IPOB Gives Fresh Update On Monday's Sit-at-Home Order in Southeast
- The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) declared every Monday as an “economic empowerment day” in the southeast
- IPOB said the new development follows Nnamdi Kanu's cancellation of sit-at-home orders in the region
- Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, said the “economic empowerment day” is to allow Igbos to reverse the decline in economic, educational and social needs in the southeast
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a fresh update concerning the sit-at-home order in the southeast region of Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Saturday, August 5, by IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful, the pro-Biafran group said it had set aside every Monday as an “economic empowerment day” in the southeast, The Cable reported.
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Powerful said the purpose of the “economic empowerment day” is to enable Igbos to reverse the sharp decline in the economic, educational and social sectors of the region.
He added that the new development followed the total cancellation of all forms of sit-at-home in the southeast as stated in Nnamdi Kanu’s handwritten letter.
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The statement partially reads:
“...he has therefore directed the people, to henceforth, set aside every Monday as an ‘economic empowerment day’ in the entire South-East.
“Economic Empowerment Day connotes a day set aside for mass mobilisation of Biafrans to devote their resources and means towards reversing the sharp and unprecedented decline in the economic, educational and social needs of our people occasioned by the prolonged sit-at-home.
“During this exercise, the people are encouraged to embark on a massive deployment of their resources for the empowerment of the educationally disadvantaged and poverty ridden population of our people.”
Nnamdi Kanu orders Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa to end sit-at-home, gives reason
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, ordered Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to put an end to all the sit-at-home orders in the southeast.
Kanu warned Ekpa “to make a public announcement to the effect that he (Ekpa) is in receipt of a direct order from him (Kanu) to cancel any pending sit-at-home in place at the moment”
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The secretary general of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement issued on Sunday, July 23, said Ekpa was severally injured after he evaded arrest in Espoo city of Finland on 21st July 2023.
Simon Ekpa: Ohanaeze tells President Tinubu what to do
Ohanaeze Ndigbo told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu how to shut Simon Ekpa's activities in the southeast.
Ohanaeze spokesperson, Alex Ogbonnia, said the way to shut Ekpa up is for President Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from the custody of the Department of State Security Services(DSS) in Abuja.
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