The pro-Biafran group emphasized the need to provide clarification due to the tension and panic caused by these unfounded rumors. The speculations of a one-week sit-at-home, allegedly declared by Simon Ekpa's faction of IPOB, have been circulating across the region for several days.
In response to this, IPOB's spokesperson, Emma Powerful, released a statement on Monday urging residents of the South-East to disregard the "rabble-rousers" and affirming that there is no such directive for a sit-at-home.
The statement further emphasized that the leadership of IPOB, including the Directorate of State and supreme leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, publicly dissociate themselves from any purported call for a one-week sit-at-home for Biafrans.
“These clarifications have become necessary because Biafrans have sent inquiries asking if the IPOB leadership has called for a sit-at-home. IPOB is not part of such irresponsible order from government-paid agents whose agenda is to ridicule the struggle to restore Biafra sovereignty.
“Therefore, Biafrans should ignore the rabble-rousers. There is no sit-at-home scheduled. The purported one-week sit-at-home jingle on social media is not from IPOB. We are not in the business of issuing irresponsible and non-existent sit-at-home orders. IPOB is a responsible movement and family. Our aims and objectives are to give peace and freedom to our people not to inflict more pain on the pains Nigeria has already inflicted on us.
“Those who came from the back door are nothing but thieves. Thieves come to rob, kill, and destroy. The agent provocateurs are on the same mission as the Federal Government and its security agents to keep
“How can we be keeping our people indoors for one week at these harsh economic times in Nigeria? Our people should start reasoning. Some Federal Government agents are trying to make the South-East unattractive for our people to return to. They have failed.”
The group noted that those piloting IPOB affairs are intellectuals who know when to apply different strategies and cannot indulge in activities that will impact negatively the people.
