The sit at home called by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) flopped in Enugu yesterday as residents went about their normal daily activities unmolested. The poor compliance by residents is being blamed on the call by a faction of MASSOB led by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo among others who asked Ndigbo to defy the sit-at-home order. It also posted notice of the sit-at-home order in strategic locations across the zone. A trader at New Market, Uchenna Ugwu told the Guardian, that the IPOB had deceived them a lot, stressing that the “sit-at-home order has not improved our welfare as Igbo people”Ugwu, said, “It is a voluntary thing. Delta, Bayelsa, Enugu and Ebonyi recorded 85% compliance with Enugu capital city and Abakaliki with skeletal human presence, most of which are government staff.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2018 15:11 UTC