Ojukwu handed leadership over to Uwazuruike before he died – MASSOB

Chief Ralph Uwazuruike

The Spokesperson for the Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, Mazi Chris Mocha has revealed that the former leader of the defunct Biafra, late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu on October 29, 2007, handed the mantle of leadership to BIM/MASSOB founder, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike.
He said the late Ikemba Nnewi recognized Uwazuruike as his successor before his demise.

Mocha made this disclosure in Onitsha, Anambra state on Monday.
He noted that Ojukwu while still alive, showed in character, action and utterances that Uwazuruike had to succeed him.

According to Mocha, “when Uwazuruike who Ojukwu nicknamed (Okenwa) (great son) was detained in Keffi prisons in Nassarawa state, for treasonable charges, people had always asked: Who would be Ojukwu’s successor, if they didn’t find him”?

Mocha quoted Ojukwu as hugging Uwazuruike for 25 times on Monday, October 29, 2007 while receiving him at his residence in Enugu, shortly after Uwazuruike was granted a three-month bail by an Abuja High Court and declaring: “Today, I have answered that question. Uwazuruike has wiped out tears of Ndigbo for spending two years in prison. Okenwa went to prison for the sake of Ndigbo”.
He noted that Ojukwu while still alive, showed in character, action and utterances that Uwazuruike had to succeed him.

According to Mocha, “when Uwazuruike who Ojukwu nicknamed (Okenwa) (great son) was detained in Keffi prisons in Nassarawa state, for treasonable charges, people had always asked: Who would be Ojukwu’s successor, if they didn’t find him”?

Mocha quoted Ojukwu as hugging Uwazuruike for 25 times on Monday, October 29, 2007 while receiving him at his residence in Enugu, shortly after Uwazuruike was granted a three-month bail by an Abuja High Court and declaring: “Today, I have answered that question. Uwazuruike has wiped out tears of Ndigbo for spending two years in prison. Okenwa went to prison for the sake of Ndigbo”.