Our correspondent, who monitors the situation, reports that while vehicles flooded the roads in all parts of the State, buses rendered intra city services in urban centres.
Browsing: sit-at-home
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, expressed the fears on Thursday.
The call for the sit-at-home was contained in a statement by the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, on Monday.
The students and staff were pursued by enforcers of the Sit-at-home order while they were about to write the West African Examination Council (WAEC) English Language Examination.
The Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, said in a statement that it is unacceptable for any individual or group to instill fear in the people to the extent of negatively impacting the education of school children.
Nnamani, who made the call in a statement issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja, noted that the order has brought the economy and social life in the region to its knees, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
It was gathered that the incident happened around 6 am on Monday at Eluagu Obukpa, in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.
This is consequent to the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday.
Despite the suspension, many people remained indoors for fear the unexpected might happen to them.
Three buses were reportedly set ablaze in the industrial city of the state while a Toyota Camry vehicle was seen abandoned along the street with the driver said to have fled.
The News Agency of Nigeria observed on Tuesday that vehicular movements have resumed while some major markets, malls, schools, banks, filling stations and motor parks are bubbling with activities.
In Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, people were seen relaxing on tarred streets and roads because there was totally no vehicular movement.
People relax on roads as IPOB sit-at-home receives total compliance
NAN recalls that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra; Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM) and other pro-Biafra groups have unanimously issued their annual sit-at-home order for May 30 and May 31.
These were some of the sights in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State on Monday following the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The News Agency of Nigeria reporter who monitored the development on Saturday in Owerri, reports that residents of the state have deserted markets and streets of the state capital for safety.
Residents of Owerri, the Imo capital, on Thursday, defied the sit-at-home order from the Independent People of Biafra and went about their normal businesses.
Commercial activities in Awka and environs was partially shut down on Thursday following the coincidence of sit-at-home called by pro-Biafran groups and Ascension Thursday observed as Holy Day by Catholic faithful.
The Police Command in Anambra has described the rate of compliance with Friday’s sit-at-home order by the Independent People of Biafra in the state as low.
Commercial banks, markets and business outlets in Umuahia, the Abia capital, opened for business on Friday, defying the sit-at-home order by the Independent People of Biafra.