Gov. Soludo grants IPOB factions amnesty as sit-at-home order gets suspended
Gov. Soludo grants IPOB factions amnesty as sit-at-home order gets suspended
Governor Soludo stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday.
Over the last months, the South-East states, including Anambra, have witnessed a spate of violent attacks and security operatives has borne the major brunt of the onslaught.
Soludo said: “Within the agitation movement, we have to agree that there are now factions. There is the one led by one guy in Finland called Simon Ekpa.
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This is amid the weekly sit-at-home order on Monday, despite being suspended by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The Monday sit-at-home order, which was issued by the IPOB to press home their agitations, had been reportedly cancelled.
A confirmation, which was made on Friday through a statement by the group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, stated that: “The IPOB has cancelled Monday sit-at-home order and anybody or group enforcing the relaxed order is neither from the IPOB nor from the IPOB volunteer group.”
In a meeting that included the Speaker of the Anambra Assembly, Uche Okafor, Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damin Ogene-Okeke, and several others, the IPOB’s decision was said to have followed an appeal by the Anambra State government and traditional rulers to embrace peace.
The group said the IPOB has ended its sit-at-home directive in the South-East and embraced peace negotiations being organised by the Anambra State government.
Achebe said: “We call on all who had taken the way of gun to put down their guns and embrace the peace moves from the government to better themselves”.
He added that the state government had declared Monday, April 4, for prayers aimed at seeking God’s face to restore lasting peace in Anambra and the South-East.
“It was agreed that on April 4, all churches in Igboland and the South-East region will join in prayers to seek God’s forgiveness and to restore peace in the area.
“Igboland has lost so much in the economic and social development of the zone and we are tired of the situation and want peace,” the traditional ruler said.
“It is agreed that on Sunday, April 3, all churches will announce the IPOB decision to their faith to come out on Monday at 11 am to their various churches to offer prayers to God for the restoration of peace and economic development,” he concluded.