{"id":115281,"date":"2024-11-22T19:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115281"},"modified":"2024-11-22T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:13:40","slug":"ipob-denies-simon-ekpa-says-he-is-not-a-registered-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ipob-denies-simon-ekpa-says-he-is-not-a-registered-member\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOB Denies Simon Ekpa, Says He Is Not A Registered Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816433773482930474\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile (BRGIE), who was recently arrested in Finland alongside four others over terror-related activities.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816433773482930474-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to the Finnish Police, Ekpa was arrested \u201con suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent,\u201d while the four others were arrested \u201cfor financing a terrorist crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by IPOB\u2019s spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group accused Ekpa of recruiting violent criminals to destabilize the South East Region.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB also disowned Ekpa, stating that he has never been a registered member of the group.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said, \u201cThe attention of the global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to the news of the arrest and subsequent claim by the infamous Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile (BRGIE) Simon Ekpa of being an IPOB member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo set the records and facts straight, Simon Ekpa has never been a member of the global IPOB family movement, contrary to the deliberate and malicious misinformation from the Neo colonialist news agency, the BBC, that Simon Ekpa is an IPOB leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon Ekpa has never and is not an IPOB member, let alone being a leader in IPOB. IPOB has some family units in Finland, and Simon Ekpa is not a registered member of any IPOB unit in Finland or any other IPOB unit globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMazi Nnamdi Kanu established IPOB as a peaceful movement to seek Biafra Independence via a supervised UN referendum. IPOB is a peaceful global movement that has never taken to violence or arms struggle in two decades of our self-determination struggle. Even though the various regimes in Nigeria have provoked us, we have remained resolutely peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unfortunate that some innocent Biafrans being passionate for the restoration of the stolen sovereignty of the Biafran Nation, thought that Simon Ekpa was genuinely sympathetic to the Biafra course. Sadly, they had to learn the hard way that he was a destructive agent paid to infiltrate and destroy the IPOB peaceful movement for Biafra self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe recruited violent criminals to destabilize the South East Region in 2021. He is a self acclaimed prime minister of a small criminally minded group called the Biafra Government in Exile (BGIE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe infamous BGIE led by Simon Ekpa created a violent group that call themselves the Biafra Liberation Army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have perpetuated various violent acts against the civilian populace of the Eastern Region in the name of Biafra agitation. IPOB family worldwide repudiated that violent system to achieve Biafra freedom and sovereignty severally through our numerous press statements\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUndoubtedly, Simon Ekpa has claimed responsibility for the violent actions of his criminal gang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Simon Ekpa led group has no alliance, affiliation or relationship with IPOB family worldwide. He recruited his criminals gangs who have been terrorizing the Biafran territory since 2021. The politicians that contracted Simon Ekpa have been making strenuous efforts to tag the violent crimes of their agent on IPOB just to blackmail and demonize the genuine and peaceful Biafra self-determination struggle of the Biafran people led by the IPOB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIPOB is by this press release calling on BBC News and Finnish Authorities to note that Simon Ekpa has never and does not have any relationship whatsoever with IPOB in Finland or any other unit globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should not be associated with IPOB because IPOB does not support violent agitation that he represents. IPOB is a peaceful movement that has adopted civil disobedience to press our demand for referendum as the vehicle to achieve our goal of self determination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo person, group, or institution should link Simon Ekpa and his group to IPOB except such person, group, institution, or government is part of the grand plan and conspiracy to perpetually subjugate the Biafran people to a life of servitude and misery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon Ekpa has been shielded from arrest and terrorism charges against innocent Biafran civilians by the Nigerian and the Finnish governments\u2019 diplomatic maneuvering. However, for every crime, there is a day of reckoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the purported arrest of Simon Ekpa, all IPOB members, Biafrans and lovers of Biafra freedom should remain calm and focused on our core objective which is the restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra\u201d.<\/p><\/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>The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile (BRGIE), who was recently arrested in Finland alongside four&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":108157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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