Ahead of the October 1 Arewa youths quit notice deadline, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State Biafra, MASSOB, has declared August, a month of mass return for Igbos living in the Northern part of the country.
The group said the choice of August, was informed by its significance in the Igbo calendar, as the period for new yam festival and women’s August meeting
In a statement issued by MASSOB’s National Information Officer, Samuel Edesonu, the group said the decision was taken at its National Executive meeting, presided over by MASSOB Leader, Uchenna Madu.
The group charged the Igbos, especially women, to persuade their loved ones, including their husbands and children, to take advantage of the period to come back home, assuring that Biafra Intelligence Agency had been deployed to Northern Nigeria, for monitoring of the situation.
It called on the Eze Ndigbo in the 19 Northern States, to commence the compilation of names, residential addresses, and villages/towns of all Igbos living in their respective Northern cities, adding that, such data collation of the people should end on the 10th of September, 2017.
The statement reads in part: “The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB), after our National Executive meeting that was presided by our Leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, resolved as follows:
“That in continuation of our earlier stand and position on the quit notice order to the people of Biafra by Arewa people, which will elapse on Oct 1, MASSOB insists and beckons on Biafrans living in Arewa land, to intensify efforts in relocating their families back home.
“That MASSOB has resolved that the month of August being a significant month of special festivals of Iri ji (New yam) and Women August meeting in Igbo land, MASSOB has declared this the month of August 2017, a special month of mass return for all Igbos living in Northern Nigeria.
“That MASSOB also mandated all married Igbo women living in Northern Nigeria, to start intimating their husbands about the dangers of staying in Arewa land, which no longer guaranteed their safeties. They should also intensify their pressure on their husbands concerning the mass return in this next month.
“That after the September 10 deadline for this compilation, MASSOB will embark on investigation of all the Eze Ndigbo in Northern cities, to ascertain their levels of participation in this ancestral order.
“That MASSOB urge the Eze Ndigbo in Northern cities, to carry out this compilation of our kinsmen data, as a native and ancestry exercise. We appeal to them not to betray this acts of nobility, because of their individual’s interest or favor from Hausa Fulani.
“That MASSOB under the leadership of Comrade Uchenna Madu, will continue undeterred in nonviolence, pursuant of Biafra actualization and restoration”.
