Why Simon Ekpa does not want to end sit-at-home in South East – Abaribe

 

Enyinnaya Abaribe, the representative for Abia South at the Nigerian Senate, has explained why Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa does not want to end the sit-at-home order in the southeast of the nation. According to Abaribe, Ekpa and his allies are now using the order as a means of making money.

Making this disclosure during an interview with Channels TV, Abaribe claimed that after receiving a handwritten communication from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB’s leader, Ekpa refused to overturn the order to stay at home because he stands to gain financially from it.

“Last week, there was a hand-written message from him (Kanu). Of course, the man who is profiting from it, who is far away in Finland, denounced it and put more conditions saying they will never stop it until we (south-east leaders) see him in Finland,” Abaribe said.

“We can now see that because they profit from this, they are not going to stop it because it has become a money-making venture.

“We have seen adverts on the internet asking people to contribute money for the liberation of Biafra.”

Abaribe stated that the leaders of the Southeast would contact the federal government to discuss how to find a solution. “Now, what do we do? There are still certain concerns in place, so we need to work with the government.

“The court had granted him his freedom, and the government applied to the same appeal court for a stay of execution and appealled to the supreme court. The supreme court has not taken any decision.

“Part of the resolution is that we are going to engage everyone. We are going to engage the government at the same time on how we can make a solution that is favourable to all.”

Recall that Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator, was given the command to stop all sit-at-home orders in the South-East by Indigenous People of Biafra leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu forewarned Ekpa “to make a public announcement to the effect that he (Ekpa) received a direct order from him (Kanu) to cancel any pending sit-at-home in place at the moment.”