South-East pain spreads to Lagos, IPOB sit-at-home becomes Monday of horror, transporters, traders count losses, blood flows in Igboland - Punch Newspapers

Although a separatist group in the South-East, the Indigenous People of Biafra, has suspended every Monday sit-at-home it ordered in the zone, operators of buses, which ply Lagos-South-East lament effects of the order on their operations, VICTOR AYENI and ADEPEJU ADENUGA write

The members of the IPOB separatist group or the Eastern Security Network has been clamouring for an independent state of Biafra in the Old Eastern region consisting of Southeastern states. On July 30, 2021, IPOB in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, declared that every Monday starting from August 9, there would be a sit-at-home form of protest until Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, is released from the custody of the Department of State Security.

In the same month, two travellers were burnt to death with shops and vehicles, including buses belonging to Libra and Okey transport companies reportedly set ablaze in Imo State. “It felt like I was running away for committing a crime. Everyone in the 14-seater bus held their breath when they saw a crowd of protesters. At a point, they stopped our cars and we had to chant, ‘We are for Biafra! This is Biafra land!’ Even after all that, they impounded our vehicles and told us to wait. We had to wait till about 9pm.According to a report by the Nigerian Informer, Lagos to Eastern Nigeria route is one of the busiest routes in Nigeria as it is ever busy 24 hours a day.

For instance, an official of Young Shall Grow Motors in Lagos, who who pleaded anonymity for fear of attack, confided in our correspondents that the sit-at-home had badly affected their business. In the same vein, a customer service officer at God is Good Motors, who simply identified himself as Oluwaseyi, also told our correspondent that the sit-at-home had badly affected their revenue because their buses no longer ply five routes.

Blood flows in Igboland? Chai see news! We've not heard blood flow in katsina, Kaduna Niger o. Mtcheeeeeeeeew

Blood flows in Igboland but milk and honey flows in the north. 😂😂kontinue

I do not know why is always publishing fake news headlines

Milk and honey of residents and security flowing in the North 🚶

Propagandists. You’ll be alright

All of you working have it in mind that hence the zoo called Nigeria break in to pieces all you will go down with the zoo because you people are evil. Always twisting narratives trying to paint IPOB black even when they're whiter than white.

Blood flows in igboland , wow ,such exaggeration and twist of facts .....

By the way, why are the members of ipob that are based in Lagos not sitting at home too? Cowardice or selfishness?

The insect eating the vegetables lives underneath its leaves.

This is how you spread fake news without Critical and investigative journalism

Sad

You can paint it the way you like but one thing is INVITABLE. BIAFRA MUST COME. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ The earlier you know this, the better for all.

You guys think that when you say chika(not his real name) it will make your story believable

Nigeria must loss, the economy must b grounded, we must sit home so that it must hit buhari. And after burning down their region nd it economy, the fools will head to park for d next motor to Lagos,awon weerey

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Sit at home will draw awareness. It's a way to protest

D south east tribes should protest against d minority Africa diaspora sponsored ethnic extremists who are using guns & machete to hold d south east hostage , they have become so radicalize with d Anti Nigeria ideology , that only a vigorous protest in mass can stop them

Historically, boycotts have been used as tools of resistance but ultimately failed. Do you know why? Because there was no economic might to back it up. There was no manufacturing in the land to support their ambition. Will history repeat itself or have they learned from the past?

They are doing Buhari

Grim choice by our brother from the south east Nigeria.

Paid agents of darkness

trash talk…

Rubbish

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