The factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has threatened to impose a three-week sit-at-home on civil servants in the Southeast region of Nigeria. Ekpa on Tuesday morning tweeted that if IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not released, there will be a fresh sit-at-home in the South Eastern states […]
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, on Tuesday, asked the Senate to march words with action towards ensuring swift action by the Federal Government in handling Finland-based Simon Ekpa. The Senate had asked the Federal Government to approach the Finnish Government to extradite Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, the […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday confirmed the authenticity of the handwritten note by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to Simeon Ekpa ordering him to stop calling sit-at-home on his behalf in the South East region.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has again refused the request of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to wear Igbo traditional attire in custody. Justice James Omotoso, while delivering judgment, yesterday, held that Kanu’s application lacked merit.
Despite the presence of soldiers patrolling every nook and cranny of Owerri, the Imo State capital, yesterday, residents still complied with the sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) led by Simon Ekpa.