MASSOB accuses leader of sabotage

                                                  
Members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, have accused their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike of sabotaging the activities of the movement following a deadly clash between the group a new faction.

According to a report by Vanguard Newspapers, the MASSOB director of information, Uchenna Madu disclosed that the group is poised to expose the insensitivity of its leader, Ralph Uwazuruike and possibly probe him.

MASSOB members went for one another's throat during last week’s celebration of the 16th anniversary of movement leaving several members arrested by security operatives while attending church services to mark the event in various towns in the South East.

In the words of Madu, “We sympathize with the brainwashed and hypnotized members of Uwazuruike’s faction who died and those detained during the celebration of 16 years anniversary of MASSOB, while their leader, Ralph Uwazuruike was dinning with his friends.

“After the police invasion of Uwazuruike’s residence opposite Ojukwu Memorial Library at Okwe, Imo State, and arrested some MASSOB security men, Uwazuruike went to Umuahia on a special visit to the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9 where he assured the police that his MASSOB does not aim to break Nigeria, or cause trouble and violence against the Buhari administration.

“To further convince the AIG, Ralph Uwazuruike informed him that he signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, in September 2013 with Al Mustapha, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, Dr. Fredrick Fasheun and Alhaji Yerima Sani to refrain from any activities that will affect the oneness of Nigeria.

“If Ralph Uwazuruike is a selfless leader who has the interest of his members at heart and who still believes in MASSOB programmes and possibility of Biafra actualization, which church did he attend for the thanksgiving? Why was it that he did not attend any church in Igboland to celebrate the 16 years anniversary of MASSOB struggle to actualize Biafra?

“Rather what we have been seeing were avoidable and unnecessary deaths and detention of our comrades who still believe in Uwazuruike’s Biafra,” Madu explained.