The Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, are set to clash over the ongoing Biafran agitation.
The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned leaders of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo against their utterances over the ongoing Biafra agitation or be prepared to face the wrath of the youths.
Uchenna Madu, the Director of Information for MASSOB, made this known in a press statement on Sunday in Awka, Anambra State, described Ohanaeze’s utterances against the Biafra struggles as selfish and irresponsible.
It will be recalled that the Chairman of Ohanaeze in Anambra State, Dr Chris Eluemunoh, had on Friday said the
agitation for Biafra was a “madness, adding that Biafra died in 1970, when the Nigerian civil war ended.
However, MASSOB, in its reaction said Ohanaeze’s comment was vexatious and would be rubbished should they continue.
The statement reads, “The widely acceptance and consciousness of Biafra can never be thwarted or dislocated by disgruntled Igbo.
“The Anambra State chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo statement against Biafra is selfish and irresponsible. He’s an Igbo saboteur who always would sell his family because of money.
“How can a self-acclaimed Igbo leader openly and shamefully disown and condemn Biafra, the living symbol of Igbo survival?”
The statement also added, “MASSOB still believes that Ohanaeze Ndigbo cannot disown Biafra because the national leadership is still silent on this issue, but if finally it does, the Igbo nation will also disown and expel them from Igbo land.
“MASSOB warns Igbo to stop making open derogatory statements against Biafra or we shall banish them from Igbo land.
“MASSOB shall continue to represent the genuine interest of Ndigbo.”