Tension As IPOB Declares Sit-At-Home During Buhari’s Visit To Imo On Thursday

The Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reportedly declared Thursday, September 9, 2021, as a sit-at-home in Imo State.

Naija News reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to visit the Southeast state on that day.

The new directive was made known in a broadcast on Monday evening by IPOB-HDOS, Mazi Chika Edoziem.

The proscribed pro-Biafra group stated that Buhari is not “welcomed into Imo State, Biafra Land on Thursday, 9th September 2021.”

According to him, “all the traditional rulers, all ndi iche and every Biafran should stay away from any ceremony organized by Hope Uzodimma to welcome him.”

He declared total lockdown of Biafra on that day, Thursday 9th September 2021.

The governor said Buhari will be visiting the state to commission some “significant projects” executed by his administration.

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He said: “While in Abuja, I secured approval for President Muhammadu Buhari to visit Imo on Thursday, Sept. 9, to commission some significant projects put together by the Shared Prosperity Administration.

“More to that, Imo has been able to attract additional support from Mr President on the management of some ecological problems in the state.”