By David Kabiyesi
Irked by Simon Ekpa’s illegal sit-at-home order, National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu, has charged five South-East states Governors to frustrate the move.
Speaking at a closed doors meeting with the five Governors on Monday, Ribadu described the sit-at-home order as illegal, while charging them to put every require machineries in place to ensure people go about their daily activities without any fear
The Senate had rejected a recommendation for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s release, saying it would amount to sub judice as his release was still in court.
The illegal sit-at-home order is said to be enforced by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in five South-East states.
The unconstitutional order was declared in 2021 to press home demands for the release of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, who was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) and prosecuted for terrorism-related charges
