The sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, recorded partial success in Port Harcourt and environs.
Theportcitynews correspondent reports that several Igbo-owned businesses were shut in the areas visited.
The sit-at-home order recorded full success in Oyigbo local government as there was a total shutdown of economic activities while several schools recorded low students’ turnout.
Men sat in front of their homes conversing. Those who spoke to our correspondent said the federal government has become insincere with the way it handled the Nnamdi Kanu’s matter.
They wondered why a year later, the government has not been able to say anything about the whereabouts of Kanu.
Kanu, the leader of IPOB, disappeared after soldiers raided his father’s compound in 2017, killing many of his followers and whisking him away together with his aged parents.
Although rumours have been rife that the freedom fighter is being held inside a Navy ship off the coast of Bayelsa, the claim has not been substantiated as the military did not refute or accept it.
However, places like oil mill and artillery were also hit by the sit-at-home order with most shops under lock and key.
At Rumuola, Rumuigbo and Rumuokoro, the heavy traffics that usually characterize these areas were less with several businesses shut.
Although banks were seen attending to customers, many bankers who spoke to our correspondent admitted that there was a low turnout by customers.
There were fewer activities at the busy Waterlines, Mile 1 and Mile 3 areas with the busy Mile 1 market looking scanty.
Most car dealers along Aba road complied with the sit-at-home order while IPOB denied accusations that their members set trucks ablaze in Oyigbo, saying that such claims were the handiwork of detractors who were not happy with the success of the sit-at-home order.
