The Sit-at-home order declared by the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and
Movement for the Actualization of the
Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, witnessed
a total compliance by residents of Onitsha the
commercial city, and Nnewi,the industrial town
of Anambra State.A few seniors and young people occupants of Onitsha
collaborating with the four columnists from
Related Press AFP
At around 7.30 am when Naccysblog drove from
Onitsha to Nnewi, no vehicles, tricycles and
cruisers were seen on the streets,
especially, the Oba New and Old streets, the
Onitsha Owerri street and Obosi Nkpor streets, as
shops, filling stations, schools and banks were
every single under bolt and keys, while individuals were
found in bunch examining.
The Edo Ezemewi street Nnewi where all
the banks in Nigeria have branches was
forsaken as banks were all locks and keys and
the mainstream Nkwo Nnewi Market was bolted,
with stern looking security men mounting
monitors at the section and leave doors.
In Onitsha every one of the business sectors, schools, shops and
different business outfits were altogether bolted, while all
the Federal and state government
foundations, banks and other monetary
foundations were closed for business, and even
the shops on the littlest boulevards in Onitsha
were shut, while beans cake (Akara) bread cooks
were caught up with making lively business as individuals
bunched round them at Upper New market
street, eating and examining the action of the
day.
The Onitsha Owerri express way, the Asaba
Onitsha interstate and the Onitsha Enugu
express way were all apparition of themselves as
all vehicular development, development of
tricycles, cruisers, and human movement were
not seen there.
Security specialists in their watch vehicles,
especially, the Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian
Armed force, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Security and
Common Defense Corps, Federal Road Safety
Corps, were seen watching round the avenues
of Onitsha and Nnewi, while many Police men
were seen with their vehicles at a few
vital focuses in Onitsha.
The Army was seen at the typical check focuses
at the passage into Onitsha and exit to Asaba, of
Niger Bridge Head, while Police from Fegge
Division were drafted to the Bridge Head by
the Divisional Police Officer Mr. Rabiu Garba,
to give assistance to the Army at the extension
to guarantee peace there, Navy Officials werte
similarly observed at the typical check point at Atani
street Junction Onitsha, mounting monitor.
The police were see mounting protects at
diverse area at the Upper Iweka hub of
Onitsha, Okpoko Junction, Ziks Roundabout,
New Parts Fly Over Nkpor, Metallurgical
Preparing Institute, Onitsha Owerri street, Oba
New street intersection of Onitsha Owerri street and
Oba Oraifite street of the Onitsha Owerri
road.
Inside Onitsha, the, the famous streets and
boulevards, as Awka street, Upper New Market street,
Old Market and New Market streets, Oguta street,
Old Enugu street, Kirk street, Modebe street,
Onitsha Nsugbe and Onitsha Nkwelle Ezunaka
streets, were altogether abandoned and shops and
business premises in the region all shut for
the day.
Organizer of MASSOB in Anambra State, Mr.
Augustine Egbeh who called Vanguard on
telephone, from Ogidi, and the Secretary of
MASSOB in the State, Mr. Joseph Nnaji
said thanks to the general population of the state for going along
with the Sit-at home order, saying that he
is happy to the point that so far there has not been any
setback.
On whether they are being hassled by the
security operators in the state, Mr. Egbeh said
"security men did not see anyone on the
road, so whom will they badger, we are definitely not
challenging in the city, everyone is sitting at
home so there is no one to bug threaten
or, on the other hand murder."
Egbeh and Nnaji however complimented the
Armed force who they said have led
themselves professionally, along these lines giving expectation
that the common military relationship is being
guzzled by the Army in Onitsha and approached
Armed force in different conditions of the Federation to
imitate the quiet direct of the Army in
Onitsha.
"Today we have seen the new Army in Onitsha
watching round the town, not badgering,
threatening or shooting anyone, they have
acted in an expert
way, and they realize that we won't acknowledge
them coming to disturb individuals in their homes."
At Old Market street Onitsha, it was celebration
in abundance when a few senior citizens and young people who
accumulated, talking about Biafra battle exercises,
sited four columnists from AFP from Abuja to
screen the festival, taking photos of
the streets and roads that were betrayed.
They droned ace Nnamdi Kanu and Uchenna
Madu tunes, to the three male and one female
AFP journalists, who took their photos and
recorded their remarks, one of them who
addressed the press claimed that "the nearness
of the remote media furnishes in Onitsha frighten
away the security operators who at this point would
have been shooting us at this point, they saw you
individuals nearness in Onitsha and vanished from
the streets they have been parading along for
more than one week now.
