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The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared Monday, February 2, 2026, a sit-at-home across the South-East, comprising Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo states, saying the action is in solidarity with traders at the Onitsha Main Market.

PUNCH Online reports that Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Monday ordered the closure of the Onitsha Main Market for one week, citing continued observance of the sit-at-home declared by IPOB since July 30, 2021.

The governor had said the sit-at-home was crippling the state’s economy and warned against further compliance with the order.

However, traders at the market said the sit-at-home was in solidarity with the detained leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on charges related to separatist agitation.

In a statement issued on Friday and obtained by our correspondent, IPOB accused Soludo of working with “Abuja collaborators” to undermine the rights of Igbo traders and the Biafran self-determination movement.

The group announced what it described as a “Biafra-wide solidarity strike,” calling for a total shutdown of economic activities across the South-East and other Biafran territories on February 2.

The statement read in part, “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, hereby declares a Biafra-wide solidarity strike, a complete lockdown of all economic activities across Igboland and wider Biafran territories, on Monday, February 2, 2026.


“This action is a direct response to the closure of the Onitsha Main Market by the Anambra State Governor and threats of further punitive measures against traders for observing the Monday sit-at-home.”

IPOB described the market closure as an attack on traders’ livelihoods, insisting that the sit-at-home was a voluntary act of solidarity and not enforced by the group.

The group called on residents of the South-East to remain indoors on the said date and refrain from commercial activities, urging supporters to conduct themselves peacefully and lawfully.

“On Monday, February 2, 2026, we call on all Biafrans across Anambra, Abia, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi and beyond to observe this solidarity strike peacefully,” the statement added.

IPOB reiterated its demand for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu and accused the Anambra State Government of escalating tensions through what it described as economic intimidation of traders.

The Anambra State Government has yet to respond to the latest declaration as of the time of filing this report.

Source: https://punchng.com/ipob-declares-february-2-sit-at-home-across-seast-faults-soludo

They should make it 4 days a week sit at home...

One day is not enough to pass our message.

We must make a bold statement by showing our solidarity and support!

AqualinaXYZ:
Yoruba people go soon begin cry now




Una hate S. East yet una no wan allow them go




Always begging them to stay in the zoogeria

Wetin concern Yoruba with the m@dne$ going on over there. You people can sit at home for a whole full year for all we care.
And oga, nobody is begging you to stay.

AqualinaXYZ:
Yoruba people go soon begin cry now




Una hate S. East yet una no wan allow them go




Always begging them to stay in the zoogeria

You and sense get quarrel walahi

mascot87:
Wetin concern Yoruba with the m@dne$ going on over there. You people can sit at home for a whole full year for all we care.
And oga, nobody is begging you to stay.

That aqualinaxyz is not even a true Igbo man, he is a wannabe from Rivers State, he also goes by the moniker ESNbrutality.

I have Landed .

Omo, why are you quoting me , you this APC EDO chapter propagandist.

Burob:
That aqualinaxyz is not even a true Igbo man, he is a wannabe from Rivers State, he also goes by the moniker ESNbrutality.

esnbrutality:
I have Landed .

Omo, why are you quoting me , you this APC EDO chapter propagandist.

U have landed indeed, very funny Clown, I beg go one nest siddon for one corner.

brain54:
They should make it 4 days a week sit at home...

One day is not enough to pass our message.

We must make a bold statement by showing our solidarity and support!

But Soludo made it a week and you were shouting.

Because of our love for money in Igboland, we have abandoned western education and as a result raised senseless youths who act before they think. The way they are deceived is second to non. They sheepishly clap for people destroying Igboland and attack those that condemn violence against "ndi Igbo". What is the result, they avoid their villages when everywhere had become hostile , dangerous.

mascot87:
Wetin concern Yoruba with the m@dne$ going on over there. You people can sit at home for a whole full year for all we care.
And oga, nobody is begging you to stay.

Keep quiet. "Wetin concern yoruba ".. But you are the first to always cry in matters not your business. When the so called IPOB declares any sit at home, some data are the first to cry. When soludo does his illegalities, thessme datas will rush and start talking nonsense

You are obviously denying the obvious. Did you by any all means fail your further Taqyiyah lessons from Sheikh Gumi? This denail is so lowkey

DatNiggaDaz:


Keep quiet. "Wetin concern yoruba ".. But you are the first to always cry in matters not your business. When the so called IPOB declares any sit at home, some data are the first to cry. When soludo does his illegalities, thessme datas will rush and start talking nonsense

You are obviously denying the obvious. Did you by any all means fail your further Taqyiyah lessons from Sheikh Gumi? This denail is so lowkey

Oga, I no really read the nonsense you wrote. Me I no send your pap1 for here o

mascot87:
Oga, I no really read the nonsense you wrote. Me I no send your pap1 for here o

You don throw insult like data wey get mind.. ;

Why are you sweating all over this sit home ? Na your billions ? Na your area ? Weting concern data? Every sit at home thread you dey inside dey vex but still dey form e nö concern you.

Wetin shele ? Everything dey normal so ?

Good one from ipob leadership,,, now we go know who truly is in charge.

Nice move by IPOB. Onitsha main market traders have already shown that they are tired of their business. Time for Governor Soludo to repurpose the market for something better. But I am curious why IPOB terrorists didn't do the same thing when Governor Peter Mbah came hard on traders abiding with sit at home in Enugu.

Lol
It seems we now have two governments in the eastern region of this con3

This is madness at its peak

Soludo is the problem of the EASt

are you the only Governor

There should be no peace for terrorists!

Why not the whole of February. At least that will make more sense.

Soludo should declare another week of shut down then. All SE governors should follow suite.

AqualinaXYZ:
Yoruba people go soon begin cry now




Una hate S. East yet una no wan allow them go




Always begging them to stay in the zoogeria

What is the business of Yorubas with landlocked region
Abeg 1 day is too small make 5 days
Mumu people chest beating is their regular trades mark

Lol.. This IPOB wey say make dem open onitsha main market no go open market when government close am.

I been think say IPOB government pass Soludo government.

since escalating issues started







OBI yet to ganusi





assuming is Southwest.

This is getting interesting. Let's see who the traders will obey, government or the secessionist group. The governor obviously has the upper hand, all he just need to do is if they don't open on Monday he closes the market for another week, upper Monday too the same thing till they yield. Easy peasy!

So who issued the ‘directive’!?

COMRADES, I want this sit-at-home thing to come to an end abeg

AsomughaChuks02:
Nice move by IPOB. Onitsha main market traders have already shown that they are tired of their business. Time for Governor Soludo to repurpose the market for something better. But I am curious why IPOB terrorists didn't do the same thing when Governor Peter Mbah came hard on traders abiding with sit at home in Enugu.

That's to tell you that the problem is from within. If IPOB can lose relevance in other South East states then why the concentration on Anambra? Something is fishy somewhere...

Who is now the face of IPOB...... One dey jail for Finland, the other is chopping beans in kuje...... 😂😎

this is how boko haram start
federal government should look into it

Some naive Igbo will fall for this ruse!