EASTERN CITIES AND TOWNS SHUT DOWN AS PEOPLE COMPLY WITH SIT AT HOME ORDER
Some major roads in the South-East states of Anambra, Imo, Enugu and Abia states remained deserted on Monday while some businesses were also shut in observance of the sit-at-home despite a counter-directive from the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, had last Friday through a release by IPOB, suspended the sit-at-home except on court trial days in order not to affect the economic and business lives of the South-Easterners. However, most towns in the South-East still observed the sit-at-home as some major roads were deserted as businesses remained shut. “Everywhere looks deserted from busy streets to major market roads. One of them is the Aba-Port-Harcourt Road in Abia State. It is quite scanty. No movement,” an observer stated. The same was noticed along the Onitsha-Owerri Road as people deliberately chose to sit at home. “Most filling stations are shut in Onitsha, Anambra State this morning...