Sit at home no longer serves Nnamdi Kanu’s interest – Gov Soludo

Anambra state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says the Monday sit-at-home enforced in the South East region is not in the interest of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, but in the interest of “criminal elements who are bent to sabotage the economic livelihood of the region.”

The governor shared this opinion during an interactive session with market leaders from across the state, at the Light House, Awka, on Thursday,January 29. He said Kanu does not support the sit-at-home, expressing worry that if the exercise does not happen in Umuahia, Kanu’s hometown, why will it be happening in Onitsha and Nnewi.

The meeting follows the recent closure of the Onitsha Main Market and a growing long stay over the Monday sit-at-home syndrome that has crippled commercial activities in the South-East for years.

“I decided to oblige this meeting as an interactive session so I can once again listen to you. For four years, we engaged with you. We discussed, pleaded and even held prayer sessions with all the churches in April 2022 to end this. It is now time for more action.

The current enforcement of the sit-at-home order has transitioned from a political protest to a criminal enterprise that no longer serves the interest of Nnamdi Kanu.

It is not linked to Nnamdi Kanu. In 2016/2017, I led 13 Igbo stakeholders to see him and afterwards addressed a press conference asking for his release, and he was released afterwards.

I also visited him in the Department of State Services custody in March 2022 after I assumed office. He does not support the sit-at-home. If it doesn’t happen in Umuahia, his hometown, why Onitsha and Nnewi?”

Recall that the governor ordered the closure of the Onitsha Main Market for one week following traders’ failure to comply with the state government’s directive to disregard the Monday sit-at-home order.