July 11, (THEWILL) – President of the Concerned Nigerian Network (CNN) in Diaspora, James Erebuoye, has warned the Finlad-based factional leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, to desist from issuing sit-at-home order in the South-East.
Erebuoye, who is also the Founder of the Rebuild Nigeria Movement (RNM) worldwide, spoke on Tuesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Reacting to insecurity development caused by the ongoing sit-at-Home order in the South-East, Erebuoye warned that Ekpa and his collaborators would face the consequences of the crisis if he continues issuing such orders.
The IPOB, in August 2021, introduced a sit-at-home order to be observed every Monday across the South-East States to pressure the Federal Government to release its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on treason charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
While IPOB has since suspended the order, Ekpa, the self-acclaimed factional leader of the group, consistently issues the sit-at-home directive.
Erebuoye warned that if Ekpa failed to listen to advice, he would ensure that he is chased out of his comfort zone in Finland and made to face the law and the consequences of his actions in Nigeria.
“It is gradually becoming a tradition in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria that people must sit at home on Mondays or risk losing their lives to some unknown gunmen.
“The order is already bringing down economic activities in the region, and can affect neighbouring South-South States and other parts of the country if not nipped in the bud,” Erebuoye noted.
“He cannot be in his comfort zone abroad and be instigating crisis in Nigeria by ordering a sit-at-home order in the Eastern region, thereby depriving people of their daily businesses all for his selfish interest,” Erebuoye said.
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