I’ll be Sworn in as Biafra President July 30, Says Onwuka, BZF Leader

Self-styled Leader of the Biafra Zionist Federation (BZF), Benjamin Onwuka on Wednesday in Enugu declared that he will be inaugurated as the President of Biafra Republic on July 30 this year.

Onwuka, who was released from Owerri Prisons after eleven months in captivity last Monday, told journalists in Enugu that he remained more emboldened to realise his dream of not only relaunching the Biafra Republic but also emerging as its president.

The BZF leader, who claimed that he enjoyed the support of several countries, including the United States, noted that his last incarceration had taken the Biafran agitation to a higher realm.

He said his inauguration would take place at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu.

He said while in detention, a meeting was held between him and President Muhammadu Buhari, where he claimed of having told the President that there was no going back on Biafra.

 

“I am happy to inform our people that our victory is here. I have always said it that they cannot stop us. They took me on the 20th of August, 2018, and dumped me at an underground cell in Aso Drive, Abuja. I spent 3 months and 4 days inside that terrible place.

“Throughout that period, I was fed with a slice of bread in the morning, a spoon of rice in the afternoon, and few lobes of semovita in the night.

“From there, they later took me to Owerri Prison where I spent 7 months, before I was finally released on July 1.

“The craziest part of it is that I was not charged of anything. When they brought me before the court in Owerri, the judge said that I jumped earlier bail granted to me. But I wonder how someone being held inside underground cell jumped bail.

“However, all that is now history; we are marching forward and that is why I am asking all Biafrans to turn out en-masse on July 1 for the inauguration of Biafra government.

On the claims that he met Buhari while in detention, Onwuka said, “at the meeting facilitated by the US, I told Buhari that there was no going back on Biafra. I chronicled before him all the injustice and marginalization Biafrans are facing and made him to understand that Biafra is a different entity and has nothing to do with Nigeria.”

He said he was not afraid of being taken back to the prison, noting “I’m prepared to go back to prison again but it will be at their own cost.”