Nnamdi Kanu Orders Biafra Agitator Simon Ekpa to End Sit-at-Home, Gives Reason

Nnamdi Kanu Orders Biafra Agitator Simon Ekpa to End Sit-at-Home, Gives Reason

  • IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has declared an end to all sit-at-home orders in the South-East region of the country
  • Kanu ordered Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa to put an end to it and make a public announcement to that effect
  • The detained IPOB leader made this known in a handwritten letter dated Monday, July 24, 2023,

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Enugu state - The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa to put an end to all the sit-at-home orders in the South-East.

Kanu warned Ekpa “to make a public announcement to the effect that he (Ekpa) is in receipt of a direct order from him (Kanu) to cancel any pending sit-at-home in place at the moment” The Punch reported.

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IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu orders Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa to end sit-at-home in Southeast. Photo Credits: Nnamdi Kanu/Maduka Chinemelum Ogwueleka
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He gave the order in a handwritten letter authorised to his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, and read it to newsmen during a world press conference held in Enugu on Friday, July 28.

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He added that anyone found engaging in any sit-at-home is no longer his disciple.

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Kanu noted that he despises any person or entity that wishes to inflict unnecessary hardship on people.

He further stated that IPOB is to liberate our people not to enslave them.

The written declaration dated July 24, 2023, partially read:

“Simon, this is a direct order from me. I hereby instruct you to desist from calling for any sit-at-home henceforth. Equally, refrain from antagonising governors or persons in political positions because you are not in a position to know what they are doing on my behalf. I am ordering you to make a public announcement to the effect that you are in receipt of a direct order from me to cancel any pending sit-at-home in place at the moment.

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“I embarked on this movement to liberate our people not to enslave them. I despise and will despise any person or entity that wishes to inflict unnecessary hardship on our people. I have authorised Alloy to issue a press statement if you fail to make this announcement on your platform.

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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has announced the sum of $500,000 (N398m) as a bounty to anyone who can provide useful information leading to Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa’s capture and subsequent arrest.

The Secretary General of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement issued on Sunday, July 23, said Ekpa is severally injured after he invaded arrest in Espoo city of Finland on 21st July 2023.

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Ohanaeze spokesperson, Alex Ogbonnia said the way to shut Ekpa up is for President Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the Department of State Security Services(DSS) in Abuja.

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