Simon Ekpa, Others Profiting From Sit-at-home In South East – Abaribe

Former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has accused Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, of making money from the sit-at-home in South East.

Recall that the leader of the group had in a letter posted on Twitter in July by his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, asked Ekpa to desist from calling for further sit-at-home.

Reacting to the letter, Ekpa dismissed the letter purportedly written by Kanu, saying that the detained IPOB leader cannot write such a letter.

In a recent interview with Channels Television, Abaribe said Ekpa and his cohorts have refused to reverse the policy because they are profiting from the pains of the people of the South East.

The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District in the National Assembly said some people have been placing adverts on the internet asking people to contribute money for the liberation of Biafra.

Abaribe said all Igbo leaders have agreed to meet with the federal government over the continued detention of Kanu and to begin the extradition of Ekpa from Finland.

He said: “Last week, there was a hand-written message from him (Kanu).

“Of course, the man who is profiting from it, who is far away in Finland, denounced it and put more conditions saying they will never stop it until we (south-east leaders) see him in Finland.

“We can now see that because they profit from this, they are not going to stop it because it has become a money-making venture.

“We have seen adverts on the internet asking people to contribute money for the liberation of Biafra.

“Now, what do we do? We have to engage the government because there are also some subsisting issues on the ground.

“The court had granted him his freedom and the government applied to the same appeal court for stay of execution and appeal to the supreme court. The supreme court has not taken any decision.

Part of the resolution is that we are going to engage everyone. We are going to engage the government at the same time on how we can make a solution that is favourable to all.”