Following the Sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), business activities were shut down in Ebonyi state.
The order was given afresh for the ongoing trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by the Nigerian government on Tuesday.
But Ebonyi state which appeared to be one of the southeast states that had declined observation of the Sit-at-Home order on Tuesday recorded about 80 percent compliance.
As at 9:45 am when New National Star visited some major areas in the state, such as Waterworks road, Ogoja road, Afikpo road where financial institutions are situated, none of the banks were in operation. Customers were rather seen making use of the Automated mobile banking machine, ATM.
Fuel stations were under lock and key, Schools were shot down.
At Aguogboriga layout axis where Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, FUNAI Foundation is located, students as at 11:50 am were seen working home as a lecturer were not in school to attend to them.
A student, Chiamaka Okeke said, “we went to school because we had a lecture scheduled for today but our lecturer did not come neither did we see any other lecturer in school”.
Market places were not left behind as well, as the international market, major business dealers did not open.
Other business activities like transportation within the capital city were done skeletally but none like Peace Mass Transit that shuttles outside the state capital were in operation.
Government offices were equally locked as at 10 am.