Economic activities are gradually picking up this Monday morning in Enugu, South-East Nigeria, after about two months of residents’ compliance with the sit-at-home ordered by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Though the outlawed separatist agitation group had repeatedly announced the suspension of the civil disobedience action, most residents of the “coal city” state have stayed indoors, keeping away from commercial activities and public places.
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A visit to Abakpa, a suburb of Enugu City, NOWAS, Trans-Ekulu, the GRA, Garden Avenue, Okpara Avenue, Ogui Road and Main Market areas, show that the streets are beginning to feel human movement.
Major markets in the capital city are open, but with low activities, just as shops along the major roads and streets are still under lock and keys.
several motor parks, banks and other public offices are still shut from normal activities.
Residents are not willing to speak on camera.
IPOB, a self-determination group operating in the South East region of Nigeria, had on 9th of August, 2021, declared a no-movement action every Monday, to pressure the Nigeria Federal authorities to release its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the secret police, the DSS, but had since suspended the order.
Security operatives have been spotted at strategic locations and flashpoints in the Enugu metropolis, but the situation has remained generally peaceful at the time of this report.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
