The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused former leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign People of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, of betraying the Biafra struggle for financial benefits.
IPOB made the accusation in a statement released on Saturday by Mazi Alex Chinonso Omenka, Emekuku Unit 1 Coordinator, Owerri Zone.
The statement was a reaction to Uwazuruike’s call on the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to warn Nnamdi Kanu to stop recruiting Igbo youths for violence.
Describing Uwazuruike as an individual with fading relevance who is seeking the limelight, IPOB said the ex-MASSOB leader is trying to use Kanu’s name to attract favours from anti-Biafra politicians.
The statement read, “The recent statement by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, where he begs Ohanaeze Ndigbo to go to Sokoto Prison and warn Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to stop “recruiting Igbo youths for violence,” is nothing but cheap “notice me” propaganda. Anybody with fading relevance and seeking limelight always latch negatively onto the Kanu name in order to attract favours from anti-Biafra politicians. It is meant to cover up the killings of our people and help the Nigerian government. We must destroy this nonsense with the truth.
“Ralph Uwazuruike sold out the Biafra struggle a long time ago. He traded his conscience, dignity, and the name of Biafra for money and favour from the Federal Government. Today, he is more like a businessman who builds houses and hotels. He worries about the price of cement more than the cost of freedom. A
