[BREAKING] Nnamdi Kanu: Markets, Shops Closed As IPOB Restricts Movement Into Onitsha, Nnewi

IPOB, the Indigenous People of Biafra, has reportedly blocked entry and departure into and out of Onitsha, the commercial capital, and Nnewi, the industrial town.

Residents and visitors are being asked to stay at home in honor of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being arraigned in Abuja today, according to DAILY POST.

According to sources in Onitsha, youths suspected of being members of IPOB set fire to majority of the city’s roadways, forcing vehicles entering the city to return.

Nnamdi Kanu is set to appear in court this morning (Monday) to begin the trial on his case, which he left in 2017.

Kanu was apprehended in Kenya with the help of Interpol in June and extradited to Nigeria to stand prosecution.

Onitsha’s businesses, marketplaces, and offices were all closed up, while the streets were vacant, according to a video circulating on social media.

DAILY POST learned that teenagers suspected of being IPOB members were wrecking automobiles belonging to motorists attempting to enter the city in Nnewi.

A source who trades in Onitsha Main Market, Mr Lizinus Eze said, “We heard it yesterday as a rumour that there will not be market today, but this morning we found out that people were making bonfire everywhere in the city.

“Nobody has spoken to us about what is happening, but we learnt that it is IPOB that is trying for force people to stay at home in solidarity with Nnamdi Kanu who is appearing in court today.”

A DAILY POST reporter who went around Awka, the capital of Anambra State, discovered that business operations were running smoothly.

DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Anambra State Police Command, was unavailable for comment at the time of filing this report.