Southeast governors, traditional rulers and politic leaders on Tuesday met to discuss issues concerning the region.
Speaking to newsmen after its meeting in Enugu, the chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi stated that they resolved to condemned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra over the every Monday sit-at-home order that has crippled the socio-economic activities of the zone.
According to the governors and leaders, such Sit-at-home order can no longer be sustained as those issuing such orders remain outside the country.
Reading part of the eight-point communique, Umahi said: “The South-East condemned the killings in the region and have agreed to join hands with security agencies to stop the killings.
“The meeting condemned the sit-at-home orders, which are mostly issued by our people in diaspora who do not feel the pains.
“In view of the information that even IPOB had cancelled the sit-at-home, the meeting resolved that governors and all people of the South East do everything within the law to ensure that there is no further sit-at-home in the South East and that people are allowed to freely move about in the zone.”
Naija News reports the governors refused to talk about the continued detention of IPOB leader,Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
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