The Enugu State Security Council has warned promoters of sit-at-home against enforcing the illegal order in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east.
The council, which comprises heads of security agencies in the state, issued the warning on Monday after their meeting in Enugu.
The meeting presided over by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State was in response to a recent declaration of a four-day sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator.
Ekpa, who heads Autopilot, a faction of IPOB, on Sunday, declared a four-day sit-at-home across five states in the South-east.
IPOB is a group seeking the independent state of Biafra, which it wants carved out of the South-east and some parts of South-south Nigeria.
The Finland-based Nigerian, in a statement posted on his X handle, said the illegal order would be enforced in the region from 29 July to 2 August, including 1 August.
The declaration by Ekpa came hours after Governor Mbah called for his repatriation from Finland to Nigeria to face prosecution over the killings in the South-east.
