From Ifeoma Ejiofor
Anambra State government has appealed to the people of the state to ignore the one week sit at home ordered by Mazi Simon Ekpa calling for a total lockdown in the Southeast from July 3 to July 10, 2023.
The appeal was contained in a press release signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu dated July 3.
The Commissioner said that the provocative call should be discarded by the people noting that everybody in Anambra State and indeed the entire Southeast should go about their normal duties without paying any heed at all to the antics of the nefarious Mazi Simon Ekpa and his cohorts.
“The government does not recognise any groups called “Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government-In-Homeland. It amounts to efforts in futility for these nebulous groups to order a total lockdown in the first instance from Monday, July 3 to Wednesday, July 5.
We call on our market leaders, workers and the entire populace to discountenance the unenforceable dictates of these unserious groups led by the evil-minded Mazi Simon Ekpa who we understand is hibernating in faraway Finland.
“We assure all our people to go about their normal duties without any fear whatsoever. The security agencies have been duly empowered to arrest and deal mercilessly with any deviants enforcing a breach of public peace.
‘Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s drive to build a peaceful and prosperous homeland must not be countermanded by some cowardly hoodlums.” He asserted.