Igbos across the world yesterday marked Biafra Day, the day when the Col Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu issued the Ahiara Declaration of Independence, signalling the birth of the secessionist Republic of Biafra. Rallies were held in some cities in Nigeria and other parts of the world during which cries about the alleged marginalisation of the Igbos were re-echoed.
Speaking on the celebration in Owerri, leader of secessionist group, Movement for the Actualisation of the Soverign State of Biafra, Chief Raph Uwazuruike, said the defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan by Muhammadu Buhari “followed the pattern of the Biafra-Nigeria civil war.
It highlighted the fact that the war has not ended. It was a war between the former Eastern Region (Biafra) and Nigeria. The outcome of that election has justified our resolve for selfdetermination.”
Also speaking at the event, a former leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Front, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, said Ijaws, Igbos and other peoples of the South-East and South- South were ready to pull out of Nigeria.
He also said he had no confidence in Buhari’s ability to lead the nation. “It is weakening when we realise that Jonathan conceded defeat for the sake of peace and security of lives. Then again, we ask ourselves; at what price?
At the detriment of our people. Now the question is if Buhari can do the right thing. I am doubtful of his capacity to do the right thing,” he stated. Recalling the Biafran struggle and Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu, Dokubo lashed out at a former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Danjuma, for daring to insult his memory.
He fumed: “Theophilus Danjumah insulted us when he said that if Ojukwu had behaved like Jonathan, the death of millions of Ndigbo during the war would have been averted.”
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