By Ismail Auwal
The Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State in the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that the sit-at-home order imposed by the Indigenous People of Biafra in the South-East has crippled the region’s economy.
Abaribe disclosed this at the inauguration of the 16th President of the Enugu Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, Barr. Jasper Nduagwuike, on Saturday in Enugu.
According to the Senator the sit-in, which was enforced by hoodlums, had crippled the region’s economy and it has also exacerbated the insecurity problems in the South-East.
“What is happening in South East is a tragedy. Every Monday people sit at home. When you go to IPOB they said they are not the one forcing it. Nobody has an idea of how to solve it.”
“Sit-at-home is killing the economy of South East as most businessmen are moving out of the South East region. Insecurity in South East is the biggest problem,” the Senator said.
He also noted that when he and a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, visited the IPOB leader in detention, Nnamdi Kanu told him that he did not order the sit-at-home.
He said, “When I and Ekweremadu personally visited Nnamdi Kanu at DSS detention, he said he never give the order for anybody to sit at home. It’s time we stop all this mess in South East and build our economy.”
