By Ayodele Oni
As the Federal Government maintains silence, and South-east leaders of thought continue their search for peace in the region, Simon Ekpa, self-proclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, is set to clamp another two-week sit-at-home on residents of the region.
His most recent order which just ended triggered violence, tears, blood, torture of people including the public flogging of children, deaths and the loss of billions of Naira across the region.
The unprecedented outcome prompted the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) to decry the continuous and mandatory sit-at-home exercise in Igbo land which it said can never give them Biafra but rather destroy their economy.
“It destroys the future of our young children, it creates more pains on our people and there is no difference between the way Nigerian government has been dealing with Ndigbo and that of the group that claims to be pro Biafra.”
But, Ekpa tweeted in the early hours of Tuesday the beginning of another lockdown.
According to him, “Following the demand by the Biafra people for more sit-at-home civil disobedience, the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De Facto Government In Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be a sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 31 July, 2023 to 14 August, 2023.”
He said that the sit-at-home is to demand “the immediate and unconditional release of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who remains illegally detained at the DSS dungeon.”
Ekpa stated that it is also in preparation for “Biafra’s self-referendum and to further put the world on notice that Biafrans are taking their future into their own hands.”
According to him, it will be observed “to invalidate the illegitimacy of those who parade themselves as Nigeria’s representatives within Biafran territory.
“The sit at home will therefore take place in the following order: Monday, 31 July, 2023 to Friday, 4 August 2023 and there will be total lockdown in Biafraland.”
He said that on Saturday, 6th August, and Sunday, 7th August, the two-week long sit-at-home will go on break as all Biafran markets will be opened.
“From Monday, 7th August to Friday, 11 August, there will be total lockdown in Biafraland while on Saturday, 12 August and Sunday, 13 August 2023 there will be a break as all Biafran markets will open,” Ekpa said.
“On Monday, 14 August, there will be lockdown in Biafraland. We hereby call on all market leaders to strictly adhere to this order and treat it with utmost seriousness.
“We also call on all oil companies operating in the Biafran territory to shutdown oil exploration on these dates to avoid the anger of the Biafran people, which may come with heavy consequences.”
There has been no reaction from any quarters to the recent order.
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