leader of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, congratulated Mr. Trump. Uwazuruike, whose congratulatory message was contained in his letter to the US Embassy in Lagos and made available to newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, by the Director of Information, BIM/MASSOB, Mazi Chris Mocha, reminded the US President-elect that MASSOB, which was transformed into BIM and currently in the struggle for the independence of Biafra, is still looking up to America for emancipation. According to Uwazuruike, “I write to congratulate Mr. Donald Trump and the government and people of the United States on their successful election and that it is no longer news that the oppressed people in Nigeria want her independence.” Uwazuruike further reminded Trump of the enormous task ahead of him as he continues in US efforts to make the free world devoid of terrorism and a better place to live.

The letter read in part: “I write to congratulate Mr. Donald Trump and the government and people of the United States of America (USA) on their successful election and that the oppressed people in Nigeria (the Igbo tribe) want her independence from Nigeria”

He said that the whole world and particularly the Biafrans are looking up to the President elect, Trump to implement his wonderful manifestos and to ensure that the the United Nations Charter of declaration of indigenous people was being upheld in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

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Bilateral relations in international politics is between two sovereign states. Biafra is not recognized as such by the USA. Also, international relations are not conducted based on sentiments like the deluded IPOB would have us believe but on national interests. So unless America has a vital national interest in dismembering Nigeria, all such appeals fall on deaf ears. Sorry IPOB