Finland-based Simon Ekpa, the self-styled Prime Minister of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disregarded the order by the Leader of the IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that he should stop calling for sit-at-home in the Southeast.
Kanu allegedly wrote a letter to Ekpa on Friday ordering him to stop antagonising governors or persons in political positions as he (Ekpa) is not in a position to know what they are doing on his behalf.
“Simon, this is a direct order from me. I hereby instruct you to desist from calling for any sit-at-home henceforth,” Kanu stated in the hand-written letter.
“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 Monday or future sit-at- home order in place at the moment.
“I embarked on the movement to liberate our people not to enslave them. I despise and 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.”
However, Ekpa disregarded the letter, describing it as fake.
He said the letter was an order from the Departement of State Security who has held on to the Kanu for months.
He vowed to continue to fight on until the IPOB Leader is released.
Ekpa, in a post on his verified twitter handle @simon_ekpa said: “Our attention has been drawn to the fake letter from the pit of hell being paraded by Nigeria media claiming that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wrote a letter. It is not only a joke but an insult taking too far that the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra is being misrepresented in this way.
“As the Prime Minister of Biafra under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, I call on all Biafrans to disregard the fake letter coming from DSS. We can’t take any order from the Islamic DSS and that is final. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu must be released and he must address Biafrans from Finland. That is the condition of the Prime Minister of Biafra and the Biafra Republic Government In Exile.”