IPOB Warns Soludo over Monday Sit-at-Home Ban, Says Don’t Fight Your Own People to Impress Abuja

By Our Correspondent

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo against enforcing a ban on the Monday sit-at-home exercise, describing it as a lawful and peaceful civil protest, not a criminal act.

The warning, issued on Sunday by Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB’s Spokesperson and Media/Publicity Secretary, was prompted by reports that the governor threatened sanctions against citizens who observe the exercise in solidarity with IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, currently in detention.

The statement read in part:”The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and all lovers of justice has been drawn to the reported threat by Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo to penalise and intimidate citizens who choose to remain indoors on Mondays as a symbolic act of solidarity with our leader, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being unlawfully detained by enemies of the Igbo race and the Biafra restoration project which he leads.

“Let it be stated clearly and without ambiguity: Anambra is not a military barracks. The people are not tenants in their own land. No governor has the lawful power to compel free citizens to open their businesses or move about against their will, especially when their action is a peaceful, non-violent expression of conscience.”

IPOB emphasized that the sit-at-home is a voluntary act of civil disobedience and warned that any attempt to deploy task forces, enforcement squads, or other coercive measures would amount to illegal provocation.

“Governor Soludo must not fight his own people to impress Abuja,” the statement said, urging him instead to focus on governance, security, infrastructure, and job creation rather than threats.

The group also called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, describing him as “the symbol of our freedom and hope.”

IPOB reminded the governor that history has never been kind to leaders who attack their own citizens to gain favour with external powers and advised him to respect the will and dignity of the people.