Imo Residents Observe Self-Imposed Sit-At-Home

Imo residents on Monday continued their self-imposed sit-at-home exercise as gates to the streets in the capital city were locked for human and vehicular movements.

Our correspondent observed that banks, markets also were closed down.

Streets in the metropolis were also converted into football pitches as youth used expired tires to form goalposts as well as blocked the roads, making it difficult for few motorists plying the roads to manoeuvre.

Major roads such as Wetheral, Bank road, Douglas road, Tetlow, Okigwe road were deserted as shops and other offices were completely shut for businesses.

Communities in the State have also joined to observe the order as stores in the villages were closed for trading activities.

Some of the villagers, who spoke on the development, appealed to the Federal Government to produce the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court on October 22 when the case is expected to be heard.

“The tension is becoming unbearable but we want the government to calm the situation by producing Nnamdi Kanu to the court. We heard that the government has refused to bring him to court. If he has committed an offence, try him to the watching views of the public and if the man has done nothing release him.

“Any peace got through war will not last so I will advise the Federal Government to dialogue with the young man and other leaders in the South East for a lasting solution.”

Security operatives were nowhere to be found as the whole roads worn the garb of ghost towns.