Amid heightening attacks and wanton destruction of government facilities across the South East zone by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ebonyi State governor, Engr. David Umahi has described the self-acclaimed member of IPOB, Simon Ekpa as an emerging ‘bandits leader.’
He said Ekpa, who lives abroad is a marauder instructing terrorists to thwart the South East region.
The governor’s reaction is on the heels of forceful sit-at-home order by the proscribed IPOB which many people including government agents have been killed for allegedly flouting their order.
Umahi stated this on Thursday at a meeting with the All Progressives Congress stakeholders, lamenting the pains that have been inflicted on the people of the zone.
“When this turbulence for Biafra started, I told them that this issue would go beyond their leader. And today, it has gone beyond Nnamdi Kanu.”
“Currently, we have another bandit they call Simon Ekpa. Is this the Biafra they longed for? To be killing themselves and ousting others?
“That’s why we kept shouting in the heat of the catastrophe that Ebonyi State can never be part of Biafra, and we still maintain our stance.”
