Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one-day sit-at-home on Monday 2 February across Nigeria's South-east.

Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the sit-at-home directive was in protest against the closure of the Onitsha Main Market by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Governor Soludo ordered the closure of the market for one week when he visited on 26 January and observed that shops were closed in compliance with a sit-at-home directive by IPOB.

An IPOB faction usually enforces the initial illegal directive.

The Anambra State Government, on Monday night, claimed, without providing details, that the sit-at-home cost...