#EndSARS anniversary: IPOB denies ordering sit-at-home for three days
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied reports that they ordered a three day-sit-at-home action which reportedly ought to take action on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, this week, respectively, in commemoration of the first anniversary of the #EndSARS nationwide protest.
The group described the reports making rounds as fake news in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful.
They noted that they had only approved a sit-at-home order on Thursday, a day its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is expected to be arraigned by the Federal Government at the Federal High court in Abuja.
IPOB said that it cancelled its weekly sit-at-home order when it observed that unnamed people wanted to cash in on it to unleash mayhem on people of the South East region.
The statement read in part, “The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra ably led by our great and indefatigable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the fabricated statement being circulated by mischief makers and paid agents of darkness that IPOB had directed Biafrans to sit-at-home Monday, October 18; Tuesday, October 19; and Thursday, October 21 for our leader, and One year anniversary of #EndSARS protest.
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“We want to make it categorically clear that the above purported statement did not emanate from IPOB, and we completely dissociate with such falsehood. IPOB did not issue any sit-at-home order except on October 21 when our leader is expected to appear in court.”
The statement further urged members of the group to shun the report.
