January 26, 2026 — Dalena Reporters
Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that no executive order issued by any government in Nigeria’s South-East can bring an end to the weekly Monday sit-at-home unless Kanu is released from prison.
Ejimakor made the assertion while reacting to the decision of Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo to shut down Onitsha Main Market as part of efforts to enforce the abolition of the sit-at-home practice by traders in the state.
According to reports, the governor ordered the immediate closure of the market for one week after many traders continued to observe the Monday shutdown, despite repeated government directives abolishing the practice and urging full economic activities from Monday through Saturday.
Reacting in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Ejimakor described the Monday sit-at-home as a reflection of deep-seated grievances among residents of the South-East over the continued imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu. He said the protest has “reached a point where no Executive Order can end it,” and asserted that it would only end once Kanu is freed.
Ejimakor wrote that the sit-at-home “is the best evidence of how unhappy Ndigbo are over the travails of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” and reiterated that the practice will persist until the IPOB leader’s release.
Kanu is currently detained at the Sokoto Correctional Centre in Sokoto State, where he was moved following a life-sentence conviction on terrorism-related charges.