Abstract
This study examined the intractable Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) political defiant sit-at-home strategy and its grave consequences on the survival of Southeastern Nigeria. With exploratory and cross-sectional survey research design, anchored on relative deprivation and systems theories, a multi-stage sampling frame was used in selecting 12 key actors, while semi-structured copies of a questionnaire were administered on 420 respondents to elicit relevant information on the study. Qualitative data were content analyzed while quantitative data were analyzed using the statistical mean and frequency. Data revealed that the sit-at-home strategy was a reaction to leadership and infrastructural marginalization of the region andthe continued incarceration of the leader of the separatist abducted by agents of Federal Government of Nigeria in Kenya. This strategy has institutionalized unimaginable violence on the economic and political life of the zone. Against this background, the study recommends the release of Nnamdi Kanu, a constitutional restoration of true federalism and a combination of kinetic and nonkinetic security approach to tackling the fall out of the IPOB sit-at-home order.