Uwazuruike
The founder and leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has announced a new name, Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) for the organization.
The new name was announced by the group leader who spoke on Sunday during a press conference in Owerri.
Uwazuruike who founded and has led MASSOB from 1999 until estranged former lieutenants started challenging his authority as said: “The change in name became absolutely necessary because of the sad introduction of violence by the disgruntled dissidents and this is at variance with the non-violence stance of MASSOB over the years.”
He said that real loyalists of MASSOB feel ashamed to be associated with violence, promising that the group would under a restructuring “to make it the youth wing of the Biafra Independent Movement,” the report added.
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