Chief Ralph Uwazuruike
The Director of Information, Biafra Independence Movement and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB), Mazi Chris Mocha, yesterday, said the leader of the pro-Biafra group, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike was invited by the İmo State Police Command to appear before it on Monday, October 20.
Mazi Mocha in a statement circulated online claimed that the invitation was in a bid to stop Uwazuruike from joining the planned nationwide peaceful protest to demand the release of the detained leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu.
The BIM-MASSOB leader, had on October 8, 2025, in a viral video volunteered to be part of the legal teams in a peaceful protest to free the IPOB leader, Kanu.
Uwazuruike Esq, founder of BIM-MASSOB, according to a statement e-signed on his behalf by Mocha is to appear before the anti-kidnapping unit in Owerri on Monday, October 20, 2025 the same date the planned nationwide protest by civil society groups was scheduled to take place.
The Police invitation, dated October 16, 2025 said to have been signed by the Commissioner of Police, cited an investigation over an alleged criminal invasion, forgery, and wilful damage.
Uwazuruike was instructed, the statement said, to report at the anti-kidnapping unit by 10:00 am, with contact officers listed as ASP John Ebute, ASP Eze Jet, and Inspector Alice Zakari, respectively.
Uwazuruike was quoted saying on October 8, 2025 that he would be part of any peaceful protest for Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
“This is not about Kanu alone, this is about our collective dignity as a people.
“I have no problem with the police invitation. it is clear the police invitation was intended to prevent me from joining the planned peaceful protest on Monday October 20.
“I still remain firm, calm and unshaken, ” he concluded.
Uwazuruike who has long championed non-violence as the guiding philosophy of self-determination for Biafra, further emphasized that his support for the protest as a lawyer is rooted in conscience and not conflict.
