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Nnamdi Kanu, leader
of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has ordered an end to the
weekly sit-at-home in the south-east.
In a letter, posted on Twitter on
Friday by Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Kanu, the IPOB leader asked Simon
Ekpa, his self-acclaimed disciple, to desist from calling for further
sit-at-home.
He asked Ekpa to make a public announcement to the effect
that Monday sit-at-home is now cancelled.
“Simon this is a direct order from me. I hereby instruct you
to desist from calling for any sit-at-home henceforth,” the letter reads.
“Equally refrain from
antagonising governors or persons in political positions because you are not in
a position to know what they are doing on my behalf.
“I am ordering you to make a public announcement to the effect
that you are in receipt of a direct order from me to cancel any pending
sit-at-home in place at the moment.
“I embarked on this movement to liberate our people
not to enslave them. I despise and will despise any person or entity that wishes
to inflict unnecessary hardship on our people.
“I have authorized
Aloy to issue a press statement if you fail to make this announcement on your
platform”.
Kanu added that anyone engaging in sit-at-home is not his
disciple, saying the directive is a “waste of time, resources and energy.”
“Anybody still engaging in sit-at-home is not my disciple.
Haters of Biafra and mindless murderers in uniform are hiding under the cover
of combating enforcers of sit-at-home to unleash mayhem against the same people
we swore to defend.
“I have sent countless messages to those purportedly
enforcing sit-at-home that they are not doing so in my name. I am not begging
anybody to release me just that Nigeria should have the decency to obey their
own laws”.
“The main issue which
our people should address their minds to is the unconscionable delays in
hearing the govt appeal at the Supreme Court, which is a situation not amenable
to any sit-at-home. Therefore sit-at-home is a waste of time, resources and
energy,” Kanu added.
‘IT IS FAKE’
Meanwhile, in a Twitter post,
Ekpa discountenanced the letter tagging it as “fake”.
He said Kanu cannot write such a letter, adding that it is
not only “a joke but an insult taken too far”.
“Our attention has
been drawn to the fake letter from the pit of hell being paraded by Sahara
Reporters and other Nigeria media claiming that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wrote a
letter,” he tweeted.
“It is not only a joke but an insult taken too far that the
leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra is being misrepresented in this way.
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“As the Prime Minister of Biafra under the leadership of
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, I call on all Biafrans to disregard the fake letter coming
from DSS. We can’t take any order from the Islamic DSS and that is final.”
