IPOB denies plan to resume Monday sit-at-home in South-East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied plans to resume the Monday sit-at-home order, calling a purported police intelligence report a fabricatio Read More:…
The sit-at-home order, enforced for years across South-East Nigeria, has been one of the most disruptive consequences of the agitation for Biafra independence led by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a proscribed separatist group. Originally called to press for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, the weekly shutdown of businesses, schools, and transport crippled economic activity in states like Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, and Enugu, even after IPOB officially suspended the directive, as hoodlums and factions continued to enforce it, often violently.
This latest controversy stems from a reported police intelligence briefing suggesting IPOB intended to reinstate the Monday lockdown, a claim the group has firmly rejected as fabricated. The dispute highlights the ongoing tension between security agencies and IPOB over who controls the sit-at-home narrative, and underscores residents' anxiety each time such rumours resurface, given the economic losses and security risks tied to past enforcement. What remains unclear is the source and motive behind the alleged police report, and whether any fringe elements might attempt to enforce a shutdown regardless of IPOB's official position.