Chuks UzochukwuSchools in Imo State have been forced to extend their long vacation, following the continued compliance with the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across South-East states.
Both government and privately-owned schools failed to resume the 2021 and 2022 academic sessions after they had announced September 13 as the official resumption date.
There was a reported attack by unknown gunmen, who had besieged Okporo Secondary School in the Njaba Council area of the state on Monday; dispersing students taking their WAEC examination and setting facilities, including motorcycles belonging to invigilators, on fire.
Efforts by Prime Business Africa to ascertain from the state’s Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba the position of the government on the matter yielded no fruit as calls put through his phone were unanswered.
Residents of the state, especially those living in major cities, complied with the sit-at-home order issued by IPOB across the South East States.
Business ventures, including, eateries, banks, betting centres, markets among others, were under lock and key, in total observation submission to the order.
IPOB was said to have extended the Monday sit-at-home order, in remembrance of members who lost their lives, when security agents raided the home of their supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Afalla, Umuahia, of Abia State.
