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- group urge traders to commence business activities
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has enjoined traders in Anambra State to commence their business activities without fear or molestation after observing the Monday sit-at-home.
Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful in a statement he released to journalists noted that resumption of their business activities is their fundamental right.
Recalled governor Chukwuma Soludo had ordered the traders to shirk the Monday sit-at-home but his order seemed to have been ignored .
His statement reads in part” We hereby declares that tomorrow, January 27, 2026, our people in Anambra State shall resume their legitimate business activities and open their shops and markets. This action is not in defiance of any gubernatorial order but in the exercise of their God-given right to pursue their daily livelihoods according to their preferences and necessities.
“Governor Charles Soludo must understand that no government entity established or funded the businesses of our industrious Igbo entrepreneurs. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, no state support was extended to them. Our people endured a three-year food blockade during the Nigeria-Biafra War and emerged as the most entrepreneurial ethnic group in Africa, as well as the most successful immigrant community in the United States.
“Our fathers liberated Nigeria from colonial rule, our ancestors liberated Haiti from colonial oppression, and in the creeks of Savannah, Georgia, we Igbos chose death over enslavement ,a legacy chronicled in Alex Haley’s “Roots,” where our ancestors from Onitsha drowned themselves rather than submit to man-made slavery and bondage. We have always chosen death over dishonor. Governor Soludo, you cannot defeat our collective spirit of resistance, history teaches us that.
“Before embarking on any perilous path tomorrow, such as deploying Northern soldiers from the Onitsha barracks to infringe upon our rights to conduct business as we deem fit, Governor Soludo must carefully weigh the consequences. Any arrests, harassment, or bloodshed will signal the beginning of the end for those who oppose the will of the people.
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“IPOB seeks no confrontation with the Governor or the Anambra State Government, but we demand respect for the wishes of the masses. The voice of the people is the voice of God: vox populi, vox Dei, a principle well-known to the Governor as a professor.
“When the great people of Anambra, the first sons of Igboland and the origin of the Igbo race, demand action toward the unconditional release of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it is the divine speaking through them.
“Tomorrow, our markets shall open, and no force on earth can prevent it. We warn that any attempt to obstruct this will invite grave danger upon the enemies of Biafra’s emancipation.
“The Federal Government of Nigeria must heed this call and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu without further delay to restore peace and normalcy in the Southeast”. Powerful stated.
