Ralph Uwazuruike is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra ; a group canvassing for the secession and sovereignty of Eastern Nigeria.
16 Facts About Ralph Uwazuruike
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Ralph Uwazuruike holds degrees in Political Science from Punjab University, India, and Law from Bombay University, India.
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Ralph Uwazuruike has been detained several times and charged with treason in Nigerian courts.
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Ralph Uwazuruike 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.
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Ralph 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.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was arrested by the Nigerian police force, on February 8,2001 and was charged with disturbance and the unauthorized use of firearms alongside nine other people.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was particularly enthralled, in his school days, by books on Mahatma Gandhi which influenced his decision to study in India.
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Ralph Uwazuruike studied Political Science at Panjab University, and then Law at Bombay University, India, after which he enrolled at the Nigerian Law School.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1991.
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Ralph Uwazuruike founded MASSOB in 1999, in the aftermath of the Nigerian elections that produced President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was arrested on several occasions on charges of unlawful gathering and disturbance of public peace.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was often eventually released within a few weeks.
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Ralph Uwazuruike's longest spell in detention was to come in 2005 when he was arrested in his Okwe hometown by men of the Nigerian Police.
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Ralph Uwazuruike remained in prison detention for two years after a protracted bail hearing at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
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Ralph Uwazuruike was released on orders of Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan.
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In 2005 Ralph Uwazuruike was charged with treason at the Federal High Court, Abuja, before Justice Binta Nyako.