* No cause for alarm, govt assures
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to visit Imo State Tuesday to unveil some projects executed by the administration Governor Hope Uzodinma.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Declan Emelumba, said the projects would boost the economic and social life of the State, which he revealed the government spent billions to execute.
Buhari, on September 9, 2021, had paid an official visit to the State, where he launched projects and had talks with Igbo leaders.
His second visit is expected to be on “sundry matters but largely for the commissioning of completed projects by the 3R Government.”
Emelumba listed the projects as the first phase of the Owerri-Okigwe Road; the Owerri-Orlu Road and the rebuilt state House of Assembly complex.
However, the Indigenous People of Biafra declared Tuesday as sit-at-home over Buhari’s visit and in solidarity with its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who will appear in court.
The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said IPOB is simply implementing an existing order to lock down Biafraland any day its leader would appear in court at Abuja.
He said: “The global family and movement of IPOB wishes to announce to the general public, especially Biafrans, that Tuesday, September 13, has been declared a day of civil action in the form of sit-at-home in Biafraland.
“Tuesday’s civil action is very important for two reasons: First, our leader’s Appeal Court hearing that was supposed to be on October 11 has been brought forward to September 13, 2022.”
But Emelumba declared that security operatives are ready for Buhari’s visit to Imo State.
“Nobody can threaten Buhari. He is the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Imo is one of the states he governs and he is free to visit it. Security is in top gear and I can assure you that his visit will be successful,” the commissioner stated.
He noted that Buhari was visiting the state to inaugurate three signature projects executed by the Governor Hope Uzodimma administration.