Nigeria, March 5 -- The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, has promised to ensure the safety of residents of the state doing businesses on Mondays.

Mr Adeoye spoke on Monday when he visited business people in Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state, according to a report by Vanguard newspaper.

The police commissioner was referring to the infamous sit-at-home often enforced by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across the state and other states in Nigeria's South-east.

IPOB is leading the agitation for an independent state of Biafra, which it wants carved out from the South-east and some parts of South-south Nigeria.

Mr Adeoye said he visited the commercial city to assess the security situation i...