IPOB declared the day a public holiday and announced a complete ban on all movement by road, air, and sea between 6am and 6pm, warning that no human activity would be permitted within “Biafran territory.”

The Nigerian police have rejected the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) planned sit-at-home order on May 30, 2025, across the South-East, aimed at commemorating Biafran heroes and heroines who died during the 1967-1970 Civil War.

IPOB declared the day a public holiday and announced a complete ban on all movement—by road, air, and sea — between 6am and 6pm, warning that no human activity would be permitted within “Biafran territory.”