Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked those behind the Monday sit-at-home in the southeast region to stop the exercise.
Kanu who spoke through his lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), said he does not believe in the sit-at-home, insisting he could not be fighting for his people and at the same time shutting down their economy.
He cited the effect of the sit-at-home exercise on the social, economic, cultural, and political life of the people, lamenting that it has put the Igbo under psychological, physical and mental torture.
“I am now re-echoing again and again what Nnamdi Kanu told me, ”He does not believe in that sit-at-home on Mondays,” which cripples the social, economic, cultural, and political life of the people, putting them under psychological physical, and mental torture,” he said.
In a related development, the Enugu State Government, yesterday, announced that all the shops and businesses sealed for not opening on Monday would remain closed for one week.
The State Government on Monday, made real its threat to seal any business outfit that complied with the regular Monday sit-at-home.
At least 106 shops and two banks were closed for allegedly adhering to the sit-at-home order initiated by the Finland-based Simon Ekpa, the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The shops and banks were closed by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA.