Stakeholder size (number of people): 15 million people in former Biafran state; approximately 1000 MASSOB members in jail; members all over the world

Area of Influence
a. Geographic area: Southeastern Nigeria; headquarters in Imo State; the leader of MASSOB claims that 9 states would secede along with Imo: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Delta, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa.
b. Population subsets:
• Primarily Igbo (Ibo) tribes

Description of Organization
a. Who are the leaders?
• Chief Ralph Uwazurike
• Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, first head of Biafran state in 1967
b. How does one gain influence in the group? unknown
c. What issues do they care about? To secede from Nigeria and to recreate the defunct state of Biafra
d. What does the organizational structure look like? unknown

Financial Resources (if applicable)
a. List activities that generate cash flow:
Likely outside remittances from expatriates, but Uwazurike claims that “God is the financier.”
b. Income from activities: unknown, but expenses for MASSOB activities run into the “millions”
c. Profitability: unknown

Military Resources (if applicable)
a. What arms do they possess (n/a)
i. How much?
b. Experience level (?)

Provide a short history of the stakeholder group
a. What is their origin? In May 1967 the Eastern Region of Nigeria formally seceded to form Biafra, but the new state had failed by 1970. The Nigerian government blockaded the new state, and up to one million people were believed to have died from starvation.
b. How have they changed?
• Reemerged in 1999 when sent the Biafran Bill of Rights to the UN
i. Interests: same
ii. Level of influence: perhaps less influential than in 1967, but Uwazurike and ten colleagues were jailed for treason in 2007.
iii. Resources: see remittances above
c. What are their future goals? Same as 4 (c)