ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – In defiance against the total lockdown order issued across the South-East by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), there was still movement in several parts of Enugu State.
IPOB added Tuesday to the (now traditional) Monday sit-at-home order following the appearance of the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, before Court of Appeal and the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Imo State to commission some state projects, on 13 September, 2022.
The proscribed group had declared a sit-at-home across the South-East on Tuesday, 13 September, 2022, saying it is a day of civil action across the region.
“There shall be a TOTAL LOCKDOWN on the whole of Biafraland on Tuesday the 13th of September 2022. The Imposter Buhari cannot be coming to Imo State while he continues to detain our leader Mazi Nnamdi in the DSS custody.
“Our leader’s Appeal court hearing that was supposed to be on October 11th has been brought forward to 13th September, 2022“, Emma Powerful, spokesperson of IPOB had revealed in a statement.
Consequently, voiceofnaija.ng took to some parts of Enugu to observe the compliance of residents in the state.
Our correspondent saw some young boys and little children turn the streets to football pitch, while some men were also sighted in beer parlors, drinking and eating pepper soup, to while away their time.
Some women also utilized the day to beautify themselves by going to salons to make their hairs, fix nails, among other activities.
During a stroll towards Agbani Road; Awkunanaw, Mayor Market and some other busy places in Enugu, voiceofnaija.ng reports that very few buses and tricycles were sighted, and empty as the drivers kept beckoning on passengers to board their buses, but nobody accepted as most people were seen trekking instead.
At Mayor Market, one of the roadside markets in Enugu, some petty traders took the risk to come out to sell, possibly to get their daily bread as that is their only means of survival.
In some other places, cars were parked along the streets indicating the owners were not willing to move out for avoidance of being attacked.
Some shops on the streets were opened while some did not open at all. Some of the shops seen opened were left ajar as the owners tried to be vigilant to forestall any possible attack. Others left theirs wide open, selling brazenly, despite the possible attacks by IPOB members.