From Marcel Duru, Owerri.
The Biafra Remembrance Day Sit-At-Home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Celebration in Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe witnessed total Compliance in Owerri Royce, Douglas, Wetheral, Tetlow, IMSU Junction, Government House Roads deserted. Eke Onunwa, Relief, Alaba, Naze markets closed. Banks, transport all shut down “Business, and government activities were shut down, despite police call to open. Some vehicles stop plying roads, commercial centres stayed Closed.Similarly in Orlu, high total compliance was also observed. The cycle remains in Force and in hinterlands, especially in Amaifeke, Okporo, Nkwerre, Nwangele amongst others people stayed indoors for their safety”. Orlu residents still scarcely open on sit-at-home days due to fear. Markets liked them Eke Orie, Banana Junction were shut downIn the same vein Okigwe witnessed hundred percent compliance shame pattern as Orlu. Okigwe-Owerri road hustling and bustling activities crumbled Eke Okigwe market closed. Motor parks to Okigwe from Owerri had lonely experience due to fear. The compliance was high be because IPOB called it “strict and total observance” across “every town, village, and city in Biafra Land However in Owerri: no violence was reported as of the time of this report, and the streets remained calm but emptying,heavy deployment by 34 Artillery Brigade Oninze, Owerri, 82 Division Enugu, Police, DSS, NSCDC, FRSC, etc. doing confidence-building patrols and manning Flashpoints. the same projection Imo Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) Henry Okoye said Army, Air Force, Police, NSCDC, DSS were stationed across the state to ensure safety.
