A statement issued yesterday by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said its principal, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, did not direct Southeasterners to sit at home on the 4th day of October 2022 or any other day he is to appear in court.
He also urged members of the general public to go about their normal business activities on the said date.
Ejiofor went on to dismiss speculations that Kanu will appear at Federal High Court Umuahia, Abia State next Tuesday when a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed on his behalf is scheduled to be held.
This is as IPOB has said that the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar lacked the capacity of stopping the Biafra agitation.
The group which was reacting to a statement credited to Atiku claiming he would stop Biafra’s agitation if he becomes Nigerian President cautioned him against mentioning its name during his campaign in any part of the Southeast.
Clearing the air on Nnamdi Kanu’s position on the Monday sit-at-home, the separatist group’s lawyer, Ejiofor said: “Let the members of the general public be properly informed and appropriately guided, that we have the firm instruction of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to inform the public, lovers of freedom and UmuChineke, that Onyendu will not be coming to court on the 4th day of October 2022.
“As such, Onyendu neither directed, approved nor authorized anyone to declare a sit-at-home on that date.
“Members of the general public are advised to go about their normal business activities on this said date.”
