Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has postponed the memorial activities in honour of the late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to December 10.
In chat with newsmen in Aba, Abia State, MASSOB’s acting director of Information, Sunny Okereafor said the event which was earlier scheduled to hold on November 26, was postponed due to the unavoidable absence of the wife of the late Igbo leader, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu.
Okereafor added that the change in date became necessary as Ojukwu’s wife; Bianca who is Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain would not be around on the earlier slated date.
“We are shifting the memorial event from the original date of November 26 to December 10. This is so because the wife of our revered late leader, Bianca Ojukwu Bianca who is Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain would not be in the country by November 26.
“It would be out of place to hold such event for the memory of the man who gave his all for the struggle to emancipate his people without his widow who stood by him till that last day, being around,” Okereafor said.
He disclosed that the movement has lined up many events for the celebration of the third anniversary of death of the Eze Igbo Gburugburu which would be held at the Ojukwu Library at Owerri.
According to him, MASSOB was doing these things to show the world that Ndigbo would never forget Ojukwu who he said used his father’s wealth to fight in defence of the Igbo man.
“We are doing these things to immortalize Ojukwu’s name because we see him as the Moses of Biafra who led the people out of the wilderness before handing over power to Chief Ralph Uwazuruike who is the Joshua of our time.
Okereafor assured that from next year, MASSOB would revert to the November 26 date which he said would be declared a public holiday in all Biafran territories.
