Sit-At-Home: Customers Stranded As Banks, Markets, Offices Fail To Open In Imo

Customers on Monday were stranded as banks failed to open in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State.

This is as markets, schools, eateries, shopping malls and supermarkets also failed to open for the day.

The always-busy government house roundabouts, Imo State University junction, Control Post junction and warehouse roundabout were deserted.

Asides pharmacy shops that operated in full scare, businesses operated on a low key in the state capital.

According to a resident, Sixtus Obinna, people were still sitting at home after the Indigenous People of Biafra had suspended the weekly sit-at-home order.

Obinna said that the continuation of the sit-at-home was affecting the economy of the people of the South-East region.

Another person, a newspaper vendor, said that the people of the region would keep on protesting until Nnamdi Kanu was released from detention by the Federal Government.

He further said that although people didn’t come out to buy newspapers, he had no regrets that he was standing in solidarity with Kanu.