The Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC) on Monday warned the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike to vacate Igbo land immediately or risked being apprehended, stripped and flogged. The Council which declared Uwazurike persona-non-grata disclosed that their move was informed by a recent statement credited to him where he described Ndigbo as foolish and unwise.
The OYC in a statement issued on Monday by its National President Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro said it received with deep shock “the misguided and ridiculous statement credited to the leader of Biafra Independent Movement, and former MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike.” The statement added that contrary to his position, Ndigbo were the most enterprising tribe in the world.
“He should vacate immediately from Owerri, to perhaps to Kano where his paymasters are residing. Failure to do, he will have himself to blame. Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth council worldwide will strip Chief Ralph Uwazurike naked anywhere we catch him if fails to vacate immediately from igbo land until the gods are appeased.
“This will serve as example to other shameless self-serving Igbo elders, who are trying to mortgage Igbo Land to their Fulani paymasters ahead of 2019 elections. OYC will henceforth will not tolerate any rascality by any elder in the South-East. It was the same Uwazurike that deceived Ndigbo against participating in the last population census, that has today made us minorities in the Nigeria project.
“We call on Ndigbo to ignore the ridiculous statement credited to Ralph Uwazurike, and urge anybody, especially the youths who sees Ralph Uwazurike to strip him naked and give him 36 strokes of cane as a reward for over 2000 youths that died during his reign as MASSOB leader before his expulsion.”
