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The Enugu State Government has declared that its ban on sit-at-home stays irrevocable.

Media Talk Africa studies that that is coming amid studies of sporadic shootings on completely different components of the State by unknown gunmen who’re insistent on implementing the sit-at-home declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The sit-at-home has been attracting condemnations from a number of stakeholders, together with the IPOB management.

It is being championed by Finland-based Simon Ekpa.

However, in a press release on Wednesday by Professor Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, he stated the federal government’s ban on sit-at-home stands.

Onyia, within the assertion additionally stated the federal government would go after those that have been spreading terror and instilling concern within the minds of residents.

He stated such folks wish to take a look at the federal government’s resolve “to end the illegal sit-at-home order by intentionally spreading panic and fear among the good people and residents of our state.

“The peddlers and instigators of the fake news and pandemonium are already being tracked down by government and the security agencies with a view to bringing them to book.”

While urging members of the general public to ignore the falsehoods and pretend photographs being unfold on social media, the state authorities urged them to “go about their businesses, as security measures are fully in place to enforce law and order as well as safeguard lives and property.

“We must not succumb to the evil machinations of those who have no stake in our state; those who mostly live, work, and educate their children overseas, while destroying the economy of our people and the education and future of our children at home.

“The government hereby reiterates that the ban on sit-at-home in Enugu State stands and will be enforced to the full extent of the law.

“All offices, markets, business premises, schools, among others, remain open and fully functional. Those who want to test the collective resolve and strength of Ndi Enugu will not only be defeated, but will be meted the full wrath of the law,” the federal government declared.