Biafra: Why IPOB Cannot Give Sit-At-Home Order in Rivers – Gov Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB cannot give a sit-at-home order to the people of his state because they are not part of South-East but South-south.

Wike while speaking  during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, reiterated that IPOB doesn’t exist in Rivers State.

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Wike said, “IPOB cannot make an order for people to sit at home in Rivers State. I have said so clearly before because it doesn’t exist in Rivers State.

“Rivers State is not part of South-East. Rivers State is South-South, we’re in the Niger Delta.

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“I’m not saying whether the people in the South-East shouldn’t obey what IPOB has said or not. But they cannot give orders to Rivers people to sit at home.”