Ohanaeze Urges Presidency to Declare State of Emergency in Southeast Over Sit-at-home Orders

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergence over the sit-at-home order in the Southeast.

Ohanaeze said declaring a state of emergency would send a strong signal to the Southeast governors, who would then be compelled to find a lasting solution to the order.

You will recall that agitator and self-proclaimed Biafran leader, Simon Ekpa, had severally declared sit-at-homes in the Southeast.

The order by Ekpa had aggravated the crisis in the Southeast, a situation that had led to an attempt to cripple the economic activities of the region.

Reacting, Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the body would not allow Ekpa to destroy the economic activities of the Southeast.

Speaking to newsmen, he warned that the Ohanaeze will not fold its arms and allow miscreants to destroy economic activities in the Southeast.

He explained that Ekpa has declared a second Biafra War, which Igbos are not ready to fight as the Igbos are supporting President Tinubu and would assist in ensuring that this rebellion is squashed.