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IPOB dares Soludo, declares tomorrow Monday as ‘sit-at-home’ day

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 Aminu Imam

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have announced a sit-at-home order for Monday, February 2, 2026, across the five South-East states. The group described the action as a “Biafra-wide solidarity lockdown”. The announcement comes after Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, ordered traders in the state to resume business on Mondays, and shut down the Onitsha Main Market for one week. In an issued statement signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said the sit-at-home is meant to show support for Onitsha traders and to demand the…

Sit-at-home: IPOB dares Soludo

January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 Aminu Imam

…Tell residents to defy market closure The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has saluted the people of Anambra State for observing the Monday sit-at-home despite threats by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Residents, including traders, had stayed indoors on Monday because of the sit-at-home directive, forcing the governor to shut down Onitsha Main Market for one week. It was gathered that the shutdown could be extended to a month if traders refuse to open their shops next Monday. Reacting in a statement yesterday, IPOB, through its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the people…

Despite Ekpa�s arrest in Finland, loyalist insists on ‘sit-at-home� in S’East

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

A loyalist of the self-confessed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has insisted that the weekly sit-at-home in the South-East would continue despite their principal�s arrest by security agents in Finland. A member of the group, Ngozi Orabueze, announced this in a statement posted on the X platform on Sunday night. Orabueze, who described herself as the Chief of Staff to Ekpa and the acting Prime Minister of the Biafran Republic Government in Exile, (BRGIE), said the sit-at-home order still exists with or without the former.…

IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu replaces Monday�s sit-at-home with �Economic Empowerment Day�

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 Aminu Imam

The detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has replaced Monday�s cancelled sit-at-home directive in the South-East region with a new programme he called the �Economic Empowerment Day (EED)�. This was made known yesterday, in a statement issued by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. Powerful said that the new directive by Kanu was a further confirmation of the total cancellation of all forms of sit-at-home in the entire South-East by the IPOB leader. He explained that during the economic empowerment exercise, people…

Nnamdi Kanu disowns Ekpa, orders end to sit-at-home

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

The leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB)Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, declared an end to all sit-at-home order in the South-East region and any other proposed means aimed by the group at forcing the Government to release him from detention. Kanu made the declaration in a handwritten letter authorised to his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, to be read out to newsmen during a world press conference held in Enugu yesterday. The IPOB leader stated that anyone henceforth engaging in any sit-at-home in the region is no longer his disciple.…

Enugu residents protest IPOB�s Monday�s sit-at-home

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

Residents of Enugu State yesterday trooped out and marched around the streets of the State capital in protest against the continued Monday sit-at-home directive issued by the proscribed in the State. This came as the State Government officials reportedly moved around parts of the state capital yesterday and sealed businesses that continued to obey IPOB�s sit-at-home Recall that the State Governor, Peter Mbah, on June 5 banned Monday�s sit-at-home in the State and urged residents to go about their legitimate duties. However, as early as 8 am yesterday, the residents…

Sit-at-Home: ‘Protect Northerners’, Arewa group tells South-East Govs.

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

As the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) sit-at-home violence escalates, the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has asked governors of South-Eastern states to take measures to protect the lives and property of Northerners living in South-Eastern communities. This was contained in a statement issued by the AYCF�s President, Yarima Shettima, and made available to newsmen in Kaduna, on Thursday. The statement condemned the �mindless, unrelenting violent disturbances� caused by certain South-East interest groups in the form of the agitation for a separate state of Biafra. Aware that the perpetrators…

Simon Ekpa declares IPOB �sit-at-home� for Igbos in Lagos

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

Finland-based self-acclaimed member of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has declared a �sit-at-home� directive for Igbos residing in Lagos State over an alleged attack on them. In a social media post yesterday, Ekpa said the sit-at-home exercise is necessary to cripple the economy of the Lagos State government. He assured Igbo marketers and traders in Lagos that there will be maximum security for them during the exercise even as they prepare to move their businesses to the Eastern region of Nigeria. Ekpa stressed that the sit-at-home…

NLC orders ‘sit-at-home’ over fuel, naira scarcity

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says, “We can’t keep suffering because of this misrule” The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State Chapter, has ordered all civil servants in the State to sit at home if the scarcity of fuel and naira persists as of yesterday. Reports said the NLC chairperson in the State, Beatrice Itubo, gave the directive while briefing newsmen, saying, �We have declared a sit-at-home for all workers from Monday till further notice if the fuel crisis and crazy transportation fare hike continues”. Mrs. Itubo, who is the governorship candidate of the Labour…

South-East: Sit-at-home order has cost traders N3.8trillion � Report

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Aminu Imam

The current state of insecurity and sit-at-home protest in the South-East region has led to economic losses estimated at almost N4 trillion, a new report by DevEast Foundation, a non-profit and business advocacy organisation, has revealed. Recall that last year, the sit-at-home directive was introduced in the region by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial for alleged treason and terrorism. However, on August 14, 2021, the group announced a suspension of the order but modified it…