Disclosing the stand of the Niger Delta people, the leader of the MASSOB, Chief Solomon Chukwu, during interview with Vanguard Newspaper, weekend, said that they had
embarked on sensitization visit to all cities in the Biafra territories where they had also opened liaison offices.
Chukwu who commended the support of the people of Niger Delta to the struggle to actualize an Independent State of Biafra also dismissed the insinuations that the people of the Niger Delta betrayed Igbos during the Nigerian Civil war saying the major betrayers of Biafra were even people from the South East.
“People like Ojukwu’s second in command, Gen. Philip Effiong, fought for Biafra till the end. My father and many strong men of Niger Delta also fought for Biafra. I’m a Biafran from Ikwerre extraction in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He however, declared himself a true son of Niger Delta, even as he urged people to forget about the role of people like Ken Saro Wiwa adding that in the mainstream of Biafra, many Niger Deltans such as Asari Dokubo, Kalada George, Uche Okwukwu among others stood to be counted.
“Before now, everybody was saying Biafra is for Ndigbo and South East, but today the story has changed, the entire people of Niger Delta have realised the need to actualize Biafra. Again, with what Uwazurike has done in shifting the leadership of MASSOB to the Niger Delta, everybody has also seen that Biafra is not the business of the South East alone. People have embraced Biafra and it keeps expanding more than what they knew,” he said.
The Niger Delta MASSOB leader also said that contrary to what was generally believed, today, people from all over the former Eastern region and Niger Delta now attend MASSOB meetings.
“Recently, we were in Warri, Delta State where the people received us with a rousing welcome. They were jubilating that this time; there will be no dichotomy again.
“There will be no divide and rule; that Ikwerre is not Biafra or Niger Delta is not Biafra. The former Eastern region and Niger Delta are working in unison to actualize an independent Biafra,” he added.
Culled from Igbere Tv
