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Ahead of Tuesday’s visit to Owerri by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Imo State Government on Saturday dismissed the threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra to shut down the entire South-East region.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said at a press conference in Owerri that IPOB was not in a position to threaten the President.
Emelumba, who was reacting to the declaration by IPOB of a sit-at home in the South-East states on Tuesday, said security operatives were ready for Buhari’s visit to Imo State.
“Nobody can threaten Buhari. He is the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Imo is one of the states he governs and he is free to visit it. Security is in top gear and I can assure you that his visit will be successful,” the commissioner stated.
He noted that Buhari was visiting the state to inaugurate three signature projects executed by the Governor Hope Uzodimma administration.
He listed the projects as the first phase of the Owerri-Okigwe Road, the Owerri-Orlu Road and the rebuilt state House of Assembly complex.
Emelumba said the projects would boost the economic and social life of the state, adding that the state government spent billions to execute them.
IPOB had earlier said the sit-at-home directive was also in solidarity with its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who will appear in court on Tuesday.
In a statement on Saturday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said IPOB was simply implementing an existing order to lock down Biafraland any day its leader would appear in court at Abuja.
The statement read in part, “The global family and movement of IPOB wishes to announce to the general public, especially Biafrans, that Tuesday, September 13, has been declared a day of civil action in the form of sit-at-home in Biafraland.
“Tuesday’s civil action is very important for two reasons: First, our leader’s Appeal Court hearing that was supposed to be on October 11 has been brought forward to September 13, 2022.
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