\nGov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned that workers who absent from work
\ndue to the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), would lose their jobs.<\/p>\n
Umahi gave the warning on Monday in Abakaliki while reacting to the group\u2019s weekly order in protest of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who had been in custody for alleged treason.<\/p>\n
The governor noted that some people absent from work under the guise of such order.<\/p>\n
He said that the group had recently denounced such order and as such, no worker should be absent from work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have therefore directed that any civil servant who is absent from work is automatically sacked and those absent in any of our construction sites would also be sacked.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny shop or stall in Ebonyi that does not open for business will lose its right of occupancy and I want this directive to be widely publicised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He noted that the economy of south east zone will be destroyed under such order as the zone was known for commerce.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one can wage war in the south east and our people especially the youths should rise and condemn such acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing like unknown gunmen as those killing and the ones being killed are citizens of the zone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Umahi condemned the continued attacks on security personnel in the zone, lamenting that people who dedicated their lives to protect the people did not deserve such treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have directed the security agencies and the Ebubeagu security outfit to be on daily patrol across Ebonyi and flush out all unruly behaviour from the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police personnel killed inside the vehicle which plunged into a mining pit, is another supreme sacrifice from security agencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The sit-at-home order was partially observed in Ebonyi with most citizens attending to their various engagements.<\/p>\n
Though most markets, banks and other public institutions were shut, commercial transporters plied various routes including intra-state.
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