AUGUST 12, 2023 | EASTERN PILOT Report By: Seun Opejob | The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Finland-based fraudster, S...
AUGUST 12, 2023 | EASTERN PILOT
Report By: Seun Opejob |
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Finland-based fraudster, Simon Ekpa, of using the Eastern Security Network, ESN, to defraud people. The group made the remark while distancing ESN from Ekpa, stressing that he’s not a registered unit member of the Indigenous people of Biafra; a movement championing the restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra through a peaceful referendum to self determination.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said it was wrong to describe Ekpa as the factional leader of the movement. The full text of the press release is published below:
DESIST FROM ASSOCIATING SIMON EKPA TO IPOB AND ESN - IPOB TO MEDIA
IPOB Press Statement 10th August 2023
We have observed with dismay the deliberate moves of some compromised media houses and social media platforms to attribute Simon Ekpa to the membership of the noble family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). For clarity and emphasis, the said Simon Ekpa is not in any way a registered unit member of IPOB, nor is he connected to Eastern Security Network (ESN). It is, therefore, imperative that media houses are appropriately guided to reflect this reality in their publications, henceforth.
We want the public to take note of the following:
1. We are mindful of the concerted efforts of DSS and similar agencies to infiltrate, undermine and divide IPOB with the sole motive of weakening the organisation from within.
2. It is to be reiterated emphatically that IPOB is not divided, has no factional leadership or is involved in any entity associated with efforts to criminalize the social-political space in the South East.
3. Those referring to the said Ekpa as a factional leader of IPOB are either misguided, ill-informed or playing the script of DSS who is his main sponsor with the main agenda to destabilize the South East with the use of criminals.
4. Ekpa is unknown to ESN. The fact that he has been using ESN's name to dupe/defraud gullible people through his endless fundraising schemes, does not in any way link him to ESN formed by IPOB.
5. Ekpa has an inconspicuous group called the Government in Exile. He can be seen in most of his social media videos alluding to these very facts.
It is therefore worrying that some media houses have persisted in attributing membership in IPOB to Simon Ekpa irrespective of the obvious. We appeal to ladies and gentlemen of the media to please refrain from associating Ekpa as a member of IPOB because he is not. Recall, in 2016 DSS created a phantom factional IPOB leader known as Okwudili. This time around they have unveiled Simon Ekpa who was the Okwudili of REN-IPOB. What the Government of Nigeria is doing today with Simon Ekpa is the same mission to divide and destroy IPOB from within which failed with the vailed Okwudili of REN-IPOB.
All the efforts to bring IPOB down will fail and will continue to fail until Biafra is restored.
COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL
MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB
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