Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, witnessed the disappearance of the usual hustling and bustling that characterise Mondays of the week.
Residents and visitors continued to stay off public places in adherence to the already suspended sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
But the leadership of IPOB had since suspended the action shifting it only to days their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial will appear in court.
The lonely scenes may have been made worse following an early morning rainfall that lasted for hours in the city.
The usually busy roads and streets of the city including Ogoja, Waterworks, and Onwe Roads were ghost areas.
Economic activities started slow and late with traders, artisans, and transporters shunning their businesses, just as banks, filling stations, and roadside shops remained shut till the better part of the day.
This is in spite of the latest directive issued by the Ebonyi State government threatening to sack civil and public servants who fail to turn up for work this Monday in observance of the civil disobedience action directive of the separatists’ agitation group.
A statement signed by the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government, Kenneth Ugbala, equally warned bank operators of revoking operational licenses and business premises, who observe the IPOB sit-at-home order this Monday.
