Supreme Court Update: IPOB Challenges Army’s Blackmail, Denies Simon Ekpa Leadership

On Friday, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) urged the Supreme Court to dismiss assertions that Simon Ekpa, a Biafra agitator based in Finland, is either its leader or a member…CONTINUE READING

IPOB emphasized that the Supreme Court should resist succumbing to blackmail, clarifying that Ekpa is not its leader, especially in light of the impending judgment on December 15 in the case of Nnamdi Kanu.

In response to Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa’s comment that Ekpa was undermining the efforts of security forces in the Southeast, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued a statement refuting the claim.

The statement read in part: “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ably led by the Supreme leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu wishes to debunk the fallacious statement credited to the Army Chief of Staff that Simon Ekpa is the leader of IPOB.

The Nigeria Army Chief is very aware that IPOB has disassociated herself from the criminal activities of Simon Ekpa and his auto bandit gangs. Nigeria Army, DSS, Police and Simon Ekpa are all in collusion to blackmail Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB and ESN have no other leader except our supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU.

“The Nigeria Army’s latest media outburst that Simon Ekpa is an IPOB leader is nothing other than blackmail towards the upcoming judgment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s Supreme Court case.

Moreover, the linking of Simon Ekpa to IPOB leadership and his recent tweet where he threatened to start violent evacuation of the Nigerian military in the southeast is part of their collective plans to renew violence in the Southeast. Both Nigeria Security Forces and Simon Ekpa have the same objectives.”