IPOB Has Cancel The One Week Sit-at-home And Urges Anambra People To Vote On Saturday

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cancelled their one week sit-at-home order across the South-East region of Nigeria. IPOB said the order was called off following consultations with elders, traditional rulers and religious leaders from the Southeast. Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday evening.

According to Emma Powerful; “Following the genuine intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional rulers and religious leaders, and after a due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the fact that our elders have spoken in our terms, the leadership of IPOB ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu hereby and immediately Call Off The One Week Sit At Home earlier declared to commence on November 5, 2021 to November 10, 2021.

“We have equally considered several appeals by our mothers who earn their living based on their daily economic activities which will obviously be affected if Biafra land is locked down for one whole week. It is never our intention to add to the pains of our people, hence our decision to suspend the sit-at-home was resolved.

“IPOB leadership is only interested in our referendum and peaceful agitation for self determination, and cannot by under any guise be seen to be interfering with any electoral process,” the statement concluded.

The separatist group urged the people of Anambra State to come out en masse and vote for candidates of their choice on Saturday.

According to the words of IPOB spokesman; “The people of Anambra State should go out en masse and peacefully exercise their franchise come 6th November 2021 and accordingly, chose a leader of their Choice and should not be intimidated by anybody, group of persons or security agents.

“Credible intelligence available to us confirmed that the Nigeria DSS has concluded arrangement to deploy a branch of their trained terrorist group to Anambra state come November 6th 2021, to unleash mayhem on our people and attribute the killing to peaceful IPOB members.

“Anambra people should vote and standby to protect their votes. No rigging of any kind will be tolerated on the Anambra State governorship election. It must be transparent, free and fair to all. We wish to thank Biafrans, IPOB members worldwide, friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom for their continued support for our persistent struggle for independence,” IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful stated.