Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has said the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) sit-at-home order does not have a hold in his state.
Uzodinma spoke to State House Correspondents after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to the Governor, only a constituted authority, like his government can give order on when people can stay away from their work or businesses and they will obey.
He said it is because people in the State do not obey IPOB’s orders that normal activities have continued to flourish in Imo.
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“IPOB is not a government in Imo state and cannot order people to sit at home,” he said, adding that people who depend on their businesses to make their daily bread cannot afford to stay at home.
The Governor pointed out the State has become the most peaceful to the point that Grade A football matches take place there at night with nobody molested.
The Governor admonished Nigerians to refrain from acts that can cause instability, saying they should not take laws into their hands even when aggrieved.
It was earlier reported that, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has told officers of the Delta Police Command to go tough on members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and criminals in the state.
IGP Baba said this during a familarisation visit to the state police command in Asaba on Monday.
According to the IGP, there are spills over of IPOB members from Onitsha to Asaba, noting that it is why officers must be prepared to deal with any criminal group.
“You are trying your best but your best is not good enough. Anything that happen in Anambra State will affect Delta State, especially Asaba.
