Residents of Enugu metropolis on Thursday went about their normal activities and disregarded the sit-at-home order given by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Similarly, the residents of Akwa, the Anambra State Capital also shunned the order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for them to sit at home to honour those who were killed during the Nigeria/Biafra civil war.
It was observed that there was no sign of compliance as the roads were busy with vehicular traffic and many people were going about their activities.
At Agbani Road axis, there was heavy traffic as many people including school children and workers were boarding commercial buses to their different destinations.
Public and private schools in the metropolis were opened for normal academic activities for the day.
Kenyatta, Garki and Akwata markets in the metropolis as well as banks were opened for business, while traders were busy displaying their goods as usual.
A businessman, Francis Ugochukwu, said that everyone had to struggle on a daily basis for his or her livelihood, saying that IPOB would not provide food for anyone.
“It is high time we all learn our lesson. IPOB had deceived us a lot with its seat-at-home order and at the end of the whole thing, nothing happens, enough is enough,” Ugochukwu said.
Meanwhile, the order was fully complied with in Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra State as the famous Onitsha Niger bridge was shut to avoid exit or entry into the town.
In Nnewi, almost all the industries were closed from morning hours till noon, just as the roads remained scanty.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Sept. 21, 2017, gave judicial backing to the Executive Order of President Muhammadu Buhari, outlawing the IPOB and declared its activities as acts of terrorism and illegality.