Streets in cities and villages in Anambra State had been abandoned on Friday on account of the Biafra Day remembrance.
Separatist group, the Indigenous Folks of Biafra (IPOB), had declared a sit-at-home on Could 30 within the South-East to mark the annual Biafra Day.
DAILY POST reporter who moved round Awka, the state capital, noticed that companies and different public locations had been utterly shut down.
Residents of different cities and villages inside the state who had been contacted additionally said that companies had been grounded of their places.
The Anambra State Police Command had assured that they are going to make sure that no violence was registered. It urged residents to go about their regular duties with out concern, whereas additionally assuring of deployment of operatives to strategic locations within the state.
DAILY POST correspondent noticed that motor parks, markets, retailers, colleges, banks and even authorities workplaces had been below lock and key. Solely only a few automobiles had been seen on the street, simply as public locations had been devoid of human beings.
A resident of Awka, Mr Moses Ezeh, attributed the compliance of residents to the sit-at-home to concern. He added that he was not stunned that there was no violence, attributing it to the continued detention of each Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa – each identified separatists.
“I feel it’s simply concern that’s holding individuals at residence. The abandoned nature of the streets immediately is simply due to concern of what had occurred in earlier years, the place IPOB used to threaten to cope with anybody who dared to disobey their order for individuals to remain at residence.
“On this 12 months’s train, we didn’t witness threats from Kanu as he’s nonetheless in DSS custody. Additionally, Ekpa who took over from him after his arrest in 2021, has additionally been arrested and detained in Finland. So, there was nobody to incite individuals into violent enforcement of the train. It was simply concern that stored individuals of their houses,” Ezeh mentioned.