1st October: Anambra Citizens obeyed IPOB, boycott Independence Day Celebration
Anambra State on Friday failed to mark the 61st Independence anniversary of Nigeria, despite having made plans to hold the celebration of the country’s 61st anniversary at Ekwueme Square.
Although the venue was lavishly decorated with Nigerian colours and a podium for Governor Willie Obiano to take a salute, schools, trade unions, labour unions and others failed to show up at the event.
The boycott of the anniversary celebration is not unconnected to the call by the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for people in the South East of Nigeria to stay at home on the day of the celebration.
