Ugo Nosiri, Owerri
All the streets within Owerri metropolis and major roads that lead to Owerri were deserted and without the usual human and vehicular traffic due to the sit-at-home order by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The separatist group had threatened to unleash mayhem on anybody who failed to observe it as it was meant to remember those that died during the Nigerian civil war.
Residents of Imo State were forced to stay at their homes today, Thursday, in compliance with the order, with most of the public and private schools in the state under lock except senior secondary school students that are writing the subject, Mathematics, in the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Most shops, malls and markets stalls were locked with very few traders and shoppers.
Banks in the state and some government offices were also with no visible sign of human presence within the premises.
The Imo State police command had urged residents of the area to ignore the threats and go about their lawful businesses while assuring them of the readiness of security agencies to protect lives and property of citizens.
