Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed follower of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu, has formally ended Nigeria’s five-day sit-at-home order.
Ekpa declared the completion of the five-day sit-at-home order in a video released on YouTube on Wednesday night, calling it “historic and successful” for Biafraland.
In another new development, our correspondent noticed that Ekpa wrote in the video caption that the 2023 elections will not be held in the South-East area, calling it a “sacrifice” that the people of Biafra must make.
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He further stated that “ending Nigeria” must be completed by 2023.
The caption reads, “To end Nigeria in 2023 is a task that must be done! There will be no general election in Biafraland in 2023, it is a sacrifice and a task that must be done by all Biafrans across the globe.
“I want every Biafran to watch this broadcast and share widely. Don’t miss it…Follow enterbiafra.com to know How IPOB activities delaying Fulanisation of Nigeria.
“I am Simon Ekpa, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s disciple on Biafra restoration.”
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the five-day sit-at-home order has resulted in the deaths of numerous residents in the South-East during the last five days.
In a viral video, Ekpa requested that the people of the South-East observe a sit-in from December 9 to 14, 2022. An order whose enforcement have resulted in carnage and the destruction of lives and property in the region.
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Despite the fact that IPOB, through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, denied issuing any sit-in order on the aforementioned days, violence continued to erupt in the region.
In addition, Kanu, the arrested IPOB leader, decried the ongoing attacks in the country’s eastern region as a result of Ekpa’s five-day sit-at-home order.
Kanu’s brother, Emmanuel, later criticized the attacks, stating Ekpa had acted as a “paid agent.”
Anaedoonline.ng previously reported that thousands of angry Nigerians are signing a petition calling for Ekpa’s arrest, pleading with the Finnish government, the Nigerian government, and the European Union to intervene.
As of Thursday morning, 2,761 people had signed the petition seeking for Ekpa’s arrest for “terrorism and genocide.”
The petition reads in part, “One Simon Ekpa (also known as Ifeanyi Njoku), a Nigerian living in Finland, and holding Finnish citizenship, has by proxies, successfully established and coordinated an armed rebel group in Eastern Nigeria whom he now wields to destroy lives, property, and businesses in Eastern Nigeria.
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“He’s been seen countless times, using his media platforms in Finland to issue orders to his armed goons in Eastern Nigeria to launch deadly attacks on millions of people in the region for flouting his sit-at-home orders.“Simon is a separatist fighting for state secession but has never been brave enough to come home and lead the war from the front in Nigeria. He is rather igniting and fueling terror on his ethnic group who decline his call for secession.
“Simon’s action is stirring up bloodbath – a genocide in the region, and innocent women, children, the aged and youths are the victims dying everyday.
“Sign the petition, and share it everywhere, to call on the Finnish Government, EU, The Nigerian Government to arrest Mr. Simon Ekpa, and investigate all his heinous crimes and terror activities in Eastern Nigeria.”
News organizations also discovered that Ekpa’s YouTube channel has over 72,000 subscribers.
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