President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday (today) visit Imo State to commission some state projects.
It will be his first visit to Imo since political rallies ahead of the 2019 general election.
The president’s visit comes as the Indigenous People of Biafra issued a sit-at-home order in Imo and four other south-eastern states. The group said Buhari is not welcome in south-east.
IPOB also warned leaders and every Igbo to stay away from any ceremony organised by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma to welcome Buhari.
The pro-Biafra group’s director of state, Chika Edoziem, who announced the sit-at-home protest in a Radio Biafra broadcast, threatened there would be consequences for those who attend it.
Meanwhile, the police have heightened security in the state and will “deal ruthlessly with anybody who disturbs the peace of the state,” according to Imo police spokesperson Mike Abattam.
