MASSOB National Information Officer, Mr. Samuel Edesonu on Tuesday, said in a statement that the decision to urge Igbo residing in the Northern part of the country to use the month of August, 2017 to return to the Eastern part to beat the October 1 deadline quit notice given by the Arewa.
youths.which was taken at its national executive meeting presided over by the MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu.
MASSOB directed all the Eze Igbo in the 19 Northern states to commence immediately the compilation of names, residential addresses and villages/towns of all Igbo living in their respective northern cities where they led, advising that such data collation of the people should end by 10th of September 2017.
August was chosen because of its significance in Igbo calendar as the period for new yam festival and women’s August meeting and charged the Igbo, especially women, to persuade their loved ones (husbands and children) to come home unfailingly.
MASSOB also mandates all married Igbo women living in Northern Nigeria to start intensify their pressure on their husbands concerning the mass return next month