The new leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB), Solomon Chukwu says the Niger Delta region is part of the agitation for secession from Nigeria.

According to Chukwu, Niger Deltans are more committed to the actualisation of the Republic of Biafra more than Ndigbos.

Speaking through MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Sunny Okereafor, he said South South states like Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Cross Rivers will be taken along, should secession be achieved.

“Anybody who says that Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Cross River states are not part of Biafra is deceiving himself. These are Biafran territories. Biafra encompasses all the states of the former Eastern region, including Anioma clan in Delta state.

“It has been part of the Federal government’s divide and rule policy to tell the World that only Ndigbo want Biafra; but this is false. Do you remember Ojukwu’s second in command, Philip Effiong? Was he not from Akwa Ibom? When he was here, can anybody doubt his commitment to the actualization of Biafra?

“If you see the kind of support from the local people of Ugep, Ikom, Ogoja and adjoining areas when we held our meeting there last week at Ugep, you will be shocked. Over 2,000 people registered as MASSOB members at that meeting. In fact, from what we saw at the meeting, the people of Ogoja, Ugep and Ikom are more Biafra than even Ndigbo.”

“Nnamdi Kanu is from Eastern Nigeria; this is why he is being held despite court order. His detention is part of the larger plot to continue to marginalize our people and frustrate Biafra, but we can never be deterred. Biafra is the answer.”

Janeth J