Biafra's self-styled Prime Minister and the Biafra Republic Government In exile, Simon Ekpa has urged the people of the South East to disregard a supposed letter from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ordering him to stop calling for a sit-at-home in the region.
Ekpa said this in a post on his verified Twitter handle @simon_ekpa in response to Kanu's alleged letter requesting him to quit calling for a sit-at-home in the South East to protest his continuing arrest.
Kanu further asked Ekpa in the letter, which was certified as legitimate by IPOB's spokesperson, Emma Powerful, to publicly recognize the directive he issued in the letter.
The arrested IPOB leader restated his disagreement to the sit-at-home order on Mondays and other days as declared by Ekpa due to the hardship it causes the people.
The letter reads: “Simon, this is a direct order from me. I hereby instruct you to desist from calling for any sit-at-home henceforth.
“Equally refrain from antagonising governors or persons in political positions because you are not in a position to know what they are doing on my behalf.
“I am ordering you to make a public announcement to the effect that you are in receipt of a direct order from me to cancel any Monday or future sit-at- home order in place at the moment.
"I embarked on the movement to liberate our people not to enslave them. I despise and despise any person or entity that wishes to inflict unnecessary hardship on our people."
“I have authorised Alloy to issue a press statement if you fail to make this announcement on your platform.â€
However, in a fast response, Ekpa has encouraged the people of the South East to disregard the letter.
He declared the letter to be a forgery and a slander of Kanu.
He insisted that the arrested IPOB leader be released before he can issue such an order.
Ekpa said: “Our attention has been drawn to the fake letter from the pit of hell being paraded by Nigeria media claiming that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wrote a letter. It is not only a joke but an insult taking (sic) too far that the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra is being misrepresented in this way.
“As the Prime Minister of Biafra under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, I call on all Biafrans to disregard the fake letter coming from DSS. We can’t take any order from the Islamic DSS and that is final. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu must be released and he must address Biafrans from Finland. That is the condition of the Prime Minister of Biafra and the Biafra Republic Government In Exile.â€