The Indigenous People of Biafra has backed the Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mba, on his commitment to end the Monday sit-at-home in the state, adding that they are supporting him to stop it because IPOB had already stopped it.
IPOB said these in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Monday, while also reminding Mba that the group had already suspended the exercise before some criminal elements hijacked it.
The group said, “After our leadership initiated the Monday sit-at-home order to demand for the release of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leadership has long directed stoppage of the exercise to avoid criminals capitalising on that to harm our people.
“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.
The pro-Biafran group, however, cautioned the Governor against the use of force on the people, saying the police know the criminals enforcing the “non-existent sit-at-home. They noted that while the exercise is gradually winding down across the South-East, Mba should avoid the use of force to clamp down on the people as this would create anarchy.
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