2023: Finally, Simon Ekpa Ends Sit-at-Home, Says ‘No Elections in South-East’

• A development that would be termed huge relief, is the calling off of the five-day sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa
• In a video posted online, the self-acclaimed Nnamdi Kanu's disciple officially ended the exercise while noting specifically the 2023 elections won't hold in the region
• Meanwhile, Ekpa is alleged to be behind the series of illegal sit-at-home, which had taken lives, caused injuries, economic loss and destruction of property in Igbo land, due to their violent enforcement

A report by The Punch has it that Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has officially ended the five-day sit-at-home order in the South-East region of Nigeria.

Ekpa in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday night, December 14, announced the end of the five-day sit-at-home order, terming it “historic and successful” for Biafraland.

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Ekpa declares no election in the southeast region come 2023

Also in a new development, it was observed that in the caption of the video, Ekpa wrote that the 2023 elections will not hold in the South-East region, saying it is a “sacrifice” that the people of Biafra have to make.

He also wrote that “ending Nigeria” is a task that must be done by 2023.

The caption reads,

“To end Nigeria in 2023 is a task that must be done! There will be no general election in Biafraland in 2023, it is a sacrifice and a task that must be done by all Biafrans across the globe.

“I am Simon Ekpa, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s disciple on Biafra restoration.”

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the unconditional release of Solomon Onyegbule, one of the supporters of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

The court also awarded compensatory and exemplary damages of N50 million to Onyegbule, the Punch reports.

A statement by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to Kanu on Tuesday, December 13, said that the court while delivering its judgement ordered the inspector general of police, Baba Usman, to release the detained IPOB member and tender a public apology to Onyegbule on a national daily.

Atiku criticises IPOB's sit-at-home, outlines plans to end Biafra agitation in southeast

On his part, the 2023 presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has said that the sit-at-home order in the southeast cannot continue to be observed by the people in the region.

Atiku promised that once elected into office as president of Nigeria, he will ensure that all contributory factors to the Biafra agitation in the region are addressed.

The former vice president also noted that the continued destruction of people's businesses for failing to observe the sit-at-home is hurting the region's economy.

Source: Legit.ng