The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the every Monday sit-at-home order in the South-East and wants those behind the enforcement of the order crushed.
This is as IPOB insisted it had no hand in the order, and said that those behind it deserved no pity.
It called on the South-East governors to “deal decisively” with the hoodlums.
This was contained in a statement the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued on Tuesday, in reaction to the shootings on Monday in Enugu.
Shootings were also reported in Anambra State the same day.
Noting that IPOB authorised nobody to enforce sit-at-home order, Powerful said, “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.”
Powerful, who said that IPOB “is now ready to confront these criminals,” called on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and other governors in the South-East to provide security for the residents of the region.
He said, “Those shooting sporadically in the market are criminals and bandits using the name of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and ESN to humiliate our people and demonise the movement. Their aim is to give the federal government an excuse to hold our leader perpetually in detention.
“Henceforth, ESN operatives will come from the bushes and forests and go after these criminals unleashing mayhem on innocent people and visitors to Biafra land in the name of enforcing non-existent Monday sit-at-home order.”