The founder of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, has lamented that the Igbos do not appreciate the efforts he has made for the Biafran struggle.
He was speaking with Vanguard in an interview, adding that former Biafran warlord, Odimegwu Ojukwu begged before he died, that he does not want another civil war.
According to him, he started Radio Biafra and handed it over to Nnamdi Kanu to become the Director but regretted that he has turned his back on his, using the radio to blackmail him.
“Do you also know that I built 20 houses at Okwe, Imo State, for the wounded Biafra soldiers who were begging for alms at Oji River and I pay them salary every month?” he asked.
“Today, there are no more Biafra soldiers begging for alms at that spot. Only last month, I risked my life to travel to the North for the sake of Biafra and I was at Arewa House in Kaduna where I met people, yet the media and Igbo people do not appreciate my sacrifices. How would you feel if you were to be in my position?”
Speaking further, he said that, “MASSOB existed for 18 years without violence and in 2009, I went to London and opened Radio Biafra and handed it over to Nnamdi Kanu as the director.
“Soon afterwards, politicians hijacked him, and he started working for them.
“I assured the late Odumegu Ojukwu when he was alive that there would be no other civil war in Nigeria. Because he, Ojukwu, was so concerned and wanted some measure of assurance from me that MASSOB would not cause problems in Nigeria, I gave him that assurance.”