ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has named Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), as a marauder.
Umahi the Chairman of the South-East Governors forum. Also a caused him of instructing terrorists to thwart the region.
The Governor made the claims while addressing relevant stakeholders and party members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday.
“When this turbulence for Biafra started, I told them that this issue would go beyond their leader. And today, it has gone beyond Nnamdi Kanu.
“Currently, we have another bandit they call Simon Ekpa. Is this the Biafra they longed for? To be killing themselves and ousting others?
“That’s why we kept shouting in the heat of the catastrophe that Ebonyi State can never be part of Biafra, and we still maintain our stance,” Umahi said.
Voiceofnaija.ng reports that Ekpa had mandated the South-East residents to observe a five day sit-at-home order, a directive that led to killing of many residents and destruction of property.
Ekpa had in a viral video, ordered the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home from 9-14 of December, 2022.
Announcing the end of the five-day sit-at-home in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday night, Ekpa said elections will not hold in the South-East regions.
According to him, 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 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.”