Some residents of Enugu State, on Monday, took the streets to protest against the sit-at-home order which had posed a threat to social and commercial activities in the region.
The protesters who came out in their numbers were seen brandishing placards with different inscriptions such as ‘Enough is Enough’, ‘Fearful Match Against Sit-At-Home’ and so on.
Punch Metro had reported that the self-acclaimed the Finland-based Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, Simon EkpaS has vowed to announce another week-long lockdown with palliative across the Southeast, adding it will be simultaneous with stopping oil exploitation from Biafra soil.
On July 11, 2023, the agitator gave five reasons South Easterners must comply with the recent order, explaining that the immediate and unconditional release of the IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was sacrosanct, noting that the sit-at-home order was to facilitate the freedom of Biafra nation.
He said, “Following the demand by the Biafra people for more sit at home civil disobedience, the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government In Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be a sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 31 July, 2023 to 14 August, 2023.
“The immediate and unconditional release of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who remains illegally detained at the DSS dungeon.
“In preparation for “Biafra’s self-referendum and to further put the world on notice that Biafrans are taking their future into their own hands.
“To invalidate the illegitimacy of those who parade themselves as Nigeria’s representatives within Biafran territory.
“The sit at home will therefore take place in the following order: Monday, 31 July, 2023 to Friday, 4 August 2023 and there will be total lockdown in Biafraland.
Ekpa said, on Saturday, 6th August, and Sunday, 7th August, the two-week long sit-at-home will go on break as all Biafran markets will be opened.
“From Monday, 7th August to Friday, 11 August, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland while on Saturday, 12 August and Sunday, 13 August 2023 there will be a break as all Biafran markets will open.
“On Monday, 14 August, there will be lockdown in Biafraland. We hereby call on all market leaders to strictly adhere to this order and treat it with utmost seriousness.
“We also call on all oil companies operating in the Biafran territory to shutdown oil exploration on these dates to avoid the anger of the Biafran people, which may come with heavy consequences.”
However, some residents of the Enugu State had summoned courage to protest the anomally which had ravaged the region both socially and economically.
