IPOB’s Lawyer to South-East Residents: February 2 sit-at-home order is fraudulent

Ejiofor and Kanu

Lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has declared a sit-at-home scheduled for Monday, February 2, as fake and fraudulent, urging residents of the South-East to ignore it.

Recall that a statement reportedly signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, was titled “IPOB declares Biafra-Wide Solidarity Lockdown on Monday February 2, 2026 in unwavering support for Onitsha traders and demand for the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu”.

It read: “The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, hereby declares a Biafra-wide solidarity strike, a complete lockdown of all economic activities across Igboland and wider Biafran territories, on Monday, February 2, 2026.”

The directive was in an apparent move to counter the order by Governor Charles Soludo for traders to return to their trading activities in Anambra State on Mondays.

Read the full story of the sit-at-home order HERE.

It’s fake – IPOB lawyer

Reacting to the directive in a statement on Saturday, Ejiofor said: “Once again, the well-worn theatre of misinformation has opened its curtains, this time with a particularly lazy script and an insultingly predictable cast.

“Late yesterday, a report was widely circulated alleging that a total lockdown of Ala-Igbo had been ordered under the guise of a sit-at-home directive purportedly issued by ‘Emma Powerful,’ slated for Monday, February 2, 2026.

“Let it be stated clearly, unequivocally, and without ambiguity: this directive is fake, a phantom, a calculated falsehood.

“Upon careful inquiry and diligent verification, especially considering the delicate and hard-won calm presently returning to our homeland, it became glaringly obvious that the so-called ‘Emma Powerful’ platform has been fatally compromised. Vanguard