Biafra: BIM-MASSOB calls on Ndigbo to ignore September 14 mass protest

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The leadership of the Biafra Independence Movement-Movement for Actualisation for the Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB) on Thursday, urged Ndigbo to ignore the September 14. 2018 sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying it will be a misplaced protest.

The call came from Chief Benjamin Ekwenugo, a member of the MASSOB-BIM elder council, who spoke on behalf of their founder, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, during the commemoration of the 19th-anniversary of MASSOB, by the Enugu West Zone of the group.

IPOB had asked the people of the South-East and the South-South to stay indoors on September 14 to mark the alleged invasion of the Afaraukwu home of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

However, the MASSOB-BIM said such sit-at-home call was misplaced and not what Biafrans needed at the moment.

“IPOB is on their own; what will they achieve with all these their sit-at-home order? We are coming out tomorrow; it is only today we have an activity in commemoration of Biafra struggle; there is nothing like people not coming out tomorrow.

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“I call on Ndigbo to ignore them and go about their businesses unless someone that has nothing to do.

“All these sit-at-home and the rest of them are of no use. Today, we are rejoicing because we are already having success in our Biafra struggle; we are only waiting for the official announcement.

“We are today marking a journey of 19 years; it is not 19 days; already we are enjoying Biafra; I recall that when we started, it was almost criminal to mention the name Biafra, but it is no more like that. I was the Director of Welfare, so, I know what I passed through then.

“That is why those talking about restructuring are wasting their time. Let Ohanaeze and other proponents restructure themselves not Biafra. They can’t restructure Biafra for us, we are not Nigerians. Even if they do it tomorrow, it is an exercise in futility.

On the 2019 election, he said “We have no business with the election. Ndigbo should boycott the exercise; they have no reason to be part of any election in Nigeria because they have no stake here. I just wish they will listen to us”