{"id":279259,"date":"2023-07-12T18:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=279259"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:24:46","slug":"simon-ekpas-declaration-theres-nothing-like-sit-at-home-in-ebonyi-nwifuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/12\/simon-ekpas-declaration-theres-nothing-like-sit-at-home-in-ebonyi-nwifuru\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Ekpa\u2019s declaration: There\u2019s nothing like sit-at-home in Ebonyi \u2014 Nwifuru"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong> Simon Ekpa\u2019s led faction of IPOB had declared that the sit-at-home will take place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Governor Francis Nwifuru said the State is unaware<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has declared that there is nothing like sit-at-home in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Simon Ekpa\u2019s faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra had declared that \u201cThe sit-at-home will therefore take place in the following order: Monday 31\u201d July 2023 to Friday 4th August 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaturday 6th August 2023 and Sunday 6th August 2023 (Break), all Biafran markets will open; 11h July 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonday 7th August 2023 to Friday 11h August 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland; Saturday 12th August 2023 and Sunday 13th August 2023 (Break), all Biafran markets will open; Monday 14th August 2023 there will be lockdown in Biafraland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hereby call on all market leaders to strictly adhere to this order and treat it with utmost seriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the Governor of Ebonyi State while fielding questions from journalists shortly after participating in a meeting of Ohaneze Ndigbo with Governors , House of Assembly Speakers National Assembly Members and other Leaders from the South East zone at Imo State Governor\u2019s Lodge Asokoro, Abuja, said what played out a week ago in Ebonyi State was a case of miscreants who attempted to put fear in residents and disrupt businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I am surprised to hear sit -at home from you because there is nothing like sit- at home in Ebonyi. We never for one day observed sit -at \u2013 home and I know you are aware .<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Some people only wanted to know if they can start putting tension on people and we said no, they don\u2019t have such powers, they can\u2019t do that and it didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Police in Ebonyi State is yet to make an official statement regarding the declaration of sit at home by Simon Ekpa\u2019s led faction of IPOB.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of 26 sit-at-home enforcers suspected of belonging to the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, who were apprehended on Wednesday, were accused of randomly shooting and attacking people celebrating a birthday in a hotel near Irete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Ekpa\u2019s led faction of IPOB had declared that the sit-at-home will take place Governor Francis Nwifuru said the State is unaware Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has declared that there is nothing like sit-at-home in the State. 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