Ekpa threatens to impose another sit-at-home in S’East to protest Kanu’s detention

In order to protest the ongoing detention of IPOB leaders, Simon Ekpa, a self-described follower of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the illegal organisation Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has threatened another lockdown in the southeast.

Many people and organisations had pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to take Kanu’s release into consideration.
Orji Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, and Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, had specifically asked to serve as Kanu’s sureties in the event of his release by the Nigerian government.

Ekpa bemoaned Kanu’s failing health as he responded to his ongoing arrest on Monday via his Twitter account.

The Nigerian living in Finland gave the Nigerian government until this month’s 22nd to release Kanu or face a new sit-at-home order.

He wrote: “Based on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s current health condition, the Court of Appeal judgment discharging him, Umuahia court judgement and Gov Soludo’s recent call for his release, we are giving the FGN between now and 22nd of January 2023 to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“Failure to do that, the entire land of Biafra will be locked down on 23rd and 24th of January 2023 in protest.”

Kanu had been detained by the Nigerian government despite a court judgement ordering his release.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had said the order was not tantamount to the immediate release of the IPOB leader, citing rule of law and other factors.