Reps Deputy Speaker recounts how he escaped stay-at-home enforcers in Southeast

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has shared a dramatic account of how he narrowly escaped being confined to his home by enforcers of the stay-at-home order in the South East region.

Kalu revealed that he was scheduled to attend an official event in Abuja on Monday but had to take an unconventional route after realizing that strict enforcers of the order had made movement within the region nearly impossible.

According to him, he had to make a detour to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where he eventually boarded a flight to Abuja.

The Speaker made the disclosure during his opening remarks at a consultative forum of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, held at the Wells Carlton Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja.

Kalu, who arrived at the venue of the event two hours behind schedule, explained that his detour to Uyo was responsible for his late arrival for the event.

“My sincere apology for arriving here behind schedule. I had to route my journey from the South East through Uyo, where I was able to catch a flight to Abuja.

“It was the only way to beat the sit-at-home enforcers. But I can assure you that the South East governors are working closely with the Federal Government and the security agencies to bring about lasting peace in the South East and other parts of Nigeria,” Kalu said.

Kalu, who is an Abia State indigene, however, did not specify in which part of the South East he was traveling from.

The Speaker’s experience highlights the plight of majority of the residents of the five states in the South East geopolitical zone.

They have been under the spell of a sit-at-home order every Monday, which was imposed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a few years ago.