Biafra Zionist Movement Biafra Zionist Movement Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM) is a group agitating for the restoration of Biafra and its independence from Nigeria. It is led by Benjamin Onwuka, who is currently being detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The philosophy of the movement is for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra along the precolonial lines. Biafra was a loose collection of different ethnic groups before the coming of the Europeans to colonize Africa. Biafra and the Bight of Biafra was notorious for the Transatlantic slave trade with two Slave ports in Calabar and Bonny and providing over 2
Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra Gandhi. At its inception, MASSOB concentrated on organizing rallies and peaceful protests which culminated in hoisting Biafran flags at different locations in the South East. In recent years, this practice has been reserved mainly for celebrating key dates and events or in commemoration of dead members. MASSOB members embark on protests to protest arrests and killings of its members. In one of these protests, the house of the late Nigerian leader, Nnamdi Azikiwe, was torched. The then Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Col. Joe Achuzie (rtd) exonerated MASSOB from blame and accused the security agents of "carelessness and irresponsibility." In 2005,