Over 15
pro-Biafran groups converged at the home of the late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu, in Nnewi, Anambra State over the weekend.
The agitators held a prayer session
and insisted that there was no going back on their quest for a sovereign state
of Biafra.
This was
contained in a statement by the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of
the Sovereign State of Biafra, Uchenna Madu.
Apart from the Madu-led MASSOB,
other groups in attendance included the Eastern Peoples Congress, Biafra United
Liberation Council , Joint Revolutionary Council of Biafra, Igbo Hebrew
Cultural Restoration, and Biafra Actualisation and Defence Squad.
Also in the gathering were Biafra
Revolutionary Organisation, Biafra Liberation Crusade, Salvation Peoples of
Biafra, Ekwenche Organisation, Biafra Peace Corps, Billie Human Rights
Initiatives as well as Igbozurume Organisation.
The statement said, “All pro-
Biafran groups agreed to work together as one for the purpose of Biafra
actualisation and restoration.
“The groups
also agreed on the unity of purpose for Biafra and that all pro-Biafran groups
should maintain their individual status , name and internal running of their
affairs.
“The groups rejected the proposals
for states as federating units of Nigeria as part of restructuring; it is
totally against the wish and desire of the people of Biafra.
“While we are reaffirming our total
commitment to Biafra actualisation, we wish to state that the only kind of
restructuring that will be acceptable to us is to recognise the six
geopolitical regions as federating units, using the 1963 constitution as a
template.”
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