[BREAKING] Sit-At-Home Order: IPOB Dares Police, Says No Going Back

“All markets, schools, motor parks, airports, and public places in Biafra land should shut down from morning to evening every Monday.”

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to continue with its Sit-At-Home order in the South-East region of the country.

The IPOB made the vow in a statement signed by the group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, on Sunday.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the IPOB, in the statement, vowed that the Sit-At-Home order, will continue until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is unconditionally released from the custody of the Department of States Services (DSS).

It would be recalled that IPOB, had penultimate week, threatened a weekly lockdown of the South-East geopolitical zone from Monday, August 9, 2021, until Nnamdi Kanu is released from DSS custody.

The IPOB leader, EKO HOT BLOG recalls, was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria.

Kanu has been in the DSS custody over charges bothering on treasonable felony since July 2021.

However, IPOB, via a statement on Sunday, said, “We the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to remind all Biafrans and friends of Biafran that the Mondays sit-at-home order is sacrosanct. The entire Biafra land will be locked down every Monday from 6:00am to 6:00pm beginning from tomorrow, August 9, 2021until our leader, Nnamdi Kanu who was abducted in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria and locked up in DSS dungeon in clear violation of international laws is freed.

“Consequently, there will be no movement throughout Biafra land on Mondays until our leader who is suffering for our freedom is released. This protest is peaceful but firm. Everybody is advised to stay indoors in total compliance.

“All markets, schools, motor parks, airports, and public places in Biafra land should shut down from morning to evening every Monday. We understand the economic implications of this measure but we are constrained to take it so that the world will know that our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not alone in the struggle for Biafra autonomy,” Powerful stated.

The Indigenous People of Biafra added, “We want his immediate release and our total freedom, and cannot hesitate to pay any sacrifice needed to achieve this including locking down the entire Biafra land on Mondays.

“All residents and visitors in Biafra land are advised to comply with the order. Nobody should go out to avoid any clash or intimidation by the wicked Nigeria security agents,” the statement read.

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