Heads of all security agencies in Imo State on Monday said they are adequately prepared to forestall the enforcement of the September 14 sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

This was the outcome of a one-hour security meeting between the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi,  Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade, H. I Bature and the Director of State Security Services (DSS) held at the Imo Police Headquarters in Owerri, the state capital.

Others present at the crucial meeting were the state heads of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Air Force, Nigeria Navy, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)  and the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) among others.

Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, the State Commissioner of Police, Galadanchi said the essence of the meeting was to ensure that the members of the group do not use the sit-at-home order to cause trouble.

“The heads of all the security in Imo State are working together. We are here to tell the world that we are saying no to the proposed sit-at-home order on September 14 by IPOB.

“We want to tell members of the public that anyone who has any genuine business on that day to go about his business. We have resolved among ourselves to protect the citizens.

“IPOB members should remember that were one person’s right ends, it starts for others. Imo State must be great in our time. The sit-at-home order by IPOB is at variance with the law,” Galadanci said.

He added: “Anybody who tries to threaten law abiding citizens in the name of sit-at-home will have the security agencies to contend with.”