The Movement for the Survival of the Sovereign State of Biafra has dared the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu , to come back home and fight for Biafra .
MASSOB also cautioned Kanu to desist from insulting its leader, Ralph Uwazuruike over issues concerning the struggle for Biafra .
Speaking in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Thursday , the movement ’s National Director of Information , Sunday Okereafor, said it was wrong for Kanu to stay in Canada , United States of America or London and think that he could achieve Biafra from outside Nigeria .
Okereafor also faulted Kanu for accusing Uwazuruike of thwarting the fight towards achieving a sovereign state of Biafra , adding that the MASSOB leader brought the IPOB leader into the struggle .
He maintained that the IPOB leader would not be able to achieve Biafra by speaking from London, Canada and America .
“ MASSOB says on Biafra , we stand . Nnamdi Kanu can ’ t say that he is fighting for Biafra and he is staying in America , London, Canada , Australia . Every day , he is flying ; he should come back home and pay the price .
“ MASSOB is telling Nnamdi Kanu to come down home and fight for the freedom , rather than hiding abroad .
Nnamdi Azikiwe was in Nigeria as Governor General of Nigeria and Muammar Ghaddafi was there fighting for the freedom of his people , Jomo Kenyatta fought for the freedom of Kenyans from Kenya .
“ Also, Thomas Jefferson of America stayed in America and fought for their own freedom . So, Nnamdi Kanu should come home ; he should bring his own members home and fight , rather than castigating Uwazuruike.
“ Odumegwu Ojukwu never castigated Michael Okpara and Uwazuruike never castigated Ojukwu . Kanu was an employee of MASSOB . Uwazuruike employed him. It is now that he wants to be the boss . Does Kanu know about the struggle ? No ,” Okereafor said .
He stated that MASSOB would continue to maintain its non- violent approach towards achieving Biafra , adding that some people were working towards hijacking the struggle from the movement .
Okereafor said, “ We know that they want to hijack the struggle . Even now , they want to hijack it . But Uwazuruike remains the father. Kanu was an employee of MOSOB . How can an employee know more than the Managing Director?
“ Uwazuruike is going the normal line in which he is supposed to go and get Biafra . We don ’t carry arms ; so, how can you expect us to carry arms. Kanu is a freedom fighter; how would you run away from the people he is fighting for?”
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