IPOB ORDER : Aba locked down with inactivity
May 30, 2018
By Ijendu Iheaka
Aba on Wednesday experienced an unusual inactivity in the town following the "Sit-at-Home" order given by a pro-Biafra group -the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
Accept few shops on streets off the major roads, others were shut just as banks and other businesses
The famous Ariaria International Market was shut down with Cemetery, New Market and other major markets in Aba.
Inland roads in the city were dry as vehicles and pedestrians were very few on the roads while most filling stations in town were closed.
Few filling stations in Aba that opened had no customers to service.
Emeka Iwuoha, a filling station manager in Aba said they opened believingbpeople would be up and about and would need their services but having seen that the streets were dry had to close shop to honour the fallen heroes of the Biafran struggle.
Ezenwa Anosike, said he believed in honouring the persons who died for and during the Biafran-Nigerian war on a day like this.
He said he was forced out of his house today because of his sick daughter who he took to the hospital adding that he would not leave his house today again.
Udochukwu Enwereuzo, a tricycle operator, said he is a Biafran and had to come out today because he "wanted to help few of those brothers who have reason to visit somewhere today".
He said the roads are dryer than he had expected and would as a result be returning to his "house in an hour to respect the fallen heroes of the Biafran struggle".
May 30, 2018
By Ijendu Iheaka
Aba on Wednesday experienced an unusual inactivity in the town following the "Sit-at-Home" order given by a pro-Biafra group -the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
Accept few shops on streets off the major roads, others were shut just as banks and other businesses
The famous Ariaria International Market was shut down with Cemetery, New Market and other major markets in Aba.
Inland roads in the city were dry as vehicles and pedestrians were very few on the roads while most filling stations in town were closed.
Few filling stations in Aba that opened had no customers to service.
Emeka Iwuoha, a filling station manager in Aba said they opened believingbpeople would be up and about and would need their services but having seen that the streets were dry had to close shop to honour the fallen heroes of the Biafran struggle.
Ezenwa Anosike, said he believed in honouring the persons who died for and during the Biafran-Nigerian war on a day like this.
He said he was forced out of his house today because of his sick daughter who he took to the hospital adding that he would not leave his house today again.
Udochukwu Enwereuzo, a tricycle operator, said he is a Biafran and had to come out today because he "wanted to help few of those brothers who have reason to visit somewhere today".
He said the roads are dryer than he had expected and would as a result be returning to his "house in an hour to respect the fallen heroes of the Biafran struggle".
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