The Economist is also accurate to state that they have come to a head under President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress administration.
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The sit-at-home instruction was contained in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday
As early as 6 am, many residents were seen glued to their transistor radios to listen to news about the trial.
There were rumours on Wednesday night that a group had planned to cause mayhem in the state, especially Aba if Kanu was not arraigned in court by the Federal Government.
Justice Binta Nyako, on Thursday, fixed the date after counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, informed that he had a notice of preliminary objection challenging the fresh seven-count charge filed against his client.
Private and public schools were under lock and key as students and teachers stayed at home.
This time, a shop and a trailer truck were set ablaze by hoodlums suspected to be enforcing the order at Eke-Obinagu suburb along the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway in Enugu East Council Area of the state.
The leader of the proscribed group was arraigned on fresh charges, including treason, by the Federal Government on Thursday
Banks, markets, shops and schools refused to open while most of the workforce in the state stayed indoors.
This has continued two months after the separatist group, IPOB, said it had cancelled its weekly sit-at-home order in protest against the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government.
Kanu is in the custody of the Directorate of State Services (DSS), following his forced Rendition from Kenya, while Adeyemo is in the custody of Beninese authorities, who apprehended him on the request of the Nigerian Government, awaiting Extradition to Nigeria, pending the outcome of his appeal against his arrest and detention. Kanu, sequel to his recent Extradition, was already standing trial on multiple counts, but jumped bailalleging assassination attempts on his life. Both men could face the death penalty if found guilty of the weighty allegations against them.
However, he said while the agitation, spearheaded by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra was justified, the method by which the group was going about the agitation was condemnable.
Beginning from the Central Command of IPOB (DOS), down to the unit level, there is serious chaos as the shepherd who arrogated the supreme commander title to himself is no longer around to control the sheep.
IPOB’s Ghost Monday directive initially received blanket support and compliance across the South East, but its subsequent negative multiplier toll on the economy and general wellbeing of the people soon became apparent, eliciting raucous public opprobrium against it, following which the secessionist group reviewed its initial stand by proceeding to issue a fresh directive that the sit-at-home should be observed only on the days Mazi Kanu is scheduled to appear in court.
The secessionist group said the ban begins today, and also declared October 1 a sit-at-home day.
Ajulo made the appeal in a statement in Lagos, entitled “A Plea of Amnesty for Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu and Others”.
Journalists are meant to shoulder the burden of informing the masses and also protect them from falsehood that could possibly harm their mental state.
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who hailed the judgement on Thursday, said the court also ordered her unconditional release and public apology.
The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, made this known on Wednesday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State.