{"id":44178,"date":"2021-05-30T17:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44178"},"modified":"2021-05-30T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:33:11","slug":"ipobs-sit-at-home-order-get-cutlasses-defend-yourselves-or-forfeit-your-shops-umahi-tells-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipobs-sit-at-home-order-get-cutlasses-defend-yourselves-or-forfeit-your-shops-umahi-tells-traders","title":{"rendered":"IPOB\u2019s sit-at-home order: Get cutlasses, defend yourselves or forfeit your shops \u2013 Umahi tells traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has warned that traders who comply with the Monday\u2019s sit-at-home order should be ready to forfeit their shops.<\/p>\n<p>He also charged those who have no weapon for self-defence to get cutlasses for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Umahi issued the warning in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the order by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to the people of South-East zone.<\/p>\n<p>The governor directed that all markets in the state should open for business on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere should be free movement of people in the state on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and other days of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should go to church on Sunday to pray for the nation\u2019s fallen security agents, civilians and peace and unity of the state and country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI challenge the youths, local government area chairman, security agents, Ebebeagu security outfit, among others, to ensure that no one is molested in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who has nothing to protect himself should do so with cutlass, which should be for protection and not for attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that all forms of procession had been banned in the state except those by youths organised by council chairmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been notified about such processions and they are being used to profile our people for empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI charge the Ebubeagu security outfit, which is backed by the state laws, to ensure that the people are protected,\u201d Umahi said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the state could not go into \u201csecond slavery under any guise\u201d, pointing out that \u201cthe secession the people need is massive economic development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be movement in other parts of the country, if there is none in the South-East so people should therefore ignore such order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEbonyi people are grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for all his assistance and if people do not see his goodness, he has been good to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged parents and relevant stakeholders to advise youths to toe the path of peaceful co-existence and not depend on the illusionary influences of hard drugs and fetish powers.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, also advised residents to disregard the IPOB order.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu gave the advice in a statement issued in Enugu by the command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ndukwe, the commissioner appeals to residents to discountenance the order and go about their legitimate businesses without fear of intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reassuring everybody about the command\u2019s commitment to collaborate with other security agencies to sustain adequate public security and safety in the state, in line with the mandate of \u201cOperation Restore Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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