Nigeria: Pro-Biafra Group Accuses President of Lying Against Ojukwu

23 August 2017

Enugu — A pro-Biafra group, the Biafra Zionists' Federation (BZF), on Tuesday dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari's nationwide broadcast as "a compendium of lies," with the sole purpose of "deceiving Nigerians."

Leader of the group, Mr. Benjamin Onwuka, who spoke with journalists in Enugu, specifically faulted the president's statement that the late Biafra leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, disowned Biafra, describing it as false.

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