The Monday weekly sit-at-home directed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in solidarity with its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, continued in Onitsha and Nnewi despite its suspension by the leadership.
Roads and streets in Onitsha, the commercial city and Nnewi the Industrial town of the state were completely deserted as people either willingly or out of fear stayed indoors.
All markets in the two cities as usual were under lock and key, including the Onitsha Main Market and Nkwo Nnewi while banks located in the areas also shut down for customers.
A group, Balance and Equity Group (BEG) has appealed to IPOB leadership to ensure proper dissemination of suspension of the weekly sit-at-home.
It regretted that it was beyond the powers of South East Governors to reverse or effectively encourage people to go back to business.
The group’s founder and Coordinator Mr. Chris Arinze, spoke on Monday while addressing newsmen on the legality of the agitation of IPOB and implication of every Monday Sit-at-home in South East
He urged IPOB, to use its usual medium of addressing Nigeria and the world to encourage people of South East to go back to their businesses, saying that unless they order people back, they would continue to observe the order at the detriment of South East economy.
He said: “It’s very clear that South East Governors don’t have the capacity to give a contrary order against that of IPOB for the traders and business men in Igbo land to go back to their business on Mondays.
“Every genuine Igbo accepts that Igbos are not well treated, there are injustices against Ndigbo and Mazi Kanu cannot be faulted on that, but IPOB need to do something about this Monday weekly Sit-at-home otherwise people will continue to observe it from now to December or when Mazi Kanu is released and it is not good for our economy.
“It is therefore, left for IPOB to order them back to their businesses through the mass media, as a show of love, respect and loyalty, which they have also shown the pro-Biafra.”
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