The President, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) has arrived the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State.
Buhari who was clothed in the Isi Agu Igbo native attire was welcomed by some of the elders in the state.
GIOTV had reported that the President would visit the state on Thursday.
Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma had announced that the President would commission “significant projects” while in Imo.
He had listed roads constructed through federal government/World Bank intervention and Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management (NEWMAP) projects.
“Imo has been able to attract additional support from Mr. President on the management of some ecological problems in the state,” he had said.
“Those who support the party at the centre will get both their rights and their privileges”, he had added.
The Indigenious People of Biafra, IPOB, in a broadcast on Monday evening declared Thursday as a Sit-at-home protest over the president’s visit.
One of the IPOB executives, Mazi Chika Edoziem, stated this on Monday.
IPOB declared that Nigeria’s president is not “welcomed into Imo State, Biafra Land on Thursday, September 9, 2021.”
According to him, “all the traditional rulers, all ndi iche and every Biafran should stay away from any ceremony organised by Hope Uzodimma to welcome him.”
IPOB equally declared total lock down of Biafra on that day.
GIOTV gathered that residents of Owerri, the state capital complied fully with the directive initially given by IPOB.
Shops and markets were also shut and the streets deserted.