There was confusion on Monday, as leader of the Movement for the
Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph
Uwazuruike, disclosed that the Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of
the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested on
Saturday, by the Department of State Services (DSS), does not belong to
the movement.Uwazuruike, who spoke through his Assistant Director of Information,
Sunday Okereafor, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, described Kanu as a
rebel who had long been expelled by MASSOB for inciting violence among
members.
“Kanu’s arrest has nothing to do with the struggle for a sovereign state of Biafra,” the MASSOB leader stated.
He added that Kanu broke the group’s non-violence approach and was summarily dismissed.
Uwazuruike, however, dismissed the allegation that MASSOB was behind
the arrest of the Biafra Radio boss, adding that the movement cannot
meddle into such unnecessary matters.
Meanwhile, a faction of MASSOB had condemned the arrest, insisting that it could cause the country “diplomatic damage.”
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