The Movement for the Actualization of
the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB,
weekend, described the directive given
by Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State to
arrest the northern youths who issued
quit notice to Igbos in the region as deceptive and a cover up for the plots
the North has put in place against
Ndigbo. MASSOB made the accusation in a
statement issued in Abakaliki, Ebonyi
State, by its Director of Information,
Comrade Edeson Samuel. Samuel stated that anybody asking
Ndigbo to remain in the North was an
enemy of Ndigbo. He accused Northerners of deriving
pleasure in shedding the blood of
innocent people at the slightest
provocation. He said Ndigbo living in the North
should not listen to those false
promises made by Northern governors
because on the day of attack, none of
these governors will show their face
until after the killing.
The statement read in part, “Massob is
maintaining its earlier stand on the
quit notice given to Ndigbo in Northern
Nigeria. “We congratulate them for taking the
bull by its horn. When a landlord is no
longer interested in his tenants, the
best way is to serve him quit notice
instead of using thugs to eject him. “The Northerners have given us quit
notice, it is our duty to vacate their
land without delay. It is better we part
in peace than in pieces. “The Bible says that two cannot work
together unless they agree. The north
and the east are like oil and water,
which cannot be mixed. Our culture
and religion differ. “We the Igbo value lives, we hate
shedding of blood but the Northerners
derive joy in shedding the blood of
innocent people.
“Anybody encouraging Ndigbo to
remain in the north is an enemy of
Ndigbo.”