A Pro-Biafran activist in diaspora, Comrade Odinaka Coleman Emejuru has lent his voice to the just postponed 2019 general elections in Nigeria with a call for all believers of the movement and others to forge a common front, speak with one voice and pursue a common agenda for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra.
Comrade Emejuru made the assertion recently in his country home in Ihiteowerri, Orlu LGA of Imo State, Nigeria.
Fielding questions from newsmen on the struggle for Biafra, the soft-spoken orator and activist maintained that a lot has been achieved especially in the area of institutionalization of structures, local and international diplomacy.
He hastened to add that, more would have been achieved, if different agitating groups adopted the Henry Ford principle of teamwork which says “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a progress, working together is a success”.
“The best way to our sovereign state is for the differing groups to come together with a common front to fight our common enemy.” He said.
Commenting on the earlier stance by IPOB and its teeming members to boycott the elections, a campaign later reversed by the group, Comr. Emejuru noted that boycotting elections prematurely as it were, would have been counter – productive, adding that he was happy when the Nnamdi Kanu-led group reneged on their stand.
Giving his advice on how different pro-Biafran groups can come together, the Ihiteowerri-born Petrochemical Engineer-turned activist, informed that efforts have already been put in place where these groups and stakeholders have been liaising.
“The struggle for Biafra may have different groups with different modus operandi but fronting different groups on the same non-violent, non-exodus mantra of the pioneering MASSOB is a development that cannot give credence and positive image to the struggle,” he asserted.
“The moment these sub-groups realize that we have a common objective, which is to liberate Biafra land from our common oppressors and power usurpers as is evident, and until we realize that the quest for Biafra is no longer a vision but a ministry in which only team spirit can weather the storm, we may be ignorantly extending our redemption time,” he continued.
Speaking on the postponed 2019 presidential elections which he described as very unfortunate, he regretted that about 85 per cent of Nigerians in diaspora who came in to vote, were disappointed and forced to go back to their bases, notwithstanding the huge financial involvement.
He was hopeful that such unfortunate incident would not have taken place in the sovereign state of Biafra. He however enjoined all registered voters to go out and vote their choice candidates at the appropriate time set by INEC.
