{"id":106481,"date":"2023-07-27T06:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T05:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106481"},"modified":"2023-07-27T06:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T05:12:59","slug":"sit-at-home-ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/sit-at-home-ekpa-writes-eu-us-seeks-visa-ban-on-gov-mbah-over-human-rights-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit-at-home: Ekpa writes EU, US, seeks visa ban on Gov Mbah over human rights abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1772524835717200980\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simon Ekpa, a popular Biafra agitator and separatist, has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nEkpa, the Finland-based lawyer and Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, disclosed this on Wednesday in a letter seen by Pointblanknews.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews\u00a0reported that two persons were killed when traders took to the streets Wednesday morning, protesting the sealing of their shops by the state government for not opening for business on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In reaction, Ekpa has asked the EU and the US to place a visa ban on Mbah due to his violation of its citizens\u2019 fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n<p>He notified the international community that the Enugu government confiscated and arrested Igbos in the state without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cWe wish to bring to your notice the gross violation and fundamental human rights abuses of the people of Enugu State, Biafra (in Southeast Nigeria) by Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Mbah is confiscating and locking up people\u2019s businesses and means of sustenance without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or any chatter, treaty or convention known anywhere in the civilized world, thereby denying the people of Enugu State the right to personal property and free enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe request that you impose a visa ban on Governor Peter Mbah and add him to the list of terrorists and haters of freedom and democracy in Nigeria,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Ekpa, a popular Biafra agitator and separatist, has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by Governor Peter Mbah&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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