– The sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was really successful in the south-eastern part of Nigeria
– IPOB said Governor Rochas Okorocha got angry that the commissioners could not stop residents of Imo from obeying the order
The Indigenous People of Biafra has come down hard on Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo for recently sacking some commissioners as well as the chairmen of the 27 local government councils in the state.
IPOB claimed the governor’s action was because of the success of the sit-at-home order in the state on May 30.
In a statement by IPOB’s head of media and publicity, Emma Powerful, and obtained by ZENITHBLOG.com, the group claimed Governor Okorocha had asked his commissioners and the other affected to ensure that the order was not obeyed.
Okorocha recently fired some commissioners and council chairmen while IPOB claims the action is connected to its sit-at-home order
The group said the governor’s aim to please the forces in Abuja, the seat of power, was diminished as residents obeyed the order to the latter.
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This allegedly angered the governor and led to the sacking of the victims.
“IPOB intelligence unit discovered that APC party led by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari through her security operatives mandated Rochas Okorocha to do all he could to stop the sit-at-home order issued by our leader, Mazi Nnamdi, and IPOB family members worldwide but to his greatest surprise he could not stop the sit-at-home and remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines.
“In line with this, Okorocha mandated his commissioners and his LGA’s transitional chairmen in all the 27 local government areas of Imo state to move into the villages and communities to sensitize them to boycott the sit-at-home order at all cost.
“Unfortunately, those mandated to do so could not do it because power belongs to the masses, not those in government.
“The governor of Imo state, Chief Owelle Rochas Okorocha, dissolved the commissioners and the leadership of all the LGA’s transitional chairmen in 27 local government areas because of their inability to do the job he paid for to discourage our people not to comply of the sit at home order issued by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on 30th of May 2017 in honour and remembrance of our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price during the genocidal war against our people in 1967 and 1970.
“The tremendous total compliance in Imo state particularly in Owerri and other parts of Biafraland marvelled the governor of Imo state and other APC members in Biafraland both south-east and south-south.
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“It is very pathetic that the governor of Imo state will belittle himself to this level by going uncontrollably from house to house and one market to another calling people to come out and open their shops on that fateful day Biafrans were celebrating and honouring those who paid the ultimate price during the great war in the history against the people of Biafra between 1967 and 1970,” IPOB said in the statement issued in Awka, Anambra state.
ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that the sit-at-home order by IPOB was very successful in the south-eastern part of Nigeria.
It also reported that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, May 31, celebrated the success of the sit-at-home protest ordered by the group.
The event which took place in his hometown Isiama Afara Ukwu, Umuahia in Abia state was aimed at celebrating the success of the protest yesterday.
Watch this video and hear how Nnamdi Kanu spoke from the court before his release:
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