Crisis is brewing in the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), as they have allegedly expelled its national leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and immediately sworn in a new leader.
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike
Leader of the Movement for the Actualization Of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has been expelled by his members for allegedly embezzling over N100 million, and was immediately replaced by Uchenna Madu as the new leader.
In a statement, the group warned Uwazuruike 'to stop parading himself as MASSOB leader or using Ojukwu’s name to dupe Ndigbo or garner personal fame to pursue his political ambition.'
The group's members also indicted the sacked the ex leader of defrauding them through 'the introduction of the Biafra international passport, a gross and dubious means through which he generated about N100 million for himself.'
"The over N40 million realized from the dedication of the Biafran war veterans home in Okwe, built by MASSOB members, was diverted to Uwazuruike’s personal purse," the group alleged.
In a communiqué signed by the national officers and administrators at Okwe, MASSOB’s headquarters, the movement said; "The development is to redeem and revive the lost spirit and confidence of the Biafra revolution in our people and Biafra friends and sympathisers."
The communiqué further stated that;
"Vote of no confidence and total rejection has been passed on Ralph Uwazuruike. His inability to sustain and maintain Ojukwu’s dream of Biafra actualisation, his deviation into the mainstream of Nigerian politics and using the Biafra struggle to enhance his selfish political ambition in Nigeria are the onus of our rejection of his association with Biafra struggle."
In the meantime, MASSOB has also named Ugwuoke Ibem Ugwuoke its new National Secretary.
Source: DailyPost / The Sun