The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has accused its factional leader, Simon Ekpa, of conspiring with the Department of State Services (DSS) to bring the group down.
The group’s Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated this in a statement issued yesterday and made available to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital. According to the statement, Ekpa was trained by the DSS and sent into IPOB as a mole in 2016.
Since the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in 2021, the Finland-based separatist leader has assumed leadership of IPOB but later declared himself Prime Minister of the ‘Biafra Government in Exile’.
In the south-eastern region, he was responsible for the declaration of a civil disobedience order, also known as a sit-at-home. Ekpa has also threatened many people who disobey his orders, and he is believed to be responsible for the violence perpetrated by some hoodlums on innocent people during sit-at-home days in the South-East.
IPOB has consistently distanced itself from its activities, but Ekpa insists that his actions are aimed at ensuring Kanu’s release as soon as possible.
