Ralph Uwazuruike
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Ralph Uwazuruike is a Nigerian activist. He is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); a group canvassing for the secession and sovereignty of Eastern Nigeria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He holds degrees in Political Science from Punjab University, India, and Law from Bombay University, India. Uwazuruike adopts the principle of nonviolence as propagated by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., as the philosophy of the struggle. He has been detained several times and charged with treason in Nigerian courts. On 28 April 2010, he was visited in prison by Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu and his wife, Bianca.[9]
Ralph Uwazuruike | |
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Born | Imo State, Nigeria |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Known for | Activism |
Spouse | Ngozi Omekadiya Uwazuruike |
Children | Confidence Uwazuruike Allwell Uwazuruike |
Following Ojukwu's death in 2011, Uwazuruike was named his successor and crowned 'Ezeigbo'.[10] He has since embarked on several regional projects including the erection of a library in honour of Ojukwu and building residential houses for displaced Biafran War veterans.
Uwazuruike condemns the killing of Igbos in northern states of the country by the Boko Haram group and continually calls on Igbos to return home in order to avoid the massacre.[11]