Despite the controversial sit-at-home directive by the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria’s South-East region, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he’ll hold his campaign rallies in Imo and Anambra States on Mondays.
According to the timetable issued by the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), the Asiwaju will hold his campaign rally and a stakeholders engagement in Imo State on Monday, November, 21.
The schedule of events also stated that the campaign train would travel to Anambra State on Monday, 30 January, where Asiwajus APC supporters would hold a rally.
Recall that IPOB declared the sit-at-home order in August 2021 in its bid to pressurise the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for treason and terrorism and has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, (DSS).
The proscribed separatist group initially declared the holiday for Mondays, but later extended it to every day Kanu appears in court.
According to the timetable, the APC will hold two rallies in Lagos and Kano States. In Lagos, rallies will be held on 3 December and 13 February; while for Kano, the rallies are scheduled to hold on January, 4 and February, 11.
The timetable, which also showed that Rivers State’s rally is scheduled for 1st December, says the Asiwaju will spend the second week of December on ‘international engagements’. The Osun State rally is scheduled for 24 January.
As for Abuja, (FCT), there will be a rally and musical concert on 8th February, while the Lagos State rally, scheduled to hold on February 13, will mark the end of the presidential campaign activities for the party and the last ten days before the election will be spent on ‘election planning’.
