MASSOB Orders Igbos In Northern Nigeria To Return Home

The leader of the Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
(MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday
gave what he called last warning to all Igbo
resident in the northern part of Nigeria to
leave the zone or face dire consequences.

Uwazuruike gave the warning in Okwe near
Okigwe, Imo State, after an emergency
meeting with leadership of the movement. He
said the directive had become necessary to
avoid further loss of Igbo blood in the North
due to the increasing bloodletting by Boko
Haram insurgents.

He said the pronouncement of a prophet was
not needed for any Igbo man or woman to
know that Nigerian security forces could no
longer guarantee their safety since the
insurgents had not relented in their wicked
bloodletting activities. He said anybody who
disregarded the last warning would face the
consequences.

The MASSOB leader contended that every Igbo
had a community in the South-East, saying it
would be better for them to die in their
fatherland than to be killed by Boko Haram in
the North.

He restated the commitment of the MASSOB
to actualise the sovereign state of Biafra
through non-violence, saying the movement
would not be cowed to silence.