Residents of Enugu metropolis on
Thursday went about their normal activities and disregarded the sit-at-home
order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The outlawed group had on May 28,
in a statement, directed the residents to observe a sit-at-home order in memory
of those who lost their lives in the Nigeria-Biafra war from 1967 to 1970.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
correspondent, who monitored the situation in Enugu metropolis, observed that
there was no sign of compliance as the roads were busy with vehicular traffic
and many people were going about their activities.
At Agbani Road axis, there was
heavy traffic as many people including school children and workers were
boarding commercial buses to their different destinations.
Public and private schools in the
metropolis were opened for normal academic activities for the day.
Kenyatta, Garki and Akwata
markets in the metropolis as well as banks were opened for business, while
traders were busy displaying their goods as usual.
A businessman, Mr Francis
Ugochukwu, said that everyone had to struggle on a daily basis for his or her
livelihood, saying that IPOB would not provide food for anyone.
“It is high time we all learn our
lesson. IPOB had deceived us a lot with its seat-at-home order and at the end
of the whole thing, nothing happens, enough is enough,” Ugochukwu said.
He said that previous sit-at-home
orders by IPOB had never favoured anyone, rather people counted losses in their
businesses for staying at home.
The businessman noted that he
would be the last person to observe such an order again, describing the IPOB
members as jobless people.
Mrs Mary Uzondu, a civil servant,
said that IPOB did not employ her and had no right to stop her from going to
work.
Uzondu said that there was no
sign of the order in her neighborhood as everyone was going about his or her
duty.
Miss Ifunanya Chukwu, a student,
said she was not ready to obey any illegal order, saying that IPOB could not
distort her academic activities for the day.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had
on Sept. 21, 2017, given judicial backing to the Executive Order of President
Muhammadu Buhari, outlawing the IPOB and declared its activities as acts of
terrorism and illegality.
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