IPOB Blasts Simon Ekpa, Bans Any Sit-at-home In South East

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from the planned sit-in order in the Southeast set for December 9 to 14.

According to reports, Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed that a sit-at-home order will be imposed on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, or 14th of December to halt the gathering of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

The move could be related to his prior pronouncement that the upcoming general elections will not take place in the Southeast.

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In response to Ekpa’s instruction, IPOB, through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, advised the people of the region to disregard the order, emphasizing that it was not part of the mandate.

The group invited inhabitants of the area to go out and collect their PVC without fear of reprisal.

According to the secessionist organization, some agents were funding Ekpa in order to cause “insecurity and undue suffering” in the region.

The statement reads in part, “Every Biafran and resident in Biafra Land should ignore such orders from untrained and brainless individuals whose agenda is to make Biafra agitation unattractive to our people.

“IPOB cannot issue such a brainless uncaring 5-day consecutive sit-at-home order to suffer our people during this critical time of the year when people are trying to make up in their businesses for the year.

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“The conception of consecutive 5-day sit at home by a Nigeria Agent and his sponsors is to show the level of wickedness and hatred they have against our people.

“How wicked! Again, everyone has his or her right to go and collect his or her PVC from their polling and registration centres without molestation. IPOB never boycotts elections and has nothing to do with Nigeria’s shambolic elections”.

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