Indigenous People of Biafra , Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to celebrate the annual Biafra Remembrance Day may be marred by violence and bloody clashes.
IPOB is suspected to be responsible for violent attacks on security operatives, security posts, INEC offices and several other government establishments across the region and parts of the South-south. Also, a tricycle operator in the state, Uzoma Osuoha, who hails from Imo State, said he would not like to risk his life, adding that he had already given his wife money to buy things.
The state’s police command says there’s no cause for alarm, as its duty is to protect the lives and property of the citizenry. Speaking with The Nation in Awka, the command’s Public Relations’ Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, said they don’t deal with speculation, adding that the days being mentioned were like any other day to the police
“Hope Uzodinma and all those who had a hand in this wickedness will pay dearly. For murdering Ikonso, the ESN unit Commander, in cold blood, Uzodima has stirred the hornet’s nest! He should get ready for a sting,” the group threatened in a statement after the murder of Ikonso. “Though I don’t have money to buy foodstuff, I have cancelled going out because of the situation in the state and the country in general.“There are killings here and there and you expect us to come out when those that are killing people are asking us to stay at home?
“As far as I am concerned, I don’t think there is a need for panic buying. Moreover, the government has assured us that we should go about our normal businesses as they are there to protect us. That’s the assurance that is very important to all indigenes in the state.”Palpable apprehension pervades the atmosphere in Enugu State over the May 31 sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra to mark Biafra Day.
The Nation also learned that because of the outcome of the sit-at-home, a couple who had scheduled to have their traditional wedding on Sunday had shifted the ceremony to a later date. A trader, Uche Omeogo, and a tricycle operator, Ede Nwachukwu, said they would not come out that day for fear of the unknown.
There's nothing like the fear of violence anywhere except the combined Nigeria armed forces abducting and killing innocent young Igbo men everywhere and tagging them ESN or IPOB
The South-East does have legitimate concerns but resorting to measures that sound more like a terrorist organization and not employing sound tactics to get your voices heard(which it is by the way),you are only burning the house down and unfortunately the flames will get to you.