The ban was contained in a statement jointly issued by IPOB’s Head of Directorate, Chika Edozien, and the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.
IPOB also banned consumption of Fulani cow meat during festive seasons or any other occasion in Igboland. It warned that it would no longer tolerate eating of cow meat, and barred Igbo from patronising those who sell Fulani cows or use such for celebrations of any kind. At different times, especially in the last three years, the people of the zone had either been ordered to stay at home or engage in other activities against their wishes. For instance, residents of the region had been ordered to sit at home for Biafra anniversary and for anniversary of the day soldiers allegedly invaded the Afaraukwu residence of Kanu in Umuahia. The directive had also been used as a strategy to boycott some Federal Government’s activities in the zone, among others.
While some residents, especially heads of primary and secondary schools which reopened for the second term on Monday, January 10, 2022, are yet to digest the new order, some gun welding persons believed to be members of IPOB have returned to the streets to enforce the Monday sit-at-home order, which the group said it had cancelled since last September.
“We have severally explained that IPOB has not authorised anybody to enforce Monday sit-at-home which has been suspended since September 19, 2021. Anybody unleashing sorrow on innocent citizens under the guise of enforcing sit-at-home order is a criminal and does not deserve pity. They maintain that Ndigbo have not been given their pride of place; they have continued to be treated as second-class citizens in a country where they are bona fide citizens. Therefore, anything short of exiting the country is not acceptable to them.
“You have not talked about the negative image that is being created in the zone as one that is unstable and not friendly to investors. The constant movement of our people out of the zone to a more conducive area. These are the issues. Apart from these, sit-at-home is declared at will for reasons best known to those behind it. No economy can thrive in this kind of atmosphere.”
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