LATELY, I had the opportunity to lay my hand on an editorial of the Nigerian Tribune newspaper dated June 1, 2022 and titled The South-East and IPOB’s sit-at-home conundrum. The major takeaway was on how IPOB’s sit-at-home order had been crippling economy of the southeastern region through series of attacks by unknown gunmen who forcibly enforce the order every Monday. We recall that the proscribed group introduced a sit-at-home order in August 2021 as a means of mounting pressure on the Nigerian government for the unconditional release of its leader, Mr. Nnmadi Kanu, who is currently in detention at a Department of State Service (DSS) cell. IPOB initially declared the…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
