Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) has advised Governor Mbah not to use security agents to forcefully stop the sit-at-home order.
Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, yesterday, said drafting security agents to quell the directive would amount to giving license for the killing of its members and people from the South East.
He said IPOB had already suspended the sit-at-home directive and advised that caution should be applied by the governor in trying to stop those still enforcing it.
Powerful assured Mbah of IPOB’s support for the complete eradication of the sit-at-home order.
He also warned those still enforcing the order to desist or have themselves to blame.
“ Enugu State Governor should encourage our people to go about their businesses on Mondays, but never order security to force people out. The Monday sit-at-home is already winding down and shouldn’t be used to allow military or police coerce our people.
“Dr. Peter Mba, please never make the same mistake Prof. Soludo made by using Nigeria security to stop Monday sit-at-home . Any attempt to stop the sit-at-home in this way is an indirect way of killing our people. Such moves will always be counterproductive.”
“We support him to stop the Monday sit-at-home, and we have stopped the sit-at-home. Such measures failed in Ebonyi, Imo, and Anambra, and it will fail in Enugu. Allow the Monday sit-at-home to die off naturally by engaging our people.
“Meanwhile, IPOB is on standby to assist on the best approach to end Monday sit-at-home, where it still exists so that it won’t escalate the tensed security situation. If you use force on our people, you will fail,” Powerful said.