Uwazuruike reveals promise to Ojukwu over another civil war

The founders of the Biafra Independence Movement (BIM) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, have promised that the people of the southeast will not resort to another civil war in their quest for independence.

Uwazuruike stated that the people of the region are still determined to achieving Biafra by nonviolent means.

He claimed to have promised the late warlord Odumegu Ojukwu and the United Nations (UN) that the people of the region would not use violence to achieve their goals.

Uwazuruike’s opinion was included in a statement signed by Elder Chris Mocha, BIM’s Director of Information.

He advised Nigerians to dismiss rumors of an approaching war with the country.

The statement reads: “We remain fully committed to our peaceful approach towards the actualization of Biafra independence. Biafrans won’t fight another civil war with Nigeria, despite the level of provocation. We are very positive that we will reach the promised land without firing a gunshot.

“We advise that such insinuations should be outrightly dismissed because it is fake. We however insist on the genuineness of our organization’s position and commitment to actualize Biafra without firing a gunshot.

“The founder of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike promised Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu that the new Biafra struggle for independence will not cause another war in the country.

“We shall achieve our new nation where the free gift of nature to man, abundant natural resources in our land, shall be used to improve the life of man. The second Biafra-Nigeria civil war began on May 22, 2000, shortly after the re-declaration of the New Biafra, based on non-violence and non-exodus philosophy.

“Having also assured the United Nations, UN, in the Biafra Bill of Rights, which was submitted on November 1, 1999, our leader promised that MASSOB shall remain peaceful in the course of its agitation for Biafran sovereignty.

“Therefore any politician or group, sponsoring or inciting violence or calling for war in Nigeria, is on their own because Biafra fought a fratricidal war between 1967 and 1970 and the region is not prepared for another war of arms.”