IPOB: Kanu’s letter a warning to Ekpa– Emma Powerful
The spokesman for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, has confirmed the authenticity of the handwritten note written by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to the Finland-based Simon Ekpa-led faction of the group, instructing him to discontinue the sit-at-home exercise in the South-East.
Recall that the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra, Ekpa, has rejected the letter by Nnamdi Kanu, describing the letter read publicly by Kanu’s lawyer Aloy Ejimakor as fake, noting that the two week sit-at-home order issue must be adhered to.
Giving conditions before he believes the letter came from Kanu, Ekpa stated that Kanu must be released by the Department of the State Service (DSS) and should speak to Biafrans from Finland.
Powerful said the clarification became necessary to make the message disassociating Kanu and IPOB from the “senseless” enforcement of the sit-at-home order.
Emma Powerful stated these in a statement made available to journalists, in Awka, on Saturday, adding that the Kanu’s handwritten letter serves as the last warning to Simon Ekpa to desist from his incessant sit-at-home orders in the South-East.
Kanu had written a handwritten note to Ekpa on Friday instructing him to discontinue the sit-at-home order in the South-East forthwith given its devastating effect on the region’s economy and the well-being of the people.
The letter was made public by the pro-Biafran counsel during a world press conference held in Enugu on Friday.
Powerful said, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in his wisdom, communicated the message to the infiltrators through the right channel and a source they should trust. That message in his handwriting serves as the last warning to perpetrators of the infamous sit-at-home.
“The note from our leader disassociating himself and IPOB from the infamous sit-at-homes is being distributed to all Nigeria security agencies, all foreign embassies in Abuja, and to the contractors of the infiltrators for their notice. We are IPOB, and we are wiser than the serpent.
“The claims that Kanu’s handwritten note is fake is part of their mischief to continue in their contract to blackmail IPOB and Kanu with the violent enforcement of the infamous sit-at-home orders used to terrorise our people.
“We understand that a power-drunk inconsequential kangaroo defacto government in exile will ignore the order for the fear of deflating his over-bloated ego.”
