- Nnamdi Kanu’s former deputy, Uche Mefor, is BCG Head of Information and Communication
The agitation for Biafra has split into factions as former leader of Niger Delta militants, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo announces himself as the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG).
The group has as Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, Uche Mefor, who was the deputy leader to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Uche Mefor had openly split with Kanu last year November and floated a new radio station called Biafra Human Rights and Freedom Radio (BHRFR}.
Ralph Uwazuruike, who birthed the Biafran struggle, is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the original group canvassing for the secession and sovereignty of Eastern Nigeria.
To show that he has fully disengaged from IPOB, Mefor, as Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, also announced that George Onyibe will be the Secretary while Emeka Esiri will be in charge of the Legal matters.
In the statement, Alhaji Dokubo attributed the injustice and marginalisation on the Igbos in various zones of the country as the reason for aspiring for a “better life for his people.”
He then vowed that the defacto government will take care of the current insecurity challenges faced by the Igbos as well as focusing on Science and Technology to make life easier for the people.
Part of the statement released by Mefor reads: “We as people have resolved that as Biafra, it’s time for us to take our destiny in our hands and bring freedom to ourselves and our children and the generation of Biafrans yet unborn.
“I hesitate a little but I thank God that it’s time for us to do our duty and our service to motherland, I have accepted this role. I have dedicated my life hundred percent to play this role.
“My first act today in taking this position is to name those who would be on the driver’s seat to navigate through this period of tempest, this period of uncertainty with me.
“I want to call on our brother, George Onyibe to come on board to join as the Secretary of the defacto customary government of the State of Biafra. He will take care of the administrative, day to day administration of the Biafra State.
“I also call on our brother Emeka Emeka Esiri to take care of the legal needs of this nascent government.
“My brothers and sisters, the four of us will kick start the process, others will come on board. We want volunteers who are committed, we want volunteers because there is nothing anymore. We are the people who have volunteered to salvage ourselves and the rest of us.
“I also call on Biafrans in the various Province of the Biafra nations in Aba, Abakiliki, Anang, Awka, Calabar, Degema, Eket, Enough, Nsuka, Ogoja, Oji River, Okigwe, Onitsha, Opobo, Orlu, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Umuahia, Uyo and Yenegoa Province.