They said, by enforcing the sit-at-home order through fear and intimidation, IPOB had become the enemy of many Igbos.
“We are not Biafra. We have been so oppressed, and now we are finding our feet, and you want us to go back. We will not. We will not,” Mr Umahi insisted.
Governor of Ebonyi, Dave Umahi, says the Igbos want to be part of a fair and equitable Nigeria, not a breakaway Biafra.
The army says the exercise will check “the menace of IPOB” and Eastern Security Network.
Mr Umahi, Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum, says Ebonyi people has always suffered humiliation from their southeastern brothers.
The regime solicited the support of the press to protect the information space from dissenting voices.
The love that I have is consuming me. But I am not pretending to be angry.
The cleric says the intentions of the sit-at-home were not clear and is hurting the economy of the South-East.
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in Anambra has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to engage agitators in the country in a peaceful dialogue.
Twitter told The Gazette on Wednesday that it had not reached any agreement with the Buhari regime yet.
