Ojukwu remains rallying force for Igbo unity — Uwazuruike

By Nwabueze Okonkwo
ONITSHA — Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has described the late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, as a rallying force for Igbo unity.
Uwazuruike also pledged to continue celebrating Ojukwu’s Memorial Day annually for as long as he remains alive.
He spoke in a statement issued on his behalf on Tuesday by MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, ahead of the 2026 edition of the Ojukwu Memorial Lecture scheduled for November 26.
Uwazuruike said he began organising memorial lectures in honour of Ojukwu in 2012 as part of efforts to remind Ndigbo of th...