleged plan to destroy the movement.
In a statement yesterday by Uwazuruike’s Media Assistant, Mazi Chris Mocha, the group said any plan against the movement would not succeed.
Also, members of the movement, including their regional directors, commissioners and supervisors in the transport industry, affirmed their solidarity with Uwazuruike.
MASSOB said there was no division in the body, as being speculated in a statement by its National Director for Transport, Chief Charles Oputa.
The director berated those accusing Uwazurike of mismanaging resources, adding that such people failed to understand that the movement had no other sources of getting funds except from the monthly dues from its members.
He explained that MASSOB’s finances were prudently used and channelled to building structures.
But Mocha said Igbo politicians should not destroy “the mouthpiece of the Ndigbo”.
He said: “If Odua People’s Congress (OPC) in the Southwest; the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND); the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) in the Southsouth and Boko Haram in the North are not destroyed, why is it that some politicians in the Southeast would want to destroy and kill MASSOB?
“This is the only formidable Igbo organisation championing the cause of Biafra in truth. It sometimes pays the sacrifice. Our people should be careful.
The group commiserated with The Sun and other media organisations on the death of Pastor Dimgba Igwe, the Deputy Chairman of the newspaper, last Saturday
In a statement yesterday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, by MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Comrade Uchenna Madu, the movement urged Federal and Abia State governments to immortalise the late journalist.
It said Ndigbo had lost another Iroko, adding that the people of Igbo extraction would continue to honour and celebrate the late Igwe.
MASSOB said: “Dimgba was a faithful and loyal person who served Chief Orji Uzor Kalu in many capacities.
“MASSOB sends its condolences also to Mr Mike Awoyinfa, Dimgba’s journalism twin brother and the media world for losing such a gem.”
Also, the senator representing Anambra Central, Chris Ngige, condoled with The Sun over Igwe’s death.
In a condolence letter yesterday to Kalu and the newspapers Managing Director Femi Adesina, the senator described Igwe’s death as a shock.
“His loss will be seriously felt within the Nigerian media sphere, particularly The Sun, which he nurtured from infancy to become one of the nation’s leading newspapers.
“I, therefore, sympathise with Igwe’s family, The Sun, colleagues and friends. I urge them to show great strength at this period, dwelling on the fact that he was indeed a literary giant while here on earth.”
