Police Warns Against IPOB Oct. 1 Sit-at-Home Call
Police authorities on Wednesday warned against the call by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for a sit-at-home on October 1.
The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Philip Maku, warned IPOB to steer clear of the state while stating that the proscribed group does not have the legal right to tell citizens to sit at home.
In his reaction to the directive by the leader of the proscribed group, Maku said: “People have the fundamental right to movement. If you try to restrict their right to move about and transact their lawful business activities, you are crossing the red line.
“If anyone tries to force people to sit at home, the Police will not fail to deal decisively with such persons,” he warned.
IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu had earlier said the call to sit-at-home was to ...