Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has officially ended the five-day sit-at-home order in the South-East region of Nigeria aimed at disrupting the collection of Permanent Voters Card (PVC).
Ekpa in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday night, announced the end of the five-day sit-at-home order, terming it “historic and successful” for Biafraland.
And as a pointer to his real agenda and that of his sponsors, Ekpa wrote that the 2023 elections will not hold in the South-East region, saying it is a “sacrifice” that the people of Biafra have to make.
He also wrote that “ending Nigeria” is a task that must be done by 2023.
The caption to his video read: “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.”
Meanwhile, Nigerians all over the world are signing a petition appealing to the Finnish government, Nigerian government and the European Union to arrest Ekpa, the brain behind the sit-at-home order and the violence and killings that went with it.
As of the time of filing this report, 2,761 people on Thursday had signed the petition seeking for Ekpa’s arrest.
The self-acclaimed disciple of the IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, had in a viral video ordered the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home from December 9-14, 2022, which he enforced with his “Unknown Gunmen” with bloodshed and destruction of lives and properties in the region by his armed gang.
Although IPOB, through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, denied ever issuing any sit-at-home order on the days mentioned above, violence had continued to reign in the region.
Consequently, aggrieved Nigerians are signing the petition calling for Ekpa’s arrest for “terrorism and genocide.”
The petition reads, “We 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.
“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.
“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.”