In order to emphasize his demand for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), has ordered a week-long sit-at-home protest in the South-East area.
This comes in the wake of complaints from regional governors and other well-known people and organizations that the sit-at-home exercise was gravely harming the region’s economy and population.
The sit-at-home protest will take place from July 3 to July 10 with a break on July 6, according to the IPOB activist from Finland who announced it on Twitter on Wednesday.
Ekpa, who reiterated that the sit-at-home campaign would be implemented in all of the South-East states, claimed that the move was important to drive home the demand for Kanu’s release as they push for a Biafran referendum.
“The Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government-In-Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 3rd July 2023 to 10th July 2023,” he wrote.
“There will be a break on 6th July 2023, where all Biafran markets will be open.
> The sit-at-home is for the following reasons:
“Demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who remains illegally detained at the DSS dungeon;
“In preparation for Biafra’s self-referendum;
“To further put the world on notice that Biafrans are taking their future into their own hands;
“To demonstrate that the Biafra Republic Government In Exile remains the only legitimate government to whom the Biafran people listen and are loyal;
“To invalidate the illegitimacy of those who parade themselves as Nigeria’s representatives within the Biafran territory.
“The sit-at-home will therefore take place in the following order: Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland; Thursday 6th July 2023 (Break), all Biafran markets will open; Friday 7th July 2023 to Monday 10th July 2023, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland.
“We hereby call on all market leaders to strictly adhere to this order and treat it with utmost seriousness.
“We also call on all oil companies operating in the Biafran territory to shut down oil exploration on these dates to avoid the anger of the Biafran people, which may come with heavy consequences,” he stated.