Tinubu holds presidential rally on sit-at-home day in Anambra, Imo

Nurudeen Shotayo 11:22 - 05 November 2022

APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The APC has fixed its presidential campaign rallies in Imo and Anambra states on a Monday usually observed as a sit-at-home in the South-East.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will hold his campaign rally in Anambra and Imo states on a Monday.

According to the schedule of activities and timetable released by the party's Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), the Imo state rally has been scheduled for November 21, 2022, while the one in Anambra will take place on January 30, 2023.

The revised timetable released by the PCC said its campaign would kick off with a rally in Jos, Plateau State, while there would be a series of rallies in Delta, Imo, Adamawa, Ogun, Enugu, and Sokoto on November 19, 21, 24, 26, 29, and 30, respectively.

This is coming amid the prevalent sit-at-home order usually observed by residents of the five South-East states.

Although introduced by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in protest against the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Pulse reports that the sit-at-home order has been renounced by the group.

However, residents in the region still observe it every Monday as activities are usually paralysed with banks, markets, motor parks, schools, filling stations and other public outlets not opening for business.

The Punch reports that the Publicity Secretary of the party in Anambra, Okelo Madukaife, could not be reached for comments about the risk the schedule might pose in the state as he did not respond to messages sent to him via WhatsApp line.