The Movement
for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) has declared
August of 2017 as a date for the mass return of all Igbo indigenes living in
the
north.
The group
said the declaration was to help Igbo indigenes beat the October 1st deadline
given to them by the Arewa youths.
A press
release sent to DAILYPOST by the group’s Director of Information, Comrade
Samuel Edesonu stated that the decision was reached at its National Executive
meeting which was presided by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu.
Edesonu said
part of the reason it chose August was because it was a time when activities
were rife in Igboland, including new yam festivals and the women’s August
meeting, and that Ndigbo living in the north can take advantage of the
activities to relocate their families back home.
It said, “In
continuation of our earlier stand and position on the quit notice to the people
of Biafra by Arewa people which will elapse on Oct 1st, MASSOB insists and
beckon on Biafrans living in Arewa land to intensify all their efforts in
relocating their families back home.
“MASSOB also
mandates all married Igbo women living in Northern Nigeria to start speaking to
their husbands on the dangers of staying in Arewa land which no longer
guaranteed their safety. They should also intensify their pressures on their
husbands concerning the Mass return in August.”
MASSOB said
part of its strategy to ensure compliance was to get all Eze-Ndigbo in 19
Northern States to immediately commence the compilation of the names,
residential addresses, villages and towns of all Igbo indigenes living in the
respective northern cities where they lead.
It said
MASSOB secret security, Biafra Intelligence Agency(BIA) are already in northern
Nigeria monitoring the exercise, and that after the September 10th deadline for
the compilation, MASSOB will embark on investigation of all the Eze Ndigbo in
northern cities to ascertain their level of participation in the order.
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