Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, a splinter group of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday urged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to cancel its proposed sit-at-home order in the South-East.
IPOB had on Saturday threatened to lock down the region from November 5 if the Federal Government fails to release its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial for alleged treasonable felony at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
.However, in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Ohanaeze Worldwide warned IPOB that the lockdown would make the people of the South-East to withdraw their support for the group.
The statement read: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has deciphered that any declaration that unleashes untold hardship, the collapse of commercial and industrial activities, a boycott of Anambra elections, and interrupts the academic calendar in South-East states is viewed as nonsensical, absurd, and anti-Igbo agenda for the enemies’ amusement.
“You can’t enslave Ndigbo for one week without backlash from them, it’s time for Igbo to rise to the occasion and end being trampled with orders from overseas by those without any investments in the South-East.
