Police oppose IPOB’s Biafran Day lockdown

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The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared May 30, 2025, a public holiday and sit-at-home across the South-East in honour of Biafran heroes and heroines who died during the 1967-1970 Civil War.

The pro-Biafran group said all forms of movement—by road, air, and sea—will be banned from 6am to 6pm on that day, warning that no human activity will be allowed within what it describes as “Biafran territory.”

But in a swift reaction, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, promised police protection for residents to allow them go about their normal business, without any fear of humiliation.

“We are not aware of the lockdown order, but the residents are assured of adequate security and are encouraged to go about their lawful business without entertaining any fear. Punch