Senate has rejected a motion to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra.
Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West) introduced the motion to address the continual sit-at-home order enforced by unknown gunmen in the South-East.
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In a resolution co-sponsored by other South-East politicians, the congressman stated that senators were aware that hundreds of innocent lives had been lost since the action began, and properties worth over a trillion dollars had been destroyed, causing investors to flee the region.
“The South-East’s sit-at-home civil disobedience actions have resulted in the disruption/destruction of economic activities and immeasurable financial losses for businesses, workers, and the economy,” he stated.
Because when people are forced to stay at home and firms close, productivity and income fall, harming livelihoods and economic progress.
Students’ education is disrupted by “sit-at-home” protests, which result in missed classes and academic advancement delays.
Long-term disruptions have a long-term impact on kids’ learning results and educational development.
The disruption of basic public services, such as healthcare, transportation, and trash disposal, continues to have a serious impact during “sit-at-home” protests, negatively affecting the general population’s well-being and safety in the South-East.”
In August 2021, IPOB launched a sit-at-home order for every Monday across the South-East to protest his continued arrest. The order was eventually suspended by the separatist faction.
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Despite the fact that the IPOB section led by Kanu has ceased the exercise, the leader of a part of IPOB, Simon Ekpa, has continued to announce sit-at-home orders across the region.
Residents of the five South-East states of Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, and Anambra have been repeatedly killed, wounded, and attacked by gunmen enforcing the civil order for going out on Mondays and other days when the order is violated.
