Lawyer Aloy Ejimakor has said that the Monday Sit-At-Home in the Southeast still persists in varying degrees across the region.

The sit-at-home began years ago in protest against the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The five governors of the region recently banned it and took measures to ensure citizens do not observe it.

However, in a post on X, Ejimakor, who serves as Kanu’s lead counsel, revealed that sit-at-home still persists in the region, based on his recent travels across the Southeast over the past four Mondays and an informal straw poll.

He said that while urban centres show signs of minimal activity, the observance remains noticeably more prevalent among rural communities.

“Upon deeper inquiry, I discovered a crucial reality: The continued observance is now entirely voluntary. It is not driven by any active enforcement, directives or even threats, but by a shared sense of the manifest injustice that lies in the imprisonment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“For many, staying home every Monday has become a symbolic, self-imposed protest tied directly to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s release, rather than any other underlying factor.