Simon Ekpa has reacted to the recent statement issued by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Ekpa, in his reaction, asked the people of the South East to ignore the letter.
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He disclosed this in a post on his verified Twitter handle @simon_ekpa.
Kanu had in the letter asked him to stop calling for sit at home orders in the South East to protest his continued detention.
Kanu asked Ekpa, who is based in Finland, to stop his antagonism to state governors because he (Ekpa) is not in a position to know what they are doing on his behalf.
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 have authorised Alloy to issue a press statement if you fail to make this announcement on your platform.”
However, Ekpa has asked the people of the South East to ignore the letter. He consequently declared the letter fake and misrepresentation of Kanu.
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.”