Residents of Imo state, completely obeyed the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in solidarity with Wednesday’s court case in Abuja, of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Also, the residents of Orlu and Okigwe joined in the sit-at-home order where the streets were deserted.
Some of the streets such as Wethedral, Douglas, Owerri-Port-Harcourt, Owerri-Onitsha and Owerri-Aba roads, also, the streets of Mbari, Okigwe, Mbaise roads, the situation was not different from the areas of Tetlow, Egbu, Dick tiger, MCC/Uratta, IMSU roundabout, Akwakuma, Amakohia, Spibat, Orji streets among others.
It was gathered that banks, shops, major markets of Ekeukwu, Relief markets shut down in solidarity with IPOB leaders. Schools, Restaurants, entries, supermarkets and fuel stations all closed down in obedience to the sit-at-home.
The situation is said to be was even more serious in the Okigwe and Orlu axis, due to the level of killings and insecurity that have been witnessed in these areas for almost a year.