The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered a total end to the weekly Monday sit-at-home in the South-East.

According to a statement on Sunday by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the directive is effective Monday, February 9, 2026.

According to Powerful, all normal economic activities should resume tomorrow, adding that schools, workplaces, and markets should open without fear or intimidation.

According to the IPOB’s spokesperson, any attempt to enforce the sit-at-home going forward, would be considered opposition to Kanu’s orders and the Biafran cause.

“All markets, schools, offices, transport services, and economic activities must resume fully and normally from tomorrow. The era of Monday sit-at-home is over,” the statement read.

The pro-Biafra group also warned that no state governor has the authority to threaten or forcibly shut down the businesses of traders who may choose to observe personal discretion.

While urging citizens to remain vigilant, calm, and law-abiding, the statement stressed that any market renovations or relocations must involve stakeholder consent and provision of temporary trading sites before work begins.

Meanwhile, a legal consultant to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has criticised calls urging a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Obi, to abandon his 2027 presidential ambition.

Ejimakor described such appeals as “cowardly and duplicitous,” insisting that claims about President Bola Tinubu’s alleged control of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies should not be used to discourage Obi from contesting.

Naija News reports that in a statement shared via his 𝕏 handle, the lawyer argued that Nigeria’s political history contradicts the notion that incumbency guarantees electoral victory.

According to him, the belief that Obi cannot win because of the perceived influence of the ruling party over state institutions is both misleading and historically inaccurate.