The Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on South-East governors to take steps to end the sit-at-home ‘order’ forced on residents by agitators in the region.

The organisation lamented that the menace was crippling the economy and destroying lives.

Recall that some unidentified gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order killed four persons at two locations on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Imo State while two expatriates who were supervising the ongoing construction of phase two in the area were kidnapped.

But speaking with Saturday PUNCH, the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Chiedozie Ogbonnia, advised governors in the region to prioritise the welfare of the people in the area and end the activities of the “freedom fighters”.

According to him, the agitators of the Biafra nation were going about their activities not minding the negative impact on the people they claimed they were fighting for.

He said, “This is the first time I am seeing freedom fighters or whatever facing the barrel of the gun inwards, crippling the economy and destroying people. What is going on is very strange. Some of them think that by chanting, ‘Biafra Biafra,’ they will become Ojukwu. Unfortunately, they don’t know how we got here.

“I don’t understand how somebody can wake up from his house and begin to chant Biafra. It is nonsense. Anyone who wants Biafra should let us discuss for us to know whether we are embarking on it or not. This Biafra has created problems for us in the South-East.”

Ogbonnia said, “It is crippling the South-East economy, creating militancy and also unnecessary restiveness among the youth. It’s painful that somebody can wake up to begin to broadcast a sit-at-home (order). We condemn it vehemently and we ask that people should go about their businesses. The government of the South-East should rise to the occasion and ensure that citizens and businesses are protected.

kettykin:
Thieves and imbeciles are cashing out of the Biafran project, all Igbos have to do is stand in unison and declare the quest to pull out of Nigeria closed. The new dream will be to build a commercial and business Capital for Igbos off the southern Abia State that would link to the sea via obuaku port and would be at par with Johannesburg, Dubai etc . This will end the migration of Igbos out to those cities and pull Igbos out of the sinking, degrading Cities in Nigeria

Okoroawusa:

Wow! Who is your supplier? His product must be grade A.

kettykin:
Thieves and imbeciles are cashing out of the Biafran project, all Igbos have to do is stand in unison and declare the quest to pull out of Nigeria closed. The new dream will be to build a commercial and business Capital for Igbos off the southern Abia State that would link to the sea via obuaku port and would be at par with Johannesburg, Dubai etc . This will end the migration of Igbos out to those cities and pull Igbos out of the sinking, degrading Cities in Nigeria

Skyfornia:
The south east governors are not united.. this is a major problem.

Ndimkpurummiri:
These elders are uselessly useless
What is ordinary 5 days sit at home they are complaining

amliftedhigher:

You are an idiota you and your family. May your family be a victim of terrorist Simon Ekpa killings and destructions in Jesus Christ name. Amen

amliftedhigher:

You are an idiota you and your family. May your family be a victim of terrorist Simon Ekpa killings and destructions in Jesus Christ name. Amen

LeoDeKing:
Was it not this same useless Ohanaeze supporting those cannibalistic ipob pigs for killing security men in the east?

So how do the red cap clowns expect the governors to end the sit at home declared by Mazi Simon Ekpa.

asanausana91:
that is not the major problem, the major problem is that the citizens are not holding their governors accountable. The governors are traveling up and down doing anything they want while the citizens are blaming Buhari. This is democracy, Buhari has no right to force the governor to do anything. It is the citizens that vote for them that will force them to do what they want.

onumadu:
A Peter Obi presidency will end this nonsense decisively.
Obi has the energy, intelligence, and is far more stubborn than these terrorists.
He gave them a run in Anambra when he was governor.
He can do the same even far more as president.
Ohanaeze should do whatever they can to ensure an Obi presidency.
That is the only solution in near-term view.

kettykin:
Thieves and imbeciles are cashing out of the Biafran project, all Igbos have to do is stand in unison and declare the quest to pull out of Nigeria closed. The new dream will be to build a commercial and business Capital for Igbos off the southern Abia State that would link to the sea via obuaku port and would be at par with Johannesburg, Dubai etc . This will end the migration of Igbos out to those cities and pull Igbos out of the sinking, degrading Cities in Nigeria