Despite Cancellation Of Sit-At-Home, Enugu Residents Stay Indoors

Despite the cancellation of the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra on Aug 9 this year to press home the release of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from detention, residents of Enugu today shunned business activities.

THE WHISTLER observed that in Nsukka and Enugu metropolis filling stations, shops, schools, markets, banks and pubs were shut. A majority of those interviewed attributed their staying indoors to fear of the unknown.

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Paulinus Osakwe, a business man in Enugu, said, “No one is sure of anything nowadays. I will continue to observe the sit-at-home until I am certain that normalcy had returned.”

A student of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, who refused to mention her name, said, “We have been instructed to stay at home on Mondays for our safety.”

At Nsukka, vehicular movement was at its lowest ebb. A few tricycles operating complained of lack of passengers. Ifedi Odo told our correspondent that, “Only one filling station sold fuel early this morning. And it has closed. The problem is that there are no passengers. So, I will return home shortly instead of wasting my time on the road, burning the scarce fuel.”

At the popular New Berries Park, Enugu, the usual boisterous business activities remained dull. Although one of the operators, Ojukwu Okeke, said they might operate skeletally in the evening, he regretted the impact of the order on their business.

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In his words, “We are losing a lot. Many jobs are being lost because of lack of business activities. I employed seven persons before, but had to lay three off last week because of these random orders to close shops.”

Meanwhile, police operatives shunned their checkpoints along Enugu—Nsukka road, spanning over sixty-one kilometres. On a normal day, police checkpoints are about six on that road.

Checks at their station along Ugwuogo Nike show that the operatives were guarding their premises.

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