ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has declared its support for Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, on his directive to end Monday sit-at-home in the State.
The group said it would back Mbah’s decision to end the sit-at-home, saying that those who enforce the order are criminals.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB in a statement noted that criminals are using the sit-at-home order to cause havoc in the South-East.
The statement reads: “After our leadership initiated the Monday sit-at-home order to demand the release of our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU, who is currently being illegally detained at DSS dungeon, he directed IPOB leadership to stop the sit-at-home to avoid criminals capitalizing on that to harm our people.
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“Though some Biafrans continued with Monday sit-at-home voluntarily, as our leader predicted, after the suspension order, some criminals and infiltrators hijacked it and started committing crimes and enforcing non-existent Monday sit-at-home.
“If indeed Governor Mba wants to return to normalcy on Mondays, he will have the support of IPOB because those enforcing non-existent Monday sit-at-home are criminals.
“Someone wants to penalize our people, anybody enforcing non-existent Monday sit-at-home order is not helping IPOB and our leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu. Every member of IPOB and Biafrans should be coming out on Mondays for their business.
“However, the Governor must know that Nigeria Police knows the criminals and the hideout of the criminals who enforce sit-at-home in some communities and claimed to be IPOB but are not. We are advising Peter Mba to ask his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is responsible for what is going on in Enugu State and other states. We listed some of the criminals in Enugu State and we will do such again to Dr Mbah.”