The Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor
of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, on Sunday said the governors of the zone
are prepared to fight against the IPOB sit-at-home order, describing it as
devilish and foolish.
Umahi lamented that the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, if not stopped by the five governors of the zone will
cripple economic development and pursue investors from the region.
The governor ordered the immediate confiscation of shops
owned by traders who will not open up for businesses on Monday tomorrow.
He equally ordered for an immediate sack of civil servants who will not come to work tomorrow Monday, and called on security chiefs in the south east zone to deploy security officers to streets to avert breakdown of law and order.
Umahi made this known while addressing members of the All
Progressive Congress, APC, stakeholders emergency meeting that took place at
the ecumenical centre, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
According to him, “Any trader that does not open up their
shops for businesses will be taken over by the government. South east region is
gradually being destroyed by IPOB sit-at-home. We have to fight it. We have to
say no to that.
“You have to listen to me. A lot of federal agencies have
placed Ebonyi state on red alert. I Give you an example, it took me going to
Abuja to convince the aviation industry to do some approval to our airport.
“Southeast is under red alert as a result of IPOB
sit-at-home and it is out of foolishness.
“Many civil servants did not go to work, we decided not to pay them, but the spirit of God prevailed and we forgave everybody. But tomorrow’s own, anybody that fails to go to work, will definitely seize to be a civil servant in Ebonyi.”
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