Barely a week after Southeast governors and leaders resolved to end the Monday sit-at-home by the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), residents of the region yesterday maintained their compliance with the directive of the outlawed group out of fear.
Yesterday’s sit-at-home dubbed ‘Ghost Monday’ was the 9th since it began on August 9.
According to The Nation, many streets and markets were deserted in Enugu, Anambra, Imo, and Abia.
Checkout Magazine had reported that the Southeast governors and leaders reached a resolution last week to do everything within the law to ensure that there was no sit-at-home in the zone. They advised that people should be allowed to move freely.
But, residents of the region ignored the assurance of the leaders and remained at home out of fear.
According to The Nation, banks, shops, parks, and fuel stations were closed in Enugu. Some markets and government offices were open, but there was no life in them.
In Awka, capital of Anambra State, traders scampered for safety as gunshots boomed at the popular Eke-Awka Market during the sit-at-home
In Onitsha and Nnewi, banks, markets, and shops were also locked.
The situation was the same in Imo State. Although, some workers, who braced the situation, said they met their offices empty.
The busy city of Aban in Abia State, was without its usual traffic gridlock yesterday.
